Every Frame a Painting

Every Frame a Painting is a series of 28 video essays about film form, film editing, and cinematography created by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou between 2014 and 2016. They were first published on YouTube but have also been released on Vimeo.

Format

Each essay explores one particular topic, often a single creator, with many organized around a scene that illustrates the idea. For each essay, Zhou would do principal writing and research, Ramos would organize the thesis and make animations, and they both worked on the final editing process.[1] The editing style, use of film clips, and remixing of audio were developed in response to YouTube's Content ID system, with the goal of meeting the criteria for fair use and to avoid being flagged by the copyright violation algorithm.[1][2]

Zhou lamented that the format imposed by Content ID prevented them from making videos about creators like Andrei Tarkovsky and Agnès Varda, as they would require longer clips.[1][3]

History

The first video was published on April 16, 2014 about Bong Joon-ho's Mother and the use of side-on profile shots.[4] The final essay was published on September 12, 2016 about the use of orchestral sound in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[5] In total, the creators made 28 essays between 2014 and 2016.[6][7] They published the script of the final, unproduced essay on Medium on December 2, 2017 as both a farewell and explanation for the series' end, as well as a postmortem with advice for future essayists.[1]

Post-EFaP

Since then, Ramos and Zhou have produced video essays released as special features for The Criterion Collection and FilmStruck.[1][8]

Reception

Kevin B. Lee, a film critic and video essayist, called the series "the standout newcomer to the video essay scene" in 2014.[9] Many critics point to the essay on Jackie Chan and action comedy as among the best.[10][11][12]

References
  1. Zhou, Tony (3 December 2017). "Postmortem: Every Frame a Painting". Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. Liptak, Andrew (3 December 2017). "Video series Every Frame a Painting has come to an end". The Verge. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. Alexander, Julia (4 December 2017). "Every Frame a Painting, one of YouTube's best channels, says goodbye". Polygon. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. Every Frame a Painting (16 April 2014). "Mother (2009) - The Telephoto Profile Shot". Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via YouTube.
  5. Every Frame a Painting (12 September 2016). "The Marvel Symphonic Universe". Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via YouTube.
  6. Marshall, Colin (5 December 2017). "A Salute to Every Frame a Painting: Watch All 28 Episodes of the Finely-Crafted (and Now Concluded) Video Essay Series on Cinema". Open Culture. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. Fusco, Jon (4 December 2017). "RIP 'Every Frame a Painting': Farewell Advice from Video Essayists Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos". No Film School. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  8. Hudson, David (5 December 2017). "Goodbye, EFaP; Hello, Zhou and Ramos". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. O'Connell, Max (30 December 2014). "Kevin B. Lee Picks the Year's Best Video Essays". Indiewire. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. Parker, Jason (23 February 2017). "This YouTube channel makes your favorite movies better". CNET. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. Marshall, Colin (23 December 2014). "Every Frame a Painting Explains the Filmmaking Techniques of Martin Scorsese, Jackie Chan, and Even Michael Bay". Open Culture. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  12. Johnston, Rae (4 December 2017). "A Tribute To 'Every Frame A Painting'". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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