Midsommar Analysis: The Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this Midsommar analysis, we're reveal the clues you missed the first time and how they added to the film's constant dread.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Midsommar reaction
01:09 - Midsommar explained by Ari Aster
01:38 - How Ari Aster breaks horror movie rules
02:36 - The strange world of Midsommar
03:26 - Midsommar explained in the script
04:30 - Midsommar scene analysis
07:09 - Midsommar analysis recap
07:50 - Midsommar easter eggs
08:25 - It's a bear in a cage!
Midsommar (2019), written and directed by Ari Aster, is a horror film that absolutely rewards repeat viewing. If you can handle this daylight nightmare a second (or third) time, you will see things you never saw the first time. In fact, once you start paying attention to the background, you’ll realize that Midsommar is actually working on multiple levels to keep you spooked, unnerved, and anxious. In this video essay, we investigate the ways in which Ari Aster hides secrets, clues, easter eggs, and foreshadowing right in front of you.
This is Midsommar Explained.
First of all, Midsommar is a horror movie shot in almost complete daylight and wide-open exteriors. So, how is it possible to make anything scary? Don’t we need darkness and enclosed spaces to keep the audience tense? Hereditary, Ari Aster’s previous film, certainly knew those rules and followed them to a “T.” This is the first clue - Ari Aster knows that these are our expectations and he uses them against us. When we have a shadowy and suspenseful scene, the audience leans in, their eyes scanning the frame to spot the monster that must certainly be there.
But in Midsommar we have no reason to suspect anything nefarious, nothing lurking the dark, which is how Ari Aster is able to “hide” many elements in the background without us knowing. And yet, once you do see what’s happening in the background, you realize where the tension you felt throughout Midsommar came from. What we assume are extras performing innocent or menial tasks are actually preparing for the gruesome and ritualistic fates soon to befall our protagonists.
So, what are we supposed to take away from this Midsommar analysis? Use the background to your full advantage - don’t just hire random extras to fill the space, give them something to do that works to ramp up tension or keep us guessing. This is how Ari Aster creates a sense of claustrophobia when there is abundance of space and tension when we have little reason to be tense. Even if you aren’t going to shoot a folk horror movie in broad daylight, the lesson still stands: use every part of your frame, even when you know we won’t be looking.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Midsommar reaction
01:09 - Midsommar explained by Ari Aster
01:38 - How Ari Aster breaks horror movie rules
02:36 - The strange world of Midsommar
03:26 - Midsommar explained in the script
04:30 - Midsommar scene analysis
07:09 - Midsommar analysis recap
07:50 - Midsommar easter eggs
08:25 - It's a bear in a cage!
Love this movie, but had no idea about these things until you pointed them out! Amazing breakdown!!
Appreciate the feedback!
Thanks for such rarely quality content for this platform, makes me realize filmmaking itself is film. This whole channel is worth linear binge reading.
As long as there's images moving at 24 fps (usually), I say it's a part of filmmaking 👌
You may like it or not, this movie showed us unique approach to horror movies. Won't get out of my mind for long. Very good brakedown.
agreed, a great film to study and breakdown
I wouldn't class it as horror movie at all
@@blopp6240 it counts as horror, but should be more specifically categorized as "psychological horror"
@@Kdkendk more like drama
seeing this in theaters was so much fun. we dragged a friend that hadn't yet seen hereditary cause he was too spooked so this ended up being his first astor movie. then two days later we went camping in upstate new york at a festival and we kept thinking any moment we were gonna get midsommared
lol Hereditary was too scary so you showed him Midsommar, nice 👍
Did anyone else that Pelle is also the only male in headdress, almost signaling that he's the match/mate for Dani
I’m not gonna lie. I’m still legit terrified to watch this movie again. I watched it one time in the theatre and surprisingly still remember all the gory details of this film. Even if i don’t want to...
Why would you lie about that?
nothing to be ashamed of, I think we all got a little shook from watching this film haha
That's just a stretch
@@StudioBinder The Directors Cut has more to add, too.
