Between 2014 and 2016, a YouTube channel referred to as Every Frame a Painting posted 28 video essays critiquing motion pictures and dissecting totally different elements of filmmaking earlier than it went silent. Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou, the individuals behind the channel, talked about how Robin Williams was a master at blocking and utilizing motion to painting his characters, in addition to how Steven Spielberg does one long takes on a regular basis that are likely to go unnoticed by the general public, amongst many different matters. Now, the duo is again, promising one other collection of video essays adopted by the debut of a brief movie at Fantasia Worldwide Movie Pageant on July 20.
Ramos and Zhou wrote and directed their upcoming movie referred to as The Second starring Paul Solar-Hyung Lee and Ethan Hwan. They did not share lots of particulars concerning the film, however the film festival’s website says it is about “an alternate model of in the present day’s world the place dueling continues to be acceptable” during which Philip “should carry out the position of ‘Second’ on the day of his solely son’s duel.”
Each Body a Portray has over 2 million subscribers on YouTube and was one of many creators that helped legitimize video essays on the web site. Ramos and Zhou additionally created the Netflix series Voir, produced by David Fincher, which featured video essays about movie, as nicely. Seeing as they promised new posts on YouTube earlier than their movie premieres, we’ll seemingly see them add a contemporary batch of movies within the coming days.