I noticed when he mentioned complaints about "shortness of resources" he cut to the grips😶 I feel like that edit decision was born from an on set or pre-pro conversation lololol
Sets the standard for an entire TH-cam genre, disappears for almost a decade, then reemerges still head and shoulders above the rest of the film TH-camrs. Kinda mean. Glad you’re back though.
You're back? YOU'RE BACK!?!?!? Maaaaaaan I got goosebumps just to find out that one of the best content creators ever, the video essay OG is back! There have been some many copycats but you're the best! I'm so glad to see you here!
Thank you so much, you don’t know how important your videos are and have been for so many people, including me. Watching a new video of you in 2025 when I used to watch your videos every day 10 years ago feels so weird, nostalgic and beautiful. Thank you very much, Tony.
Hearing the familiar voice over and seeing a new post just gave me nostalgia chills! This channel was one of my main intros into film production and informed so many of my early music videos I co-produced / co-directed
A film I love the camerawork in is Pascal Laugier's Martyrs (2008), where the camera feels *uncooperative*. It'll be too close, or too far away, or it will simply refuse to follow a character into another room as they discover some important thing.
I can't say there are many channels on TH-cam where, at the end of every video, I am sad that its ended! There are channels making much longer videos yet they have far less actual content and just drag it out. These are so brilliantly paced and structured that, even as someone in the film industry myself, I feel like I learn an awful lot in only a few minutes. And I appreciate the tone and style with no flashy intro animations, no self-promotional bullshit, just straight into the subject.
“How the camera behaves” is something I noticed right away in Star Wars Episode VII. Under Lucas, Star Wars usually had a fairly static camera. Many shots have no camera movement at all, and those that do usually have one or two smooth camera moves. But J. J. Abrams has the camera almost constantly moving. That one difference has a huge effect on how the films look and feel.
I love how the battle between the droid army and the clone troopers is shot in Episode 2. It uses a very dynamic camera with 70s-style quick zooms that’s unlike the rest of the original or prequel trilogies. Supposedly, Lucas let the effects team direct those shots.
This is also why the Mandalorian (season 1) felt so much more like classic scifi/Star Wars than the JJ Abrams films. A lot of static cameras, a bit like in westerns, to capture a scenery that is often composed directly from the concept art.
well, yes. But we have to understand also why the camera doesn't move under lucas direction back in the time. for one it was practicality and within that practicality you find the best composition possible to make it a beautiful shot. The practicality being that most VFX at that time would be more credible with a static shot instead of a moving shot. J.J. Abrams on the other hand, is usually style over substance. He is looking for the best looking shot, which by his standards is always an moving camera with over the top movements. In the end it loses purpose. I also always say to every newcomer in filmmaking. First learn and harness the power of the tripod and the static shots before you start moving the camera. This is how they will learn framing and composition. It is a kinkgs discipline if you can make amazing beautiful static shots. because moving the camera around, almost anybody can do that, specially with a gimbal now.
This video spoke to and resonated my heart. That creative instinct is real and i feel it and everyone who does too can strongly attest to that specific confidence, no math, no rule to follow, no book to read. Just frame the scene and move it around until it matches the image in your head and then it clicks and that click, is REAL. It's magical when you get it right
When the horizon is at the top, it’s interesting. When the horizon is at the bottom, it’s interesting. When the horizon is in the middle, it’s boring as shit!
This is a historic moment, couldn't believe the channel name on my feed when I saw it. You single handedly kicked off the trend of video essays before they were even coined video essays.
Found your chanel like 10 years ago and your videos become my very first framework to "read" films and apreciates filmmakers choices. So glad, you still make it alive, and even enrich me again with this last video.
Glad you're back with more videos. I like this one particularly because as an indie filmmaker, I often find that even with a tight script, shot list, and storyboards, I'm finding the shots on the day and getting around what's in the way. A lot of people overthink that part of the process but intuition is really where the joy comes from.
This is awesome. In my Visual Storytelling class I teach that the perspective choice, ie: where to put the camera, is the first decision to make about a composition. That came from three decades of doing camera work at Pixar. And I use your videos a lot in class. You can bet your bippee that I'm going to use this one.
