Whenever my son is crying or throwing a tantrum, this is the only thing that will calm him down. I guess there's something about this video that just cheers him up no matter what. Sometimes I catch him just watching it over and over on my ipad.
Don't forget that the narration only happens at the beginning and never comes back in the rest of the film. Oh and the characters having a dance party at the end.
@@Duvmasta don't forget, when the two main characters have an argument and part their ways. Only for one of them to return to save the day and they fix their friendship.
What I've learned: Thats him, the bearded guy. You probably already know him. Hes going to tell you things that he could probably show. He is welcoming us to his world. This is the exposition. He's not talking. But you can hear his voice. Because it's something that he put thought into a narrative choice. If he thinks its strong enough, he thinks he might be forgiven. It's the exposition. He's going to tell you about a plot or setting. He's going to spoon feed it to you. (He wants you to watch him do it.) He wants to make sure that the lore's something that you won't forget. He doesn't think you can get lost in the lore in 1-2 hours.
@@tireswingrecordsbearded guy, know him, tell things he could show, his world welcome, exposition. No talk, only thought (narrative. choice). strong enough = forgiven. Exposition, tell plot or setting, feed with spoon, lore no forget, no getting lost in lore for 1-2 hours
This is why I like films like WALL-E and up so much. They don't use any dialogue for their openings and yet you understand the characters and sympathize with them. More animated films should take cues from them.
@Turnil I actually can. Without the opening, the story itself would still be told perfectly without alterations to compensate. All the details of the lore, backstory, world, etc. are already within the episodes themselves, unfolding over time organically. Starting with zero information and unfolding naturally as the show progresses is my kind of worldbuilding. Just my take, of course.
And if based of some existing mythology or something, has small bits that lean hard on those mythologies art style but are always in the head as a dream or game plan (in which is never the one chosen)
This is the intro to a live-action movie, where the protagonist is a man-child in his 30’s who lives in a studio apartment with exposed brick walls, has a dorky best friend, and a crush on his average-but-in-a-hot-way female coworker, he does creepy things throughout the movie but ends up with her because he’s the protag and he deserves it for some reason
This song has no real ending, so now imagine putting this on loop like John Mulaney playing "What's New Pussycat" eleven times in the Salt and Pepper diner
I really love this song so much. The key it's played and sung in sounds like it would be a kickass villain song, and a meta unpredictable villain even just based on this song alone would be so freaking cool. I wish there was more, honestly!!
It's hard to believe that Spoon Guy did so much arcing than he had now. So hard to believe that he had a misunderstanding with Beta Man of all people. They were such great friends! Oh wait... it's NOT hard to believe it, because this song tells it all!
I think my favorite detail of this is how the visual for lore is instructions for assembling furniture-since, from a story standpoint, that’s basically what lore is, but it’s easy to forget that when getting invested in creating lore.
This is making me remember schoolhouse rock, and make me wish SO GREATLY that I was an english teacher, so I could be the cool and goofy one that shows the students silly youtube videos to learn stuff. Ridiculously well done
I’ve thought about how well written Monsters, Inc. is but this really cements it. The fact that the exposition is given diegetically and is paired with establishing character dynamics, morals, and just filled with sight gags throughout really shows the work they put into making the world real and making it easy enough to understand while not undermining the audience’s intelligence.
the only thing bad about this video that i can think of is that its so catchy i cant get it out of my head and it led me down a rabbit hole of similarly catchy songs you have made
fun fact: if you put this video on loop, it takes perfect advantage of the slight delay youtube has when restarting a video, and it is pefectly smooth, final frames even land on the beginning frames, like a GIF.
to be fair, an entrance like this isn't always bad! it depends on how you do it though, it can't be overly descriptive or bland, you gotta find a sweetspot
@@edgytoucan3444 another is when the exposition didn’t really show anything about the character. Great character dialogue shows you something about a character, and usually the main character doesn’t speak in any distinctive way, so the expo is usually bland.
