Next up; (Patreon)

Another small change of plans; the Béla Tarr video is coming in November, because I'm still waiting on some books I want to check out and on some new filmgear that I want to use. I have rewatched all of his work though, made a ton of notes, and already wrote part of the script, it's going to be a good one!

Next up now is a video on Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in which I explore the subject of narrative momentum, and how it helps (or prevents) us to become emotionally invested in a story. 

The video will mostly be centered around the battle sequence in episode 6, which in my opinion wasn't bad, but it did have some false notes that made it fall short of its full potential, and that - more importantly - gave me a lot more insight into why similar scenes in The Lord of the Rings were more impactful. 

And so, it's not just going to be a video that dumps on the Rings of Power, but one that really goes into the nitty gritty of moment-to-moment storytelling to get a better understanding of how narrative momentum is actually achieved, and how it leads to a compelling story.

ps. the annotated video for my last video will be posted this weekend, sorry for the delay!