Every Frame a Painting — Season 1, Episode 9: A Brief Look at Texting and the Internet in Film

Episode synopsis

Is there a better way of showing a text message in a film? How about the internet? Even though we’re well into the digital age, film is still ineffective at depicting the world we live in. Maybe the solution lies not in content, but in form.

About Every Frame a Painting

Every Frame a Painting is dedicated to the analysis of film form.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Mother (2009) - Telephoto Profile Shots
• E2The Imposter (2012) - Looking into the Lens
• E3The Spielberg Oner - One Scene, One Shot
• E4Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot
• E5Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
• E6Martin Scorsese - The Art of Silence
• E7Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?
• E8Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time
• E10Robin Williams - In Motion
• E11David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong
• E12The Silence of the Lambs - Who Wins the Scene?
• E13Snowpiercer - Left or Right