You’ll Never Edit an Unfunny Film Again.

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
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    0:00 Intro
    2:07 Lesson 1: Yes, and...
    3:17 L2: Setup is primary.
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    8:22 L4: Faster is funnier.
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  • @georgemaranville3305
    @georgemaranville3305 2 года назад +657

    Plus fart noises and sped up footage.

    • @ianlynn3071
      @ianlynn3071 2 года назад +15

      I agree 💯
      That helps a lot

    • @itslachy4582
      @itslachy4582 2 года назад +57

      Also a short audio clip saying "bruh"

    • @MrBiswas123
      @MrBiswas123 2 года назад +2

      Instagram comedy *

    • @LeslieDugger
      @LeslieDugger 2 года назад +7

      Add yakity sax

    • @the9file
      @the9file 2 года назад +6

      Chinese reality show sound effects

  • @ryansulak
    @ryansulak 2 года назад +765

    This is a great video and I agree, but it’s definitely for a specific type of comedy. There is a lot of dry comedies that thrive in longer takes and letting things breathe. My first thought is “a pigeon sat on a branch contemplating its own existence”, that sort of tone

    • @Lismakingmovie
      @Lismakingmovie 2 года назад +71

      I think Joel Haver's comedy is the perfect example of comedy that breaks almost all of these "rules."

    • @niels1142
      @niels1142 2 года назад +35

      @@Lismakingmovie Yes exactly what I thought! But Joel does use some of these tips like using wide shots and ending with a punchline as not to "fizzle" out.

    • @cluckendip
      @cluckendip 2 года назад +29

      yeah this is very mainstream american humour which is fine, but you can do sooo much with humour

    • @fl1490
      @fl1490 2 года назад +25

      Rules are meant to be broken, but you still have to learn and master them first before breaking them

    • @Lismakingmovie
      @Lismakingmovie 2 года назад +20

      @@fl1490 ehhh to some extent I agree, but a lot of rules are arbitrary. That's why so called outsider art is a thing, because great art quite often comes from those who have no understanding of the "rules."

  • @BetweenTheLyons
    @BetweenTheLyons 2 года назад +309

    Fun fact, the first time Steven Tyler saw Spinal Tap, he thought it was a straight up documentary and didn't realize it was a parody. The "These go to 11" joke became so popular that many amplifier brands started to implement 11 into their volumes just to increase sales, although they didn't actually make the amplifiers any louder. Just another example of good parody becoming reality.

    • @Peron1-MC
      @Peron1-MC 2 года назад +5

      XD. i have a peavey vypyr the volume goes to 13 XD

    • @verdatum
      @verdatum 2 года назад +13

      Now, to be fair, I was very young the first time I saw the film. And I had no introduction to it whatsoever. But yeah, I had absolutely no idea that it was a mockumentary. I thought they were a legit, highly overrated band. Everyone talks about the "goes to eleven" scene, but if you ask me, the very best bit is when they go to Graceland, and they try and completely fail to improvise a harmony on Heartbreak Hotel.

    • @BetweenTheLyons
      @BetweenTheLyons 2 года назад +2

      @@verdatum I absolutely love that scene, lol. And yeah that's exactly the reason why I brought up the "these go to 11" thing, it's just way more widely known.

    • @WillN2Go1
      @WillN2Go1 2 года назад +1

      Wait. Steven Tyler is a real person??

    • @TheOtherBradBird
      @TheOtherBradBird 2 года назад +1

      @@verdatum for me it is the band losing top billing to a puppet show.

  • @WhySteve
    @WhySteve 2 года назад +100

    being a film maker who edits, not an editor who cuts films is what got me paying gigs, and now I have a cool quote to explain it, thanks! This was great!

    • @SOSOLRAK
      @SOSOLRAK Год назад +1

      How?

    • @WhySteve
      @WhySteve Год назад +1

      @@SOSOLRAK What I mean is that a lot of people I edit for can't edit themselves. They only shoot, because they aren't "film makers who shoot" they're "camera operators that shoot films". So because my interest lies in the "story" and not just slapping footage together, I can build a solid edit. Because I'm not just an editor, my end goal is not just to edit footage for people, my goal is to be a film maker.

    • @SOSOLRAK
      @SOSOLRAK Год назад +1

      @@WhySteve I meant how does one get started to eventually getting paid for it

    • @WhySteve
      @WhySteve Год назад

      Oh, honestly, I am still figuring that one out. All my clients are from word of mouth (mostly friends that send the crappy clients they don't want to me) And I'm in South Africa so gear is really expensive and jobs pay very little. On a single job the most I can make is like R3000 which is equivalent to $180. So I pay myself a minimum wage salary which works out at R350 ($20) a day. So I'm still growing and learning how to land bigger clients and make a proper living from film making.