And great video. This film really is worth a closer look, and analysis.
Huh? What gore? You're being sarcastic right.
This is why filmmakers like Ari Aster and Stanley Kubrick are my favorites. They give so much thought to details in the background. This makes their movies highly rewatchable and open for interpretation.
Great point, it's like how you can keep admiring a painting - the visual details keep our attention
Then, you have to love Alfonso Cuarón too.
1982's Blade Runner still stands as the movie with the highest density of rich meaningful little details that requires the highest amount of rewatching to notice them ... I've rewatched that movie hundreds of times and STILL discover new meaningful details I've never noticed before with new implications and insights until now ...
I"m really glad Ari Aster is the great new director who puts such similar dedication into each scene of his movie ... which makes the movie feel very richly sophisticated ...
On one level we have directors like Denis Villeneuve who does not put in enough descriptive details to go for a very vacant look but ends up with emotionally cold and hollow feel in his movies but gets praised sky high for the empty look being regarded highly by pseudo intellectuals.. but on a much higher level we have directors like Ari Aster and Ridley Scott who puts in tons of meaningful details to create a very rich canvas for their movies and yet all these wonderful details goes unnoticed because the average audiences are not thoughtful and observant enough to see them ... and they get pelted with shallow unthoughtful criticisms based on shallow thinking ... thats a very ironical world we live in right now ...
This was the film that really started to get me interested in how films are shot. I was aware that it seemed to be shot very differently to most films - e.g. showing important exchanges in a single wide shot, such as when Father Odd tells Connie that Simon has left without her and then she talks to Dani about it - but wasn’t quite sure how that differed from a more conventional approach. I don’t get why people don’t like this film, I think it’s amazing, and much stronger overall than Hereditary
Yep you got me here. After multiple viewings I thought I had noticed all the Easter eggs, background subtext, and deeper meanings but you have just shown me that is not the case at all. Your work continues to amaze me.
I commend you for watching the film multiple times
Can't wait to see his next movie "Beau is afraid" featuring Joaquin Phoenix!
Ari and Phoenix sounds like an intense movie experience! Can't wait either
I know it is going to be a LONG time before Studiobinder makes an Ari Aster directing style video, but I predict the adjective given to him will be "The Psychiatrist".
That'll be a treat!
@@joaquinhernandez6940 Not a bad idea!
All white !!!
I've seen a lot of people saying how this movie disturbed them but I gotta say it's one of my favorites and and I absolutely love it lol. I've seen it a LOT of times and I never get the same experience twice. Now I want to see it again. Excellent video!
There are a lot of details to unpack in this film, definitely rewards multiple viewings!
Me too! I enjoy watching it.
You guys are amazing at what you do. This was my favorite film of the year, and I still didn't notice all that background activity. I love how you break down scenes/films and look forward to all of your videos! Truly lovers of cinema and the science behind it. Keep it up.
Thanks for the feedback!
Midsommar : The movie that brainwashed the audience.
Has that type of quality for sure
And Wickedly weird
True as some actually say it's good movie . Oh those poor souls
@@blopp6240 anyone who thought she was free at the end and had found her new family are all easily susceptible to join a cult.
@@blopp6240 yah what gets me is he constantly calls it a 'breakup' movie 🤔 so what about his ex girlfriend and where is she with that being said? LOL!
Hereditary, Midsommar, and Get Out occupied my mind respectively for weeks! Absolutely GREAT horror movies that play on social aspects of society which as we know can be absolutely horrific.
What scared me the most was the Studio Binder´s survey asking whether Midsommar´s ending was "happy", "sad" or "in between" AND 85% ANSWERED "HAPPY" OR "IN BETWEEN"! What film those people watched, for god sakes??? This is the saddest mtf film ever!
One key question is: was Dani happy at the end? 😮
@@StudioBinder Should she be happy? Even after everything that happened to her friends? Should she be happy that "new family"? Of course not...
