Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright has paved a huge motorway in contemporary filmmaking. His work included Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End and the incredibly stylish Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. He secures editors like Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss and Chris Dickens of whom the latter worked with him on two of the acclaimed Cornetto Trilogy. He chooses these editors because they work very similarly I think. Edgar Wright writes screenplay in a way only few working in Hollywood do. He writes very quick-witted dialogue, as well as quickly delivered action. Edgar edits to the beat of his screenplay rather well. Sometimes there are instances where scenes are drawn out in order to achieve a certain goal, such as when the character Shaun from Shaun of the Dead walks down the road to the shop, all is achieved in a one-take, and is matched by a later scene in the film. But also the film speeds up at times, especially in Hot Fuzz when the character Nicholas Angel has received news that he will be transferred to the countryside to resume his duties as a Police Officer. He then travels there in style, Edgar Wright likes to cut various scenes and sounds together very sharply. And every day human moments at that, such as a character making a cup of tea to them getting on a train. Scenes like this are not drawn out because that would be wasting time. In the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the film is very much out of reality, we know this from the outset. The director makes everyone completely aware that this is a ridiculous idea. And it almost feels like someone reading a comic book to you in ways. He uses Onomatopoeia to implore emotions. And direction in cuts to give the movie a feeling of constant motion, like the characters are moving forward.