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Samurai Jack & Clone Wars: Action Directing with Genndy Tartakovsky
Few directors working today have as good a grasp of action direction as animator/director Genndy Tartakovsky. Let's break down his work on Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars to find out why.
A video essay by - dan 'THIS IS SERIOUS MUM' fox
@imdanielfox on Twitter
This video is for comparative review purposes only and is protected under section 107 of the Copyright Act, which states: "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright."
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Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Texture and Sensation
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A look at the avant-garde techniques of Hiroshi Teshigahara's 'Woman in the Dunes' and his employ of texture and sensation @imdanielfox Podcast - 'Reloading with Werner' on iTunes and Soundcloud Thanks to Sean Peter Fox @SeanPeterFox Shaun Higgins @MrFist126 / vimeo.com/hellowizard Scott Lister Featuring 'quartet' by Claire Deak www.abandonedfireworksfactory.com This video is for comparative re...
Show and tell - Charm in film
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What makes a charming moment in a film or television show? Why does it work? Why is it so important? @imdanielfox Podcast - 'Reloading with Werner' on iTunes and Soundcloud This video is for comparative review purposes only and is protected under section 107 of the Copyright Act, which states: "the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or b...
Star Wars - The Force of Abrams
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@imdanielfox Podcast - 'Reloading with Werner' on iTunes and Soundcloud How's the new Star Wars going to look with J.J. behind the camera? Beyond lens flares - what's his style? I break it down here in this video. Skip to 16 minutes for the credits. I apologize for the general scrapiness of the narration and sound mixing in this video essay - having surgery tomorrow and I wanted to get this out...
Directing - The Fine Arts of Blocking and Composition
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When it comes to directing, one set of skills that always separates the wheat from the chaff, are the fine arts of blocking and composition. They're the extra punch in selling great performances, and reeling your audience in. In this video, I look at what makes and breaks great directing, through clever staging and camera movement. Turn on the captions if you want to know what films the footage...

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  • @hallushkah
    @hallushkah 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The novel is even better. Abe Kobou truly encapsulates existential horror in Woman in the Dunes . A marvelous mixture of subtelty and mundanity to horrific nature of inescapable manoeuvring of the world which could befall anyone for any unforeseen reason or circumstance. The whole engenders the absurd. And gloriously so.

  • @cousinfilmsltd7701
    @cousinfilmsltd7701 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope you're doing alright dude. I look forward to the day you're finally able to finish and post the john carpenter video 👍

    • @danfox4969
      @danfox4969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm doing well enough, and I'd like to give this a shot when I can. I haven't been able to dedicate time to this channel since 2017, since my health stabilized and my animation career started. I also felt like TH-cam was filling with people who didn't really know or do anything and were making videos about how they know everything yet do nothing, and I felt I was contributing to that. What free time I have goes to pursuing film as a career when I'm not resting to manage my health and work. My day job - basically since the channel stopped updating - see's me animating videogames and, thanks to a live-action short I made with my brother that won a bunch of awards, these last couple of years I've spent directing cinematics in a video game. Due to my disability that's slowly getting worse, that's most of what I can handle these days. I'd love to get back to this channel now that I have more experience and a bit more knowledge directing, but given that it's been 6 years, I wouldn't believe me if I promised I'd make it one day. I genuinely aim to try, as I enjoyed this quite a bit, but that's all I can say for now.

  • @jaydun6106
    @jaydun6106 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:54 the subtitles got me

  • @rodrickwimberly3245
    @rodrickwimberly3245 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent and to the point-this video on blocking was more instructive than entire hour-long "masterclasses" by established directors! Kudos to you Mr. Fox and thank you!

  • @gewright48
    @gewright48 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was very interesting.

