A roundtable conversation with the team that has created several opening montage films for the Academy Awards, including Troy Miller (Flight of the Conchords, Parks and Recreation) and his veteran short-form collaborators as they share insights into creating comedy through timing, structure, and creative production technique. From the first paragraph to the final edit, Miller and his team discuss their relationship to the beats and rhythms best suited to create laughs and how best to capture them.
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