@@tcb022 There is another reading of the film. Dani is happy because she found a community that can help her process the trauma that happens in life. Something her old friends could not. Just one perspective.
I really want to notice those background details but I don't think I can go through the mental torture that this movie is.
we noticed them so you don't have to 😉
@@StudioBinder And this is why I love Studiobinder.
These and the Director's Styles Explained are my favorite pieces. I look forward to them every time.
More on their way :)
"It's so dense; every single frame has so many things going on."
This has become my favorite movie. It’s just so intelligent and that’s so rare now. I heart you Ari Aster.
This is EXACTLY THE KIND OF CHANNEL I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!
You’re saving my life .... figuratively speaking 🎥
At first I thought the beginning of the movie was completely unnecessary. The family tragedy thing could be told quicker, faster, in another way, even not a single scene but with a dialogue. But, then I realiced that this is a movie a bout a woman that loses a family and finds another one.
Good point, Aster did a great job setting up his themes on every level
Very obviously a 'cult' family
2:21 LOL
Never noticed that when I first saw the film haha
Just found this gem of a channel, great work guys!
Yeah it’s an awesome channel for sure!
Thanks for watching!
I just saw it yesterday. Terrific film. Great analysis!!!! Aster is incredible
This is why StudioBinder is the best channel. The attention to detail you have is insane.
Yeah I totally agree with that
Cheers!
That was fantastic footage to use during the line about Studio Binder and community. LOL I find your videos are adding more bits of humour without sacrificing how informative they are. Great work, as usual :)
Thanks for the feedback!
Wow! Details I didn't even notice when watching it. Great job Studio Binder.
Glad you liked it!
@@StudioBinder Thank You
Great breakdown. Love the movement in this movie. Although I don't find this movie "scary," it definitely is one of the most disturbing movies I've seen in some time. Btw, the bear in the cage part at the ending was great.
I think disturbing is a great word for this film 😅
Um, I don't know about you but burning someone alive is not something I would call great.
great thx for this video! very very very interesting!
Cheers!
I enjoyed this film, good point with the things in the background, so much going on. I like the giant face at the beginning in the trees, never saw that when I watched this, and I'm quite good at seeing hidden things like this.
Totally engaged .Mind opener🙏🏿
Man i love you your videos are amazing ❤️❤️
I love how u answer every comment, love u studiobinder, how would one get a job with you all
That's why I love this channel and never miss a video.
new one every monday!
@@StudioBinder yup
@StudioBinder You know you are my favorite channel on youtube and your videos are more usefull than 5 years in college in brazil. Love U guys
we're here to educate and entertain :)
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Finally the one everyones waiting for❣️
Hope it was worth the wait!
I will most likely never watch this movie, but I did see The Wicker Man (1973) and was thoroughly mortified by the end of it.
This breakdown put me right back in the vibe of that movie.
Then you're probably right to not watch Midsommar haha
its very similar to Wicker Man
Don't. It's a complete waste of time. Worse than that, it's an abuse of your time. It's not even 'spooky' just uncomfortable and disturbing. I'm only watching this video to see what others find redeemable about this film. I loathe it.
I do appreciate the directors' plan and ability to layer the story telling and using the background characters as more than just background. Thank you, Studio Binder, for pointing that out.
@@JacobPatrick1 Thanks for the input, dude. I have heard others share your sentiment on this movie. However, judgement aside, I will simply not see this movie due to the content of it. Cults can be an entire beast in and of themselves.
As for the rest of your comment, I wholeheartedly agree with the intricacies of how Studio Binder broke down this movie into more manageable (and less haunting) realizations of the movie making process.
It took lots from The Wicker Man, actually! Atmosphere and some bits of storyline as well. You could say, it was largely inspired by it.
You guys make incredible videos, inspires me to want to keep making films and teaches us so much! One day hopefully I'll be featured on here 😁
happy filming!
Brilliant !
Cheers!
Nice & Thanks :)
Thanks for watching!
Oh! God...
Midsommar was masterpiece. When I was watching the movie first the scene where old couple falls down from the rock, I was like oh!!!!!!!
