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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.42,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi my name is Tony\Nand this is Every Frame a Painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.50,0:00:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you grew up like I did, you\Nprobably watched a lot of Looney Tunes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.50,0:00:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you paid attention to the credits
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.30,0:00:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you recognize this name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"My full name is\NCharles Martin Jones."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.80,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"This is not where I really belong."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.72,0:00:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"I belong behind the camera."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.25,0:00:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chuck Jones is one of the\Nall-time masters of visual comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.07,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between 1938 and 1962\Nhe directed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.10,0:00:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 200 cartoons\Nfor Warner Bros.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.19,0:00:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten films a year,\Nsix minutes per film.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.56,0:00:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's astonishing is that they hold up\Nmore than 50 years later.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.23,0:00:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And among them are some of the\Ngreatest short films ever made.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.80,0:00:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But none of this happened overnight.\NIt was a long process.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.05,0:00:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today, let’s take a look...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.70,0:00:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at how a good artist became a great one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.20,0:01:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"All right.\NLet’s get this picture started!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.50,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"No! No!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.70,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most famous aspect\Nof any Chuck Jones cartoon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(and the parts you probably remember)\Nare the jokes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.85,0:01:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,written by\NMichael Maltese and Tedd Pierce.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nearly every gag here follows\Na classic two-part structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.31,0:01:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first part…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.95,0:01:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leads you to make an assumption.\NThe second part...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.80,0:01:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proves it wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.90,0:01:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s it. Assumption:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.88,0:01:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.00,0:01:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the early cartoons,\Nthe jokes are fantastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.30,0:01:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they happen one after the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.43,0:01:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here’s the truth:\Nthe gags are only the surface level.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.47,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What really sets these films apart
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.25,0:01:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the amount of work\Nthat was put into character.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.90,0:01:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that process took a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.40,0:01:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"All characters are\Na process of learning."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.81,0:02:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"It’s hard for people to\Nunderstand who watch actors...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.60,0:02:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...to realize that, actors come with\Nan ability. They’ve played other parts."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.75,0:02:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Hello."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.80,0:02:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"When you bring in a drawing,\Nall you have is a drawing."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.90,0:02:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"And you have to put in the character."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.70,0:02:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider the case of Daffy Duck.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.43,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he first started out…
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.46,0:02:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daffy was more or less insane.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Gosh what a screwy duck."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.70,0:02:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over the course of 15 years,\Nhe changed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.24,0:02:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from being the one who laughs\Nto being the butt of the joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.77,0:02:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Daffy is less crazy but\Nit’s easier to understand what he wants.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.22,0:02:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants money.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.70,0:02:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to be a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, he wants glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.90,0:02:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"This looks like a job for...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.03,0:02:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...The Masked Avenger!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.87,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, all of Chuck Jones' characters\Nhave very clearly defined wants.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.20,0:02:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one wants a home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one wants to daydream.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.32,0:03:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this one just wants\Nsomebody to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Ah my little darling.\NIt is love at first sight, is it not?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.30,0:03:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that every desire here\Nis very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.59,0:03:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the simpler the desire,\Nthe more vivid the character.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.50,0:03:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you know\Nwhat the character wants
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.90,0:03:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can figure out\Nthe next question:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.40,0:03:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does this\Nparticular individual move?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Every action is dictated\Nby what goes on inside of you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.76,0:03:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"You have to be able to think\Nthe way the character thinks."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.50,0:03:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"If you can’t tell what’s happening\Nby the way the character moves..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.90,0:03:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...you’re not animating."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"I am a snake and\Nyou have charmed me, no?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.70,0:03:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"It helps to have the dialogue..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.30,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...but the dialogue is not\Nthe thing that makes it work."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"The story should tell itself\Nby the way it moves."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s say you know\Nwhat the character wants
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know how they move to get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about the jokes?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.44,0:03:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to the assumption…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.05,0:03:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now the assumption includes\Nthe personality of the character.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.24,0:03:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, we know that\NDaffy will always pick a fight
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.10,0:04:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it’s part of\Nhis desire for glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Take over."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.40,0:04:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, we know\Nthe Coyote’s device will fail
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.50,0:04:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Jones can play this gag offscreen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.76,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which ends up making it funnier.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.80,0:04:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is a danger to this approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.64,0:04:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just focus on great jokes\Nwith the same well-defined characters