I have known you for so many years, and studied your presentations in Cal Arts animation classes. Seeing you drop something new blows my mind. You have my deepest respect.
Your editing is so crisp and non-flashy, yet I can tell how much care you put into keeping and disrupting rhythm. It's still refreshing to see on TH-cam and lovely to see you making videos here again.
Tony, thank you for every single one of your videos! I discovered the channel back when I was in school, dreaming of making movies one day and since then your videos have been with me on that path and have helped me more than most of my seminars in film school have. Seriously, the tutors and profs refer to your videos a lot
omg! So good to have you back. This is why I never unscubscribe from a channel when a maker "retires". You never know when they'll get the itch to express a new thought. Welcome. 10,000 views in less than an hour. We're here for you!
I have not budged in my following of this channel (yet TH-cam likes to unsubscribe me for no good reason) and have been patiently awaiting your return. This is a day to be remembered!
It's super great to see you back! Over these years I have come back to your videos multiple times and picked up every one of your Wong Kar-Wai references. Looking forward to your video essays man.
Brother, welcome welcome welcome welcome and once again welcome BACK! I can't believe you're here. I'd seen your videos so long ago and the nostalgia hit me like a train. They were so good! Glad to see you're back and I'm so grateful you're here!
What the actual fuck. I just showed your channel to a friend yesterday and complained that it's such a shame that you've stopped uploading. And here we are! Really happy you're back, Tony. 🎉
Love this "season" where it's a lot of existential questions about filmmaking as you document your own filmmaker's journey. Saw that the film is now out. Can't wait to dig into it keeping in mind all your recent videos!
Love this!! The one I'd want to add want to add, which arguably fits into "How do you want the camera to behave?" is "Who's perspective are we following?" I love movies that have a strong sense of perspective, and often try to match that in my own directing. It fits into del Toro's preference of discovering a location with a character: the camera gets to favor certain characters, and present information from their point of view. Even the decision is to split the perspective between multiple characters or to aim for objectivity, these are still decisions about perspective which I find useful to answer in approaching a scene.
Most likely quick visual notes to guide the cinematographer and camera operator on how to frame something while having the replay or camera feed as a reference.
@ Yeah, but I was wondering who is doing it? It must Taylor Ramos, as I just learnt that he co-directs with his wife. As a former Script Supervisor, I thought it was a new technology for taking notes.
17 hours ago, 17 hours ago? Wow! You’re back? I can’t believe it! Man I love your videos, your passion about cinematography, the quality of the content and your voice is what really kept me going as a startup screenwriter. I learned a lot and most of all… I felt in love with movies and editing and how to take time and tell a story. Since I want to show the world the story that I want I wrote, I need to learn not only how to write a script but also how to shoot and edit one. And here you are, sharing your passion.
I just watched The Revenant and found myself asking this very question afterwards. The camera placement was so good it made it feel real as if you were there with em throughout the scenes
Seeing a location shoot (I worked in a retail space that was used in several movies/TV shows) was so eye-opening about how intentional everything is in a film. Completely changed my perspective (pun?) as an audience member.
3 video in 4 months after (almost) 8 yrs of nothing. Glorious. I remember watching his video on visual comedy years ago and have loved his film analysis videos ever since and have watched pretty much all the other videos after that
Thank you for returning, Tony. We appreciate your videos and look forward to the next. I must say as a Filmmaker, your videos were the first thing I watched before heading off to work on a video project, especially the Akira Kurosawa and David Fincher vids as they helped put me in the creative mindset and I could see the theory that you speak about, happening in real time and I’d like to believe that I’m a way better filmmaker because of your videos as inspiration. Thank you Tony, welcome back🎉
THE RETURN OF THE KING. After I discovered this genre of videos explaining filmmaking through you, nothing has scratched that itch like your videos. I wish you’d continue making these, even if it’s just once a year, they’re too precious
Amazing video. Gives us probably the most important question and answer every filmmaker should ask, and then ends with the trade of his new project. I see what you did there Tony…
Tony your videos are pure inspiration for me, I'm currently in film school and very afraid that I am going to fail but your videos are the single greatest source of inspiration and knowledge. I don't think anyone else presents information in a more clear and concise manner
Considering that Frank Darabont is the reason I wanted to make movies in the first place, ending this video with that quote is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for coming back after all these years, Taylor and Tony. You were my film school, you still are to this very day.
