I’m wondering if you know about any creators making analysis or historical commentary on film.
The only one I know is Every Frame a Painting, can you recommend others in a similar vein?
Captain Disillusion! More VFX than anything else. He debunks viral videos and explains how the effects are achieved.
His video on the special effects of Fight of the Navigator is one of the best “making of” videos I’ve seen. They should license it and put it on the Blu-ray, it’s that good.
Captain disilusion
If you are lucky you get one video a year, but it will be good
Nerdwriter, KaptainKristian, Lessons from the Screenplay
Lessons from the Screenplay is great but seems like he hasn’t released a new video in a very long time :(
I loved their content in college, even supported them on Patreon. Then they dipped into video game content, apparently got hired by BioWare, and transitioned to their podcast (which appears to still be active).
What a disappointment!
Is the podcast not as good as the videos were?
They’re not really structured. It’s more of a panel than a video essay, which is what I was there for. It’s still good content but I’m not looking to add more hour long podcasts, especially when I don’t even watch half of the movies they cover
Don’t know if in similar vein at all, but corridor and corridor crew
In a similar vein: Patrick (H) Willems
Not in a similar vein but funny: Red letter media
VFX? Captain Disillusion.
Corridor crew, they’ve given me a lot of insight regarding vfx and editing, and i genuinely have learned a lot from them. Quite an inspiring group of people imo!
The only YouTube series I follow is RedLetterMedia: https://piped.video/@RedLetterMedia
Pop Culture detective is really good. I especially like their video about Fantastic Beasts
More on topic: I highly recommend Jared Bauer and Wisecrack if you like philosophy, politics, and how it relates to media.
Less historical, more comedic: After Hours, Cracked (their older stuff), and Dr. Jordan Breeding are comedic analysis of various media.
In depth analysis/socio-political insights/research: Jessie Gender for various insights into media (including animated shows like Lower Decks and Invincible).
Animation, I like Johnny 2 Cellos and Offbeat Kiki. Johnny in particular posts more often and has in depth takes, but Kiki, when she does post gives more nuanced takes imho.
Actual amazing animated projects you can watch on Youtube include Lackadaisy, Helluva Boss, and Hazbin Hotel.
Enjoy.
Thank you for all these! Will check them out
Surprised to not see anyone in here mention Movies with Mikey (on YouTube under FilmJoy). He does really thoughtful movie analysis with great audio and video production. He’s one of my favorite creators.
He’s also on Nebula for people who’d rather see a video edit that can employ fair use without being taken down automatically.
Schaffrillas is pretty good for analysis of movies
Dial the Gate. Series of interviews with people involved in making of Stargate TV show (not just actors bit people at every level). It’s over 200 episodes now.
- Comedy Without Errors
- Drew Gooden
- Dylan Is In Trouble
For TV and movies, I like Screen Crush. Their humor is perfect for me, I like their mascot dog, and the ads aren’t as bad as New Rockstars.