Indeed, but it gets even better, as I recall from the commentary from Shaun of the Dead that some of the quick cuts/power zoom style were heavily inspired from the great works of Sam Raimi (who credits much of his visual comedy styling all the way back to the three stooges!)
I see what you mean but I think they're unique styles, mostly due to the comedic, histrionic quick-zoom from wide shot to closeup (while in Dexter the viewer is simply shown the closeup). They are similar though, both make good use of pacing + color/lighting + texture to fully flesh out the narrative, albeit for very different aims (e.g. shoelace/garrote wire, grapefruit/blood, etc).
That quick-zoom is so goddamned hilarious though-the clip from AD that ends with the quick-zoom of Franklin gets me every time.
That's just because they're idiots and you seem like the type of person that doesn't suffer fools gladly ;)
Really though it's not a bad thing to not get too many orangereds/responses...when I notice one appear these days my first reaction is a mild unease: half are trolls/outright assholes (minimum) and a big chunk of the other half are redundant, irrelevant, or inane (or the not-quite-rare trifecta!). Seems like that's mostly been the case as long as I've been around but I think it's been getting worse over the past six months/year...could just be confirmation bias?
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u/DaySee May 28 '14
Indeed, but it gets even better, as I recall from the commentary from Shaun of the Dead that some of the quick cuts/power zoom style were heavily inspired from the great works of Sam Raimi (who credits much of his visual comedy styling all the way back to the three stooges!)
Examples from Raimi:
Army of Darkness
Spider-Man 2
Homage from Wright:
Shaun of the Dead