In Praise of Great Exposition

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  @ThomasFlight · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @brianmcg321 · 1 year ago

  Any time I see one of my siblings I always address them as “brother” or “sister” just in case someone is filming my life for a movie.

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  @stevecarter8810 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The walter junior water heater scene (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywJKFunIGM&amp;t=317">5:17</a>) also shows a lot in the tone and reactions. There&apos;s no money AND Walter is ashamed in front of his son AND Skyler stresses about holding the family together. Breaking bad is great at moving multiple playing pieces with each event.

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  @kidJK96 · 2 years ago

  I think the only genre of film where I love “forced” exposition is heist films. Oceans introducing each member to showcase their skills, give me MORE

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  @RivetCityGhoul · 2 years ago (edited)

  Oh my god I spend so much time thinking about bad exposition, thank you for this. “Diana, we’ve been married for seven years, I think I know what kind of cake you want for your fortieth birthday party. My name’s Steve by the way.”

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  @77onesjj · 1 year ago

  The guy who wrote Queer as Folk said, &quot;I&apos;d rather be confused for five minutes than bored for five seconds&quot; about this and it&apos;s always stuck with me.

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  @jacobtheallen · 2 years ago

  my favourite piece of exposition in anything is in Shaun of the Dead when they flip through all the TV channels

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  @lw8882 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The first example from breaking bad is great for other reasons, too.<br>Their son enters the room on crutches while they&apos;re both sitting, so despite being physically disabled has the dominant posture in the shot. The shot reaction shot is not showing his parents together, and they have varying reactions, implying they&apos;re split on the issue and how to handle it. Then when he treats the mother rudely it&apos;s not immediately reprimanded, showing both that this kind of talk is normal in their household, and they&apos;re even split on how to raise their son. Then when they&apos;re talking about the finances later, he&apos;s drinking in the kitchen and she&apos;s sitting on the counter ages away from him, creating distance and putting them both in different light, implying that they&apos;re not even on the same page as to the severity of or solution to their financial problems, and showing that it&apos;s putting a strain on the relationship not just by the way they talk and what they choose to avoid talking about.<br><br>Exposition through dialogue is great, but incorporating it into framing, blocking, lighting and direction is so much harder.

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  @rikkTV · 2 years ago

  the only &quot;hello, brother&quot; i accept is Buster from Arrested Development

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  @diogosanguine · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywJKFunIGM&amp;t=79">1:19</a> my dear, sweet lord, that hurts

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  @philllllllll · 2 years ago

  &quot;Do you remember that time when you...&quot; with a LOOOOOT more detail than would be necessary in a normal conversation.

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  @z-beeblebrox · 2 years ago

  You know a movie is about to have the siblings kill each other if it starts out with one of them joyously saying “BROTHER!”

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