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Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy

Every Frame a Painting · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Film analysis & criticismFilmmaking & video productionStand-up & sketch comedy

What it is

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

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “short, easily digestible, and well-produced YouTube videos about this stuff that are eye-opening”

    Eye-opening short film-analysis videos on visual comedy

    wmeredith, 2015-02 · Strong recommendation · in “New Jurassic World Trailer Hides Improved CGI in Plain Sight”

  2. “I love this video from "Every Frame a Painting" which also mourns the loss of physical comedy”

    Video essay on the loss of physical comedy

    vangale, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “The Demise of Physical Comedy”

  3. “They give and explain some great examples from different movies.”

    Explains visual comedy with examples from different movies

    mimimi31, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: edgar wright, film analysis, editing, video essay, comedy

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