  • @LaurenKreiser
    @LaurenKreiser 2 года назад +111

    Nice to hear someone mentioning that you need to practice to get better at editing. Jeez, each of these points are so specific and actionable, will be coming back to this. Awesome video!

  • @TheFreshSoundsFlorida
    @TheFreshSoundsFlorida 2 года назад +97

    Glad to see you back. I'm very impressed and grateful for the caliber of guests you've brought on to the show to teach us about editing.

  • @kevinandrewsphoto
    @kevinandrewsphoto 2 года назад +21

    It’s been a while since I watched a movie essay I didn’t want to end. So many terrible channels out there diluted the genre. This was amazing. First time finding your channel. Subscribed for sure

  • @rogernygard6930
    @rogernygard6930 2 года назад +30

    The video turned out great. Nice work, Sven. YOU are a master editor.

  • @cl_audio_90
    @cl_audio_90 2 года назад +18

    I'm not a editor but enjoyed every second of this video. So much insights and wisdom here! thank you

  • @JesstyEissej
    @JesstyEissej 2 года назад +46

    Really fascinating interview! I'd love to see a similar interview with a different style of comedy editor to compare and contrast the tips. Eg. British comedy tends to have a different feel to American comedy, so I'm wondering how much of that is in the editing and whether the rules are significantly different. In particular, I suspect 'faster is funnier' would be a big point of contention

  • @jacobmossmedia8794
    @jacobmossmedia8794 2 года назад +5

    Roger is a class act. One of the most enthusiastic, friendly people I've ever talked to. He's happy to share his experience and wisdom all with a humble smile on his face.

  • @edwardchester1
    @edwardchester1 Год назад +1

    That line about rewatching stuff at screenings being like going to disneyland hits home. There's something about watching a final render of a video or watching a video once it's uploaded to youtube that just puts a mental distance between you and the material. In the edit you're still watching in pieces but after the fact you're watching whole.

  • @fran_galli
    @fran_galli 2 года назад

    great content, there's so much work searching examples of what you are talking and Roger super generous providing examples of different versions is super interesting. Cheers

  • @TomWhoASMR
    @TomWhoASMR 2 года назад +7

    This was great!! I need to watch this again, so much great insight into making comedy. Please do more on comedy editing.

  • @bobbihansel
    @bobbihansel 2 года назад +2

    This was FANTASTIC! Thank you for this incredible insight, we're so lucky to have access to this content.

  • @filmmakeranto
    @filmmakeranto 2 года назад +9

    I appreciate the content and effort you put in making these. I enjoy watching them as there is so much to learn from them. They are very educational.. in this video I found the video clips were particularly distracting and often my perception of audio (narration/vo) was lost. No idea why or it's just my ADD😂 acting up.

  • @WeirdCast
    @WeirdCast Год назад +1

    This Is freaking GOLD Overtime & practice I became aware of all of these rules! They Work. The one I'm still struggling with though, are wider shots, to show all the body language & interaction, but that's because close ups are much easier when you have little to no crew.

  • @luiscasanova1418
    @luiscasanova1418 2 года назад

    Hey dude, great video! Also, thanks for putting captions in spanish. Though i understand english, it is cool to see videos with subtitles and not miss any word that i might not understand because i'm not a native english speaker. Thanks for the additional effort on this!!

  • @JonnyBarrett
    @JonnyBarrett 2 года назад

    Your channel is incredible. I ADORE your content. So talented.

  • @WithinDeathLies
    @WithinDeathLies 2 года назад +4

    This video is so well thought out and extremely interesting. Learned a lot.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum 2 года назад

    This is a simply fantastic video. It's a bit more abstract than I personally would have liked, but I can tell that this as intentional. I look forward to checking out that book. It sounds like a treasure trove of hints on editing.

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe 2 года назад

    Love this! Editing has taken on a new life when it comes to comedy on platforms like TikTok too.

  • @samueltriplett
    @samueltriplett 2 года назад +17

    Good to see you! Hope everything's been going well for you.

    • @ThisGuyEdits
      @ThisGuyEdits  2 года назад +3

      Glad to be back. Things are good, just takes a long time to make videos these days. It's hard to keep it simple :)

  • @adityachandiok7208
    @adityachandiok7208 2 года назад

    This was really nice! Thank you for making this. Excited to read the book too!

