Ref:
http://www.elementsofcinema.com/editing/kuleshov-effect.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gGl3LJ7vHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCAE0t6KwJY
1.
Wide shot. Inside the Guardians' space ship.
Rocket addresses the reader, looking out of the panel, and gestures towards Groot, who stands to the right of the panel.
The other members of the crew are playing poker in the background and paying no attention.
Rocket: My sesquipedalian friend here is going to help me demonstrate the Kuleshov Effect.
2.
Rocket holds up a pizza box with one slice of pizza left.
3.
Medium shot of Groot with an inscrutable expression.
Groot: I am Groot.
4.
Rocket holds up the centerfold of an alien porn mag, all purple skin and tentacles. The page is torn, the more provocative section of the image gone.
5.
Medium shot of Groot with an inscrutable expression.
Groot: I am Groot.
6.
Rocket holds up a chainsaw.
7.
Medium shot of Groot with an inscrutable expression.
Groot: I am Groot.
8.
Wide.
Rocket starts the chainsaw and brandishes it at Groot. Groot steps backwards, but smiles.
The other crew members stand up from their poker game, startled.
Rocket: This clearly demonstrates that someone has been going through my locker again!
I definitely had to follow those links to understand what you were going on about - this may be one of the highest brow jokes we've ever had at Thought Balloons. But it may also be one of the funniest. Had a solid guffaw at that final panel.
ReplyDeleteOf all the characters to illustrate this editing technique, Groot is absolutely spot on. I have definitely missed your brand of humour and scripting around her. Don't be a stranger, Brian.
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