When it comes to comedy movies, what names pop to your head? Jim Carrey in Liar Liar (1997), Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun (1988), Will Ferrell in Anchorman (2004)? Or maybe if you have a more "sophisticated" taste, Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) or Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski (1998)? All of these Hollywood films are fun and memorable in their own way, but there is a younger lad coming from the moores of England who has altered the understanding of comedy in cinema.
In this paper, I am going to discuss the cinematographic and storytelling differences in the realm of comedy of Edgar Wright's movies Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013), all of which form the famous "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy". Wright's films have to be analyzed in form and in content because they are exquisitly rich in both.
The Cornetto trilogy, named after a world known ice cream brand that appears in all films of the trilogy, is unusual in many ways. The films are bonded by the directorial style and the themes they handle, rather than character …show more content…
The visual style. When it comes to directing a comedy, Edgar Wright stands out in the vast sea of film directors. He not only makes the audience laugh with the gags, but uses his camera to add comical elements. He has even coined a camera move as his own, "Edgar Wright's Whip Pan". Growing up as a movie geek, Wright has successfully observed a lot of different filmmakers and their films in variety of genres. Because of that he can find humor in places other people do not look. He is one of the few people working in comedy genre using the full range of what is possible. Edgar Wright never wastes a shot, every second of his films are filled with either visual or audial gags and clues. This is what seperates a mediocre director from a great one. The ability to take most single mundane scenes, and find new ways to do them. Great directors understand you can get a laugh just through
In this paper, I am going to discuss the cinematographic and storytelling differences in the realm of comedy of Edgar Wright's movies Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013), all of which form the famous "Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy". Wright's films have to be analyzed in form and in content because they are exquisitly rich in both.
The Cornetto trilogy, named after a world known ice cream brand that appears in all films of the trilogy, is unusual in many ways. The films are bonded by the directorial style and the themes they handle, rather than character …show more content…
The visual style. When it comes to directing a comedy, Edgar Wright stands out in the vast sea of film directors. He not only makes the audience laugh with the gags, but uses his camera to add comical elements. He has even coined a camera move as his own, "Edgar Wright's Whip Pan". Growing up as a movie geek, Wright has successfully observed a lot of different filmmakers and their films in variety of genres. Because of that he can find humor in places other people do not look. He is one of the few people working in comedy genre using the full range of what is possible. Edgar Wright never wastes a shot, every second of his films are filled with either visual or audial gags and clues. This is what seperates a mediocre director from a great one. The ability to take most single mundane scenes, and find new ways to do them. Great directors understand you can get a laugh just through