Ricky Gervais Tells A Story About How He Learned To Write | Fast Company
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Published 2013-09-11
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All Comments (21)
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I love how he is talking about the simplicity of writing what you know whilst you have a thousand different camera angles going on
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If only this video also had some drone shots too
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You know what this video really needs? More slider shots...
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So true. Unfortunately I'm a maverick detective that doesn't play by the rules, so that's all I know what to write about.
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The camerawork happening here for this interview is insane. I'm surprised Gervais could keep a straight face with at least 3 cameras doing their thing at the same time.
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the message of this video vs the extraneous editing of it is almost too much irony to bear.
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I'd like to think that the amount of camera angles etc are a joke..
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"Being honest is what counts. Trying to make the ordinary extraordinary is so much batter than starting with the extraordinary... it's your job to make an audience as excited and fascinated about a subject as you are." There's the gold, right there.
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That 13 year old Gervais essay sounded like an episode of afterlife.
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That one good teacher is the reason we got both versions of the office. Thank you good teachers!
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Not enough panning IMO. Maybe throw in a few drone shots and some edgy time-lapses and I think you''ll have nailed it.
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I'll be constructive. I've made this mistake before. The thought goes, "It's an interview, it's boring, so I need to make it interesting". So I would resort to wall to wall music, quick cuts and dynamic shots. I ignored the fact that the speaker WAS in fact interesting and I got in the way. Cut musically, with the beats of the dialog, at the pace of the speaker. Use the slide cam sparingly and move it with his thoughts. Not like a ping pong. You're a filmmaker, not a side show. Be invisible.
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stop over editing these videos. one camera is all you need! its not a Michael bay movie!!
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The way he told the story about writing a story was illustration enough. Wow. Goosebumps. And to that English teacher, hats off 👏
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That slider shot was cool....the first time
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Real Talk. Make the ordinary extraordinary. Words to live by.
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"Think an ordinary paper company like Dunder Mifflin was a great subject for a documentary. There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kind of the point?" Ricky Gervais didn't write that final line of The Office US, but they sure did him justice with it.
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“Make the ordinary extraordinary.” I came to that realization all on my own 25 years ago with my own writing. I have always had a nerdified mind about noticing small details, remembering them forever, and a decent facility for turning a phrase. My favorite authors (and songwriting lyricists, even) are the ones who do exactly that. “Make the ordinary extraordinary.” Now, if only I had gumption enough to try to get published.
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Can see the moment Ricky gets emotional by just being honest and writing about the here and now or real life. Great insight into a comic with pathos.
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Whoever shot and edited this had no idea what they were doing. Awesome story btw.
