Another post on Edgar Wright. One of the few filmmakers who is consistently finding humour through framing, camera movement, editing, goofy sound effects and music.
This video essay discusses how most movies over explain. For example, if you want to show that a character is sober, most directors will have the character just say “I’ve quit drinking blah blah blah”, however Edgar Wright shows it through the pouring of 3 pints, and a lemonade. It’s simple but effective. The ability to take the most simple and mundane scene to a great one is done just through editing and staging.
Scorsese said that cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame, and whats not. If it works, it works.
Things Edgard Wright does:
Things entering the frame
Things leaving the frame
There and back again
Matching Scene Transitions
Perfectly timed sound effects (not the obvious sounds)
Actions synced to music
Super dramatic lighting cues
Sound and Visual 