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.22,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can easily get trapped in a formula.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.40,0:04:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Sometimes I feel\Nvery sorry for the Coyote."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Sometimes I wish he’d catch him."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"If he caught him\Nthere wouldn’t be any more Road Runner."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.70,0:04:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"You wouldn’t like that, would you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.80,0:04:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to avoid this problem,\NJones did something.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.00,0:04:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the\Ndefining aspects of his work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.63,0:04:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a word that he uses and\Nthat other people use about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.60,0:04:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Beep Beep!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.60,0:04:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"It also stands out as an example\Nof the kind of discipline..."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.11,0:04:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...Chuck Jones liked\Nto set for himself."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.58,0:05:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"This is the vital factor in\Nall comedy or all drama."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"What are your disciplines?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.20,0:05:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Discipline. The challenges and\Nrestrictions you set for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.90,0:05:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like designing a character\Nwith no mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.30,0:05:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or no face.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.53,0:05:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or using no dialogue except for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Hello my baby, hello my honey,\Nhello my ragtime gal."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.40,0:05:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because animation lets you do anything
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.68,0:05:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to think about\Nwhat you won't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.30,0:05:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Jones’ case,\Nthere were lots of rules
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.20,0:05:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the world, the characters\Nand their behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.30,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, Bugs Bunny\Nnever picked a fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.30,0:05:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody had to do this…
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.59,0:05:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!\NKill the wabbit!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.30,0:05:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and only then would he fight back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.30,0:05:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Kill the wabbit?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Bugs Bunny is not just\Nan insane rabbit."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.00,0:05:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Somebody’s always trying to get him.\NAnd he’s retaliating."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.50,0:05:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"He has to be provoked.\NAnd we learned that."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.50,0:05:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"It was very important\Nthat he be provoked."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.20,0:05:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Because otherwise,\Nhe’d be a bully."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.03,0:06:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Of course you realize\Nthis means war."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.00,0:06:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A similar restriction happened to\Nhow the characters expressed themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.14,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on, they tended to go through\Na quick barrage of facial expressions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.30,0:06:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But over time, these grew less and less.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.90,0:06:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Particularly in the later films\NChuck became very fond..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.50,0:06:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...of using the smallest\Npossible gestures..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...facial gestures to get laughs."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.28,0:06:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Chuck’s facial expressions\Nwere the best in the business..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.45,0:06:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...Because he was a minimalist."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.92,0:06:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"All humor grows from two things."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.61,0:06:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"All humor, I believe, comes from\Nhuman behavior and logic."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.90,0:06:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"If it’s not logical\Nit’s not gonna be funny...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.40,0:06:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...And if it doesn’t come from\Nhuman behavior..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.90,0:06:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...how the hell\Ndo you know it’s funny?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.80,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of it this way:\Nthis is human behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.30,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Ha ha! Now!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.68,0:07:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was logic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.20,0:07:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the logic is something\Nyou improve at over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.85,0:07:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about human behavior?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.30,0:07:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you improve at\Nunderstanding that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.00,0:07:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, there’s only one way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.69,0:07:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s not by watching films.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.00,0:07:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"When you talk to Chuck,\Nhe is always encouraging you..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.90,0:07:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-...to go to the source:\Nto study real life, to study art..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.40,0:07:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...and apply that to your animation.\NIt’s not just drawing funny faces."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.05,0:07:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jones believed it wasn’t enough\Nto just watch movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.70,0:07:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had to have interests\Noutside of film.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.70,0:07:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had to study real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.60,0:07:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of all, he encouraged this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.00,0:07:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Reading. Read Everything."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.50,0:07:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"It doesn’t do you\Nmuch good to draw..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.40,0:07:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...unless you have\Nsomething to draw..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.90,0:07:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...and the only place\Nyou can get anything to draw..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...is from out of that head."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.51,0:07:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"And the only way that\Nyou can exercise the mind..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.50,0:07:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...is by bringing new ideas to it..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.20,0:07:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...So it’ll be surprised."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.80,0:08:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"And say 'God I didn’t know that.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.80,0:08:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"That’s the greatest thing\Nin the world..."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.30,0:08:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"...that 'Gee I didn’t know that.'\NAnd there you are, you know?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.43,0:08:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There you are.\NIt’s not just about gags.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.30,0:08:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just about characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.90,0:08:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just about discipline.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.71,0:08:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s about studying the real world\Nand learning something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.50,0:08:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then putting that back into the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.70,0:08:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.94,0:08:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the great thing about\Nthis kind of inspiration?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.50,0:08:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"You can find it anyplace.\NYou can find it anyplace."