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| Example of Traditional Comedy (and Director) |
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| Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks) |
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| 3 elements of traditional comedy? |
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| Traditional comedy is characterized by..? |
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| Self enclosed scenes with entrances and exits. |
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| Example of transitional comedy (and director) |
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| structure of transitional comedy? |
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3 beat structure
separate scenes for setup bridge and payoff |
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| example of contemporary comedy (and director) |
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| Something About Mary (Firelli Brothers) |
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| structure of contemporary comedy? |
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| 3 beat structure with added structure in the bridge |
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| character and situation (both use physical element of comedy) |
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| structure of traditional comedy? |
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| the litmus test of comedy? |
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| contrast and funny looking people |
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| the last line of a comic scene |
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| almost all comedies have an element of...? |
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| almost all comedies have a...? |
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| 3 general rules of comedy |
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| no one gets hurt, sex is never erotic, never pick on the weak and helpless |
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| monologue (breaking down the fourth wall) |
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| annie hall's audience is..? |
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| children act as adults in annie hall |
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| treating morbid events as comedy |
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| example of black comedy? (and director) |
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| Passion of Martin (Alexander Payne) |
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| inciting event in passion of martin? |
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| he meets the girl of his dreams |
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| first major plot point of passion of martin? |
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| he goes out with girl of his dreams, falls in love with her, but she doesnt fall in love with him. |
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| second major plot point of passion of martin? |
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| he pushes the boulder down on the street and hits the car |
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| theme of passion of martin? |
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| how (for what purpose) does passion of martin use voice over? |
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| to give us an intimate unexpressive look at the main character |
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| how (for what purpose) is the flashback technique used in passion of martin? |
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| to roam back and forth through the character's life |
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| hollywood is left wing in its politics but right wing in its films |
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| almost all documentaries are left wing |
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| what are the 3 types of films and how (in what proportion) are they distributed oscars? |
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entertaining films: almost never
enlightening films: sometimes
entertaining and enlightening films: almost always get oscars |
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