Wreck-It Ralph does a fairly good job due to it actually being the character talking to a self-help group in-universe and not just directly talking to the audience for no reason, but it’s still a pretty blatant example of this, I’m not going to lie. 😅
Yesterday I listened for the first time to _"The Adults are Talking"_ by The Strokes and I couldn't stop thinking "dude this melody reminds me of something", and it was this video lmao Both songs slap.
i can't take this ironically with how well made it is it can easily replace the opening of half the modern animated films (the music is so catchy too i've watched it too many times why can't these movies have songs as catchy and animation as lively as this one too)
Gotta praise Wreck it Ralph, for the movie starts explaining his life (To a HELP GROUP so it makes sense), but he never says "yep, we videogames have life" that part is what we're left to discover and pull together as the movie starts and go on.
At least there it fits, as the modern song exists to show you the movie doesn't care about following accurate history or taking itself seriously. Plus, it's catchy as hell, pretty funny imo, and shows as WELL as tells when it comes to animation.
They wanted Sting to sing the opening. Sting said he was too old and suggested Tom Jones, an even older guy who nailed it. But the movie was too self-referential & self-aware for this song to apply here. Another good example is Quiet Mountain Town from the South Park movie; it’s four boys walking through town to see a foreign film from Canada & their observations. Parker & Stone were parodying exposition as a story device. The worst example of it from Disney, IMHO, is from Beauty & The Beast because it hits everything the song points out.
Catchy! Don't know why, but he looks more like a screenwriter explaining how he hacked his place into the movie industry than a Disney movie main character
“Welcome to the world I live in” “WHAT!?!” And the “it’s strong enough I think I’ll be forgiven! “ “WHAT?” I feel like the most groovy parts in this short song
it's really the little things that make this video shine. the way his armpit goes convex when he holds up the spoon.... the way his eyes unfocus at the very end.... *chef's kiss* magnifique
the rhyming with "plot or setting" and "not forgetting" is genius
It really is
everything in rhis video is equally brilliant
that's not how rhyming works
@@deenut5582 yes it is. They both end in ting so it rhymes
@@deenut5582 that’s how it works
plot rhymes with not
setting rhymes with forgetting
The flows great on this one.
yes
Yes
yes fnf master
THE GOD HIMSELF IS HERE!!!
Aaaaaaay do Friday night hunkin mods
My teacher: “Be sure to Make your narrative essay creative…”
My essay:
A _narrative_ essay? Your professor failed you.
if only a narrative choice..
LOL
@@iheartdaftpunk
Is it strong enough that you'll be forgiven?
@@yancamb2202 well we know its the exposition
The good thing about not having a full on ending to the song is that you can loop it infinite times
You can loop it hundreds of times so that it's the length of a film! Call it Exposition the Movie!
@@lockerbuddy2039 play it in a theater and then watch the money flow!!
Wait...
Is that a scam?
I need a 10-hour version so i can play it in the background at an event
@@rashbandi9835 loop it
Just noticed the “lore” is instructions to build a bookshelf
...One from IKEA, of course.
@mlg noob honestly just such amazing lore.
bookshelf lore
🎶You didn't have to cut me off.🎶
Lost in store brand
Makes me want a song about the dance party ending in every animated film
Or highschool film
Yep, that’s Despicable Me’s Ending in a nutshell. It really sucks.
Plus the comic relief character saying "I'm always a sucker for happy endings!" to start it off
@@KittyCatYT Or Hotel Transylvania, The Smurfs films, Megamind, etc.
I’ve seen that ending one too many times
This feels like a video a language arts teacher would show to their class in an elements of plot project
I would love that for the video
omg ikr
Literally everybody would be vibing
I, uh, wasn’t just planning that for my own English class, I promise…
@@adamburton8743 Don't do promises, just do it. I'm sure that your students will love it :]
Whenever my son is crying or throwing a tantrum, this is the only thing that will calm him down. I guess there's something about this video that just cheers him up no matter what. Sometimes I catch him just watching it over and over on my ipad.
thats sweet
Odd choice on his part, but a good one nonetheless.
He's going to be a writer I bet
As an Arabian Toothpick from the year 419 A.D
i can agree
Your son has excellent taste
Bonus points if the protagonist starts the film as a child and is aged up to a teenager or adult after a montage sequence
And they are a child on most of the ads
@@METHYLENEDlOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE and the "trauma" in those ads isn't even relevant to the plot
@@cherrybee95 And the reactions to the "trauma" are edited from reactions to other events in the plot
Damn even Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Tarzan
Don't forget that the narration only happens at the beginning and never comes back in the rest of the film. Oh and the characters having a dance party at the end.
