Lessons From The Parasite Storyboards

[@ThomasFlight]

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[@EEEEeee2748]

'If oscar winner Bong Jon Ho is anxious about the work he does, then you and I can take comfort in the fact that having anxiety about work doesn't mean we lack the skill' ah I was feeling down but this made my day a little better :)

[@princessthyemis]

Oh my GOSH that's such an inspiring quote!!!!!!!

[@lovettornotfilms5056]

just changed the whole perspective

[@GeneScribbles]

Its motivating I agree 😊

[@dakotabongers7373]

this is extremely motivating!

[@epiphany.is.my.epithet]

[@rem9748]

The storyboards are adorable for such a dark movie 🤣

[@danteardy9309]

I think its not too dark. But a plot twist masterpiece. But yeah you right 🤣

[@crowmaster9652]

Oh ya in a big way

[@auralunaprettycure]

An short film in this art style would be a delight

[@amirridhwan7756]

basically simplify n try not stressing out to draw is the best way to create storyboard...

[@Jy-mprovement]

"dark"? 🤣😂

[@Capo98y]

Still amazes me how a director can imagine a whole movie in his/her head and draw everything before shooting.

[@ryudjn6590]

You should see how Hayao Miyazaki does films. That madman plans out the entire Film and adds the dialouges for the characters once he has done everything else.

[@assimalbaw9345]

The japanese manga is the best example of a raw script story board!

[@gamechannel1271]

Check out Fury Road. They spent more time making storyboards than the actual film.

[@stylomojo]

They have big head and attention to detail. Thats make the theme executed well

[@gruwidge]

Welcome to animation

[@aquaartistcat5835]

I want someone to love me the way Thomas Flight loves Parasite

[@NoahPfister]

You’ll find that someone. Once you do, then Thomas can finally ascend to Valhalla, where he can finally rest, for his work is finally done.

[@NebulousArray]

"Don't forget to draw little devil horns on your characters if they are being bad" lets be honest, most important rule

[@epiphany.is.my.epithet]

hell yeah!

[@chrrislowe9919]

“Having anxiety about our work doesn’t mean we lack the skill.” Thank your for saying that.

[@braigbrothers]

Yeah! That was the thing about this video

[@xanzusx]

I will always believe that a director who plans every shot is more admirable than those who just improvise, because every detail, camera turn, zoom, actually serves a purpose and makes the movie more complex and rich

[@Lucalaurin]

That can still happen through meticulous planning in collaboration with the cinematographer or extensive rehearsals. But it is incredibly impressive to basically bring down the whole movie on paper before you even start shooting no question.

[@megabyte1302]

Mainly planning while leaving a bit of room for improve seems like a good balance

[@maximeteppe7627]

TBH as nervous person who would feel the need to draw everything if I were to direct anything... i have mad respect for anyone who can improvise and end up with anything coherent at all. The storyboarding process and planning beforehand, I can understand. Successful improvisation, I do not. It is black magic to me. Now I also still believe storyboarders are more admirable, but for a different reason: a detailed storyboard probably saves a lot of time and stress to everyone on set.

[@zenj-g2z]

Bong’s meticulousness is the reason why actors and actresses love to work with him. They dont have to worry about director’s problem while they are acting.

[@moiclarence]

I remember Tilda Swinton once said in an interview that working with Bong under his meticulous directing style ironically gave her more freedom and liberty in acting. I guess it all makes sense now

[@rickardkaufman3988]

I like the way you're passionate with Parasite, dude.

[@levi2408]

He even writes in the framerates? This man has incredible vision and planning skills

[@DNdavidsonsnation]

he just knew he wanted the scene in slow motion, when he says 36 or 48fps they actually bring it back to 24fps in post so it's slightly slowed down. the fact that he wrote 36 or 48 means he wasn't sure how slow he wanted it imo but still he knew he wanted that particular shot to look a bit dreamy. basically what i try to say is slow motion are always planned by filmmaker, we don't have choices since we need to set the correct setting in camera. but i still agree that his work is incredibly planned and it must be so easy to work with someone like this.

