8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box
GDC Festival of Gaming568K viewsMark Ferrari shows how 8-bit era artists used palette cycling, dithering and tile tricks to get rich images out of tiny palettes.
Art, Music & Design
101,211 videos · Craft and analysis: film, painting, music and design.
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Mother (2009) - The Telephoto Profile Shot
Every Frame a Painting909K viewsHow Bong Joon-ho uses the telephoto profile shot in Mother.
5:57The Sustained Two-Shot
Every Frame a Painting625K viewsHow the sustained two-shot lets actors play a scene together without cutting.
5:01A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film
Every Frame a Painting1.79M viewsHow filmmakers have tried to show texting and the internet on screen, and which approaches work.
3:34Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System
Every Frame a Painting1.82M viewsHow Drive's director divides the frame into quadrants to show who controls each scene.
6:29Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot
Every Frame a Painting898K viewsHow Mamoru Hosoda's lateral tracking shot shows time passing in Wolf Children.
5:06The Imposter (2012) - Looking into the Lens
Every Frame a Painting750K viewsHow the documentary The Imposter uses subjects looking into the lens.
8:00Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
Every Frame a Painting11.3M viewsHow Edgar Wright builds jokes out of camera movement, framing, sound and editing rather than dialogue, contrasted with flatter Hollywood comedy coverage.
5:19In Praise of Chairs
Every Frame a Painting1.28M viewsHow directors use chairs and seating to stage dialogue scenes and power dynamics.
3:11The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - The Geometry of a Scene
Every Frame a Painting964K viewsHow Kurosawa arranges actors geometrically in a single long take from The Bad Sleep Well.
6:09Robin Williams - In Motion
Every Frame a Painting1.69M viewsHow Robin Williams used physical movement and blocking, and how directors staged him.
4:31F for Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay
Every Frame a Painting1.15M viewsWhat Orson Welles's F for Fake teaches about structuring an essay film.
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18. Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North Africa
YaleCourses36.3K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 18: Lepcis Magna, Septimius Severus' monumental rebuilding of his North African hometown.
1:12:446. Habitats at Herculaneum and Early Roman Interior Decoration
YaleCourses81.8K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 6: Houses at Herculaneum and the first styles of Roman wall painting.
Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement
Every Frame a Painting10.8M viewsHow Akira Kurosawa uses movement — of nature, groups, individuals and the camera — to compose scenes.
1:16:0320. Roman Wine in Greek Bottles: The Rebirth of Athens
YaleCourses29.7K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 20: Roman building in Athens under Hadrian.
1:14:1521. Making Mini Romes on the Western Frontier
YaleCourses26.3K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 21: Roman towns built on the western frontier.
9:25How Does an Editor Think and Feel?
Every Frame a Painting2.77M viewsUses Walter Murch's ideas and real examples to show how editors decide when to cut, and how rhythm and emotion drive editing.
1:12:5519. Baroque Extravaganzas: Rock Tombs, Fountains, and Sanctuaries in Jordan, Lebanon, and Libya
YaleCourses29.2K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 19: The 'baroque' rock tombs and sanctuaries of Petra, Baalbek and Libya.
1:11:494. Civic Life Interrupted: Nightmare and Destiny on August 24, A.D. 79
YaleCourses73.9K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 4: The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and what it preserved of Pompeii's civic buildings.
8:54Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist
Every Frame a Painting4.59M viewsTraces Chuck Jones's development as an animator and the rules and timing principles behind the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny shorts.
1:07:088. Exploring Special Subjects on Pompeian Walls
YaleCourses41.9K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 8: Special subjects in Pompeian wall painting, from mythology to gardens.
1:13:4222. Rome Redux: The Tetrarchic Renaissance
YaleCourses24.6K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 22: The Tetrarchic revival of Roman architecture under Diocletian.
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The Great Myth of the Medieval Tritone Ban
Adam Neely1.41M viewsInvestigates the popular claim that the medieval church banned the tritone and traces where the myth came from.
1:11:5710. Accessing Afterlife: Tombs of Roman Aristocrats, Freedmen, and Slaves
YaleCourses37.9K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 10: Roman tombs and what they reveal about aristocrats, freedmen and slaves.
7:59The Spielberg Oner
Every Frame a Painting2.9M viewsExplains how Spielberg stages long single-shot scenes (the 'oner') that hide their complexity through blocking and camera movement.
1:13:587. Gilding the Lily: Painting Palaces and Villas in the First Century A.D.
YaleCourses52.3K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 7: The later Pompeian painting styles in first-century palaces and villas.
1:13:4713. The Prince and the Palace: Human Made Divine on the Palatine Hill
YaleCourses45.5K viewsYale Roman Architecture, lecture 13: Domitian's palace on the Palatine and architecture used to present the emperor as divine.
7:29David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong
Every Frame a Painting4.59M viewsExamines David Fincher's precise camera language: locked-off framing, motivated movement and why his camera rarely feels handheld.
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Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained
Great Art Explained4.9M viewsThe story of Michelangelo's David: the marble, the commission, the technique and its meaning in Florence.
49:20Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven
YaleCourses191K viewsYale Listening to Music, lecture 9: Sonata-allegro form in Mozart and Beethoven.
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The History of Frame Rate for Film
Filmmaker IQ492K viewsHow film frame rates evolved from hand-cranked silent cameras to the 24fps sound standard.
1:13:5011. Notorious Nero and His Amazing Architectural Legacy
YaleCourses67.2K viewsNero's architectural legacy, especially the Domus Aurea and its innovative concrete spaces.
17:30Hollywood's History of Faking It | The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing
Filmmaker IQ2.9M viewsHow compositing evolved from in-camera mattes and travelling mattes to bluescreen and digital greenscreen.
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The Death of Socrates: How To Read A Painting
Nerdwriter14.51M viewsA close reading of David's The Death of Socrates: composition, gesture and symbolism.
1:13:2415. Rome and a Villa: Hadrian's Pantheon and Tivoli Retreat
YaleCourses84.2K viewsHadrian's Pantheon and his villa at Tivoli: the dome, the oculus and architectural experimentation.
Recommended books
- The Story of Art, E.H. GombrichThe classic introduction to art history
- Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty EdwardsThe classic course in learning to see and draw
- The Jazz Theory Book, Mark LevineThe standard jazz theory reference
- Thinking with Type, Ellen LuptonThe standard short guide to typography
- Understanding Exposure, Bryan PetersonThe classic, clear guide to aperture, shutter and ISO
- In the Blink of an Eye, Walter MurchThe classic short book on film editing
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