Comedy
This week we will discuss how comedy is created in this week’s films, with special emphasis on cinematic elements that create the comic universes that the films portray. Use the film sequence below.
1. Why is the sequence comedic?
2. Describe the scene in relation to camera techniques
3. Framing choices and analyze those techniques and choices in regards to their comic effect.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (1:39:00)
This film is so hard to sum up in a few sentences, so I’m just going to quote the IMDB: “The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.”
Truly, there is so much more to this quirky, and ultimately deeply moving story of misfits in a cruel world.