I love hearing about the anatomy of any creative pursuit, whether its filmmaking or even welding. The process of making things is totally fascinating. It keeps my curiosity alive. Everywhere I look somebody has made countless creative and technical choices to bring our world to life. Every object tells somebody's story.
YOU'RE BACK!!!! I LITERALLY GASPED OUT LOUD!!!! I remember where I was when I saw the last video you uploaded, years and years ago now!!!! And oh my gosh, this video feels like you just reached into my brain and picked out the question I was trying to ask myself!!!! I really love what you said at the end. I want to print that out and put it on the cover of my storyboarding book! I'm making a solo short film by myself and teaching myself everything. I'm so excited you're back!!!. I LOOOVE every single thing in this video!!!! It struck a huge chord with me because it's exactly what I'm trying to figure out!!!! I love all these directors' quotes and advice!!!! Omgggg!!!!
It was refreshing and honestly surprising to hear some directors say that even with preparation, the way a shot was planned can change once principal photography begins.
I'd never heard of Roy Andersson before watching those little clips you dropped in at 4:10, and now I have a crazy need to binge-watch whatever I can get of his. Oh, and welcome back!
My entire morning routine just grinded to a halt.
Evening - but same!
Midnight - but same
Same. Just shut it all down and put on headphones.
Bad mr.phillips! Bad!
Ground
I love that I stayed subscribed to this channel all these years even though there was no indication it was ever coming back, and then it did.
Me too! So glad it eventually paid off
I kept rewatching the original videos for years.
My exact thoughts! I was overjoyed when they came back
+1
"It's ALIVE!" *happymanoclaughter*
Actually a genius way to promote your short film
lmao thanks for the heads up. was about to give this engagement lmao
@@DuckPerc why would you not? he's promoting his work, if you like film in any way you would support it
@@DuckPerc buddy you're not gonna believe this
All I feel is happiness I don't even mind
100%
Feels like a historical moment lol
old follower here
Yeah, yesterday i wanted to rewatch his videos, and wait a minute... 4 new videos...wtf
Still warming up I guess, the first few video posted since 6 months ago also had comments like this
It’s great that you include your personal project in your latest videos cause now the theories you share are actually put into use
I noticed when he mentioned complaints about "shortness of resources" he cut to the grips😶 I feel like that edit decision was born from an on set or pre-pro conversation lololol
So happy to hear this voice after all these years
Sets the standard for an entire TH-cam genre, disappears for almost a decade, then reemerges still head and shoulders above the rest of the film TH-camrs. Kinda mean. Glad you’re back though.
Just like Vildhjarta 😂
The difference between him and other youtubers is he's an actual filmmaker talking from experience.
Changes the video essay genre. Refuses to elaborate. Leaves. Comes back in style (like the gum you like).
You're back? YOU'RE BACK!?!?!? Maaaaaaan I got goosebumps just to find out that one of the best content creators ever, the video essay OG is back! There have been some many copycats but you're the best! I'm so glad to see you here!
We only have 3 more videos, unfortunately. This is a 10 video project the channel is making.
Sadly, youtube doesn't reward quality, only quantity.
That subtle little italicization on the start and end title frames to denote the shift in emphesis after the shift in paradigm you did is chef's kiss.
Still can’t believe we have 3 more (and counting) videos from this channel.
3?
What? How do you know??
ITS ALIIIIIVE!!!
Good to have you guys back. One of my fav channels ever
An 8 year fucking gap and this legend just walks back with milk.
I love that this channel's back!!
Thank you so much, you don’t know how important your videos are and have been for so many people, including me. Watching a new video of you in 2025 when I used to watch your videos every day 10 years ago feels so weird, nostalgic and beautiful. Thank you very much, Tony.
Hearing the familiar voice over and seeing a new post just gave me nostalgia chills! This channel was one of my main intros into film production and informed so many of my early music videos I co-produced / co-directed
Every vid from this channel is like the sweetest treat imaginable.
A film I love the camerawork in is Pascal Laugier's Martyrs (2008), where the camera feels *uncooperative*. It'll be too close, or too far away, or it will simply refuse to follow a character into another room as they discover some important thing.
