The $45 Million Movie Made With Only Screenshots

[@EditingPodcast]

Getting comments on where to watch the movie. You can rent "Missing" for $6 on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnTWhYqvnMx5rac You can also stream it free on Roku. 💯

[@joinspire_studios]

It's not available for rent in Nigeria, 😩 I really want to see this Masterpiece 😣

[@gkegaming8960]

Can one use song from lickd without getting any copyright

[@nezu_cc]

It seems to be regions locked. Really? Region locks in 2023? Well, if you don't give me a legal way to stream it then it's time to sail the deep dark sees /shrug

[@AtmosPres]

It’s not available on Apple TV.

[@Randomytcodm]

Is track club mobile friendly

[@femiftw]

i wonder if they are scared about the movie feeling “outdated” as soon as Apple changes MACOS enough

[@diariodelrusso]

like the movies about "hacking" from the 90s or 00s where ppl were hacking through microsoft excell interface lol

[@matheussp13]

Idk about that, I've recently watched that modern family's episode where it never leaves the screen and still very much relatable. It's the S06E16.

[@EndlessTravels]

think this are poor people problems if you worried about timeless things, go buy a Bugatti or rolex Not watching cheesy movies

[@femiftw]

@@EndlessTravelslmao, okay TOP G

[@bryan.w.t]

That’s what I was so amazed by. They based the macOS design of Monterey, which came out in 2022, just about a year before the film was released, and it was spot on. The little details usually overlooked on films are all there, including the tiny microphone indicator next to Control Center that was new on Monterey.

[@fizzledits2433]

This is so amazing, especially to see the little transitions, like the heart turning into the calendar on the circle, to see that kind of stuff used in real movies is just amazing

[@EditingPodcast]

Saw it at a movie theater in LA and that sequence was electric. The audience was pumped...by editing! They also were groaning at all the little twists. Such an editing-first movie that anyone can enjoy.

[@fizzledits2433]

@@EditingPodcast yeah this definitely made me wanna see it rlly soon, I had to replay that sequence it was sooo good!! Especially since editing isn’t something people necessarily consider, so for people to notice it and love it is a huge compliment It also reminded me of those Instagram edits, which to see that kinda stuff in a film is inspiring and hopeful to us who make edits but not like film level yet

[@visyen]

Modern Family had a similar concept in 2015, in S6E16 Connection Lost. Basically the mom was facetiming the entire family to figure out where her daughter was, and we only saw the mom's computer screen throughout. It's really interesting to see this concept being adapted into a full length film!

[@visyen]

@@r3shb572 thanks for reminding me, i did have a faint memory of the trailer when it came out, i should probably go watch it already

[@lucyc5844]

There was a film called "Searching" in 2018 which basically has a very similar plot to what this film looks like. A girl goes missing and every scene is through the screen only. It's a really good film.

[@hitchcockwannabe]

@@r3shb572 lool there have been numerous screen life films before unfriended.

[@JamesHall305]

The first film I ever saw do this kind of storytelling was the 2013 short film called "Noah." It was a 17-minute short about a breakup. "The Den" was the first feature I saw, and I think that was around the same time. Both were great. I think of all the ones I've seen using this technique, "Missing" was my favorite.

[@leoribeirop]

"Movie Made With Only Screenshots" is such a ridiculous title compared to how hard they work to graphicly design all these screens and hand-animate them throughout nearly 2 hours... I can't imagine the amount of work and effort put into this, Austin and Arielle should be nominated for Best Editing Oscar, not just because what technically they achieved but also artistically. One of the best montages i've ever seen in my life, and the fact that they did it with Premiere and After Effects, softwares we have at home and it's not industry standart, it's pretty surprising.

[@ContactlessConnoisseur]

Editor: there are no screenshots in this film The Channel: this film was made entirely with screenshots!

[@jeck0_0.]

not to mention the three whole promotions in the video on top of the default youtube ads D:

[@AmCanTech]

Hah, right on... definition of click bait

[@Makerkiddo]

This isn't the first time this type of film was made! 'Searching' follows almost the same plot of looking for a loved one, and it is a very incredible and heart warming story. Please give it a watch! It's so worth it!