Or the protagonist or love interest appearing to be dead but a few seconds later is actually not dead and then they kiss.
@@Duvmasta don't forget, when the two main characters have an argument and part their ways. Only for one of them to return to save the day and they fix their friendship.
And the trailer for the movie uses some popular pop song from the 2000s/2010s.
@@GunSmoke008 and at the end of the trailer a funny scene is shown
@@Duvmasta lol this whole thread is so accurate.
What I've learned:
Thats him, the bearded guy.
You probably already know him.
Hes going to tell you things that he could probably show.
He is welcoming us to his world.
This is the exposition.
He's not talking.
But you can hear his voice.
Because it's something that he put thought into a narrative choice.
If he thinks its strong enough, he thinks he might be forgiven.
It's the exposition.
He's going to tell you about a plot or setting.
He's going to spoon feed it to you. (He wants you to watch him do it.)
He wants to make sure that the lore's something that you won't forget.
He doesn't think you can get lost in the lore in 1-2 hours.
Perfect
can you give me a shorter explanation? i kinda got lost in the lore of this
when the teacher gives a minimum word count
@@tireswingrecordsbearded guy, know him, tell things he could show, his world welcome, exposition. No talk, only thought (narrative. choice). strong enough = forgiven. Exposition, tell plot or setting, feed with spoon, lore no forget, no getting lost in lore for 1-2 hours
@@tireswingrecordsno stuff sherlock, bro wrote an entire video review essay!
This is why I like films like WALL-E and up so much. They don't use any dialogue for their openings and yet you understand the characters and sympathize with them. More animated films should take cues from them.
It depends on the movie/series.
Can you imagine Avatar the last Airbender without the opening exposition?
Anime too tbh
@@Turnil321 I was referring to animated films, not tv shows. Avatar is a good example of opening exposition; you got a point there
WALL-E was amazing at telling a story without lots of words.
@Turnil I actually can. Without the opening, the story itself would still be told perfectly without alterations to compensate. All the details of the lore, backstory, world, etc. are already within the episodes themselves, unfolding over time organically. Starting with zero information and unfolding naturally as the show progresses is my kind of worldbuilding. Just my take, of course.
Don't forget that the opening has a completely different animation style that makes you wish the entire movie looked like that instead.
And if based of some existing mythology or something, has small bits that lean hard on those mythologies art style but are always in the head as a dream or game plan (in which is never the one chosen)
@Minwon Jang burn
Diary of a Whimpy kid movies
@@flow185 yeah and that trilogy was great
Also Rock Dog
that's so freaking accurate my God
Yes
Yeah
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Yeah
lol ye
I like how this is both a jab and a compliment. Tropes are tools after all.
He’s that guy who will spoil the entire movie.
The Wall-E opening be like: "I've never seen this man in my life"
Also kung fu panda
Wall-E is literally the polar opposite, showing absolutely everything while saying next to nothing.
original toy story too.
@Jaxsen Phillips well that movie was surprisingly good so it can get a little bit of exposition as a treat
Literally one of the best movie openings of all time
Kevin has made every animated film....
*So he knows how each one begins.*
*He knows to much*
YES
"Shit! Carl. Carl, Carl, Carl! Dude! We slept in again! The song's about to start!"
The media guru
He didn't made the bad ones if he has this much talent.
0:11 can we talk about the fact that they included the detail of the hat falling?
“They” didn’t one person make it?
@@lxvermusic660 oh wait really? Tbh i thought that a small team made it.
This is the intro to a live-action movie, where the protagonist is a man-child in his 30’s who lives in a studio apartment with exposed brick walls, has a dorky best friend, and a crush on his average-but-in-a-hot-way female coworker, he does creepy things throughout the movie but ends up with her because he’s the protag and he deserves it for some reason
Literally every romcom in existence summarized in a short paragraph
LOL
This feels like something that would be in a self-aware movie
Yeah lol
@Your Local Commenter *please.*
@Your Local Commenter Make the petition now please.
@Your Local Commenter yes
A musical movie about making a musical movie
Perry's death really took a toll on Phineas.
Even wearing a similar hat.