I can't say there are many channels on TH-cam where, at the end of every video, I am sad that its ended! There are channels making much longer videos yet they have far less actual content and just drag it out. These are so brilliantly paced and structured that, even as someone in the film industry myself, I feel like I learn an awful lot in only a few minutes. And I appreciate the tone and style with no flashy intro animations, no self-promotional bullshit, just straight into the subject.
“How the camera behaves” is something I noticed right away in Star Wars Episode VII. Under Lucas, Star Wars usually had a fairly static camera. Many shots have no camera movement at all, and those that do usually have one or two smooth camera moves. But J. J. Abrams has the camera almost constantly moving. That one difference has a huge effect on how the films look and feel.
I love how the battle between the droid army and the clone troopers is shot in Episode 2. It uses a very dynamic camera with 70s-style quick zooms that’s unlike the rest of the original or prequel trilogies. Supposedly, Lucas let the effects team direct those shots.
This is also why the Mandalorian (season 1) felt so much more like classic scifi/Star Wars than the JJ Abrams films. A lot of static cameras, a bit like in westerns, to capture a scenery that is often composed directly from the concept art.
Note that I probably wouldn't have noticed that back in 2015 if I hadn't been watching a lot of Every Fram a Painting videos 😄
well, yes. But we have to understand also why the camera doesn't move under lucas direction back in the time. for one it was practicality and within that practicality you find the best composition possible to make it a beautiful shot. The practicality being that most VFX at that time would be more credible with a static shot instead of a moving shot. J.J. Abrams on the other hand, is usually style over substance. He is looking for the best looking shot, which by his standards is always an moving camera with over the top movements. In the end it loses purpose.
I also always say to every newcomer in filmmaking. First learn and harness the power of the tripod and the static shots before you start moving the camera. This is how they will learn framing and composition. It is a kinkgs discipline if you can make amazing beautiful static shots. because moving the camera around, almost anybody can do that, specially with a gimbal now.
@@Leprutz too many new directors are in love with unnecessary spinny cam.
This video spoke to and resonated my heart. That creative instinct is real and i feel it and everyone who does too can strongly attest to that specific confidence, no math, no rule to follow, no book to read. Just frame the scene and move it around until it matches the image in your head and then it clicks and that click, is REAL. It's magical when you get it right
When the horizon is at the top, it’s interesting. When the horizon is at the bottom, it’s interesting. When the horizon is in the middle, it’s boring as shit!
That scene makes me wish David Lynch acted more. He’s funny as hell.
Unless, of course, if it’s a Wes Anderson film.
RIP the GOAT
This is a historic moment, couldn't believe the channel name on my feed when I saw it. You single handedly kicked off the trend of video essays before they were even coined video essays.
Found your chanel like 10 years ago and your videos become my very first framework to "read" films and apreciates filmmakers choices. So glad, you still make it alive, and even enrich me again with this last video.
I’m glad you’re back and making video essays again.
Glad you're back with more videos. I like this one particularly because as an indie filmmaker, I often find that even with a tight script, shot list, and storyboards, I'm finding the shots on the day and getting around what's in the way. A lot of people overthink that part of the process but intuition is really where the joy comes from.
This is awesome. In my Visual Storytelling class I teach that the perspective choice, ie: where to put the camera, is the first decision to make about a composition. That came from three decades of doing camera work at Pixar.
And I use your videos a lot in class. You can bet your bippee that I'm going to use this one.
A bippee should not be bet
I have known you for so many years, and studied your presentations in Cal Arts animation classes. Seeing you drop something new blows my mind. You have my deepest respect.
I miss the classic intro
Hi, my name is Tony and this is every frame a painting 😢😢
Hi, Tony
please keep these coming Tony 🔥
Holy crap, I didn't realize there were new Every Frame a Painting videos out this past year!
Your editing is so crisp and non-flashy, yet I can tell how much care you put into keeping and disrupting rhythm. It's still refreshing to see on TH-cam and lovely to see you making videos here again.
Man. All of the movies you selected for this short are 5/5 films which I would watch over and over again.
