VISUAL STORYTELLING | How a Filmmaker puts you INSIDE A CHARACTER

[@NeonsStyleHD]

The rule of thirds though is not a be all and end all of design. It's a starting point. An introduction to design that let's you create beauty in a minimal way.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Agreed. Its where I started and continue to try to use the fundamentals. Usually because they are important for a reason.

[@theonlyjuan1]

Hi there! your videos are very interesting and educational for those of us who like cinema. Thank you very much and greetings from Buenos Aires!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Hi Juan, greetings from Scotland. Glad to hear you found the video useful, its a topic that iv been interested in for a long time and tried my best to explore it here.

[@RobPanico]

Great essay, Darren! Terrific choices of theme-boosting shots and mise-en-scene, PTA is absolutely a master of this craft. Along those lines, I was just talking with a friend about how much editing itself puts you inside a character's mind, specifically through reaction shot cutaways. Kuleshov is king ;)

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Yeah editing and deliberate use of cuts is a great way to get inside a character. Kuleshov is definitely a master. This video could have gone on forever, I was thinking of talking about cutting more but trying to keep it more focused.

[@smuccilicious]

Great video and you have a calming voice. Thanks for posting.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks, I've been working on my audio recording and it seems to be better to listen to, happy to hear its not as bad as my first few videos. : )

[@shayanreetbhuiya2393]

No one has ever made a better definition of what DIRECTING is, and why it matters.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks Shayan, this was a really fun video to make because I could cover so much different areas and gives lots of fun examples!

[@Jared_Wignall]

Visual storytelling is really excellent. The way Martin Scorsese uses it in Taxi Driver is incredible. It’s one of the best films ever made and the performance of Robert De Niro and Scorsese’s direction is top notch. Taxi Driver is my favorite Scorsese film and I think Travis Bickle is De Niro’s best performance. It’s basically two powerhouses coming together to make a masterpiece. Someone else who uses visual storytelling very well is George Lucas in the various films he’s made. THX-1138 is very visual and doesn’t have a lot of talking compared to other films he worked on such as American Graffiti, Star Wars or Indiana Jones, though he does his best to implement visual storytelling in American Graffiti and Star Wars. I know Lucas didn’t direct any of the Indiana Jones films, but he had a good hand in shaping those films with Spielberg, especially since he did create the character around the time he thought of Star Wars. I think Lucas is one of the best visual storytelling filmmakers who’s ever lived and is someone who’s a bit overlooked when it comes to the visual storytelling conversation. Great video Darren, I hope you you’re doing well!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks Jared. I totally agree with you Lucas doesn't get the credit he deserves in this department and is a masterful visual artist. What he was able to do with the Star Wars films at the time was pretty mind blowing, they still look better than the newer versions.

[@Jared_Wignall]

@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ yeah, Lucas is defiantly a master at what he does. As are all the filmmakers you talked about and mentioned. Keep up the great work man!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

@@Jared_Wignall Thanks Jared!

[@vamshiss3770]

i absolutely liked it, Please explain GASPARNOE DIRECTING STYLE

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Hmm I haven't seen any of his films, where do you recommend I start?

[@neurojitsu]

Wow, great deconstruction... new sub!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks man, it was a fun video to dig into and an idea that iv been fascinated with for ages.

[@neurojitsu]

@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ yes your fascination shines through! I'm looking forward to watching the B&W Raiders footage myself, it seems a really good exercise and I'm also really interested in all the ways that movies immerse us pyschologically in a character's world. BTW, if you (or anyone reading this) haven't read the book, "The Tactile Eye" by Jennifer M. Barker you'll love it... and Vivian Sobchack's "The Address of the Eye - a Phenomenology of Film Experience"...

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

@@neurojitsu Hmmm interesting, I haven't read either, all need to check them out, thanks for the recommendation. : )

[@BrendaGarcia-ty2ml]

This video needs more views!!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks Brenda, I really enjoyed putting this one together, was fun to take lots of different examples and play about with the form.