Don't worry Phineas, Platydoof will help with that pain
@@Kobe379 GET AWAY YOU MONSTER
@@Kobe379 That Will just cause more pain
Lmfao
"Yeah, that's me, you're probably wondering how I got here."
i like how the "lore" in the background is just ikea furniture instructions
For a joke song this is unbelievably catchy
No
Yes
That pretty much sums up this entire channel
Yes
The funniest part is that the “lore” is the instructions to build a bookshelf
This song has no real ending, so now imagine putting this on loop like John Mulaney playing "What's New Pussycat" eleven times in the Salt and Pepper diner
remember to sprinkle in some "it's not unusual"
Omgggg
HISTORY IS ABOUT TO REPEAT ITSELF
Someone just played this song four times…! Or at least someone played it twice, and it’s a really long song!
sprinkle in one “Whats the matter, Martha?”
When kevin is actually a teacher who can animate
Not to mention, since the song repeats itself after it plays once, it really is the opening of every animated film
If every animated movie opening slapped this hard I'd forgive any amount of lazy writing honestly
Yeah
A wise man once said a movie saying its lazy and bad does not excuse that its bad
I'v put in repeat in loop in my brain
I'd recommend the musical Twisted by Team Starkid, its exposition is wonderful
@@madmonty4761 it was probably Sun Tzu
I prefer when a movie just throws you into a setting, and you learn bits and pieces as the film goes on
(cough, cough) luca (cough),
Ugh, surprisingly charming cough
@@mr.misfit9514 It was an interesting fish-out-of-water type of story.
@@SuperIsaiah hol up
@@SuperIsaiah Pun intended?
@@MaplePuffin (don't make me explain the joke, it makes it less funny)
I really love this song so much. The key it's played and sung in sounds like it would be a kickass villain song, and a meta unpredictable villain even just based on this song alone would be so freaking cool. I wish there was more, honestly!!
It's hard to believe that Spoon Guy did so much arcing than he had now. So hard to believe that he had a misunderstanding with Beta Man of all people. They were such great friends! Oh wait... it's NOT hard to believe it, because this song tells it all!
The music's legit next level. Sounds like a high budget orchestral score.
it's even more surprising when you know that he made the music with garageband
@@labratboygirl anyone who uses GB knows that piano lol
@@labratboygirl Makes sense.
Music is*
Not music's
Music isn't a person
YES
I think my favorite detail of this is how the visual for lore is instructions for assembling furniture-since, from a story standpoint, that’s basically what lore is, but it’s easy to forget that when getting invested in creating lore.
That's actually a really fresh take on lore. That's good to remember, really.
@Jervis Tetch it's a satirical critique.
@Jervis Tetch It's neither!
@@thiccpizza8008 it’s everything!
@@pufferfishparty It's nothing!
Dude. This video is designed for it to be on a loop and i love it
This is making me remember schoolhouse rock, and make me wish SO GREATLY that I was an english teacher, so I could be the cool and goofy one that shows the students silly youtube videos to learn stuff. Ridiculously well done
The creative genius required to rhyme "Plot or setting" with "Not forgetting" litteraly knows no bounds.
literally*
@@haxozr thanks for correcting his spelling
@@haxozr figuratively!
@@mugfan9779 np
@I caught my cat eating a pidgeon at night Not like anyone needs to ask me to do it, but anyway.
I’ve thought about how well written Monsters, Inc. is but this really cements it. The fact that the exposition is given diegetically and is paired with establishing character dynamics, morals, and just filled with sight gags throughout really shows the work they put into making the world real and making it easy enough to understand while not undermining the audience’s intelligence.
Amen
A lot like wall-e actually
Yeah, like Sully telling Mike to not drive because screams are running low.
@@romanov3937 and it pairs well with Mike being selfish and wanting to drive it anyway, setting up his arc
Fr
Thumbnail: This is me
Video: hey that's me
*Visible confusion*
the only thing bad about this video that i can think of is that its so catchy i cant get it out of my head and it led me down a rabbit hole of similarly catchy songs you have made
This is just the opening to ALL musicals, not just animation lol
You have a point, but showing instead of telling is a lot harder to do in a medium like a musical than it is in animation.
You're criticizing musicals for ... verbalized exposition?
