Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?

Every Frame a Painting · 3.3M views · 2014-07-03 · 8:42

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Overview

An Every Frame a Painting video essay on Michael Bay's style, 'Bayhem', covering his camera movement, composition, color and editing. It argues that even if you dislike his films, they teach something about visual perception.

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HN recommends it as a short, well-produced and eye-opening piece of film analysis.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2025

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Film analysis & criticism Filmmaking & video production

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wmeredith · 2015-02 · Strong recommendation
Everything on screen matters. Modern Cinema is a HIGHLY evolved art form. If you have any interest in this at all, YouTube user Every Frame A Painting publishes, short, easily digestible, and well-produced YouTube videos about this stuff that are eye-opening. Here are a few of my favorites: Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy: [LINK] The Silence of the Lambs - Who Wins the Scene? [LINK] Michael Bay - What is Bayhem? [VIDEO]
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ripe · 2025-05 · Recommendation
> Some of the recent Michael Bay movies are so aggressive when it comes to cuts An excellent episode of Every Frame A Painting is "Michael Bay --- What is Bayhem?" It explains in detail in what way those particular movies are poorly made. [VIDEO]
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skepticaldrunk · 2017-06 · Recommendation
That's fair, but being able to understand and direct the popular zeitgeist, be it by instinct or intellect, is a very formidable gift indeed. It's something almost none of us can do (certainly myself included), and those who can will always have detractors. I don't see success as a zero sum game, so I'm happy for people who are successful, even if I wish I had their insight. Total aside, you should check this out when you have time, pretty interesting analysis: [VIDEO]
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