  • @Sam-lm8gi
    @Sam-lm8gi 2 года назад +8

    Thank you, this was very insightful!… Some of my favorite comedy editing is in the films of Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, and I just saw on IMDB that the editor of both (John C. Howard) also cut Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which I still have not seen, but definitely will now!

  • @hensbread
    @hensbread Год назад

    this was awesome, thank you for making it. I love the tip to make the punchline wide to capture the reaction to the joke.

  • @SHNASTTV
    @SHNASTTV 2 года назад +12

    A lot of this advice is what I instinctually knew and advised my editor to make quicker cuts on skits. But then there's shows like Louie that almost threw out that notion and went for long and slow with a really funny pay off. Whether the editor goes for long or short cuts really has to mesh with the director and writers vision. Louie had a vision. Curb has a vision. Tim and Eric awesome show great job had a vision. All different styles. But this is definitely good advice in general. Esp. Since Curb is my favorite show. However Larry Sanders was my favorite show back in the day, and that one went for longer cuts.

    • @devinalexander7415
      @devinalexander7415 Год назад +1

      Great point and three of my favorites. Fast editing is great for comedy but I agree that sometimes letting a moment linger can be the funniest part of a show. Louie had a scene where a homeless man was bathing himself in the subway and it went on so long that it got funnier and funnier. It's hard to really deny that some scenes that require awkward tension would be less funny if it had quicker cuts.

  • @JeseeWalker
    @JeseeWalker 2 года назад +3

    This is the type of video you revisit a hundred times to fully take in. Masterful.

  • @thomasleftheris521
    @thomasleftheris521 2 года назад

    thanks god you are back ! please never stop teaching us as long makes you happy. you can't imagine how important have you been for me till now. PEACE, LOVE & EDIT

  • @RealRidez
    @RealRidez 2 года назад

    So glad to have you back creating content 🙂

  • @rubberface1424
    @rubberface1424 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant interview, and very comprehensive steps.
    A great example of Drama as close-up and Comedy as long-shot I think would be the editing of Franco Fraticelli, frequent collaborator of Lina Wertmüller. Much recommended.

  • @Dewgs.
    @Dewgs. 2 года назад

    Love your stuff man! Hope life is good!

  • @biksw
    @biksw 2 года назад +1

    Such a useful episode, great guest Sven

  • @EddieLensweiger
    @EddieLensweiger 2 года назад

    finally a new video! luuuurve your channel dude, very inspiring stuff

  • @plootyluvsturtle9843
    @plootyluvsturtle9843 Год назад

    how does this only have 300k views this deserves way more. this is so good

  • @BadTimeBabble
    @BadTimeBabble Год назад

    Great video. Really interesting insight into an editor/film maker of comedy. Lots of tips to use going forward with my editing.

  • @GregorPQ
    @GregorPQ 2 года назад +2

    Great episode, worth the wait.

  • @nicolasfl1864
    @nicolasfl1864 2 года назад +1

    While I am not an editor, but an architect, I find these ways of thinking valuable. Thanks for sharing!

  • @hurlicane56
    @hurlicane56 Год назад

    Wow, I have seen few videos with this much amazing advice. Incredible work, thank you! :)

  • @RawHeadRay
    @RawHeadRay 2 года назад +4

    Tragedy is a close up, Comedy is a long shot. ( i always felt that meant its easier to do tragedy than it is to do comedy )

  • @stu9000
    @stu9000 2 года назад

    So much gold in this video! Thank you

  • @lucascassemiro
    @lucascassemiro 2 года назад

    This is amazing content. Thank you so much for making it.

  • @JosephD
    @JosephD Год назад

    This was fantastic. Also just bought his book. Thank you.

  • @GratuityMedia
    @GratuityMedia 2 года назад

    As always really great content, thank you!

  • @derAtze
    @derAtze Год назад +1

    I am so happy to hear that it takes him several weeks to cut an episode. I had to do some 20 min long interview/gameshow ad for a political party and died, as i had to do like 3-5 per week, with little sleep and no private life at all

  • @BillZebubproductions
    @BillZebubproductions 2 года назад

    I just bought a copy from amazon. Thanks for showcasing this.

  • @josevelasco216
    @josevelasco216 2 года назад

    amazing!! thanks! this explains so much that I was kind of wondering about...

  • @ERTHL
    @ERTHL Год назад

    Thanks for the bonus lesson - always check if your fingers (and nails) are clean for your close ups!

