I loved Every Frame a Painting, a series of video essays by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou that they posted on YouTube. They published a postmortem about the series on Medium when they ended Every Frame a Painting seven years ago:
https://medium.com/@tonyszhou/postmortem-1b338537fabc
The postmortem and the series itself received a fair amount of discussion on HN.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15836782
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20942543
On July 3, 2024, they posted the following, along with a trailer, on their YouTube channel:
Coming soon: A limited series featuring new video essays, followed by a short film - The Second.
The Second is a short film starring Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Ethan Hwang, written and directed by Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou.
The Second will be premiering at Fantasia Int’l Film Festival on July 20th. Followed by a special 45-min talk from Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou, along with a Q&A session.
Cast: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ethan Hwang, Aaron Schwartz, Richard Wes, Colton Royce, Martin Ortega, Sam Osei, Tyrus Hwang
Trailer Music: Sean William
