Robert Singer interview and stuff
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Robert Singer interview with SFUniverse
SPOLIERS!!!
Not spoiler part under the cut.
Singer’s “meter” was definitely in the right place when he directed last year’s laugh-a-minute episode, “Bad Day at Black Rock.” Though Jared Padalecki has said he feels more comfortable with the dramatic scenes than the comedic ones, you wouldn’t know it by his performance in this classic episode.
“If [Jared] had his druthers, the emotional stuff feels more in his wheelhouse, [but] he’s really, really, really, good at the physical comedy,” says director Singer. “He did stuff in “Bad Day at Black Rock” that had me cracking up. I’d sit at the monitor and watch it and he did some pratfalls that were fantastic and when he did the thing with the gum stuck to his shoe. . . I think he’s selling himself short.”
And the other half of the team?
“Jensen, he has facial stuff and eye rolls and long takes that are classic. Jensen is particularly fantastic at that, he can do Jack Benny takes with the best of them.”
Now that the show is in its fourth season, with the writers writing to each of the boy’s strengths, it’s easy to hit the ground running, says Singer.
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MIXED BAG OF TRICKS
“They get it right away. We have a ten-minute talk before shooting and off we go.”
Which is probably the norm on shows such as CSI or Two and a Half Men where the tone and style is set from day one. Not so on Supernatural.
“The good thing about our show, because we’re doing a little movie every week, you shoot it in the way that’s appropriate to the text. Some shows are more languid and very long lensy and moody and other shows have more action and that’s a lot of cuts and handheld stuff. Comedy is wider, generally - you do more 2 and 3 shots, a lot of reaction shots.
“I’ve been lucky on this show that I’ve run the gamut in the ones that I’ve done and it’s nice to have those change-ups. You don’t feel like you’re getting into a rut because they’re all so different.”
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And last but not least, he takes on my favorite question.
Captain Kirk vs. Captain Jack Sparrow?
“That’s a question? (laugh) Personally, I’m a Captain Jack Sparrow fan more than Captain Kirk. I was not a great Star Trek devotee. In retrospect, I find it so utterly campy that it’s fun but I don’t think it was meant to be at the time. But Jack Sparrow is one of the great characterizations.”
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On a total shallow note, can I have CASTIEL back now???? He's a such lovely plot device :))))
Robert Singer interview with SFUniverse
SPOLIERS!!!
Not spoiler part under the cut.
Singer’s “meter” was definitely in the right place when he directed last year’s laugh-a-minute episode, “Bad Day at Black Rock.” Though Jared Padalecki has said he feels more comfortable with the dramatic scenes than the comedic ones, you wouldn’t know it by his performance in this classic episode.
“If [Jared] had his druthers, the emotional stuff feels more in his wheelhouse, [but] he’s really, really, really, good at the physical comedy,” says director Singer. “He did stuff in “Bad Day at Black Rock” that had me cracking up. I’d sit at the monitor and watch it and he did some pratfalls that were fantastic and when he did the thing with the gum stuck to his shoe. . . I think he’s selling himself short.”
And the other half of the team?
“Jensen, he has facial stuff and eye rolls and long takes that are classic. Jensen is particularly fantastic at that, he can do Jack Benny takes with the best of them.”
Now that the show is in its fourth season, with the writers writing to each of the boy’s strengths, it’s easy to hit the ground running, says Singer.
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MIXED BAG OF TRICKS
“They get it right away. We have a ten-minute talk before shooting and off we go.”
Which is probably the norm on shows such as CSI or Two and a Half Men where the tone and style is set from day one. Not so on Supernatural.
“The good thing about our show, because we’re doing a little movie every week, you shoot it in the way that’s appropriate to the text. Some shows are more languid and very long lensy and moody and other shows have more action and that’s a lot of cuts and handheld stuff. Comedy is wider, generally - you do more 2 and 3 shots, a lot of reaction shots.
“I’ve been lucky on this show that I’ve run the gamut in the ones that I’ve done and it’s nice to have those change-ups. You don’t feel like you’re getting into a rut because they’re all so different.”
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And last but not least, he takes on my favorite question.
Captain Kirk vs. Captain Jack Sparrow?
“That’s a question? (laugh) Personally, I’m a Captain Jack Sparrow fan more than Captain Kirk. I was not a great Star Trek devotee. In retrospect, I find it so utterly campy that it’s fun but I don’t think it was meant to be at the time. But Jack Sparrow is one of the great characterizations.”
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On a total shallow note, can I have CASTIEL back now???? He's a such lovely plot device :))))
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-15 06:58 pm (UTC)I don't know what I was thinking...I edited the post.
Thanks.
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:54 pm (UTC)ah ecco..pensavo d essere l'unic in astinenza...
WE WANTZ HIM BACK NAO!
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:00 pm (UTC)poi nn c hai capito più nulla perkè è apparso l'header XD
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:03 pm (UTC)la tua icona....stasera mi vuoi horny...
*evil grin*
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:56 pm (UTC)God I can't believe I am missing a character who is not Dean so much!
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Date: 2008-10-15 06:59 pm (UTC)//God I can't believe I am missing a character who is not Dean so much!//
dillo a me...*O*
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:04 pm (UTC)Ok allora come era il piano???
Uno te lo sposi e uno fa l'amante, mentre io me li prendo entrambi come amanti e poi chiedo a Jensen e Misha di recitare Dean e Castiel per noi in privato.
Si???? Si vero???
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:11 pm (UTC)*evil masterminds*
*g*
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:15 pm (UTC)si si
*we rock*
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:17 pm (UTC)I guess you are very very busy.
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:29 pm (UTC)Have you seen Jensen S4 promo pic?
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Date: 2008-10-15 08:05 pm (UTC)ARMS PORN!!!
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:27 pm (UTC)Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky February 14, 1894 - December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film.
Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th Century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular in the 1940s and '50s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny
Before looking in wikipedia I asked to a friend and she said to me:", Jack Benny was a great commedian that had a characteristic of telling jokes with a straight face or making certain facial expressions that would give the joke more humor. It's quite a compliment, really. Jack Benny is still considered one of the best commedians."
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:28 pm (UTC)That's it.
*is proud*
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:52 pm (UTC)Amy is so so pretty!
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Date: 2008-10-16 09:31 am (UTC)He's pretty much show us already how he sees angels and i totally agree with him.
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Date: 2008-10-16 03:43 am (UTC)*Grins happily*
*hugs*
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