#i watch a lot of youtube

[tommybowefuneralattendee]

💙Smoshblr December Asks Day 26💛

What are your top 3 favourite youtube channels/series outside of smosh?

i'm so glad you asked, i'm about to be in my shill era

Watcher Entertainment is everything to me and always has been. I only got into Smosh in the last year, but the origin point of my ao3 handle (halfwheeze) is Buzzfeed Unsolved, the predecessor of Watcher series Mystery Files and Ghost Files. top three series on watcher moment

Puppet History

Weird and/or Wonderful World

Too Many Spirits

dropout!! i've also been into dropout longer than smosh, funnily enough. top three series on dropout moment

Game Changer

Make Some Noise

Dirty Laundry

back on my buzzfeed pipeline, The Try Guys !! eugene, keith and zach... they're like brothers to me. uncles. being an audience member when eugene came out was literally fucking life changing for me, i am not fucking joking. zach's public journey with his physical disabilities... yeah. yeah. also, keith is My Guy. he shares a lot of traits with my actual brother so he's very Homey for me. top three series on the try guys moment

without a recipe / without instructions (same slot bc i have so much love in my heart)

eat the menu

drunk vs high

special mentions: strange aeons, film cooper, annamarie forcino, jammidodger, salem tovar, ty turner, charliebarley, jarvis johnson.

[shesmore-shoebill]

"I had choice paralysis :(" is a KILLER line.

He's such a comedic powerhouse, I'm glad more people are getting exposed to him :'D

[bixels]

I watched Starship Troopers tonight.

[swampjawn]

God I love animation. I love it for the way it can bring anything to life beyond the constraints of boring ol' reality, but also the ways that it's inextricably linked to, and draws on the conventions of live-action film-making.

So fuck it, let's look at how Hayao Miyazaki straight up copies some camera framing techniques from his predecessor and the other most influential Japanese filmmaker of all time, Akira Kurosawa! (Kurosawa really was the master of framing scenes around his characters, so he's a great source of inspiration)

(btw, this is a screenshot from this TV special where the two met for the first time just after the release of Kurosawa's final film. It's pretty interesting, and also very cute how nervous Miyazaki seems to be to meet one of his idols.)

Specifically, how the two each choose to break the 180 degree rule (well, not technically 'break' in the case of Kurosawa) to show their protagonists' changing destiny in "Throne of Blood" and "Princess Mononoke".

For anyone who doesn't know, the 180 degree rule is a basic film-making rule of thumb which states that in any scene where two characters interact, you should draw an imaginary line between them and the camera should always stay on one side of that line.

("In the Mood for Love" - Wong Kar-wai)

This way, one character is always looking to the right of the camera, the other is always looking to the left, and the audience doesn't get confused by the geography of the scene. Crossing this line can be disorienting, but when done intentionally, it can convey a paradigm shift of some kind in the scene.

In this scene from "Throne of Blood," (a feudal Japanese retelling of Macbeth) Washizu's wife Asaji discusses tactics with him and tries to convince him to aspire to the throne and to assassinate his lord Tsuzuki while he sleeps.

As two servants appear to notify them that Washizu's sleeping quarters are prepared, the camera dollies left and around the characters' backs. This camera movement is motivated by the motion of the servants' torches outside the room, but it also signifies a change in Washizu's outlook.

Washizu is completely silent for most of this scene, contemplating his wife's advice. But as the camera slides behind his back and across the line of action, the scene is now re-framed, illustrating his change in perspective.

He's been convinced and the trajectory of his life is about to change - and now, facing away from the camera, is the time for action.

Because the camera slides smoothly across the line, Kurosawa isn't technically breaking the 180 degree rule. Miyazaki on the other hand, takes it a little further.

The complimentary scene in Princess Mononoke comes near the start when the wise woman of the village reads Prince Ashitaka's fortune after he's cursed by the wild boar spirit. She tells him that it is his fate to leave the village and travel to the west, where he may be able to lift the curse on his arm. The trajectory of Ashitaka's life changes in this moment too. As he accepts his fate, the change is symbolized by him cutting off his hair, but also by the camera jumping the line.

Throughout this dialogue scene and even as he cuts his hair, the simulated camera sits just slightly to the side of Ashitaka's left shoulder.

