Check out my Patron here! Infinite thanks to those who've already pledged. https://www.patreon.com/onehandclap Aaron Sorkin and The Social Network and the problem with his characters and and Aaron Sorkin, oh my! Hot n heavy 'sode this month. Even Justin Timberlake makes an appearance! Back at it again and this time we're moving on to movies. This idea actually sprung from a vague memory of a friend and I watching the film, V for Vendetta, and feeling uncomfortable with all the clever quips from the sexual predators right before she meets V. Cleverness can do wonders for a movie in certain moments, but I often see script writers throwing it in at any odd moment without regard to the situation, scene, or character, mostly just because it's, well, clever. Puns and analogies and repartee certainly have a place in the film world, but I hate to think that this kind of dialogue could ever take over the film world. So, with that in mind, I decided to make a video to show how cleverness can leave a viewer wanting. And who better to pick apart than The King of Clever, Aaron Sorkin. I decided to focus on The Social Network since I've seen multiple video essays on how good the dialogue is in that film, and I wanted to offer a counterpoint. I would have reached back to the West Wing more, but that's before my time, so I decided to stick to what I know. Anyway, hope you enjoy. As always, the best way to help with the channel (if you’re interested) is to Like, Subscribe, Comment, Share with Friends, Post on Facebook, Tweet, and Reddit. Especially sharing on fb and twitter and reddit. I really appreciate all the help and support I’ve gotten so far. Without the fans, where would I be? Much love, Michael P.S. Remix (for the computers): This video is about the social network and Aaeon Sorkin and his dialogue and cleverness and his screenwriting. I like a few good dialogue examples from Kenneth Lonergan because it’s important to show the other side. Is there a difference between Aaron Sorkin clever and Aaron Sorkin Cleverness? I don’t know. The important thing is that this is a video essay on Sorkin dialogue and what’s wrong with it. All this is for educational purposes only. I don’t own any of this content.
OneHandClap
7 years ago
Hello again, Just want to let everyone know that I'm making a push for the Facebook video to gain more traction next week, starting, tomorrow, June 4th. Tomorrow the video will be published on a popular psychology blog, and it may be posted on another one later in the week. So I'm going to ask everyone who wants to help out to share the video tomorrow on Facebook or Twitter or Reddit or anywhere. I know I've already asked this a million times and it's probably getting pretty annoying at this point, but I will say, if these videos stop gaining traction and blowing up, I can't really continue to put the same amount of time into them as when I was in school. If they do keep blowing up, then I can start putting more energy into this and creating more content. So if you want to see more consistent videos from OneHandClap (and better videos of course, cause I'm still trying to improve), then share share share tomorrow. Sorry to beg, but that's the name of the game on YouTube, so here I am, begging away :) Sincerely, Michael
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OneHandClap
7 years ago
Greetings OneHandClappers! You may have noticed I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus in the past couple months. Or, more likely, you didn’t notice and didn’t care. Well, either way, here’s a little update on the current state of OneHandClap. Basically I moved to LA a few months ago after graduating to do some freelance video editing. But right away I landed a full-time, much more involved in-house editing job. So now, a) I don’t have time to edit my videos anymore (it takes about 50 hours) and b) I do have enough money to pay a freelancer. So I’ve connected with an awesome editor (who happens to be a fan of the channel) and we’ve been working together on integrating his style and my scripts, cultivating a new aesthetic for OneHandClap. Hopefully there will be a new video within the next month! But this will be an ongoing process, so please please please offer feedback if you have any, either in the comments section, or directly to my email, michaelkaplan973@gmail.com. We really want to make this some of the most informative, entertaining, and meaningful content on YouTube. With the revamping of the channel will come a bunch of brand new Patreon Exclusive content. Basically, those who pay one dollar per video (which will be about one dollar per month) will also have access to a bunch of original content I’ll be putting on Patreon. This will include BonusClaps (which are vlog-style add-ons to each video essay, exploring the topic a little further), random weird little short films I’ve worked on, readings of short stories I’ve published, absurd editing mash-ups, supercuts, movie reviews, and so on. These will start out VERY low quality and fairly raw, but if I get enough subscribers, I’ll be able to quit my job and start really putting some energy into that content as well. Very excited to see where all this takes us. It’s been a strange trip so far and I can only imagine it’ll keep getting stranger. Here’s to diving out into the unknown. Sincerely, Michael
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