Have to get the perfect shot

This is a funny one. Some school friends and I agreed we have either done/said or heard all of these things on set before. How about you?

How To Do Action Comedy

As you may know my guilty pleasure is kung foo films and was happy to stumble upon this "Every Scene A Painting" piece. I really enjoyed the music comparison that is made to action in a scene, recognizing the flow of a scene, and meeting it with a proper edit. True to the form of his other pieces, the narrator gets a little heavy handed on his critique of American action films, but there are a lot of good takeaways. In fact a lot of these good points are seen in Chris' Machine Gun Popcorn especially its usage of an unexpected prop (cereal box) as a weapon.

I also highly recommend IP Man. Its some of the best fighting fluidity

 and clear display of fighting I have seen on screen. 

Where's the pizza?

A combination of live-action and animation to help enhance the storytelling. Made me think of what we are doing with Hampton right now, although this one is really awesome. But I am starting to see this more and more.

Edgar Wright - How to do visual Comedy

Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

Viewer discretion advised son.

Comedy Central

Ten Thousand Days

New Zealand humor and timing should be bottled and sold

Ten Thousand Days from Michael Duignan on Vimeo.

I recommend Bernie

Buster Keaton genius

I love how the parameter of no sound gave birth to this overt style of storytelling. Buster Keaton's athleticism and character development abilities amaze me.