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Watch Films Like a Critic

No camera required. The video-essay canon plus enough history to know where every technique came from — the fastest way to get better at filmmaking without shooting anything.

Beginner · 5 modules · 17 lessons · 3h 23m

1. Learn to look

The Invisible Horror of The Shining — kaptainkristian · 18m · Advanced
When Harry Met Sally — Breaking Genre Conventions — Lessons from the Screenplay · 9m · Intermediate
The Sustained Two-Shot — Every Frame a Painting · 5m · Intermediate
In the Mood For Love: Crash Course Film Criticism #5 — CrashCourse · 11m · Intermediate

2. How it got here

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag — Every Frame a Painting · 7m · Intermediate
The History of Cutting - The Soviet Theory of Montage — Filmmaker IQ · 22m · Advanced
Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8 — CrashCourse · 11m · Intermediate
German Expressionism: Crash Course Film History #7 — CrashCourse · 11m · Intermediate

3. The movements

Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16 — CrashCourse · 10m · Beginner
The Golden Age of Hollywood: Crash Course Film History #11 — CrashCourse · 11m · Intermediate
The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9 — CrashCourse · 11m · Beginner

4. Directors, studied

Joel & Ethan Coen - Shot | Reverse Shot — Every Frame a Painting · 5m · Intermediate
How Studio Ghibli Makes Animation Feel Alive — kaptainkristian · 20m · Intermediate
Guillermo del Toro - Monsters and Magic — kaptainkristian · 19m · Intermediate
Lee Unkrich on the Two Versions of THE SHINING | THE COMPLETE KUBRICK — CRITERION · 11m · Advanced

5. The cut as an argument

DUNKIRK: Editing the Suspense Snowball — This Guy Edits · 16m · Intermediate
How Does an Editor Think and Feel? — Every Frame a Painting · 6m · Intermediate

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