Video of the Day: Breaking Bad - The Movie

Posted March 13, 2017
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Oh, the power of editing.

Today's video of the day is a fan-made feature length movie version of Breaking Bad. The feature uses exisiting footage from the series re-edited to make a two-hour movie.

This is a good example of how good storytelling techniques pretty much stay the same no matter if you are making a 62-episode TV series in 45 minute installments, a two hour movie, or even a one-minute video, the principles of storytelling remain the same. 

 


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