[@BlockMasterT]

12:48 They mention Searching inside the video too

[@Makerkiddo]

@@BlockMasterT shit mb, I didn't have time to watch through the full video. Nice to know it's mentioned!

[@BlockMasterT]

@@Makerkiddo It’s fine! Even if were to watch the video it’s very easy to miss. The only reason I noticed it was because I read your comment, and then immediately after reading it they mentioned Searching!

[@nours3312]

it’s made by the same directors too!

[@Makerkiddo]

@nours3312 oh shit! Niceeeee

[@WhySteve]

I edited an entire 2 hour feature film in 2020 as the sole post-production person and I had to use cellphone footage from the actors and had to design and create an entire fake interface which resembled "skype" and edit the footage to sync in such a way that it maintains a "static zoom call" kind of screen for the entire film. Nobody cared about the editing 😂, but had a lot to say about the script (which I had nothing to do with). I unfortunately had no say over the script or story, the director overruled all my ideas, so it is what it is. Also, what I did when they didn't sync, was to create a "loading bar" which buffers until they come by. I even added the little detail of the WIFI bar losing signal when things like that happened. I edited everything on Premiere Pro and created all my graphics and assets with Photoshop (for anybody interested). It took me 3 months, editing 18 hours every day including weekends and my total pay was $550 (I know, I was promised exposure). It was titled "The Ground Under (2020)" and is available to stream on Showmax. The trailer is still on my KZbin channel 🙃

[@yutupedia7351]

I just watched awesome, great job!

[@WhySteve]

@@yutupedia7351 oh wow, thanks!

[@Henry-kb6me]

Good work bro!

[@WhySteve]

@@Henry-kb6me Thank you so much :D

[@jetleeyonque1636]

i dont think u should work for exposure though-

[@czypherth]

imagine looking for similar font for every app and not to mention they animate this in premiere and not after effects 🙌

[@ErasedPNG]

honestly for the kind of editing that they do, premiere is a way better tool for it.

[@pixlvfx2964]

they animate the final vector art in after effects but the rough edit and blocking is done in premiere

[@glval]

Made easy with fontsquirrel

[@l3gacyb3ta21]

That is one nice thing about macOS, most apps use San Francisco

[@superNova5837]

Worst thing they could’ve possibly ran into “This software doesn’t have the right font

[@smp2]

8:09 a better explanation for someone unfamiliar is to think of it in terms of a font. No matter how big you make your font in Microsoft Word, it never gets blurry, because it’s a vector - each letter is a shape, not a group of pixels.

[@_kikyu]

these are probably some of the most talented, creative editors i have ever seen the way the story uses its medium as a way to express ots characters is GENIUS

[@lucinematic]

The timeline is amazing! I can't believe it's possible. Weird how they didn't mention that they were doing raw editing while footages were filmed. And at the end of filming they had an entire rough cut. And then the work began with all the mouse moves and typing speed (can't believe this, so much precise work). They are filmmakers, not editors

[@KamarleyBlake]

OMG that opening sequence is masterful. Now I must watch this film. Loved the insights and breakdown behind their choices. Also loved the graphical demo and pop-ups while they explained the timeline

[@joshmoxey.]

This is so inspiring - such a cool concept. From the very impressive sequences you guys showed, the sound design was also deeply underrated. It brought it to life in a whole other way. Watching this brings me back to how fired up I was after watching The Tinder Swindler, as much of the footage was digital. Looking forward to checking out the full film.

[@fizzledits2433]

This is like… every editors dream

[@derrekord]

Editing this would cripple and depress me. They did incredible work and should be proud.

[@imnotgowtham]

im just totally amazed by the uiux work done here. i mean its not just to create the design but it needs to be pixel perfect and accurate to the real app

[@seancarruthers237]

It is wild to me that they created this with no prior knowledge of after effects or illustrator. Even just making all the assets seems like it would take so long.

[@technicolourmyles]

I'm thinking there's just no way it was all done by these two people with no prior experience. I think they're overselling their role a bit here. I believe they did the previz and the final sequences were done by professional VFX and Motion Graphics houses, sent back to these guys to adjust timings to fit the edit.

[@woodlandwrench]

There are tools you can use to help. You can take a screenshot and then "vectorize" render it in post, creating vector assets out of elements in the screenshot. "Gtk vector screenshot taking module" comes to mind. I'm sure there are other tools. You definitely don't have to make every asset from scratch.

