situation comedy analysis

Last week, I posted a questionnaire on the website, it is talk about Chinese situation comedy and American situation comedy. The object is Chinese audience.Now, there are twenty-three subjects give me answers. So today I want to analysis these data.

The first one question is compare Chinese situation and American situation comedy. 12 subjects choice Chinese situation comedy better, 11 subjects choice American situation comedy better. It means that in recent year, Chinese situation comedy is better than before, because ten years before, many Chinese audiences prefer to watch American situation comedy, rather than Chinese situation comedy.

The second question is the best section in Chinese situation comedy, and the options are a script, dialogue, character, narrative, plot. Eight subjects select dialogue and character. Because, in Chinese situation comedy, dialogue and character own Chinese characteristics, and Chinese audience understand those easily.

The third question is the worse section in Chinese situation comedy, and the options are a script, dialogue, character, narrative, plot. Eight subjects select plot. Because, in traditional Chinese situation comedy, there is the single plot, normally talks about family, friends, love. It is easy to understand the script, but sometimes audience feels a little boring.

The fourth question is the best section in American situation comedy; Seven subjects select plot. Because, in the American situation comedy,  the plot is diversification. For example, Modern Family, some plots are talk about family, some plots are talk about friends, some plots are speak of love.

The fifth question is the worse section in American situation comedy. Ten objects select narrative. Because normally Chinese situation comedy is Single-line narrative and narrative structure of each set is similar. Chinese audiences like single-line narrative, because every set is a Full story， it include beginning developing，climax and ending.In another aspect, American situation like using Multi-line narrative. There are many story line in one set. So it makes a little difficult to understand the story.