  • @BigBlobProductions
    @BigBlobProductions ปีที่แล้ว

    I really miss your content Dan. I hope all is well with you

  • @abroadscape2204
    @abroadscape2204 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely !! Yhx for the friendly reminder i needed to hear this again

  • @kawayo1582
    @kawayo1582 ปีที่แล้ว

    Femalw gaze is not the antithesis to the male gaze. She was still nothing other than an object and provision of service. The male can still put himself in the mans shoes as the women is washing him. Not female gaze at all.

  • @SethYourNerdyRealtor
    @SethYourNerdyRealtor ปีที่แล้ว

    It is NOT A natural evolution. It has been cheap tricks. They gave this moron 2 samurai space movies with unlimited budgets.

  • @SethYourNerdyRealtor
    @SethYourNerdyRealtor ปีที่แล้ว

    I hat Abrams SO MUCH

  • @SethYourNerdyRealtor
    @SethYourNerdyRealtor ปีที่แล้ว

    It's OK to day that JJ Abrams is a SHITTY DIRECTOR. He's not just blunt. It's like watching someone with a blunt knife insist on cutting devorative sushi. And they only use bluefin tuna to do it. All I can think is "hey, what if they just let someone who DOESNT SUCK direct that movie instead of Jj Abrams." I don't know Abrams as a person, but I hate him. He has been a poison in Hollywood. At least Michael Bay is good at what he does. Abrams is just a piece of shot

  • @greyshotya5748
    @greyshotya5748 ปีที่แล้ว

    @7:31 I had to stop the video to laugh. That line about the cameraman was hilarious. Well done young man lol

  • @ernestidiagi1024
    @ernestidiagi1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I completely lost it at 0:37 😂😂😂

  • @thestooge200
    @thestooge200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope someday we get your jon carpenter video

    • @danfox4969
      @danfox4969 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So do I, the Stooge. So do I

    • @thestooge200
      @thestooge200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danfox4969 mind if I ask what happened? And if you need help? I know a guy who could help with cutting it together

  • @markparkinson6947
    @markparkinson6947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this video, although I do disagree with how you explained shaky cam in Snowpiercer. The shaky cam in Snowpiecer serves to highlight the chaotic nature of the fight scenes, as opposed to Chris Evan’s character’s fight scene towards the end, where you see him in a much more composed state than you would in the shaky cam fight scene. But overall, lovely video, and makes me more interested in directing than ever.

  • @MrMathsimon
    @MrMathsimon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn! Almost all of the shows I grew up adoring was directed by this guy! I better check out Primal. Genndy Tartakovsky is awesome!

  • @josephinecarvill2903
    @josephinecarvill2903 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The closed captions are so funny

  • @walterallen9188
    @walterallen9188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Master Sha'gi: "zoinks"

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sound design on Genndy's work is incredible, giving it so much texture and depth to support the dynamic visuals!!

  • @jeffryancarlson3273
    @jeffryancarlson3273 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Subtitle, please!

  • @kotiingitaintan2499
    @kotiingitaintan2499 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    .h d

  • @hugopoma2232
    @hugopoma2232 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    more videos like this please!

  • @feffermickel
    @feffermickel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big fan of ‘walt’ you used in the first 1m30s

  • @ukings1952
    @ukings1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow I loved this I'll be checking out what more you got

  • @vitopalumbo9893
    @vitopalumbo9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why don't you write subtitles for this video? Please do it! :)

  • @ryankelly2835
    @ryankelly2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to see Wong Kar Wai represented

  • @MrPERPS
    @MrPERPS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Algorithm

  • @gauravpreet7057
    @gauravpreet7057 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In what ways is the film a redoing of the Myth of Sisyphus? What are the similarities and differences between Camus’ view and the view expressed by the film?

  • @laurasanchez3589
    @laurasanchez3589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    esta genial,muchas gracias!!!!

  • @VixxKong2
    @VixxKong2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should mute the scene when you talk over it, or else we can't hear your voice clearly.

  • @Saint_Wolf_
    @Saint_Wolf_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember that first Griveous sequence with such a fear, and then the guy with the green saber is just compressed into nothingness and even though there was no blood I was like "that one died, no way, is this ok to show on TV?" I think I was under 10 years old when I watched it first.

