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Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy
Every Frame a Painting · Dec 3, 2014 · 9m 4s
What this video covers
Every Frame a Painting analyzes how Jackie Chan stages action comedy, with nine principles such as starting from a disadvantage, using the environment, clear shots, and keeping action and reaction in the same frame.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN repeatedly recommends it as the clearest explanation of why Chan's fight scenes beat fast-cut Hollywood action.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“One of my favorite "Every Frame a Painting" videos is on Jackie Chan.”
“Here’s a really cool video breaking down exactly how Jackie sets up his stunt-action-comedy.”
“does an excellent job of explaining why Jackie Chan's way of doing action is awesome”