Perspective: Complex, nuanced arguments with constructive criticism — all on YouTube. Here’s a corner of the site that feels like your film studies class in college.
YouTube. By Teddy Amenabar Teddy Amenabar Comments editor on the audience engagement team, building community with Post readers. Email Bio Follow Editor March 25 at 12:00 PM I keep watching a certain type of video on YouTube. They sound like college dissertations, but they’re about superheroes.
Creators on YouTube often want viewers to become better audience members; moviegoers who appreciate a good script and understand when their emotions are being played with. It’s about having a deeper appreciation for what’s on screen. But none of this applies in a proper video essay. They’re critical, sure, but defend their position. The videos essentially ask the viewer to examine the writing behind the characters — their motives, how those motives are depicted and how the characters change over time. Here are three video essays I can’t stop thinking about.
Ellis extrapolates some of the intentions behind the film. Family, or parenthood, drives the plot of this film. Peter Quill meets his father, Ego. The team parents a baby Groot, and Yondu struggles with his time as a father-figure for Quill. Many of the characters are unable to restrain their own ego and ruin relations among a team that’s become a family. Ellis points out these details in a smart, complex compilation.
Breadsword runs through how “Treasure Planet” pushes the limit in 2-D animation, with it’s combination of CGI and hand-drawing. It’s not all praise for the intergalactic rewrite of “Treasure Island,” but Breadsword makes an argument about what the film represents in Disney’s timeline.
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