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WandaVision Cinematographer Reveals the Secrets Behind Marvel Series’ Ever-Changing Looks Jess Hall discusses the cameras, lenses, and techniques he used to keep up with WandaVision’s decades-spanning inspirations. By Akhil Arora | Updated: 24 February 2021 10:48 IST Photo Credit: Disney/Marvel Studios Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision Highlights Hall used the same Arri Alexa LF camera for all episodes Avengers: Endgame lenses used for SWORD s...

Happy Endings, the ABC sitcom created by the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s own Russo brothers. When you’re looking for a modern family sitcom to emulate, Modern Family just fits the bill. As for why the show would use a theme song from a show it’s not emulating, the Office theme song has way more of a cultural foothold when it comes to immediately making the listener think of a recent sitcom, not least because the Modern Family theme is only 10 seconds long. What about the commercial? ...

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With WandaVision reviving everyone’s love of vintage sitcoms, we decided it was time to take a closer look at the genre. This week’s Behind the Seams video delves into the history of sitcom fashion, beginning with black-and-white shows like I Love Lucy, and covering sitcoms like The Brady Bunch, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, and The Good Place. Sitcoms have their own visual language, opting for bright lights and a colorful palette to emphasize their lighthearted tone. They invar...

This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Sia as well as an accompanying film from the pop star called “Music.”

30 Rock takes its viewers behind the scenes of a sketch-comedy show, covering the tendency toward lunacy of its actors, writers, and corporate executives. Liz Lemon (Fey) is continually forced to mediate between her show’s stars (played by Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski) while dealing with the absurd demands of her mentor/boss, the sharp-toothed corporate shark Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), whose strict capitalist conservatism clashes with Lemon’s liberalism. In her efforts to “have it al...

Successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday, and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network executives. >> but then suddenly t...

>> leave it to you to put the pig back in pygmalion. >> kelsey grammar played pom positive like nobody youve ever seen and got huge laughs. >> dont consider a move until my fingers have completely cleared the piece. >> whats taking so long? >> but i am analyzing my options unlike your wing-it approach i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> checkmate, schwarzkopf. >> i think "frasier" stands as the single most successful spinoff, at least in the history of si...

And what was going on to the stage. and we felt the chemistry of that cast. >> joey? >> thank you. >> monica. ? im your best friend. >> sweetie. dont worry. youll get picked. chandler. >> i dont think anybody realizes how hard this show is to write. theres always six characters and then a lot of them dovetail into each other. thats pretty extraordinary writing. >> was there a different structure of "friends" than other sitcoms? >> i guess the tradition in sitcoms had been that there was always a...

Those characters, that i never got tired of writing that show. >> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections. but you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next! >> how rude. >> hes quick, ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it too...