History Main / MundaneMadeAwesome

* Punctuated close-ups

...And all of a sudden, we've got something ''exciting''. Well, in theory anyway. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Simply by reading this page]], you've made it substantially more obvious to yourself when the film editor is just screwing with your emotions with all of these disclaimers, and indeed, overuse of these tone-changers will be obvious to nearly anyone. Of course, effective use of this trope will [[RuleOfCool blind the viewer]] with sheer awesome to the point that they won't notice.

* [[LightingTropes Lighting changes]]
* [[RepeatCut Different camera angles]]

* Close-ups

[[caption-width-right:250:Dramatic Writing: Brought to You By Light Yagami.[[note]]What the proctor actually says, translated to English: "I can't take this anymore... all I get are weirdos like him."[[/note]]]]

...And all of a sudden, we've got something ''exciting''. Well, in theory anyway. Simply by reading this page, you've made it substantially more obvious to yourself when the film editor is just screwing with your emotions with all of these disclaimers, and indeed, overuse of these tone-changers will be obvious to nearly anyone. Of course, effective use of this trope will [[RuleOfCool blind the viewer]] with sheer awesome to the point that they won't notice.

[[caption-width-right:250:Dramatic Writing: Brought To You By Light Yagami.]]

->''"[[MemeticMutation I'll take a potato chip... AND EAT IT!]]"''

[[caption-width-right:250:Epic Writing: Brought To You By Light Yagami.]]

In the world of fiction, however, this kind of mundanity simply will not do (unless you're such a good writer that you can pull it off). This is ''especially'' noticable when plot-relevant events of ''huge import'' are going on! Looks like we need some editing work from Doctor Fabulous if this is gonna get anywhere. To an otherwise mundane scene, we will thus add --

...And all of a sudden, we've got something ''epic''. Well, in theory anyway- simply by reading this page, you've made it substantially more obvious to yourself when the film editor is just screwing with your emotions with all these epic disclaimers, and indeed, overuse of these tone-changers will be obvious to nearly anyone. Of course, effective use of this trope will [[RuleOfCool blind the viewer]] with sheer awesome to the point that they won't notice.

In the world of fiction, however, this kind of mundanity simply will not do (unless you're [[DavidFosterWallace such a good writer that you can pull it off]], but [[BreakingTheFourthWall we both know you're not]]. [[CallToAdventure Unless you think you are]]). This is ''especially'' intolerable when plot-relevant events of ''huge import'' are going on! Looks like we need some editing work from Doctor Fabulous if this is gonna get anywhere. To an otherwise mundane scene, we will thus add --

...And all of a sudden, we've got something ''epic''. Well, in theory anyway- simply by [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife reading this page]] you've made it substantially more obvious to yourself when the film editor is just screwing with your emotions with all these epic disclaimers, and indeed, egregious use of these tone-changers will be obvious to nearly anyone. Of course, effective use of this trope will [[RuleOfCool blind the viewer]] with sheer awesome to the point that they won't notice.

See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), InvisibilityFlicker (which reminds you that stealth and awesome do not mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (More focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Gripping orchestral music]] (bonus points for [[OminousLatinChanting ominous latin chanting]])

When you think about it, the vast majority of things we do in our everyday life are incredibly boring. Sports games? A bunch of people throw a ball around. Lunch? You put food in your mouth and chew it. Even now, you're staring at [[http://xkcd.com/722/ a screen with lights on it that changes slightly depending on how you push buttons on a keyboard]]. Talk about dull.

{{Large Ham}}s are the living embodiments of this trope. This trope is highly likely to contain {{Melodrama}}. When this gets overdone, you often end up with {{Narm}} and GetOnWithItAlready.

In the world of fiction, however, this kind of mundanity simply will not do (unless you're [[DavidFosterWallace such a good writer that you can pull it off]], but [[BreakingTheFourthWall we both know you're not]]). This is ''especially'' intolerable when plot-relevant events of ''huge import'' are going on! Looks like we need some editing work from Doctor Fabulous if this is gonna get anywhere. To an otherwise mundane scene, we will thus add --

-->--'''Light Yagami''', in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs this clip]] from ''Manga/DeathNote''.

[[caption-width-right:250:Epic Writing: [[VillainProtagonist Brought To You By Light Yagami.]]]]

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXGWZxI9lAs

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Gripping orchestral music]]

See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), BadassBlink (which reminds you that stealth and awesome do not mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (More focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.

When this gets overdone, you often end up with GetOnWithItAlready. {{Large Ham}}s are the living embodiments of this trope. This trope is highly likely to contain {{Melodrama}}.

-->--'''Light Yagami''', in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs this clip]] from ''Anime/DeathNote''.

[[quoteright:250:[[DeathNote http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_death_note_-_light_dramatic_writing_style_taken_to_its_natural_conclusion.jpg]]]]

->''"[[MemeticMutation I'll take a potato chip...AND EAT IT!]]"''

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Gripping orchestral music]]

-->--'''Light Yagami''', in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoy1QKxGQs this clip]] from ''DeathNote''.

* [[ThisIsSPARTA Excessive intonation in speech]]

...And all of a sudden, we've got something ''epic''. Well, in theory anyway- simply by [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife reading this page]] you've made it substantially more obvious to yourself when the film editor is just screwing with your emotions with all these epic disclaimers, and indeed, particularly egregious use of these tone-changers will be obvious to nearly anyone. Of course, effective use of this trope will [[RuleOfCool blind the viewer]] with sheer awesome to the point that they won't notice.

See also MundaneUtility (for ''awesome'' tools that are used to do mundane things), BadassBlink (which reminds you stealth and awesome do not mix, except when ninjas are involved), HairFlip (a common way of making a small head movement dramatic), and MundaneObjectAmazement (More focused on characters being amazed by mundane objects). Contrast with UnusuallyUninterestingSight.