Then the sex of Christian with Maya, what a color combination and composition in that scene and the way they took cross sectional shots...
And the final scene where they were in the prohibited house/hut where Cristian was fired up with 8 others in the body of a beer.
And I noticed one thing there were very less dialogues in the movie especially since they went to the Swedish village.
All things were happening in front of our eyes, I mean what a great cinematography...
Visual storytelling at its best 👌
Indeed ❤️
@@StudioBinder please! Make an episode on Frank Darabont...
So basically they showed us how the rituals were being prepared from the start and how all the background scenes had a lot to do with the overall plot of the movie
Ari Aster, the horror movie sorcerer!! Midsommar is a pure example of it, thank you for the detailed stuff here... GREAT video!
Thanks for watching!
Yeah it’s very creepy
Gotta say fire temple was such a good outro song to wrap up this movie!
Agreed!
That ending. Hilarious!
🎶🎶🎶
The whole movie is expertly crafted. I've seen the original twice and the director's cut once, and each time there's more to absorb.
Which version do you prefer?
@@StudioBinder I preferred the DC for the most part, likely because I was so interested in the Härga lore.
There is a scene that I think Ari rightfully removed because it was too on the nose (a fight between Dani and Christian in which Dani explicitly questions the commune's motives). Otherwise, the extra ~30 minutes was worth it to me.
Brilliant essay
Thanks for watching!
I maintain that this was the best horror movie of 2019, and IMHO probably the past five years.
So rich, so layered, so deep, so unique, soooo fucked up!
I honestly can't recall of any horror movies that are overexposed like this one on purpose as a storytelling device. I also love how the entire film is literally spoiled in the very first shot. Legit the entire film is told in a single frame from beginning to end right away.
I love love loooove this film. HIGHLY recommended.
9/10
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We appreciate that ❤
This is THE best horror film I've ever seen
"Here in StudioBinder, we believe in COMMUNITY"
That's suspecious.
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haha all are welcome
thank you so much, there were so many clues and details I have missed while watching this movie😊. But also one serious question..... what the heck was that ad about??? A BEAR IN A CAGE !!
This is a fantastic movie. Hereditary is my fav of aster. But oh man this was great. I love all this details. Funny to see how you used comedy in some parts. From a serious channel this was more unusual but everything with aster, anything is unusual. Aster is one o f my fav directors now and expecting to see his new movie with phoenix
Appreciate the feedback! Excited to see his next film with Phoenix too
This makes more creepy for the movie
It only gets creepier the more you see it
Wonderful assay
Glad you liked it!
It’s crazy this channel exists I get ideas from every video
Yeah me too! It’s great
That's what we're here for!
It's a colorful and pathetically well made genius of Ari Aster.
why pathetically?
@@StudioBinder He creates a pathetic situation for his characters. But they are portrayed with sheer brilliance
Pathetically, as in emotionally developed, yeah?
@@jabendeacon yeah
Please breakdown whiplash and la la land , please studio binder
maybe when we do a Damien Chazelle directing style!
Hey !! we haven't 4 eyes to see this!
Trippy 🍄✨
indeed
this film is truly art
Excellent movie.
Finally the best one came
Glad you feel that way! Hope you liked it :)
@@StudioBinder I really loved series about camera movement direction episodes. May be bring some of that stuff. It's been very useful me. Thanks
More Ari Aster please!
If he keeps this up, more will be on the way!
I always wanted do this with my films
Happy filming!
NICE
Cheers!
I have never seen this movie you guy show awesome films I have to check it out.
i wonder how you missed it bro? if you have not watched it and you live movies then you must watch it
It's worth the watch if you don't mind the gore!
The pictures on the wall above each of their beds actually show what ends up happening to them in the end.
0:22 Does anyone know the name of this song???
