YouTube seems over-saturated with video essays on film analysis (You may have noticed we’ve stopped posting them as often as we were). Animation has been largely overlooked save for a few great videos, like this one about Chuck Jones. I’ve …
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See With Your Ears: Spielberg And Sound Design
The Nerdwriter breaks down the use of sound design in Spielberg’s, Munich.
Baloo Meets Mowgli – Animation Analysis
Veteran Animator and Instructor, James Chiang, has put together a very informative five-part series of blog posts analyzing Frank & Ollie’s masterful animation of Baloo and Mowgli in The Jungle Book.
The Most Tense Moments in Film
What is it really that makes our stomachs churn in film’s most tension filled moments? Cinifix looks at many different types of cinematic tension and analyzes why they’re effective.
How Overwatch Animation Conveys Character in First Person
First-person shooters need barebones animations that exist to serve the gameplay, but Overwatch has found a way to add personality flair to each of their characters even when all we see is a hand and a gun. Extra Credits discusses …
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Seven Samurai – Drama Through Action
Lewis Bond dissects Kurosawa’s masterfully staged and choreographed action sequences.