Tony, thank you for every single one of your videos! I discovered the channel back when I was in school, dreaming of making movies one day and since then your videos have been with me on that path and have helped me more than most of my seminars in film school have. Seriously, the tutors and profs refer to your videos a lot
A video from this channel is a great way to start my day.
omg! So good to have you back. This is why I never unscubscribe from a channel when a maker "retires". You never know when they'll get the itch to express a new thought. Welcome. 10,000 views in less than an hour. We're here for you!
Ayo mom get the camera Every Frame a Painting remembered his TH-cam password
But where do you put the camera?
I have not budged in my following of this channel (yet TH-cam likes to unsubscribe me for no good reason) and have been patiently awaiting your return.
This is a day to be remembered!
Look who remembered the channel password
It's super great to see you back! Over these years I have come back to your videos multiple times and picked up every one of your Wong Kar-Wai references. Looking forward to your video essays man.
Look who it is.
HOLY SHIT YOUR ARE BACK THANK GOD!
Brother, welcome welcome welcome welcome and once again welcome BACK! I can't believe you're here. I'd seen your videos so long ago and the nostalgia hit me like a train. They were so good! Glad to see you're back and I'm so grateful you're here!
What the actual fuck. I just showed your channel to a friend yesterday and complained that it's such a shame that you've stopped uploading. And here we are! Really happy you're back, Tony. 🎉
Love this "season" where it's a lot of existential questions about filmmaking as you document your own filmmaker's journey. Saw that the film is now out. Can't wait to dig into it keeping in mind all your recent videos!
Thank God, this channel is back..
I am so delighted to see you back and am so glad you were working on something for yourself!
wow, did not believe the notification. welcome back tony
Love this!! The one I'd want to add want to add, which arguably fits into "How do you want the camera to behave?" is "Who's perspective are we following?" I love movies that have a strong sense of perspective, and often try to match that in my own directing. It fits into del Toro's preference of discovering a location with a character: the camera gets to favor certain characters, and present information from their point of view. Even the decision is to split the perspective between multiple characters or to aim for objectivity, these are still decisions about perspective which I find useful to answer in approaching a scene.
Well look who popped out after years finally
😂
I have shared the playlist of these videos to students and enthusiasts for a decade. Amazing to see new ones coming through. Happy days.
6:51 - is that the script supervisor making notes on a screen?
Fortunately for the equipment, I think it's notes on a pane of glass in front of the screen.
I'm curious why it's being done though.
Most likely quick visual notes to guide the cinematographer and camera operator on how to frame something while having the replay or camera feed as a reference.
@ Yeah, but I was wondering who is doing it? It must Taylor Ramos, as I just learnt that he co-directs with his wife. As a former Script Supervisor, I thought it was a new technology for taking notes.
@@passengertonightdon’t worry, no one is taking away your number 2 pencil 😂Jkjk
Welcome back old friend. Happy to hear your voice again and take a look at cinema through your eyes once more.
Hey everybody, he is back!!!
Just gotta say, so glad you’re making videos again. This was heartening, thank you.
we're so back
I am still close to tears when a new video is up. So good to have you guys back!
17 hours ago, 17 hours ago? Wow! You’re back? I can’t believe it! Man I love your videos, your passion about cinematography, the quality of the content and your voice is what really kept me going as a startup screenwriter. I learned a lot and most of all… I felt in love with movies and editing and how to take time and tell a story.
Since I want to show the world the story that I want I wrote, I need to learn not only how to write a script but also how to shoot and edit one.
And here you are, sharing your passion.
I just watched The Revenant and found myself asking this very question afterwards. The camera placement was so good it made it feel real as if you were there with em throughout the scenes
I gave up on this channel years ago even though it was my favorite film channel. SO GLAD to see that you're back!!
love to have you back, Tony. You are one of my fav channels
STOP GIVING ME GOOSBUMPS WITH YOU CHOICE OF FRAMEWORK AND COMPELLING STRUCTRING OF A VIDEOGRAPHIC ESSAY!
Thanks for coming back! As usual, an excellent video essay.
Knowing that Every Frame a Painting is back just made my day!
Seeing a location shoot (I worked in a retail space that was used in several movies/TV shows) was so eye-opening about how intentional everything is in a film. Completely changed my perspective (pun?) as an audience member.
