Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via PENDING:Every Frame a Painting · 93% confidenceShows, clip by clip, how Wright uses whip-pans, match cuts, framing and sound to land jokes visually, contrasting it with flat shot-reverse-shot comedy; the technique is demonstrated rather than asserted.
What you'll learn
How Edgar Wright builds jokes out of camera movement, framing, sound and editing rather than dialogue, contrasted with flatter Hollywood comedy coverage.
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