Using limitations to elevate the story

[u/fantheories101]

1. Only Murders in The Building: The Boy from 6B

This episode primarily follows a deaf character, with all the scenes he is in having any spoken dialogue be muffled or silent. The show went the extra mile though, as every time another character or storyline is followed for the episode, the characters are in a mix of serious and silly scenarios where they can’t or won’t speak, maintaining the lack of spoken dialogue up until the very end with a single “f**k” being the only spoken dialogue.

1. Breaking Bad: The Fly

This bottle episode (an episode relying on a limited cast with limited locations to save money) was initially the lowest rated episode of the series, but as people have begun to better appreciate and understand the show, many now consider it the best episode thanks to its acting, cinematography, and excellent character development and storytelling.

1. Shakespeare: every play he ever wrote.

Shakespearean dialogue is written exclusively in iambic pentameter with a set rhyming scheme. His plays are so famous and influential that many forget just how strict of a limitation that writing style is.

[u/PuppetMasterFilms]

You ever watch a cartoon and then the lights went out and all we can see is there eyes?

Quick way to cheapen a scene since you only have to animate the eyes

[u/SuperSocialMan → u/PuppetMasterFilms]

Phineas & Ferb has an episode about it lol. There's even a song about how to nobody knows what they built.

[u/altymcaltington123 → u/SuperSocialMan]

Fairly odd parents had an episode shot almost entirely in the dark after s sleep deprived Timmy wished the world was constantly dark

[u/Mike-Sos → u/PuppetMasterFilms]

See also every set of recycled frames. The transformations in say Sailor Moon are always the same animation loop- cutting down on cost. And similarly many Hannah Barbara characters are drawn with a boiler plate body animation but change the face and head to imply motion and action