Video Essays

Video essays by the Filmed in Ether team exploring the themes and filmmaking craft behind some of your favourite filmmakers, films and music videos.

TWICE x Asian Classics: A side-by-side video comparison

Hieu ChauMay 4, 2018

Whoever's directing music videos for Korean girl group TWICE clearly has an affinity for Asian classics! We compare their two of their MVs to timeless '90s films, Chungking Express and Love Letter....

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Video Essay: SPL – Action as Conversation

Hieu ChauDecember 26, 2017

We talk about the effectiveness behind SPL's legendary fight between Donnie Yen and Wu Jing and explore why it remains the best example of how to shoot a clean fight scene....

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Video Essay: The Women of Sion Sono

Natalie NgOctober 20, 2017

We explore some of Sono's in Guilty of Romance, Tag and Antiporno -- three films that explore female identity, sexual oppression and misogyny....

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The Handmaiden: Why costume design is important

Natalie NgMarch 31, 2017

We look at how costume design can add more layers to a film's storytelling and look at the specific use of gloves in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden in this video essay....

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Video Essay: Suzy – ‘Yes No Maybe’ x Wong Kar-wai

Hieu ChauFebruary 7, 2017

How much does the music video for Bae Suzy's 'Yes No Maybe' actually borrow from the cinema of Wong Kar-wai? We explore!...

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