[@jeff__w]

Lesson 2 _was_ in the storyboards but Tom wasn’t afraid to eliminate it - _Lesson 1 You can always simplify_ - and move right on to Lesson 3.

[@wzwzwz]

haha noticed that

[@azmarishabnamlea1633]

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[@ThomasFlight]

Uh. _yeah exactly!_ totally did that on purpose...

[@simonsuminski1099]

I was so confused looking for Lesson 2

[@michel7700]

I am still curious about it

[@jackxiao9702]

Jesus, Bong is like Mozart, the movie is already finished in his head, and it's like he's taking dictation from God.

[@hyysj0103]

I get it where you took the quote ;)

[@randomroadchhapreviews4396]

I am a storyboard artist and I also teach this subject in film colleges. This video pretty much sums up all important things I keep reminding students. Especially it being editing tool in pre production process.

[@LaffTwous]

Having the lesson name come after the explanation was a little hard to get used to, but excellent vid as always.

[@AniketPatil-nk1vw]

Same. I realised that was happening a little late.

[@ZumodeElectrones]

True

[@ThomasFlight]

Ah Sorry! I mean them more as a summary than the headline but I can see how it's a little confusing.

[@ZumodeElectrones]

Dont worry, It is just an interesting artistic choice. I partially like it! But on the other hand, it's a little bit confusing

[@apeon1551]

Thomas Flight I actually really enjoyed it, little summary to cement the points together, thought it was clever

[@emperorpingusmathchannel5365]

This movie just took the entire world by surprise. It is both a super entertaining drama and a damn piece of literature with the most subtle and meaningful societal commentary.

[@janninmarie8385]

Bong Jon Ho’s talent, skill and mastery is just absolutely mind-blowing. Parasite should be a timeless masterpiece.

[@unbreakable.3132]

It is!

[@mrspo7012]

This made me realize how hard movie directing really is, I am very fond of people who can make such great artworks.

[@reeerinn]

that tissue scene is literally like “you’re so dramatic” but you are actually in movie.

[@trascendentalsunset]

I love storyboards, i'm actually ordering this book right now, i've been a filmmaker for 10 years and my first works didn't have a script, i knew the films so well in my mind that i only made storyboards to guide the shooting, only recently i started using scripts, but drawing is something really close to my hearth, i think is because i used to make comics since i was a kid and i started by editing, but i imagine my movies directly with transitions, phase and rhythm, storyboards help put those ideas into paper, great work!

[@focal_point]

This is a great breakdown of his process, and just goes to show that thorough preparation is absolutely key

[@LordKeram]

The sheere amount of work that went into the storyboards contextualises beautifully how clean Parasite is as a finished product. Not a single shot wasted by the director. While not the foremost of my aspirations I always wanted to make a movie someday, but watching this made me doubt whether I could ever create anything even nearing this beauty.

[@narima_atmosphere]

casually passing trivia: @ 2:53 Yonsei University (the university that Ki-Woo is "planning" to go, thus not feeling guilty to forge its certificate of enrollment) is considered to be one of top 3 universities in South Korea ("SKY", which stands for 'S'eoul Uni, 'K'orea Uni, and 'Y'onsei Uni) and was founded by the missionary Horace Underwood from USA (yes, from that "Underwood" family that manufactured typewriters and funded the missions of the first Presbyterian Missionaries in South Korea - one of the founding fathers of Protestant Christianity in Korea) and another trivia is that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's first (adopted) son Maddox goes to that school. When he was moving into his dorm, Angelina Jolie came along to drop him off and it was all over the news, haha. And also happens to be Bong Joon-Ho's alma mater (88'), where he majored in Sociology, but spent most of his times in Cinema club - his real passion.

[@JaySalia97]

I'll watch every Parasite video you make, thank you so much for all of them! Great analysis!

[@ThomasFlight]

Much appreciated!

[@lessonsfromthescreen6999]

The topics of your video essays, the delivery and the editing and your narration are all done so well and delicately. I do enjoy and learn a lot from this channel. Thank you!

[@Perritobonito123]

Parasite Is one of the best movies I've ever watched. Truly a masterpiece that I'm so grateful for experiencing. Never stopped to amaze me. Serious great piece of glorious cinema.