Why studio binder doesn't have play store app . Can anyone tell if this have app
I will never forget the first time I saw this movie lmaooo I'm very much the type to watch a movie based on the cover without reading the description. So you can imagine my reactions 😂
thats how i saw it my first trip in europe and im from the states so that was solid trauma to bring home lmao
2:21 poor man hahaha
Kek. “Unnerving” viewing experience, ehhh ? I have never thought of that. I just thought it’s Ari’s way of taking several sequences in one that ending up with somehow so effective like Steven Spielberg does the same with blocking & movement of camera. A flick that sooo deep, requiring multiple viewing after all. Appreciate great episode.
They're both long takes, but each director uses it in their own unique way 👌
A true wield of the mise en scene
Is it possible to provide the shot list of Midsommar?
Favourite movie❤
Please do something on Hereditary, his first one.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Would love to see a Robert edgers one !
Yeah im not a fan of Aster's movie, but Robert's one are amazing
When they’re getting ready for bed and the baby is crying a woman walks to the crib and puts a pair of scissors under the pillow. I only caught it on my third viewing but it’s so unsettling I can’t get it out of my head.
Wow!
Thanks for watching!
@@StudioBinder I saw this video in my RUclips suggestions, and absolutely loved it. After your reply to my comment, I checked out your channel and found it quite informative and useful. Subscribed!
@studiobinder as it was mentioned that there are ten activities were happening in the background but, will those fall under audience attention?
not consciously, but it still registers to us, and there are moments when the foreground interacts with the background like when the camera is tracking the extras or they point out a character in the background
I think this one of those things, kind of like sound design, that you only really notice when it's missing or done poorly. In Midsommar the cult feels so real and alive. Like it still would exist after the cameras turn off. I don't know if I would feel the same if all the background extras were gone, or more out of focus, or doing less precise activities, even though I didn't notice most of that when I first watched the movie.
@@StudioBinder
yeah i understood after your decoding his directing style, I watched the movie. if there were no background activities as shown in the scenes, i don't think there would be any difference between midsommar and other movies. i believe those background activities in almost each scene made this movie a unique one.
He's my favorite young director rn.
one of the best!
I love that the most replayed moment of this video is an extra from LOTR getting sacked. We think we're highbrow watching this analysis video, but the data reveals our animalism.
I love the narrator! Who is he?
So would it have been better to shoot this movie in deep focus like The rules of the game or Citizen Cane ?
I need the video of the song "it's a bear" please
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When Dani is dreaming that she's watching TV with her parents and sister, and the sister turns to look at her?
I'm a hardcore horror fan. That moment chilled me to the bone.
Also mirrors are very important
They do tend to be in great horror films
To be I got very irritated, and considered not finishing the film however something kept me watching, and in a way glad I did watch to the end, it is one of those films that play on your mind, it's very creepy and especially being filmed in bright light adds to the atmosphere.
Wow wow wow finally one of my recommendation 🤩
...Studiobinder going to serve the filmmaking of David Cronenberg,David Lynch,john carpenter
They're all great choices!
This movie was very spooky to say the least
that's a good way to put it
Please break down the script of KGF ❤️
I think this would be how Wes Anderson would make a horror suspense thriller.
I didn’t even recognize that goat part. And the animals leading up, do you think they’ll get the same fate as the straw goat?
Hii Studio binder
please make serise of film lighting
Types of lights lighting equipment
&Etc... All about lighting
Please
Could you please make a video essay about David fincher directing style?
way ahead of you 👍 ruclips.net/video/F3ZSX3D1dUI/видео.html
@@StudioBinder thank you very much, I'm gonna watch this before Mank!
Please Explain about Biography Movie like (Ray , Walk the line)??
What would you like explained about them?
Like Screenplay Structure, Ideas Something like that...Thank you for the reply. so kind.
It's so weird to hear the narrator speaking in first person lol
Right! And I'm only two minutes into the vid.
haha he's a fan first, narrator second
Can you guys make a video on how to make a car chase on a low budget? pls.
we don't have one covering how to do it on a low budget specifically, but here's one on how to make it good! ruclips.net/video/YriUMCnIGUw/видео.html