Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy

Every Frame a Painting · 11.4M views · 2014-05-27 · 8:00

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Overview

An Every Frame a Painting video essay analysing how Edgar Wright creates visual comedy through framing, camera movement, editing, sound effects and music.

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Recommended as a short, eye-opening piece of film analysis whenever physical or visual comedy is discussed.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2024

Topics

Film analysis & criticism Filmmaking & video production Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

wmeredith · 2015-02 · Strong recommendation
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: [VIDEO] The Silence of the Lambs - Who Wins the Scene? [LINK] Michael Bay - What is Bayhem? [LINK]
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mimimi31 · 2022-07 · Recommendation
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] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]
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vangale · 2019-10 · Recommendation
I love this video from "Every Frame a Painting" which also mourns the loss of physical comedy: [VIDEO]
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