[@ilikebirds7748]

It's always so important to examine someone's creative process. IMO it's helpful for everyone's art practice regardless what kind of art you make

[@digitalsketchguy7844]

Nailing the whole movie at the storyboard stage without hardly any changes during production is like Mozart penning a symphony without any post edits. Genius!

[@paulinaalanishernandez5208]

This movie became one of my favorites ever. I always feel like rewatching it.

[@Yaya66]

while I 100% agree that you don't need a storyboard to make a good movie, and that doing it to relief anxiety is a good reason, storyboards are often very useful money-wise. A lot of time is saved when you have at least evisioned your shots beforehand, and it's best for everyone, including the actors, to be able to gain at least a little bit of time when filming. Adding to that, facing a very undecisive director can be very stressful. So, in my opinion, it goes further than just to alleviate anxiety... Anyway, great video!

[@apex_xd8907]

i love that the storyboards look like they were drawn by any other film student, gives me some comfort in knowing your drawing skill isnt as important as actually conveying the idea

[@AndreFernandesMovies]

When I saw this movie it immediatly became my favorite movie of all time. First time I really felt joy watching the oscars, and realizing that they actually awarded the best movie of the year even though it was a movie with a foreign language.

[@TylerAO12]

I bout the book of his storyboards and I love how he includes that he drew over photos to save time and his boards are sketchy. Dozens of times over the years I’ve been studying Storyboarding have I come across people saying that including photos, sketchy lines, color, etc in storyboards means that they’re not storyboards but illustrations. So everyone someone tries to pull that crap with me I link them to all the award winning professionals who use color, have sketchy stock figures, use photos, even trace over faces in their boards and stand by those techniques as long as it’s getting a clear story across quickly and effectively. ❤

[@talic-os5899]

I love the storyboard drawings. Like, it shows storyboard art actually doesn't need to be complex

[@OutstandingScreenplays]

This is an amazing process! I believe Parasite is the best foreign-language film ever made! And Bong Joon Ho will become the best director ever. I studied Parasite very closely and the amount of work and attention to details that went into that screenplay and that movie is just mind-blowing!

[@sophiac1667]

@XayдN Xo Totally agree!

[@rebeccac8385]

I would say Parasite is one of the best foreign films, but not THE best. Don’t forget The Intouchables and City of God

[@-..._._-.]

American movie kinda suck. Parasite, is by far the best

[@djmx9237]

Fred T American movies aren’t reboots and sequels. Don’t generalise. Mid 90s, lady bird, la la land, moonlight just to mention a few are American movies that are amazing and isn’t either a sequel or reboot. I’m sure I could find 100s of shit Kdramas but doesn’t mean korean cinema sucks.

[@CometHunter]

I hate to be that guy, but I feel like categorising Parasite as a "foreign language film" is the same as categorising all the people who aren't American as "foreign".

[@queenwamy]

The storyboard looks like a legit child friendly comic. Then you watch the movie....

[@PoissonVisageStudios]

Anyone else see that this book exists, pause the video, order one, then carry on watching? First time I've ever done anything like that, but when it's something like this, I've got no choice. I'm adding that straight to my basket.

[@toyosibee.mp3]

HOW TOPICAL, just rewatched it a little bit ago and then this popped up in my recommends. I might try working on some storyboards for my next screenplay just for fun tomorrow...

[@toastedclubsandwich]

What I learned: Parasite would be a dope ass manga

[@redandinata4568]

Or manhwa in this case

[@juanchoresultay2704]

Yeah Basically manhwas are South Korean mangas

[@Lemonn1016]

A comic

[@mefisth8678]

I work with animation and motion graphics, didn't expect to learn those kind of lessons from this video, really impressive :D

[@AstolfoCh]

ill be eternally grateful towards your simple, straight-to-the-point explanations

[@MrBeastknows]

This is a fantastic video. There are a lot of video essays and universities that too often have a, "this is how you should do it" tone but yours doesn't tend to. It's how you should teach. Take a look at how a master does it, the things he's learned and why he does something, and then leave it open for the viewer if they want to integrate it into their own process. Edit: said view instead of viewer.