But once it's done, for the final shot, the scene is reframed and we jump to the other side, where Ashitaka is now looking to the right of the camera instead of the left.

Making the camera dolly across a scene like Kurosawa's version in 2D animation is no simple task, so this transition with a simple cut is in a way subtler, in another way a bit more jarring, but it conveys the same meaning.

This is the moment when our protagonists make the choice to embark on a new destiny and re-frame their lives.

This has been an excerpt from a short video essay I made a while back, which not many people watched. I think this is at least in part due to my failure to package it well, and it seems you tumblheads like this animation/cinematography analysis stuff, so this is an experiment to see if, with the help of y'all, and a new title and thumbnail, it's at all possible to give this video a second wind in the eyes of the Youtube Gods!

So if you found this interesting, I'd appreciate if you checked it out! Thanks for reading!

[omaano]

"What a strange pair. A Mandalorian and a Force-sensitive youngling, hmm... Who is in need of a master to guide him and help him to come into his full power, yes?"

Any time Maul comes across a Force-sensitive youngster: "Is anyone going to claim this apprentice as his own or do I have to do everything around here?" and doesn't wait for an answer. (Grogu is safe tucked away in Din's satchel, don't worry)

Din accidentally turns up with Obi-wan's keepsake in his pocket once, and Maul doesn't only fly into an episode of blind rage and super melodramatic monologuing, but he also gives him a boon that is nothing but trouble and chaos of epic proportions.

Bonus background detail/close up, because while I didn't redraw the full thing, I'm quite proud of my modifications:

More of the Star Wars meets Hades AU (I’m trying to give monthly updates on my progress with it)

[change-name-later]

Hopping on the @scimagic trend of Mr. Puzzles in different outfits. (I know you said you didn’t start the trend. But I’m still crediting you for getting the ball rolling on this one)

It’s fall, and it’s been raining a lot. So how about some comfy clothes for the man.

I hc that if it’s not designer, he wouldn’t be interested in it

[uncivilcivilservice]

Jellie | 2006-2024

Jellie the cat, pet of minecraft youtuber GoodTimesWithScar, and the cat that was permanently added to minecraft as one of the variations of cats, has passed away

Can't imagine how difficult this will be for Scar, anyone familiar with him will know just how much he loved Jellie and how much of a comfort she was to him

[booasaur]

Beacon 23 (2023) - Official Trailer

[weissflower]

psst…if yall need more queer youtubers who don’t steal shit (as far as i know lol)

[catnip-crow]

So how about that minecraft playthrough, eh?

[thirdmagic]

[pumpumdemsugah]

That James Somerton guy making videos about LGBT history, people and media based on vibes as facts ( and plagiarism but this post isn't about that ) is literally how social media treats LGBT history and has been for the last decade +. There's certain things that are objectively not fucking true but people have meltdowns whenever anyone points it out and then the baseless accusations fly. There's so much LGBT and feminist history + ideas online that's so far from the truth because people have been stretching the truth or embellishing for years unchallenged because someone feels validated and it feels true. Intellectual dishonesty is fine if it makes you feel good

The more people treat information and ideas like entertainment and validation, the easier it is for people like James Somerton to pop up over and over again because that environment makes it very difficult for criticisms to stick so they get to grow to a point it protects them and gives them more credibility which attracts more unsuspecting people that have no real reason to think they're consuming misinformation and stolen work.

[shesmore-shoebill]

Zac's sense of comedic timing, pauses, and body language remains. unmatched. Even better when paired with Amanda who is so good at playing the baffled straight man in bits.

"Do i know you, or..." "No. :)"

also the "Can i see?" ".....Yeah-" *takes laptop and walks away*. and then giving the hammer at the end like some kind of absurd trade... perfection.

[dromaeo-sauridae]

THE WORST IS YET TO COME!

i think i spent 3 days on this?? every day i'd get tired at like 11 pm, think "i'll post it tmr" and then find something wrong with it the next day. BUT IT'S FINALLY DONE! click for better quality or i'll cry :) AND i made it a speedpaint

[thedisablednaturalist]

can sustainable city activists please remember not everyone is able to walk or ride a bike k thx

[royalarchivist]

In case you missed it, Jaiden just uploaded a new video! Congrats to her for 10 years of beautiful, funny, and heartfelt storytime animations!