Animation has no excuse though, because it’s a visual medium with fewer limitations than stage productions and even live-action musicals
Tfw they sing about the story in musicals
examples
The lore is instructions on how to build a shelf
It’s clear the writers planned this out from the very start, such a well built world.
Such an open book for lore
A joke theme but it tells an animated open film in a nutshell
I hate and love the pun
Ah yes
(Also 700th like hehe)
@@demiTrashdotpng What pun?
fun fact: if you put this video on loop, it takes perfect advantage of the slight delay youtube has when restarting a video, and it is pefectly smooth, final frames even land on the beginning frames, like a GIF.
I keep humming this song.
to be fair, an entrance like this isn't always bad! it depends on how you do it though, it can't be overly descriptive or bland, you gotta find a sweetspot
a shit ton of exposition however, absolutely sucks. showing is important.
@@edgytoucan3444 another is when the exposition didn’t really show anything about the character. Great character dialogue shows you something about a character, and usually the main character doesn’t speak in any distinctive way, so the expo is usually bland.
Like maybe some exposition, but not too much
@@pian-0g445 and they just show you the world and how it works instead
Wreck-It Ralph does a fairly good job due to it actually being the character talking to a self-help group in-universe and not just directly talking to the audience for no reason, but it’s still a pretty blatant example of this, I’m not going to lie. 😅
Your content gives me all the vibes of mid 2000s 3D animated shows on discovery channels. And it makes me perfectly happy with it
My teacher showed us this in class lol
wait rlly? if so your teacher is awesome
The character just looks like he has a fisheye lens applied to him
Like he's gonna make a rap video with a couple of friends?
@@totallyrealcia it goes bwaump bwuamp
Things are about to get BULBOUS.
Elaborate
No
What’s better is he doesn’t even tell you about the lore setting or plot
Exactly, that would take effort so no
@@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa are you relling that this is low effort?
That’s because there’s no way you could be lost
@@shinkenger2011 in th next hour hour or twoooooo-
@@Lefurmage104 The joke is that it would take effort so the intros this is parodying don't
Just now on spotify, noticed a song "The adults are talking" by the Strokes has a similar instrumental melody XD
Yesterday I listened for the first time to _"The Adults are Talking"_ by The Strokes and I couldn't stop thinking "dude this melody reminds me of something", and it was this video lmao
Both songs slap.
Yo I love that song-
" _There's no way you could be lost in the next hour or two~_ "
This sounds like a win.
To me it sounds like a roast.
You're making me hungry.
As a 1 year old I’m glad you taught me about the plot using your voice!!!!!!
table..?
@@57trees probably tablet
Wait how are you typing
@@yeeyeeonmyteevee6654 They are using *table*
@@AleksandrVolkov1805 they used a table
Ngl my school played this during reading class congrats man
Next time I watch an animated movie, I’ll sing this in my head.
The opening of every anime:
-sky diving
-running
-laying down
-fighting
XD but it’s TRUE
And the fighting is alway at the main bit (chorus?) of the song and the end always end at a high with one last loud guitar rift or a sudden end.
The characters’ hair blowing in the wind
Don’t forget the swords
@@Hamburger8079 and someone singing in japanese
The world need more music about tropes
True
Can’t wait for the stereotype song where they talk about reusing already used tropes to create a character instead of making something new
Yes
Can't wait for the song about the generic green/grey big headded alien design
@@bandband4498 or the song about the twist villain
what i find absurd is how the people making shows and movies somehow don't realize how much the viewers hate it when this happens.
I love the little detail at 0:10 where his hat falls off then comes back
Not just animated films, this also applies to a lot of live action movies as well
And video games and sci fi films
And books
As shows
and puppet shows
And FNAF
This makes me thankful that mobile CZcams now has the loop feature.
same
Wait... no it doesn't.
@@blaccoreo3110 but it does though? I’m using it right now…
About damn time.
@@blaccoreo3110 yes it does
Watching this is a daily occurrence at this point
i can't take this ironically with how well made it is it can easily replace the opening of half the modern animated films (the music is so catchy too i've watched it too many times why can't these movies have songs as catchy and animation as lively as this one too)
This adds another layer of depth when you realize he worked on movies like that before
Wait, really?
Which ones?
@@austinreed7343 The ice age sequels
This is basically every kids movie that has been released on the past decade or so
Strongly accurate.
