# Every frame a painting: great Youtube channel on cinema

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**Created:** [February 4, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-frame-a-painting-great-youtube-channel-on-cinema/711836 "2015-02-04T19:47:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-frame-a-painting-great-youtube-channel-on-cinema/711836/1 "2015-02-04T19:47:15Z")

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> **[Every Frame a Painting](https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting)**
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> Every Frame a Painting was a series of video essays about film form, made from April 2014 to September 2016, by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou.
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> We officially announced the end of the channel in December 2017. Nothing sinister, we just felt it was time....

I just found it yesterday and it may be the best resource on movies I have ever come across, with some really sharp and entertaining videos on different aspects of film technique often focusing on a particular filmmaker.

Some of the videos I liked: [Kurosawa’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc-K7giqKM#t=12) use of simple geometrical shapes in his compositions, how [Jackie Chan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ) does action comedy, [Satoshi Kon’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz49vQwSoTE) editing style and [Martin Scorcese’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrTRjEXjSM) use of silence.

The videos pack a lot of analysis and can be watched again and again.I imagine they take a lot of work and he only adds a few every month but in a couple of years I think this will be a great resource for anyone who wants to learn about cinema.

Tony Zhou, who makes the videos, did an [AMA](http://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/2rg8jt/i_am_tony_zhou_creator_of_the_every_frame_a/)on Reddit if you are interested in learning more about him.

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**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-frame-a-painting-great-youtube-channel-on-cinema/711836/2 "2015-02-05T17:19:17Z")

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I watched the Jackie Chan one a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Thanks for reminding me to go back and watch the others.

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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-frame-a-painting-great-youtube-channel-on-cinema/711836/3 "2015-02-05T19:41:09Z")

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Just watched the Kurosawa one, since that’s where your first link went.

Brilliant! And so very right.

Off to watch more. Thank you for letting me know about this guy.