Why the music in Marvel movies is so forgettable

I never really thought about this, but it's so true. When it comes to Marvel movies, these huge blockbusters that rake in millions of dollars across several film franchises, there's not a single theme song that I can hum back if I were asked to. It's weird especially when I am able to hum the tunes of other equally big blockbusters. Why is this? Every Frame A Painting says this is mainly because of recent trends in movie film scores where the music is made to not be noticed. Odd since I tend to think music often plays a HUGE role in manipulating how one feels when watching a motion picture. And the lack of recognizable music isn't due to laziness, it kind of has to do with the use of what's called "temp music" during the production of a film in general. Sometimes, composers who listen to temp music get roped in to one particular sound I guess.

How does an editor know when to cut?

Tony Zhou of Every Frame A Painting does a wonderful job explaining something that can't quite be explained except with proper examples. That is, how does an editor know when to cut in a film? How does he know when to cut? Well, it helps first to have a ton of great directors to follow after, but in the end, it really just comes down to practice. You cut here, you cut there, and you gauge how an audience responds to a cut. Did it propel the film forward and support the characters' emotions in the scene? Does it help to tell the story? Does the cut make the emotion feel real?

The perfect timing of conversation in Coen Brothers films

Another wonderful video from Tony Zhou about very specific filming techniques used by directors. This one centers around filming dialogue in films in various Coen brothers movies. If you look closely, the Coen brothers always place a wide angle lens between characters rather than behind them, giving a wider, sometimes distorted view of not only the character's features but also the environment they're in. I'll let you watch the video above -- Tony explains much better than I can.