[@camrogerz]

I do this pretty much everyday at work. It’s so fun to just crack on editing with some music on while building all the screens and animating them

[@realtampapickle]

you gotta cool tutorial on building assets in illustrator and then animating them like a sequence in this movie? would love to check it out

[@crypticshadows]

what do you do for work? sounds so cool

[@thronee_]

3 separate sponsor ads in 1 video kinda puts me off not gonna lie

[@kurvaczenko]

I am surprised nobody mentioned the film Searching (2018) which was clearly a big inspiration for the guys working on the Missing. Those films look really alike, and the techniques you discuss in this video were definitely used on the project Searching before.

[@leevictor13]

Missing is a "part 2" to Searching. That's why she mentioned it in the interview. So yes you are correct they both have a lot of similarities

[@AlexanderBennettVideo]

the editors of Searching are the directors of Missing which is pretty cool. They build on everything they learnt and handed the editing over to these guys

[@SkucciMusic]

Un friended

[@NJOETV]

Wow, I could tell believe they did that know how to use Illustrator and After Effects before working on this project! That’s so inspiring as an amateur editor. They’re amazing!

[@JeremyNotsotall]

8:40 vectors aren't created out of pixels, but lines and curves

[@NiisExperience]

That’s exactly what he said

[@shr07i]

i love these kind of movies, kept me glued to the screen. very unique.

[@AvivaMartin]

best movie i've seen in years. and the editing...W0w

[@prisha4713]

this is so fucking out of the box, the detailing, it's just amazing, it really loks like they have watched a lot of movies not just for the plot story, but how it is told to the audience, how it unravels to the audience, we can see the details

[@GermanCoronel]

Both movies of this style are hands down my favourite it's a nother level of empathy because you fill that all that sh*t actually could happen to you!

[@t0adstoolll]

I just watched Missing and could barely focus on the plot because of how impressed I was on the way it was made. I spent the whole time looking at all the little details and by the end of the movie I realized they had no actual "camera" shots, every single scene was shown on the screen of a different device. It was incredibly impressive.

[@tmcpadilla]

This was absolute madness and I'm all about it! Well done to the team and editors 🔥

[@mridhulml3269]

There's a malayalam movie called "C U Soon" which exactly does this..They made the film during the peak of the lockdown when normal film production was not possible

[@Bak3DNormal]

It's a new filmmaking workflow that feels new, and fresh for a more modern quick moving mass information society. I couldn't be more excited for these concepts to catch on because it's the kind of filmmaking I have dreamt of making myself.

[@justintansc]

They didn't know Illustrator and After Effects prior to this?? Wow

[@joinspire_studios]

Like W😯W, shouldn't it be like everybody norm knowledge 😐 Huge Respect to them for still generating the super high quality creative animations regardless 😍

[@sanphotos]

that's crazy right?

[@captainmcduckyYT]

I was blown away when I saw Missing. It was such a breath of fresh air.

[@sarthakcreates]

big shoutout to the original concept given to us in 2018 in form of SEARCHING

[@rubsidudes]

thissss! loved that movie fr... i initially thought they're gonna talk about "Searching" instead of "Missing" lmao

[@hfbeaton]

There is an episode of Modern Family that uses this same concept, only in a short 20 minute episode, that was released in 2015

[@TinoSchulz1990]

I feel like watching 30% Ads, 70% content. Wtf?

[@SpenceTravels]

And then there's me proud of myself using cross dissolve

[@mr.person1219]

As someone whose trying to specialize in video editing and motion design, this is literally the perfect film I'd love to work on.

[@josephblaze]

So essentially this this movie is a long version of Modern Family’s “Connection Lost” episode. For anyone who wants to check it out, it’s S6E16! And in the meantime I’ll be checking this movie. Should be a good watch! Cheers.

[@BlvnkCanvas]

I'm a UX designer, and I can TELL this took a looooot of work, and to recreate ALL the UI elements, much less in Illustrator, just blew my mind!🤯🤯🤯Impresssive work, guys👏👏👏

[@MilindSathya]

So enjoyable to watch the four of you talk. Creativity flows through out the conversation.

