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“Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 2 of 2)

Many of the scenes in the Big Fish script seems long and a bit dry. Luckily, in the world of cinema, editing can make even the simplest scenes exciting, dramatic, and short. While the editing in Big Fish conforms to many of the traditional modern editing techniques, when several scenes from the script are compared with theirContinue reading ““Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 2 of 2)”

“Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 1 of 2)

Made in 2003, Big Fish is one of the smaller films from famous (and infamous) director Tim Burton. Based on a novel by the same name, the book made the jump to the silver screen with all the grace of a large trout swimming upriver. It is the story of two men’s lives and theContinue reading ““Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 1 of 2)”