How to do visual comedy

In this blog post I will talk about how camera movement can be used to create comedy in media texts. One director we focused on was one called Edgar Wright who directed films like 'Hot fuzz' and 'Shaun of the dead'. Below is a video that discusses how he uses camera movement in his films.

The video talks about how in more recent films comedy is just people talking rather than using different shots and movement to create laughs too. It describes how Edgar Wright doesn't do this and what shots and movements he uses to create different effects.


For more information on Edgar Wright:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942367/