[@ThomasFlight]

In film especially for every "right way" of doing things you can find a successful director who does the opposite. I totally agree! The goal is always to find what methods work best for you to achieve the outcome you want.

[@MrBeastknows]

@@ThomasFlight Exactly! That's a really important distinction I learned recently and I really appreciate that you apply it in your videos.

[@MrBeastknows]

@@ThomasFlight Hell, I had an argument in class with my teacher/the head of our film department at school about why I'm not using lighting anymore. I had to give him an example with Jean-Marc Valee and his choice to stop using lighting. My teacher thinks that if you do lighting right, then it'll be as real as the real thing. But as an actor and cinematographer, when I watch film I see AND feel in films how unrealistic lighting is. Hell David Fincher is a fantastic example of this. I love him, but his films aren't a presentation of real life. They're more of an interpretation, that's why it's typically so dark and intense. Compare it to Jean-Marc's Big Little Lies where you genuinely feel like you're watching a real argument between a middle/upper class married couple where there isn't just one mood, where there's multiple emotions going on just like in real life. Where in one argument there's laughing, crying, anger, sex, and disappointment all in one damn scene. And this is enhanced by Jean-Marc's lack of lighting and free flowing camerawork. But if you film a scene like that with perfect three point lighting and blocking, then all that humanity gets taken away, making it less impactful and relatable. And of course using lighting and blocking is fine. I'm not going to Tarantino for a realistic depiction on humanity. But as a director, if I'm going to portray situations and atmospheres honestly, then I have to drop lighting and use real locations instead of sets. Which saying that to anybody in my small film community would sound like blasphemy because they're only taught the one way in school. And I'll use that to segway again into more appreciation for your content. If I didn't watch you and other people's video essays and all those conversational interviews with actors and directors, I'd never had realized how much freedom and choice I have as a filmmaker. Without people like you, I'd be imitating instead of utilizing. Sitting still instead of innovating. So thank you so much for your work.

[@rahultej2248]

Excellent as always. And i would like to know your thoughts on Richard Brody's article very subtly criticizing Parasite. That one was a brilliant piece of film criticism even though I am opposite to his view. It is almost paradoxical. He points out Parasite being too conscious of itself, and rigid as a film making it lose the indefinite freeness of Art. What he said is right. But, that's what makes the movie better for me. Its nature indicates the perspectives and mindsets of the characters. The rigidness makes us feel the pseudo control of the situation and things along with the characters. And when the brutal realization comes, the film itself realizes its chaotic nature and can't know itself anymore. Hope you respond!

[@SoWhosGae]

I found the approch interesting too but at the same time it doesn't ruin the movie at all in my opinion.

[@sunkoolee5424]

Bong has some weakness because of the reason. But the weakness makes his style and I also love the style. Not many director can pseudo control the situation and I think that's the reason why Bong is one of great movie masters.

[@JoaoPedro-jc5fm]

loved this! (and the sound design is so soothing)

[@lizanye]

Wow the taking of photo and drawing over it for storyboards idea just blew my mind. I'm going to do that forever now

[@peaduh9713]

The thumbnail changed? Ok fine I'll watch again.

[@diegomontoya8889]

Perfect timing! I just watched this movie for the first time two days ago. Everything is fresh in my mind.

[@NothingHereForYou]

Goodness this is inspiring. Seeing the quality of the drawings make the job of storyboarding, at least when it comes to drawing skills, seem not too overwhelming for someone who wants to get into it. The more I learn about storyboarding the more it seems exactly what I want to do. I love visualizing scenes and shots from books and music, but being a full animator or visual artist is too time consuming and daunting. This seems like a perfect middle ground of just fast paced enough story telling and adapting for me.

[@micahsnow346]

Omg “Ida” is just about as intense as “Parasite” (in a very different way). I loved both movies, but they’re not exactly movies you’d go to rewatch over and over. These types of films have an emotional toll...

[@mvc1412]

I never knew they had storyboads on movies. I always thought they just had scripts.