Such beautiful examples! I especially love the comparisons of the same scene and of the same filmmaker on two projects. Very informative!
I’m so glad you’re making these videos again, they’re so inspiring
3 video in 4 months after (almost) 8 yrs of nothing. Glorious. I remember watching his video on visual comedy years ago and have loved his film analysis videos ever since and have watched pretty much all the other videos after that
Every frame of this channel is a magic moment on youtube.
It's so great to see this channel active after a long break.
Thank you for returning, Tony. We appreciate your videos and look forward to the next.
I must say as a Filmmaker, your videos were the first thing I watched before heading off to work on a video project, especially the Akira Kurosawa and David Fincher vids as they helped put me in the creative mindset and I could see the theory that you speak about, happening in real time and I’d like to believe that I’m a way better filmmaker because of your videos as inspiration. Thank you Tony, welcome back🎉
The way this 8 minute video just reminded me how much I am in love with directing. Here we go this year, thank you for this!!!
I really miss Every frame of painting. I often feel like other channels are just poorly filling the hole it leaves. Thanks for the new videos
So good to see you making videos again.
THE RETURN OF THE KING. After I discovered this genre of videos explaining filmmaking through you, nothing has scratched that itch like your videos. I wish you’d continue making these, even if it’s just once a year, they’re too precious
This channel is what got me into film when I was 13. i literally whooped with joy when I got this notification
Fantastic script and discussion here, as always! Lovely video!
love it, this is an important topic to discuss as the movement of the camera is in sync with our emotions we are feeling through that movement
So glad you keep doing videos. Your channel is such an inspiration
I'm so happy to see a new video from you!! This is literally one of the best video essay channels on the internet, period!
Amazing video. Gives us probably the most important question and answer every filmmaker should ask, and then ends with the trade of his new project. I see what you did there Tony…
Thank you for coming back! I have been loving the uploads.
Tony your videos are pure inspiration for me, I'm currently in film school and very afraid that I am going to fail but your videos are the single greatest source of inspiration and knowledge. I don't think anyone else presents information in a more clear and concise manner
So happy we get more of these. Keep up the good work.
Considering that Frank Darabont is the reason I wanted to make movies in the first place, ending this video with that quote is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you for coming back after all these years, Taylor and Tony. You were my film school, you still are to this very day.
I love hearing about the anatomy of any creative pursuit, whether its filmmaking or even welding. The process of making things is totally fascinating. It keeps my curiosity alive. Everywhere I look somebody has made countless creative and technical choices to bring our world to life. Every object tells somebody's story.
Love everything you do, fantastic video! Will be checking out your short film next!
my fave film trivia channel is back
YOU'RE BACK!!!! I LITERALLY GASPED OUT LOUD!!!! I remember where I was when I saw the last video you uploaded, years and years ago now!!!! And oh my gosh, this video feels like you just reached into my brain and picked out the question I was trying to ask myself!!!! I really love what you said at the end. I want to print that out and put it on the cover of my storyboarding book! I'm making a solo short film by myself and teaching myself everything. I'm so excited you're back!!!. I LOOOVE every single thing in this video!!!! It struck a huge chord with me because it's exactly what I'm trying to figure out!!!! I love all these directors' quotes and advice!!!! Omgggg!!!!
I love that you included some behind the scenes from your short film at the end, very nice touch 👌
I was SHOCKED this channel came back and I am so thankful!
Love the change of italics on the title from "the camera" at the beginning to "you" at the end. Our most thoughtful internet filmmaker is back again!
It was refreshing and honestly surprising to hear some directors say that even with preparation, the way a shot was planned can change once principal photography begins.
Yes!!! A new upload! Your video essays are the absolute best.
Glad to see you are still around
Wow - I have just received a great burst of encouragement. Thank you.
Glad your back! Im sceptical at first, thought maybe you sell the channel. Please continue making this video even 1 per year is enough for us.
so glad to see this in my feed this morning, thank you for putting this together! Fantastic to have you back :)
So exciting to see a new video! I love your work!
Can't remember the last time I clicked a video so fast. Happy to see you're still around.
I'd never heard of Roy Andersson before watching those little clips you dropped in at 4:10, and now I have a crazy need to binge-watch whatever I can get of his.
Oh, and welcome back!