  • @Shotbylawz
    @Shotbylawz 10 месяцев назад

    “It’s more like an analysis that I know what the equation is for funny”
    11:13 FACTSSSSS !!!!!!

  • @kyleheilig255
    @kyleheilig255 2 года назад +1

    Great Interview. Can't wait to try the comedy module in the course.

  • @williampace4167
    @williampace4167 2 года назад

    Awesome -- pure GOLD!

  • @narrativethreads_official
    @narrativethreads_official 2 года назад +2

    Great stuff, as always!

  • @tomsouzas
    @tomsouzas 2 года назад

    Amazing! Thanks for the video!

  • @JoaoSilva22222
    @JoaoSilva22222 Год назад +3

    This Guy took hours to edit this precious lesson, my best respects to him.

  • @husbandrew
    @husbandrew 2 года назад +4

    The scariest thing for me, when I edit, is I see the joke and know what it is but I end up replaying it so much that I start appreciating it in different ways. Kind of like eating fresh pizza but then it's a dayold and it's still great but for different reasons yet it's still pizza. How do you make sure your joke is still fresh after editing it for hours.

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence Год назад

    when i was growing up, i was lucky that my next door neighbour was film editor supremo eric boyd perkins. he worked on the wicker man, julias cesar, the prisoner, for your eyes only & many others. he did have many fascinating stories of working at pinewood studios & in hollywood too. he would talk about the power of the edit, picking the best takes, controlling the speed of the story telling etc.

  • @ShaneBaker
    @ShaneBaker 2 года назад

    Thank you! Fascinating.

  • @TheFeelButton
    @TheFeelButton 2 года назад +1

    Great set of rules to enhance the comedy!

  • @Storbang
    @Storbang 2 года назад +1

    Glad I saw this, though I’m not quite sure I want re-edit all my material to see if what I learned makes it funnier 🥴

  • @lyndonbaptiste
    @lyndonbaptiste 2 года назад

    I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

  • @yup8865
    @yup8865 2 года назад

    The inspirational background music picking up at 5:20 makes me laugh.

  • @TheJPinder
    @TheJPinder 8 месяцев назад

    it's like the algo knew I was cutting my first feature comedy. amazing help.

  • @Timyeahhh
    @Timyeahhh 2 года назад

    I’m a RUclips editor and I’ve been using epidemic sound for 7 years. It’s the best place to find and search for music and updated frequently. 1000% recommend

  • @forestforthetrees7173
    @forestforthetrees7173 Год назад

    Neat video, but what I'm REALLY here for is Epidemic Sound at 14:20! Mama mia, what a treat!

  • @MrMustachieo
    @MrMustachieo Год назад

    This would be so much fun to do/help out with.... I vibe with what Roger is saying,

  • @borisbadinoff1291
    @borisbadinoff1291 Год назад

    9:42 The principle "faster is funnier" and its origins are probably to be found in slap stick comedy, which themselves originate from cabaret shows. Watch any scenes of Abbott & Costello or any conversation involving Groucho Marx to see it. As these comedians all started in theaters, they can do it in a straight continuous face shot. No editing required. They master the pace.

  • @Soupcan13
    @Soupcan13 Год назад

    Friggin incredible video extremely fun to watch and hyper informative. Very well done. “How do you know prayers don’t work?” Killed me 😂

  • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
    @Dancing_Alone_wRentals 2 года назад

    I've learned more. My favorite channel to visit for tips and ideas tHanks

  • @kangsterizer
    @kangsterizer 2 года назад

    im not an editor at all, im just fascinated by all the details you give in your videos about editing. I once sat next to a well known, old actor in a plane and saw them watch some "new" movies on the plane video system. They would pause and make notes. I thought they'd just write down some things they thought were good or finding actors to make movies with later. But now I get that they were just still learning how to edit, despite being an actor.

  • @markisgallashaw
    @markisgallashaw Год назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @ngoss22100
    @ngoss22100 2 года назад

    love this content!

  • @seppevandenbroeck
    @seppevandenbroeck 2 года назад

    Very interesting video ! well made too, thanks!

  • @keithfissel1884
    @keithfissel1884 Год назад

    The bathroom (nosebleed) scene in veep was pure gold. I laughed so hard I got dizzy.

  • @cameron494
    @cameron494 Год назад

    Pure gold.

  • @BH-98
    @BH-98 2 года назад

    Completely agree with lesson 3

  • @chetneetchouhan
    @chetneetchouhan 2 года назад

    Glad you came back. :)

  • @brandonchristensen2990
    @brandonchristensen2990 2 года назад

    Great video!

