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“These movies are funny to look at.” This is for all the movie geeks! The acclaimed video essay duo known as “Every Frame a Painting” (run by Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou) has launched their latest video on YT. This one is a promotional collaboration with Criterion taking a meticulous look at one of Wes Anderson’s most idiosyncratic films – Isle of Dogs. The 10 minute video essay takes a closer look at the visual comedy within Anderson’s 2018 stop-motion animated movie Isle of Dogs, his animation follow-up to the beloved Fantastic Mr. Fox. They cover many of the techniques & visual gags that he uses including: things entering frame, things leaving frame, size discrepancies, fun backgrounds, visual parodies, comic violence, too much headroom, too little headroom, split screens, physical comedy, reactions to camera, snap zoom, geometry, slapstick, deep focus composition, and much more. It’s also just a fresh and fun and entertaining breakdown of the creativity & cinematic brilliance on display in the movie (and in all of Wes Anderson’s movies). Enjoy. // Continue Reading ›