They started treating kids like they're all much much stupider than they actually are
@@moistenvelopes and in turn they become more stupid and a more controllable mindless drone
its almost like that was the joke
Gotta praise Wreck it Ralph, for the movie starts explaining his life (To a HELP GROUP so it makes sense), but he never says "yep, we videogames have life" that part is what we're left to discover and pull together as the movie starts and go on.
This feels like a school project
I’ve already repeated this at least 4 times
It’s just that good
I've repeated it at least twelve times, not counting the times it's played in my head over and over for the past few days.
It's finally a song where the automatic repeat function works perfectly.
On the 28th time
@@sanikuanonym1105 yes
This is literally the opening for emperors new groove lol
At least there it fits, as the modern song exists to show you the movie doesn't care about following accurate history or taking itself seriously. Plus, it's catchy as hell, pretty funny imo, and shows as WELL as tells when it comes to animation.
Except there’s constant narration
They wanted Sting to sing the opening. Sting said he was too old and suggested Tom Jones, an even older guy who nailed it.
But the movie was too self-referential & self-aware for this song to apply here.
Another good example is Quiet Mountain Town from the South Park movie; it’s four boys walking through town to see a foreign film from Canada & their observations. Parker & Stone were parodying exposition as a story device.
The worst example of it from Disney, IMHO, is from Beauty & The Beast because it hits everything the song points out.
Extended version, *w h e n ?*
In 9 December 2023
About that.......
This slaps hard af
Catchy! Don't know why, but he looks more like a screenwriter explaining how he hacked his place into the movie industry than a Disney movie main character
You missed the opportunity to have his mouth stop flapping for the line “I’m not talking but you hear my voice”
Thought that as well but he's literally telling us about it instead of doing it himself so it gets a pass as it's intentional
That would've been great lol
“There’s no way you could be lost in the next hour or two!
FNaF and Undertale: *. . .*
“Welcome to the world I live in” “WHAT!?!” And the “it’s strong enough I think I’ll be forgiven! “ “WHAT?” I feel like the most groovy parts in this short song
The fact that his chest puffs out like he's proud that he's spoon feeding us the story kills me.
bonus points if the exposition is in the form of a storybook or school presentation
Kevin, you didn't have to call out the Murder Drones pilot THAT hard...
I've listened to this way more than I'd like to admit
Me as well
His animation is a huge banger! The way his body moves in a puppet-like style. It's like CGI and cut-out animation combined and merged into one!
This is my favorite of all your videos
bonus:
"imma put a funny physical gag in the first part of the movie that will be crucial to the climax of the movie"
Yet Another classic from the greatest animator ever
this is simultaneously catchy as shit, impressively accurate to most animated movies, and a lesson of how to avoid the stereotypes
This played in my head during the opening of Encanto
Stuff like this reminds me how legendary animators are
The new Rayman game looks good
this feels like something a teacher would show to a class in order to teach them stuff about stories
“This…is me. You’re probably thinking I need to rethink my life a little bit.”
Roblox Roleplayers Story's Be Like:
This video feels like a creative writing in literature class that is better than in the class.
it's really the little things that make this video shine. the way his armpit goes convex when he holds up the spoon.... the way his eyes unfocus at the very end.... *chef's kiss* magnifique
The loop feature was made with this in mind
This unironically taught me what an exposition is
The energy in this video is seriously powerful
This is actually such a jam regardless of how true it is. It’s perfect.
"There's no way you can be lost in the next hour or two"
CinemaSins: You challenge my power, mortal?
One of the catchiest songs I’ve heard.
Been stuck in my head since august 18th 2021 please help
I’m sure this is gonna be used a lot by cartoon reviewers lol
How much do you wanna bet?
just got here from a book review actually lmao
@@kendallsilver2607 was it KrimsonRogue?
@@kendallsilver2607 Same!
@@kendallsilver2607 send
Oscar Award's committee, giving Disney every single year an Oscar for best animated picture be like:
*Wow! Such a new aspect in animation history!*
Lol
To be fair, who else is making at least half decent animated movies?
@@ceptemzorpus dreamworks
@@greengreens6347 eh
@@ceptemzorpus If you think so, you probably don't know much about the animation industry other than the mainstream Western studios.