One thing that really stands out to me about this video is the inference that Level 1 is popularized by sitcoms and TV shows. we are seeing a huge influx of TV show directors into directors of studio movies, and they are taking that visual language and applying it to their movies.
Yes there was a switch in the 2000s with the golden age of television and nowadays you will see more level 2 and higher stuff on specific prestige tv shows and more and more level 1 stuff produced by studio movies.
9:42 If I’d like to mention: from what I could gather, the flag of Rohan falling to the ground wasn’t intentional as there was a brief accident where the flag flew off bc of the strong winds during filming. Still doesn’t make it any less impactful tho. As Bob Ross said, it was a “happy little accident”
Maybe it's just the critics I follow, but a lot of film analysis I see today tends to focus on the consistency and internal logic of the writing, and less on the visual storytelling and how the filmmakers are using it to communicate the story. It would be nice to see more people thinking about blocking and other visual techniques in their reviews.
I got drawn in by your analyses of Sousou no Frieren, but your style, detail, and small bits of wisdom has kept me looking for more. Each time I watch your videos, I forget that you have less than a million subscribers. Keep it up, please!
i too think the same, it's such a good creator, one that actualy look into details and explain what makes he think like that, that i thought you had like, 1m-2m subs, it just doesn't sounds right
It's somewhat interesting the part that you said about that when more film language it's used, the less dialogue there is to convey the same what is happening. As i normally hear compressed audio of japanese media for language learnig. I noticed how less dialogue there was in ghibli movies, or specifically wolf children. Animes, because they relied of the language of the manga being adapted, are way easier to follow as you said with the audio alone. While wolf children was particularly hard to grasp even in what part of the movie i was hearing.
This is super interesting! Ever since starting to learn the bass a year ago i've started to analyze music the way you do movies. And although it has made a lot of music sound way less interesting than it used to. Whenever i hear something that's actually well written, that makes it so much more enjoyable/interesting/dynamic and fun to listen to.
I am so glad I found your channel. I like the way you explain stuff. For me as someone who is interested in storytelling you're a gem. Thanks for the video!
My rule of thump for finding about how much visual storytelling a show, movie or game has it's by rewatching them and see if I find new things to like about it. I've never thought to myself after rewatching an MCU movie "Oh, I picked it up so many things after second viewing". Trend have you heard about Revolutionary Girl Utena ? It's basically visual storytelling porn, its unlike anything I've seen in "cinema".
i binge watched all your videos, cause i can't get over how informative and straight to the point they are. you really know what you're talking about, and you waste no time. i learned so much from you, and i immediately started thinking about how i would implement what you talk about in certain media. thank you so much!!
Recommend: Kara no Kyoukai Kara no kyoukai is an anime with an extremely special visual storytelling style. Something that only anime can do, you will never see this in any other Hollywood work
Watched your vid from Asmond, tried to watch it on your channel but it’s apparently not available. Nice video, clear and concise ideas. Got a sub from me
Hard to say. It could be a number or factors. It could be bloated budgets forcing studios to play it safe rather than take risks. It could be because of virtual studios limiting the creativity of cinematography. Could be tight deadlines or could be test audiences enjoying thing being explained to them. It's may just be a combination of many things.
@@RoamingTrend This is sadly enough the same exact thing the game-industry has been plagued with lately. There's seemingly less sometimes even no expectations on viewers/players to be able to read the hidden subtext. And this has decreased the expectations of a lot of people so the creators of big budget companies are able to create more products of lesser quality as to make more money.
