Moviewise | Directing Comedy Is No Joke @Moviewise | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Directed by Charles Crichton, "A Fish Called Wanda" is the perfect comedy! Not only is John Cleese's screenplay (with story by him and Crichton) the ideal example of how to write a hilarious and fast-paced story, but the director - helped by his long experience as a classical filmmaker - shot the whole film with enviable precision.
In this video essay you'll learn that what's usually called "invisible directing" is not really invisible when you know what to look for. In this case, watch the film looking for these 5 directing techniques: energetic blocking, wide shots, fluid camerawork, frame filling and background action.
We'll cap it off by analyzing one of the movie's greatest scenes shot by shot (almost) and pointing out how Crichton masterfully guides you through this hilarious bedroom farce.
00:00 A Fish Called Wanda
02:50 Energetic Blocking
03:56 Wide Shots
04:43 Fluid Camerawork
05:59 Frame Filling
06:53 Background Action
07:33 Synchronicity
09:01 Scene Breakdown
Master criminal George Thomason (Tom Georgeson, seriously) and animal loving stutterer Ken (Michael Palin) hire Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her "brother" Otto (Kevin Kline) for a diamond heist. After Wanda and Otto betray George, Wanda tries to seduce his lawyer, the uptight Archie Leach (John Cleese), for information. Otto is jealous.
Join me on Patreon: patreon.com/Moviewise
#videoessay #directing #jamieleecurtis
Call to Adventure - Comedy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022
Artist: incompetech.com
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/scheming-weasel
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/2CapGaKMsWU
Directed by Charles Crichton, "A Fish Called Wanda" is the perfect comedy! Not only is John Cleese's screenplay (with story by him and Crichton) the ideal example of how to write a hilarious and fast-paced story, but the director - helped by his long experience as a classical filmmaker - shot the whole film with enviable precision.
In this video essay you'll learn that what's usually called "invisible directing" is not really invisible when you know what to look for. In this case, watch the film looking for these 5 directing techniques: energetic blocking, wide shots, fluid camerawork, frame filling and background action.
We'll cap it off by analyzing one of the movie's greatest scenes shot by shot (almost) and pointing out how Crichton masterfully guides you through this hilarious bedroom farce.
00:00 A Fish Called Wanda
02:50 Energetic Blocking
03:56 Wide Shots
04:43 Fluid Camerawork
05:59 Frame Filling
06:53 Background Action
07:33 Synchronicity
09:01 Scene Breakdown
Master criminal George Thomason (Tom Georgeson, seriously) and animal loving stutterer Ken (Michael Palin) hire Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her "brother" Otto (Kevin Kline) for a diamond heist. After Wanda and Otto betray George, Wanda tries to seduce his lawyer, the uptight Archie Leach (John Cleese), for information. Otto is jealous.
Join me on Patreon: patreon.com/Moviewise
#videoessay #directing #jamieleecurtis
Call to Adventure - Comedy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022
Artist: incompetech.com
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/scheming-weasel
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/2CapGaKMsWU