[@damianstarks3338]

Fantastic video analysis

[@julesalves3083]

Thanks for all the work you put into these videos!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks Jules, always nice to hear. I've still got a style in my head that I'd like to do one day but haven't managed to do yet, so hopefully get to make it work in a future video.

[@YogaPinay]

I really enjoy your video. Hope you do more of this.. Have a nice day. ❤️

[@LUDKK]

Thanks for the video. I love your enthusiasm! I think David Cronenberg movies are interesting examples of first person experiences - Videodrome and Cosmopolis come to mind. In the way not only the framing, as you showed so elegantly in your video, but the way the mise en scene and make up effects change as the story progresses. Cheers!

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

I love when Directors like Cronenberg uses the visuals to mark progression, I find it so satisfying at the end of films, to see how they visuals mirror the story and with the music, all coming together. Usually makes for a killer climax.

[@noahconstantine8409]

THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME! If I really wanted to take the risk, I would go make movies because of this video.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Wow thanks, glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun video to make and to research, finding lots of different examples that tie in.

[@elichilton7031]

One of the best examples with this I found was Being John Malkovich, where it is taken literally and metaphorically to a darkly hilarious effect.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

I need to rewatch that film, its been forever!

[@NicxPlay]

Great little trick to blur an image so the light and colors become more obvious

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Yeah, its surprisingly effective and you can actually follow what going on pretty well.

[@dusk6634]

Excellent video! Subbed :)

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks Rishi, Its a topic iv been fascinated for a long time, tried to pull out the best examples I could, otherwise this video could have gone on forever.

[@dusk6634]

@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ It's fascinated me for a long time as well, but anyone hardly ever talks about it. Even if they do, it's not well researched, and doesn't do the topic justice. That said, your video was a breath of fresh air compared to all the other videos I've seen on this topic.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

@@dusk6634 Thanks Rishi, I've probably watched all those other videos in preparation for this one and felt the same way. Glad to hear it made sense.

[@iansmart4158]

The collaborative work of OLIVIER ASSAYAS and KRISTEN STEWART. Personal Shopper in particular feels like a purely subject piece of filmmaking. All from KStew's character. Communicating her isolation, depression, and anxiety. It's extraordinary. Their work in CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA is similarly subjective. A bit more surreal, but no less in the minds of Kstew's and Juliette Binoche's characters.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Its funny, I've heard alot about personal shopper but never seen it, always fancied it. Interesting to hear your perspective, ill need to finally give it a watch. Thanks.

[@thediddlydilnots6117]

Hi Darren. I'm referencing your video in my work. What is your last name (that I can put in the reference)? Thanks

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Foley. Good luck!

[@uzoamakaonuoha4424]

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[@user-cz9nl2rd4u]

I agree about the importance of visual storytelling, but it can't put you in a character's headspace more than any other medium. Written work specifically includes character thought. This gives you more direct insight into the character's mind than the visual mediums can achieve indirectly.

[@robertcongdon6296]

When I saw the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time, I knew I was in for a transcendent experience. Kubrick is a master of visual storytelling. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m160d51rbrWChJY

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Yeah that opening is such a great example, especially the length in which it asks the audience to do all the work and doesn't shy away from the cold open either.

[@calholli]

There's too much bass in the audio. it' too distracting... I can't watch something that has sub par audio, it's the worst.

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Their definitely is alot of bass. Its really just the first 30 second intro, after that it gets normal.

[@calholli]

@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ I'm watching it on a 50" screen and added receiver and speakers.. the bass was giving me a headache-- it's probably fine with headphone or watching on a phone-- because the bass doesn't really play much anyway on those.. I'll watch the next one.

[@mushroomkingdom5317]

First world problems. 🤦‍♂️

[@calholli]

@@mushroomkingdom5317 It's not a problem.. I can simply turn it off. I'm just trying to help him out with a little feedback.

[@mushroomkingdom5317]

@@calholli first world problems.

[@YogaPinay]

I really enjoy your video. Hope you do more of this.. Have a nice day. ❤️

[@_MUSTSEEFILMS_]

Thanks. I've started working on the next one already, aiming for a video every 2 weeks at the moment. Appreciate the positive feedback.