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Craft guide / 2 tracks

Changing comedy during filming and editing

Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel, and Alec Berg discuss location work, coverage, editing, and audience responses that changed EuroTrip. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. discuss and demonstrate improvisation in Tropic Thunder. Compare how planned scenes change through actors' contributions and the edit.

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  1. EuroTrip poster

    Part 1 of 2

    EuroTrip (2004)

    Jeff Schaffer / David Mandel / Alec Berg

    Writer / 1h 31m / 28 segments

  2. Tropic Thunder poster

    Part 2 of 2

    Tropic Thunder (2008)

    Ben Stiller / Jack Black / Robert Downey Jr.

    Cast / 1h 43m / 227 segments