Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy

Every Frame a Painting
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An Every Frame a Painting video essay on how director Edgar Wright stages visual comedy. It breaks down his use of framing, cutting and props, with clips from his films and others.

HN brings it up whenever physical or visual comedy comes up, as a well-explained example of showing rather than telling in film.

“I love this video from "Every Frame a Painting" which also mourns the loss of physical comedy”
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@mimimi312022 · in “Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video]”
Reminds me of some of the videos from Every Frame a Painting about visual comedy in film. Specifically "Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy" [1] and "Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag" [2]. They give and explain some great examples from different movies. [1] ▶ this video [2] link
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@vangale2019 · in “The Demise of Physical Comedy”
I love this video from "Every Frame a Painting" which also mourns the loss of physical comedy: ▶ this video
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@wmeredith2015 · in “New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight”
Everything on screen matters. Modern Cinema is a HIGHLY evolved art form. If you have any interest in this at all, YouTube user Every Frame A Painting publishes, short, easily digestible, and well-produced YouTube videos about this stuff that are eye-opening. Here are a few of my favorites: Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy: ▶ this video The Silence of the Lambs - Who Wins the Scene? link Michael Bay - What is Bayhem? link
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@dan_hawkins2024 · in “The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same”
I'm really not sure about the humor. Take a look at "Every Frame a Painting: Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy": ▶ this video
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@latexr2023 · in “The actors who are the best (and worst) at their job”
This is incredibly flawed in many respects. It’s not comparing actors, but the movies they starred in with different metrics for success. Those do not correlate. A mediocre actor featuring in Oscar-bait will fare better than a great actor who only works on low budget independent productions. > In general, critics seem to have a bias against comedy films. Rather, this article is very US-centric and those comedies are largely generic, unfunny, low effort movies of talking heads. ▶ this video
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@nicbou2023 · in “How to edit your own lousy writing (2017)”
"Show, don't tell" is where artists can get really clever. ▶ this video
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