“The Heat” and “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig on editing the improvised scenes in a movie
New York magazine’s Vulture section recently started a series, “How To Make A Movie,” with plenty of noteworthy, well, how-to information for you filmmaking fans. On Tuesday, director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat) offered five lessons to live by if you decide to include a lot of ad-libbing and improvisation that goes off the original shooting script. They are: Every Joke Must Serve the Story Test It With Real People Know When to Pull Back Play Detective Sometimes It’s Better to Be Less Funny Wait. What’s that last lesson, again? Be less funny? As Feig explains: “When it gets...
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