hey man, found this gem of channel through asmongold and i really liked yours views on visual media. So i thought i would recommend (if you did not watch it yet) the anime 86 for you to watch and make an analysis on it, it is such a great show with an awesome direction. Btw + 1 more sub
Okay so Martin Scorsese’s quote about Marvel movies not being cinema is still insanely reductive regardless of how charitably you redefine language in his favor. Fundamentally, he’s still gatekeeping what is and isn’t cinema in a manner that is incredibly arbitrary. More importantly, your description of film language being something that most people are unable to understand is also insanely pretentious and outright disrespectful to a majority of your audience. I don’t need to have been a film student to understand what visuals are conveying and the most studied film expert in the world can still be wrong. If your intention is to have a conversation, stop denigrating the intelligence of the people most inclined to disagree with you. On a similar note, if you don’t believe that your scale for visual storytelling is indicative of quality, then why are you admonishing shots that are perfectly functional or outright well made within the context that they were designed for? All of that is without saying that I believe your scale to be essentially useless as your distinctions between levels of visual storytelling come across as insanely arbitrary and subjective. Just about every scene in a movie has subtext, every shot can be isolated as its own work of art, and anything can be parodied for any reason. I understand that you have an appreciation for a distinct style of visual storytelling but the idea that that sort of cinematography exists on a “higher level” does not play well with any sort of qualitative assessment of film. Writing is going to be incredibly fundamental to any movie with a narrative and it can often necessitate cinematography that will be comparatively understated. I can appreciate the effort that you’ve put into the individual film analyses but at a fundamental level I still have no idea what you consider to be the distinction between good, great, and bad visual storytelling and I fail to understand why any of these films should be evaluated by a different set of standards.
One thing that really stands out to me about this video is the inference that Level 1 is popularized by sitcoms and TV shows. we are seeing a huge influx of TV show directors into directors of studio movies, and they are taking that visual language and applying it to their movies.
Yes there was a switch in the 2000s with the golden age of television and nowadays you will see more level 2 and higher stuff on specific prestige tv shows and more and more level 1 stuff produced by studio movies.
9:42 If I’d like to mention: from what I could gather, the flag of Rohan falling to the ground wasn’t intentional as there was a brief accident where the flag flew off bc of the strong winds during filming. Still doesn’t make it any less impactful tho. As Bob Ross said, it was a “happy little accident”
Maybe it's just the critics I follow, but a lot of film analysis I see today tends to focus on the consistency and internal logic of the writing, and less on the visual storytelling and how the filmmakers are using it to communicate the story. It would be nice to see more people thinking about blocking and other visual techniques in their reviews.
I got drawn in by your analyses of Sousou no Frieren, but your style, detail, and small bits of wisdom has kept me looking for more. Each time I watch your videos, I forget that you have less than a million subscribers. Keep it up, please!
Glad to hear it!
i too think the same, it's such a good creator, one that actualy look into details and explain what makes he think like that, that i thought you had like, 1m-2m subs, it just doesn't sounds right
It's somewhat interesting the part that you said about that when more film language it's used, the less dialogue there is to convey the same what is happening. As i normally hear compressed audio of japanese media for language learnig. I noticed how less dialogue there was in ghibli movies, or specifically wolf children.
Animes, because they relied of the language of the manga being adapted, are way easier to follow as you said with the audio alone. While wolf children was particularly hard to grasp even in what part of the movie i was hearing.
This is super interesting!
Ever since starting to learn the bass a year ago i've started to analyze music the way you do movies.
And although it has made a lot of music sound way less interesting than it used to.
Whenever i hear something that's actually well written, that makes it so much more enjoyable/interesting/dynamic and fun to listen to.
I am so glad I found your channel. I like the way you explain stuff. For me as someone who is interested in storytelling you're a gem. Thanks for the video!
Welcome aboard!
Could you please make more videos like this (mainly analysis level 3 movies)?
I understand that it's difficult, but I would like to see more.
I'll try
You could talk about visual storytelling for hours? Please do. That is relaxing.
Also my fav movie 12 Angry Men had a shoutout. *Happy noises*
This is a good, simple video that makes its point with efficiency. Nice work.
Thanks!
Love those film essays
Thanks!
Film is actually a series of still pictures played in a sequence that creates the illusion of a moving picture.
My rule of thump for finding about how much visual storytelling a show, movie or game has it's by rewatching them and see if I find new things to like about it. I've never thought to myself after rewatching an MCU movie "Oh, I picked it up so many things after second viewing".
Trend have you heard about Revolutionary Girl Utena ? It's basically visual storytelling porn, its unlike anything I've seen in "cinema".
