Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy

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Some filmmakers can do action. Others can do comedy. But for 40 years, the master of combining them has been Jackie Chan. Let’s see how he does it. (Note: to see the names of the films, press the CC button!)

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The 9 Principles of Action Comedy
1. Start with a DISADVANTAGE
2. Use the ENVIRONMENT
3. Be CLEAR in your shots
4. Action & Reaction in the SAME frame
5. Do as many TAKES as necessary
6. Let the audience feel the RHYTHM
7. In editing, TWO good hits = ONE great hit
8. PAIN is humanizing
9. Earn your FINISH

Five Jackie Chan Fights (An Introduction)
Wheels on Meals - Benny vs Jackie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI2dzMEzX2w)
Police Story - Mall Finale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk4dUq4zE_o)
Police Story 2 - The Playground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTvRS9Khd5w)
Miracles - The Rope Factory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1n5dI1uB4)
Drunken Master 2 - Finale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEt4B1poOfM)

Music:
Jackie Chan - Police Story Theme
Ash - Kung Fu
Chow Fu-liang - 8 Drunken Gods (Main Theme)
Jackie Chan - Who Am I? Theme
David Tao - Fantasy Mission Force

Interview Clips:
Jackie Chan interview on filmmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft43yyuuoYk
Bey Logan talks about Project A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT_0Q6GNgWk
An Evening with Jackie Chan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ikrj5HwCzw
Jackie Chan - My Stunts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpwwYojns0

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Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy

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If you love visual comedy, you gotta love Edgar Wright, one of the few filmmakers who is consistently finding humor through framing, camera movement, editing, goofy sound effects and music. This is an analysis and appreciation of one of our finest comedic voices.

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For further reading/viewing, I highly recommend
David Bordwell's essay on funny framings: http://davidbordwell.net/blog/2007/04/30/funny-framings/
And David Chen's video essay on Wright's use of close-ups: https://vimeo.com/85311313
And Ryan Gosling Won't Eat His Cereal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJtvuCAsp4

Music:
Sex Bob-omb - We Are Sex Bob-omb
Primal Scream - Loaded
Tubthumper - Kick Out the Jams
Rob Viktum- 4/17/75
Pete Woodhead & Daniel Mudford - You've Got Red on You / Shaun of the Dead Suite
DJ Shadow - Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96

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