[@skateholicx]

OMG i love how Hillier is so down to earth asking technical or simple questions like what is rasterization. I've worked with people in industry who would throw in technical terms to beginners expecting them to understand right away then making them feel stupid for not getting. I guess in an attempt to make themselves sound smarter? But I find that people who can take complex things and teach them in the simplest ways are the wisest. Props to you guys for producing such quality in your content 🔥🔥🔥 THANK YOU

[@DefianceFinance]

consider me inspired and extremely impressed! way to think outside the box! you deserve all the props and rewards for this!

[@leviisdead]

watched this movie last week with my friends and i was admiring the editing throughout the entire movie!

[@kaikai16122]

Them making this all in illustrator is soooo impressive

[@Erinle_creates]

This is awesome! As a motion designer who has had to redesign websites for animations, watching this makes me really happy and inspired. Thanks for sharing!

[@enchanted_swiftie]

I've seen SEARCHING. I re-watched it with parents. It was amazing. Now I should see this MISSING!

[@johannaelloso9418]

Just finished watching this movie yesterday and I have little editing knowledge but I will say the transitions are insane! And I love the little details in the computer background like all of June's files were high school documents like pictures, essays, and signature forms.

[@realliamkehoe]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS!!!!!!

[@AlexanderBennettVideo]

Great episode guys! Cool insight on the process. Something we learnt is that you can change the display to magnify 350%, then screenshot fullscreen UI elements and scale them down in AE. It gets you 90% of the quality on close-ups way faster but obviously without the flexibility as full vector recreations. Anything closer, you can just redo individual text elements to keep them crispy. To do really fast mockups, you can also edit the HTML on websites to use all existing formatting but change most text/images. You can't save it easily though. They should sell a pack of their Illustrator files!

[@avoidant560]

For those who don't get the time to search for it, the movie talked about in the podcast is called Missing (2023). It's written at the last two paragraph of the description.

[@efmusic04]

It's also mentioned at like the start of the video...

[@eliasagutierrez]

This is the beginning of a new genre of films, I like it

[@corsofluke]

but it’s not a completely new idea. “Searching” came out years ago

[@guillermo.avalos]

Not the beginning, there’s been several movies like this in the past. Nevertheless the amount of work is impressive. At the same level of stop-motion animation.

[@Vynelox]

bro this movie is literally the best edited thing ever

[@blitzogene]

There’s also another one from 2014 called “unfriended” that’s entirely in the computer.

[@razabadass]

Thank you guys! Raza :)

[@CaffPidge]

It was so entertaining. Honestly my favorite movie of the year.

[@jking7519]

Great choice for an episode of The Editing Podcast! Unleash the tutorials!

[@Validation]

We’ll I know what movie I’ll be watching later then!! Awesome episode guys

[@KRUSH-R]

I've never seen 3 separate sponsorships on a single video

[@OwO-.]

Saw this in my recommendations, watched the video intro, then watched the movie, and now I finished watched this video. What an amazing movie, and the insights of this video are fascinating!

[@SwegServices]

it was lowkey a banger

[@elysianblu]

I hovered over the video on my homepage and watched the intro. Knew I had to watch after that!

[@pinkerhero]

8:20 THANK you Jordan for elaborating on such a non-answer 😭

[@cameron2538]

Yeah, it’s like when you see someone else explain what you do to someone else and they get it wrong 😭

[@rne1223]

He tried guys…he tried 😅

[@InternetGeezer]

Great Interview! Thank you so much!

[@phantomsmithy]

I don't know why it bothers me so much that people who use tools professionally to create something SO stunning, have no idea what they're using. Illustrator is not "photoshop but with vectorized graphics". They are tool sets for two different uses. There ARE crossover elements like path tools in Photoshop and Raster effects in Illustrator but as someone who has used both for over 30 years, you should know what your tools are and how to describe your process.

[@spongypancake]

1:57 "it's free, but use this code to get 20% off" xD

[@amrt7755]

The Editing Podcast & This Guy Edits are my favourite channel right now!