Gotta love the fact Star Worse is used as the example of lvl 0. Fitting.
The kiss TLG scene was a runner-up .😅 They are the most obvious.
obscure in depth media you should look at is Arthur love his intricate and fulfilling interactions with buster baxtor
hey i just wanted to say your video on frieren was amazing and it sucks that it got taken down twice, keep going please.
i binge watched all your videos, cause i can't get over how informative and straight to the point they are. you really know what you're talking about, and you waste no time. i learned so much from you, and i immediately started thinking about how i would implement what you talk about in certain media. thank you so much!!
Your video clarify my, why i dont like most of modern films.
Recommend: Kara no Kyoukai
Kara no kyoukai is an anime with an extremely special visual storytelling style. Something that only anime can do, you will never see this in any other Hollywood work
Level 0 is becoming more common these days.
I like level 2 the most
Level 2 is a great place to be.
Watched your vid from Asmond, tried to watch it on your channel but it’s apparently not available. Nice video, clear and concise ideas. Got a sub from me
I'm re-editing it to not be taken down. it will be up shortly.
What do you think of Midnight Diner?
Good video👍 and Do you know the reason why is the artform dying
Hard to say. It could be a number or factors. It could be bloated budgets forcing studios to play it safe rather than take risks. It could be because of virtual studios limiting the creativity of cinematography. Could be tight deadlines or could be test audiences enjoying thing being explained to them. It's may just be a combination of many things.
@@RoamingTrend This is sadly enough the same exact thing the game-industry has been plagued with lately.
There's seemingly less sometimes even no expectations on viewers/players to be able to read the hidden subtext.
And this has decreased the expectations of a lot of people so the creators of big budget companies are able to create more products of lesser quality as to make more money.
One example that came to mind, I don't know if it is lv2 or lv3,
Must be lv3 because I said so 😊
Bocchi the Rock
hey man, found this gem of channel through asmongold and i really liked yours views on visual media.
So i thought i would recommend (if you did not watch it yet) the anime 86 for you to watch and make an analysis on it, it is such a great show with an awesome direction.
Btw + 1 more sub
Wait so is bullet train level 0?
It sure is. Probably one of the biggest insults to cinema that me and Nev watched. >.
@RoamingTrend really!? I would love to see a video essay on it. Been loving your videos so far and look forward to more!
Great video.
Unfortunately level 2 - 3 movies are no more😢
I blame Marvel for this (although I liked a few of their movies)
Okay so Martin Scorsese’s quote about Marvel movies not being cinema is still insanely reductive regardless of how charitably you redefine language in his favor. Fundamentally, he’s still gatekeeping what is and isn’t cinema in a manner that is incredibly arbitrary.
More importantly, your description of film language being something that most people are unable to understand is also insanely pretentious and outright disrespectful to a majority of your audience. I don’t need to have been a film student to understand what visuals are conveying and the most studied film expert in the world can still be wrong. If your intention is to have a conversation, stop denigrating the intelligence of the people most inclined to disagree with you.
On a similar note, if you don’t believe that your scale for visual storytelling is indicative of quality, then why are you admonishing shots that are perfectly functional or outright well made within the context that they were designed for?
All of that is without saying that I believe your scale to be essentially useless as your distinctions between levels of visual storytelling come across as insanely arbitrary and subjective. Just about every scene in a movie has subtext, every shot can be isolated as its own work of art, and anything can be parodied for any reason.
I understand that you have an appreciation for a distinct style of visual storytelling but the idea that that sort of cinematography exists on a “higher level” does not play well with any sort of qualitative assessment of film. Writing is going to be incredibly fundamental to any movie with a narrative and it can often necessitate cinematography that will be comparatively understated.
I can appreciate the effort that you’ve put into the individual film analyses but at a fundamental level I still have no idea what you consider to be the distinction between good, great, and bad visual storytelling and I fail to understand why any of these films should be evaluated by a different set of standards.
As im making my own anime..ur videos have helped me
I mean it plays it in cinemas😂😂