  • @mahoutsukai8956
    @mahoutsukai8956 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "...Camera is motivating the action rather than the action motivating the camera." Very important line!

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well five years later the sequel trilogy turned out to be an unmitigated disaster. Complete shit show that alienated fans and almost killed Star Wars as a franchise. Part of that blame is square on JJ Abrams.

  • @escaton74
    @escaton74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    did Robert Wise a movie called Fight Club ? don't find anything about it

  • @mantabond
    @mantabond 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Merry Christ-mas, Dan Fox. A hearty well done for this essay. What we found most entertaining was the manner of your presentation. All too often one finds the odd essay presented in a grave manner as to sound un-agreeable to the palate. Cicero would have been pleased with your method. Well done, sir.

  • @kevincarlson7148
    @kevincarlson7148 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't pretend to be "arty" or a film critic.This movie mesmerized me ,though,making me a Japanophile "before it was cool".

  • @yonisalmon
    @yonisalmon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best video essay ever. I love it so much. Where can I read more of your stuff?

  • @chaeyoungvideos5742
    @chaeyoungvideos5742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please make more videos!

  • @chaeyoungvideos5742
    @chaeyoungvideos5742 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude its been 3 years. Im still waiting for your next video 😔

  • @sharkanenoa5928
    @sharkanenoa5928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    remember when grevious was fearless warrior and not a coward that runs away every time

  • @Wolfy39565
    @Wolfy39565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yesssssssss!!! Love his work!

  • @yeboahmohammed2511
    @yeboahmohammed2511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So so so so great! Great humor, great voice, great comparisons. Brilliant!!!!!

  • @marceloadelar
    @marceloadelar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have just finished this movie and it got me extremely terrified. A masterpiece.

  • @vincently1995
    @vincently1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WarnerMedia properties: •Samurai Jack (Cartoon Network) •Justice League (2001 cartoon (DC Comics)) Disney properties: •Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 cartoon (Lucasfilm)) •X-Men Evolution (Marvel Comics)

  • @analoghumanoid2766
    @analoghumanoid2766 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We spend our lives aimlessly shoveling sand away for the profit of companies who don't care about us until we get used to it and burn up our dreams. Don't fell for the trap.

  • @yomarcelojeje
    @yomarcelojeje 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do we call him Yar Yar Abrams now? If not, we definitely should.

  • @nicolassepulvedaalarcon676
    @nicolassepulvedaalarcon676 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there anybody here who could recommend me movies like this one (with its essence) but from other directors? Thanks in advance

  • @RajeshMaallah
    @RajeshMaallah 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody who cares about any of this Watch James Cameron's Titanic and Terminator 2 you will know why he's considered the best Writer, Director and Editor. Every Shot is shot in respect to edit.

  • @gaarakabuto1
    @gaarakabuto1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just for the record,the bug he was searching and eventually found (red needle if i recall correctly) has directly or indirectly connection to a bug called myrmeleo(not sure if i spelled it correctly) that digs a pit in the sand and whenever another bug gets into the pit,it will make the sand walls of the pit fall apart (just like in the movie whenever he tries to climb back up) and trap the victim lower to the bottom of the pit till the victim lands on the jaws of myrmeleo.

    • @Hartlor_Tayley
      @Hartlor_Tayley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s key info thanks.

    • @gaarakabuto1
      @gaarakabuto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hartlor_Tayley the book makes it even more clear that what drove him to this whole thing was his lust for success (it is mentioned at some point when he says that he will never be able to publish a book or something but not as emphasised as in the book), that's why in a way sticks to the house.Because he is really close on discovering a water machine (the barrel thing),where instead if going a walk on the sea he went back to check at the barrel (i think he does stay for his wife as well).

    • @gaarakabuto1
      @gaarakabuto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hartlor_Tayley Both Hiroshi Teshigahara and Kobo Abe are geniouses.