[@JoRoBoYo]

I thought storyboard is normal in movies. I never knew there are movies made without storyboard

[@outkast978]

@@JoRoBoYo Storyboards are typically used, but not many filmmakers have their entire film visually planned out like this.

[@Gaming_Legend2]

@@outkast978 what you normally see is shit like concept art in my case, like the concept art of to represent the whole scene, but both being used do noy hurt at all either, its more information to work that helps understanding what you gonna do in the actual shooting.

[@maximeteppe7627]

@@Gaming_Legend2 concept art are most useful to the team building sets, props, costumes, while the storyboard is most useful to camera operators. Photography directors probably use both to plan their lights placements (in order to both make the composition "pop" and convey the mood of the set).

[@kairinaminemix]

He’s the type of artist who knows exactly what he wants to accomplish. I wish I even had that skill

[@KoongYe]

Plot Twist : Bong was actually the wealthy boy and got his drawing skills from Ki-Jeong.

[@lowlowseesee]

yo how did i miss the fact that theres a storyboard book!?!?!?! a must lol

[@misgmsdf]

the man with a plan

[@zeribot2300]

Awesome I am actually making storyboard for our animation capstone, this helps and actually eases little bit of my anxiety

[@squaresensei]

Bong Joon-Ho's dad was a graphic artist and the head of the art department at the National Film Institute. He would be proud of his son's spectacular achievements!

[@moroteseoinage]

I saw this movie when I was super drunk, at one of those movie theaters that also serves beer. I was so confused when I sobered up a little bit when the movie changes into a low key horror movie at the last act. It was an amazing revelation.

[@oreodimasdale3840]

I love that he sticks to his storyboards and made a perfect movie. I'm also glad that it's out there making this example, becoming a staple example to cinema education. A lot of grandiose directors like Michael bay just throw things in or throw things out with loud voice because they just had "artistic epiphany" in the middle of production, even if the decisions have no cimenatic meaning whatsoever. I know you will tell me Transformers isn't even "that kind" of story to deserve artistic meticulousness. But no, every story deserve this. You just have to believe that your target market is intelligent, just like what 'The Parasite' delivered. Imagine any average hollywood movie you have ever watched, and they are directed by bong.

[@melancholystarstudio]

Love seeing these side by side! Such charming and effective art...

[@Curby0]

Amazing analysis and taught me so much, thank you. I'll go back to this video.

[@anaanastasia8302]

Last lesson almost made me tear up, really needed to hear that Awesome video!

[@minichou]

watching this makes me wanna rewatch the movieee, its been monthsss

[@lcmpark]

THE BEST

[@bobatitty]

There's always something to learn from this movie I'll never get tired of hearing about it

[@directorserge]

Such an amazing breakdown! Learned a lot. Thank you very much. To me, as to a film director, it's very useful.

[@Episodio-UM]

7:08 Son of a gun, mr. Thomas, now that is a good black-and-white close-up, holy goodness.

[@TOSYR]

Thank you for making this. I feel this advice is also applicable to editing comics. I've been having trouble finding material on that topic specifically and this gave me a little bit more direction.

[@oli47]

I just got this bookworm Christmas because I saw it in this video! It’s so cool to see the proces!

[@PraveenKumar-sv6fh]

I love the way u specify every little detail of this MASTERPIECE. Wow I don't think anyone will do anything like this😍😍

[@rahultej2248]

Ahhh. Chusesa.

[@xianhui_wang]

You're right, there are many methods to be reassured when making a film. You never have to follow the traditional process. Makoto Shinkai often wrote the script for his film with the structure of a novel. This is why most of his films have a novel version, example Your Name's script. Someone had told him that he felt like he was reading a novel by reading the script. And so, the idea of releasing a light nouvel version came.

[@PETBOY]

Lake house.

[@cindyh.6011]

I love storyboards, and I love writing them, just because they look so funny regardless of what the tone of the media is

[@kharaks6508]

I loved this movie so much, so it’s delightful to see how many videos you’ve done on it.

[@appleteacup5245]

when i saw the camera diagram my mind immediately went to "ah, this man might be anxious?" because he seemed to want the work would be on par with his expectations yet it was easy for everyone to follow. then the last part explained it all :D

[@x1101126]

There are must be many versions of story board. When they decided to publish the book, they had to edit it to fit the actual film.