[@andrewcabiso4088]

Learned a lot from these two channel u mention

[@filvaliulin]

I legit have a master's degree studying screen life filmmaking 👀

[@wearetrackclub]

This is such a refreshing concept! Great job with the breakdown as always 👏

[@arthurpiel]

16:20 Very interesting as the use of dramatic irony was very well done. Fredrick Jameson criticizes that the predominant use of irony leaves little room for emotional response and when elicited they are done through surface level representations without any relationship to the audience. Would love to see how you balanced the irony while leaving space for true emotional responses

[@mintyglitches]

can confirm that editing this type of content takes ages (especially creating all of the assets) i remember watching the movie searching which is very similar in concept as inspiration and trying to improve the visuals of my own work and even now im trying to get better behind the scenes and seeing this full breakdown of the finer details really helps with that

[@corsofluke]

How about the movie Searching or Unfriended. This movie, although amazing in its complexity isn’t something completely new.

[@MicahSimpson]

wow! all those screens individually created in illustrator, thats impressive!

[@TheBrysonRobbins]

I look forward to each episode! So much incredible information that's just fascinating to hear and see. ( and inspires me, and I'm sure many others lol). Thank you guys!

[@darshan1974]

best editing podcast on the internet ,i am a newbie at this - always would be thinking while watching - how they have done specially pixel aspect of it - how comes it so sharp and just perfect for the eyes , Thank you so much -got my answer its all vector images afterall - Thank you

[@sseblante]

bro i just watched the movie and oh my gosh the production value and the storyline is everything ive ever wanted. this was a good watch for sure, i now feel inspired to finally finish that one edit ive been putting off for weeks now! (nothing special, just a vlog lol)

[@marcel1372]

2:51 wow immediately after an ad for a zoom competitor

[@looking4afix]

what a EPISODE! Holy shit, prolly my favorite from s2, maybe even s1!

[@markymark9516]

I was screaming "USE SIRI" for like 10 minutes at the end of the movie

[@yag821]

remember that Unfriended is a thing.

[@satallistic_clouds1281]

Not everyone forgetting about the film Unfriended and Unfriended Dark Web.

[@squirrelhobi]

i was looking for a comment like this!! why is nobody talking about them?

[@wayne8797]

the new take of its not a feature, its actually a bug LOL. This is brilliant!

[@lynleyn]

Imagine translating tis movie to other languages

[@Monocentic]

The whole movie just looks like a plain rock 124 video

[@jf8442]

11:06 heck that sticky note in the background bothers me

[@guinlin13]

Same

[@dankelly]

That's super fascinating! I can't wait to watch the movie.

[@pyrobunnii2763]

currently watching this movie, its really cool and my eyes were wide open being so interested XD

[@raphou_qld1782]

Bro there are literally 3 sponsors 💀

[@Ivys6ur]

The movie reminds me of a movie called Unfriended

[@itsquadrus]

or "searching"

[@Ivys6ur]

@@itsquadrus Searching is made by the same people who made this

[@sykildemarco]

A rom com with this format is awesome

[@jacobugs]

Thanks for all the good work guys :)

[@kdolli]

I can recreate this movie if I really wanted to, I love this style of editing! I bet they had so much fun editing it!

[@himanshugaur5498]

So how much time does it take to edit a sequence of lets say 10 minutes

[@Twoeggsq]

Did i just watch a video with 3 creator ads?

[@RisingApe]

mind blown... thanks guys,

[@SentoHvn]

No but like why is nobody talking about how June's literally a professional doxxer? I mean she just has the mindset of it. I thought I was ahead of the curve in tech and the internet but she is just smashing every aspect of it. Great production on this film!!

[@ventingaccount_2]

Searching: idk lemme just go back in my corner

[@aqilhomaili]

The computer to edit vector images to videos is insane . If I were to do this much amount of files on my pc. It will be dead

[@wymow]

After watching this podcast epsiode and the movie trailer, I need to watch the movie ASAP!

[@UniqueWahidYTChannel]

What's the name of this movie?

[@wymow]

@@UniqueWahidYTChannel Missing

[@Chrispyy__]

The fact they did that on Premiere is even more insane. Everyone and their mom does movies on Avid

[@williamtaylor4005]

Everyone in who 🤨

[@Chrispyy__]

@@williamtaylor4005 LMAOO I MEANT AND

[@DavidMcCoul]

It’s amazing how accurately they reproduced all these apps with manually-illustrated vector-based graphics. No wonder it cost so much to make

[@infalogger9697]

I watched 1 minute of this video and decided to watch the entire movie😂 it’s great