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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}-- One, two, three four !{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.54,0:00:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi my name is Tony and this is\NEvery Frame a Painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.04,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today I’m going to talk about\Na director whose work I love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before that let me be upfront.\NI think comedy movies today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.19,0:00:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially American ones,\Nhave totally lost their way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.77,0:00:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't hate the jokes\Nor the actors or the dialogue
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.13,0:00:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the stories though\Nthere's plenty of issues there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.32,0:00:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My real qualm is that the filmmaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.60,0:00:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the use of picture and sound\Nto deliver jokes, is just...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.88,0:00:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--What?\N--This is booooring.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.21,0:00:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Delete.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.21,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, everyone’s taste is different.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.97,0:00:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you find funny is what you funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.26,0:00:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I’m not saying these movies suck\Nor you suck if you like them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.40,0:00:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I am saying is that\Nthese movies aren’t movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.33,0:00:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re lightly edited improv.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.16,0:00:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone stands still and\Ntalks at each other in close-up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.94,0:00:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost none of these jokes come visually,\Nthey’re overwhelming sound
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.09,0:00:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not even the full range of sound,\Njust dialogue and this is really sad
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.48,0:00:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that’s just a fraction\Nof what’s possible in cinema.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.17,0:00:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apart from animation\Nand some commercials,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.26,0:01:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visual comedy is actually\Nmoving backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.94,0:01:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why if you love this kind \Nof stuff, I cannot recommend
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.13,0:01:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edgar Wright enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.13,0:01:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--You're a doctor, deal with it.\N--Yeah, motherfucker.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.39,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's one of the only people\Nworking in the genre
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the full range of what is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.68,0:01:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of that, he can find\Nhumor in places that others don’t look.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.41,0:01:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here’s an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.82,0:01:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's Say you need to move your character\Nfrom one city to another
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.16,0:01:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the story going.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.18,0:01:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you shoot it?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.05,0:01:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And can you get a joke out of it?\N...Well, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.10,0:01:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not if you send out a 2nd unit to do it,\Nevery shot pans from left to right,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.63,0:01:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you include obvious landmarks and signs,\Nyou mix in generic helicopter footage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.09,0:01:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you put upbeat music under it\Nso the audience doesn’t get bored.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.30,0:01:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just lazy filmmaking and boring.\NWe’ve seen it a million times.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.70,0:01:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would happen if you were truly\Ninventive with this type of scene?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.14,0:02:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There we go! And this isn’t\Njust a series of quick cuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.89,0:02:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a lot of good\Nvisual storytelling here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.22,0:02:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These 2 taxi shots tell you exactly\Nwhere we came from and where we’re going.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.72,0:02:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These 2 shots emphasize\Nthe move away from civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.41,0:02:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our main character always faces\Nforward or to the right
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.93,0:02:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so screen direction is respected.\NTurning the music down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.50,0:02:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sound FX up is funny\Nbecause each cut is jarring.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.01,0:02:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there’s even some nice performances\Nfrom Simon Pegg and Ryan Gosling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.25,0:02:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay that was 1 example without context.\NYou’re right. Totally unfair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.79,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what if you had a movie where\Na horrible apocalyptic event happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.94,0:02:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to foreshadow it earlier,\Nmaybe by having the characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.79,0:02:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not notice something important on TV.\NHow would you show it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.03,0:02:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you just throw it in the edit\Nfor 2 seconds and 2 frames
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.64,0:02:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no shot shows the relationship\Nbetween the characters and the TV?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--he's having a housewarming party,\Nhe just finished building his house.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.25,0:02:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or would you do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.71,0:02:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Although no one official is prepared\Nto comment, religious groups are{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.61,0:02:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}calling it judgment day. There's ...{\i0}\N{\i1}-- panic on the streets of London{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.59,0:02:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--as an increasing number of reports of\N--serious attacks on{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.33,0:03:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--people who are literally being\N--eaten alive{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.28,0:03:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, still unfair.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.48,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what if you had movie where \None character has stopped drinking
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.30,0:03:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the others are disappointed in him\Nand you want to get a joke out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.50,0:03:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would you do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.63,0:03:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would they just stand around\Nand talk about his drinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.21,0:03:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--No I appreciate it but I told my wife\NI wouldn't drink tonight.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.79,0:03:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Besides, I got a big day tomorrow.\NBut you guys have a great time.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.08,0:03:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Big day? Doing what?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.57,0:03:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or would you do this ?\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.18,0:03:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--What?!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.77,0:03:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}-- I don't believe this.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.09,0:03:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what separates a mediocre\Ndirector from a great one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.13,0:03:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ability to take the most simple mundane \Nscenes and find new ways to do them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.72,0:03:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great directors understand that you\Ncan get a laugh just through staging.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.22,0:03:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here’s an example from David Bordwell:\Nthings popping up into frame are funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.88,0:03:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Slow ahead, I can go slow ahead.\NCome on down and chum some of this shit!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.85,0:04:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s not just things entering frame.\NConsider the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.79,0:04:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--I said tell Ms. Laura "Goodbye"{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.100,0:04:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--Bye, Ms. Laura{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.58,0:04:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get a laugh from a zoom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.23,0:04:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--You wanna pop the trunk and roll\Nthe windows down, please?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.37,0:04:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get a laugh from a crane up.\N{\i1}--Shirley, I'm so sorry.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.03,0:04:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--I'm going home, Britta.\N--I know, Shirley, I know.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.84,0:04:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--No I'm going home, can you help me up?\N--Oh{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.42,0:04:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can get a laugh from a pan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.88,0:04:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Martin Scorsese put it :
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.32,0:04:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cinema is a matter of what’s in\Nthe frame and what’s not in the frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.85,0:04:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So think about the frame and this isn’t\Na matter of smart or stupid comedy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.55,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really if it works, it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.15,0:05:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here are 8 things Edgar Wright\Ndoes with picture and sound
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.19,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want to see other\Ncomedy filmmakers try out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.41,0:05:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#1 : Things entering the frame\Nin funny ways
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.97,0:05:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#2 : People leaving the frame\Nin funny ways
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.94,0:05:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#3 : There and back again
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.82,0:06:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#4 : Matching scene transitions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#5 : The perfectly-timed sound effect
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.40,0:06:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#6 : Action synchronized to the music
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.54,0:06:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#7 : Super-dramatic lighting cues
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.84,0:07:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And #8 ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.49,0:07:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what, let's thrown in #9 :
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.12,0:07:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Let them have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.50,0:07:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you’re a filmmaker, work on this.\NThe frame is a playground. So play.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.30,0:07:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next time you go to\Na theater and pay $15 to see a comedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.44,0:07:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don’t be satisfied with shit\Nthat is less inventive than Vine.