[@3dvolution]

Just at the right time, I'm working on a storyboard and your synthesis of what to take away from this movie's storyboard is great, thanks for sharing ;)

[@chickiepoo]

This video was very interesting and i now want that storyboard book. Def a new subbie now. Thanks for the vid!

[@Tiennnnny]

A lot of Korean animation studios that work on our US shows religiously follow the story boards so if you’re looking in to that kind of field it’s good to get used to meticulous storyboards and storyboarding

[@laylover7621]

I had no idea movies get storyboards. That's awesome.

[@Hannibal2nix]

This reminds me how Mad Max: Fury road was also story boarded.

[@RifatErdemSahin]

one of the best storyboard explanations.

[@jacobprice4311]

One of the greatest films made

[@WarriorsAce]

Unless its a really important shot, I have an eye for good shots I guess, so I just do most of them like close ups and tracking shots without any pre-plan besides "Will this be tri pod, or a mount?" But I find storyboards veryyyy interesting, and I'm gonna order this book today!

[@paulrichardson8149]

This was very helpful, thanks!

[@ogutobr]

storyboard is also a great way to develop a story Just like many filmmakers don't do storyboard, also there are a good amount of them that almost completelly skip the script and develop all on the boards.

[@djmx9237]

😂🙆🏾‍♂️ who tf does that? Im acc interested if that’s a possibility

[@dr_volberg]

2:26 - Lesson 1 3:20 - Lesson 3 Lesson 2 was "?", so that Lesson 3 could be PROFFIT?! =)

[@hivfx9021]

yes~~~I just want to ask this question~~puzzled me as well~

[@MiloKuroshiro]

I heard about Shooting like an Editor, but not at that extreme, damn. That's really impressive. Now I know why the first thing I felt with the movie was how tight and purposeful every shot and line felt.

[@blumelodiez]

it's funny to me how this is almost how i work and oftentimes i get called out for "monopolizing the process". i have a plan laid out to a T, and i let the others execute it and improve on whatever they need think needs to be improved. i have almost always been insulted behind my back for it. goes to show that it is not only Director Bong we have to give credit to but to the entire production team as well. to execute such a meticulous plan, everyone has to share the same artistic vision and to have a deep level of trust in one another. too bad i didnt have that for a very long time

[@MC-rq9bd]

I've just discovered you channel and subscribed. I love your videos!

[@nifeab]

That's why I reckon the storyboard doesn't gotta be a polished comic book; it just needs to make sense. If you invest too much time doodling, you might find yourself short on time to envision how the scene unfolds.

[@chiraggoswami7270]

The "Ding Dong" sound he used in each lesson is the same as when the old maid comes to the Park house, remember?

[@ryuruker2]

Excellent work! loved the lessons popping up!

[@allier1867]

the amount of dedication.

[@slimyelow]

I'm gonna make that door bell my new notifications sound.

[@Moof_Man]

the film is so incredible i found myself watching the clips of it rather than the rest of the video lol

[@spiritualsnail1584]

6:04 is my favourite thing. All my sotryboards will now feature devil horns lol

[@isaacpartridge4493]

Please Thomas, please! Do a video on Bong Joon Ho’s other movies. I can’t stand seeing Mother going unnoticed for all these years.

[@djmx9237]

Barking dogs never cry might be my favourite.

[@isaacpartridge4493]

@@djmx9237 don’t you mean bite?

[@djmx9237]

@@isaacpartridge4493 bruh I just watched it the 3rd time recently and 10 months mater I still get the title wrong 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@sophie7780]

6:06 those lil devil horns are so cute lol

[@theusorelha]

The only thing i can do is say thanks to make such a good video

[@whiteblack4628]

actually Bong Joon-ho was a cartoonist when he was in college.

[@spiritualsnail1584]

It shows. I'm an animation student, and I love how simple but so clear his storyboards are. He is an example for both film making and animation

[@hpvarts3811]

I'm preparing for visual communication course. Exam will include storyboard composition so I'm here taking some notes 😁