  • @Keaks_
    @Keaks_ Год назад

    Using a coaster at Julia Louis-Dreyfus house @ 2:03 Smart move.

  • @zekysantangelop
    @zekysantangelop 2 года назад

    This video was amazing... I have no other words...

  • @antoniodelatorre3121
    @antoniodelatorre3121 2 года назад

    Friggin gold!

  • @thesecurityguard.
    @thesecurityguard. 24 дня назад +1

    Thank you so much.

  • @xilanceylan
    @xilanceylan 2 года назад +1

    Crazy good video

  • @MikeWittig
    @MikeWittig 2 года назад

    A great video. Thank you.

  • @cjmacq-vg8um
    @cjmacq-vg8um Год назад

    in "his girl friday" howard hawks instructed the actors (cary grant, rosiland russell) to talk as quickly as they could. you can see this effect in this movie as well as "one, two, three." for the marx bros comeback film "a night at the opera" Irving Thalberg suggested the bros slow the comedy dialogue down. which they did and that film became their highest grossing film. thalberg's reasoning was putting space between the jokes allowed the audience to hear all the jokes. when before the jokes were so rapid fire the audience's laughter would drown out many jokes.

  • @chrisgenovese8188
    @chrisgenovese8188 2 года назад

    this was super cool!

  • @arturodelarosa4394
    @arturodelarosa4394 2 года назад

    This explains so much.

  • @KMHill
    @KMHill 2 года назад +1

    Welcome back!

  • @Dancing_Alone_wRentals
    @Dancing_Alone_wRentals 2 года назад

    Good to see you! ....Well it will be...I'm still letting the commercials play through. Okay...shhhh, the show is starting.

  • @MoneyOdesanya
    @MoneyOdesanya Год назад

    This guy is genius. Thank you.

  • @forknspon
    @forknspon 2 года назад

    This was so good.

  • @random07
    @random07 2 года назад +1

    Could we just take a second to appreciate the existence of a clip were Will Smith getting freaked out by woman wearing a wig?

  • @Kharrari
    @Kharrari 2 года назад

    This was amazing

  • @santifante
    @santifante 2 года назад

    Great episode, loved it! Is there a chance for us to have the list of movies to watch he mentions ?

    • @rogernygard6930
      @rogernygard6930 2 года назад +1

      Here's a list of many that I recommend in the book: Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Birds (1963),Suckers (2001), Six Days in Roswell (2000), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Wild Bunch (1969), Bringing up Baby (1938), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), His Girl Friday (1940), It’s a Mad,Mad,Mad,MadWorld (1963), They Call Me Trinity (1970), What’s Up, Doc? (1972), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), or Roger and Me (1989), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Sergeant York (1941), Unfaithfully Yours (1948), Seven Samurai (1954), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Phantasm (1979), Terms of Endearment (1983), Evil Dead II (1987), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Raising Arizona (1987), The Killer (1989), Delicatessen (1991), Strictly Ballroom (1992), or Fresh (1994), Once Upon aTime in the West (1968), Lifeboat (1944), Trekkies (1999)

    • @cl_audio_90
      @cl_audio_90 2 года назад

      @@rogernygard6930 Thank you so much for this

  • @LightspeedTutorials
    @LightspeedTutorials 2 года назад +1

    This is a good topic to cover. And maybe that's, me expecting something else, other than structured, in depth and articulated video. But this kind of dragged on it felt unnecessary lengthy, to be effectively digested. I'd like to see the tempo of PeterMcKinnon or Charisma on Demand.

  • @mezza001
    @mezza001 2 года назад

    Yeah...it's so true about SNL sketches which usually fizzles out at the end. Very rarely does its sketch ended with a punch and SNL have been around for many decades. Couldn't the writers figured it out by now on how to right comedy sketch for live shows?

  • @TRYtoHELPyou
    @TRYtoHELPyou 2 года назад

    This is liquid inspiration

  • @bestjoshforbes
    @bestjoshforbes 2 года назад

    Wait....Roger Nygard the director of Trekkies??? Amazing!

  • @lacaraja
    @lacaraja 2 года назад +1

    You are back!

    • @ThisGuyEdits
      @ThisGuyEdits  2 года назад +1

      Never really left. But yeah it's nice to get a new video out. :)

  • @obsessionbali3028
    @obsessionbali3028 2 года назад +1

    He is definitely the best 👍💯

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting 2 года назад

    10:42 When I was editing a video, it got to the point where I was going to scrap it because I didn't think it was funny anymore. Didn't scrap it, but hey, I learned something.