@@Thesilliestsillyman not so fun fact: a doctor in the eighties left mid surgery to make sure he cashed his check before the bank closed. He was doing a spinal surgery, iirc.
As a former librarian, I DEEPLY appreciate how you make quotes very clear and cite sources at the end! You also seem to always cover some subject that I find fascinating. Thank you.
Seriously, your fashion commitment is just as impressive as your thorough research, it's always so exciting to see your thematic garb. This is one of my favorite historical concepts!
Okay, to add to this, the settings in your videos, the lighting? My partner and I have watched your videos for a while now, and when the piano starts up and the scene changes around seven minutes in, it was an outloud "oooo" moment, love the lighting color pallet
Thai southener here. Since you've mentioned Thai shadow puppets. In the central Thai they have 'Nang Yai', the life size shadow puppets. We have a southern version called Nang Talung Which is smaller and similar to the Malaysian and Indonesian ones. In the video, that's southern version. The performer posibly is Master Watee Subsin from Suchart Subsin Thai Shadow Puppets Museum, Well-known Nang Talung performer from Nakhon Si Thammarat. (my home town) We have quite deep history and culture with this type of art. Good laugh at the late night Nang Talung show is still prevalance this days. You could find Nang Talung at pretty much any occation, even at the funeral.
I’ve actually been to a magic lantern show (it was Christmas themed) it is very spooky and atmospheric in person! One of the segments was the Charles Dickens story The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton which was definitely very creepy and had scenes set in a graveyard. Magic lantern shows are cool I think society should bring them back as more of a thing!
My aunt had a thaumatrope necklace in about 1970. Each side of the disc (or more likely, heart-shape) had apparently random lines on it which, when one blew to spin the disc, spelled "I LOVE YOU". ❤
Unrelated to this video, but I have made it my life's goal to be the kind of person that someone like Kaz would need to make a myth debunking video about.
Same. I have a feeling that with how bizarre my life has been, I might get lucky, but nothing is for certain. Just gives me more reason to work harder at leaving behind a lasting memory. Good luck stranger. 😊
your demonstration of the zoetrope and its kin reminded me: paleologists have discovered some paleolithic cave paintings were done in such a way that when a single fire was lit, it created a moving image, eg a buffalo running. i mean its more animated related than cinema related, but its genuinely so fascinating that, as soon as we possibly could, we found ways to create moving images to enhance our storytelling (or because it looked sick as hell lmao). just!!! AHHHH, I LOVE HISTORY!! (and fantastic video as always 💕)
Yesss, me and my sister loved these. We were clearing out the house one year ago and found them, and they are seriously just as cool now as they ever were!
I will never not be struck by the fact aboriginal australians traditionally regard being photographed or regarded as having one's soul stolen. Like yeah, it is kinda.
I went to high school with a girl who “refused” (whined) about having her photo taken for this exact reason. I always thought, “what about last years yearbook photo, your soul is gone 🙄” Anyway, I gusss she finally agreed because her face is definitely plastered all over Facebook.
I love the quality of your videos. The scene setting etc. It’s clear to me you put many hours into planning the backgrounds and lighting/outfits you use. Your talent is palpable. I’m so grateful I found your channel earlier last year. It’s one of my favorite things to watch when I want to relax. Your voice is very calming and your storytelling is fantastic!
I learned what Camera Obscura was when I was living in Alaska. I was working nights and woke up after my wife left for work to see the inverted image of my neighbor’s house projected onto the wall opposite of the large window in my bedroom. The blackout curtains had parted just enough to create the illusion. At the time I had been suffering what I can only describe as acute mental health issues, these sometimes included intense visual hallucinations upon waking. So initially I thought this was one of those situations, until it didn’t go away. I took a pic and looked it up. I have sought mental health resources and I am much better.
Some of these devices bring back memories of a toy I had as a child; It looks like a red pair of binoculars, and you inserted a paper disk into the top. Then you would see all sorts of images (usually animals) through the binoculars! You moved the picture by clicking a little lever. I wish I could remember what that thing was called.
I’m taking all these lessons to heart - especially the one about reading the room when performing to the French… 😂 Fascinating. It’s easy to look at these films with jaded eyes used to cgi horror and graphic detail on screen, but for complete new comers to the medium, it would have been amazing. It’s also kind of haunting to realise that the majority of human noises used in the backgrounds of movies or tv shows are the sounds made by long dead people - the laugh tracks, screams or chatter on recordings still commonly used… This video also reminded me of the recent theory about cave paintings - There’s a suggestion that the multi-limbed animals painted on the rock walls of caves were early attempts at optical illusions. It’s not so visible with steady torchlight, but in the flickering firelight, the uneven stone surface would make the images flicker and seem to move. It seems like we’ve always wanted to trick our own eyes. Wonder is a good thing to inspire, I guess!
Taco Bell came out with a mirror box that showed an illusion of Yoda and Darth Vader. It was a Star Wars toy in the shape of a cube. Depending on how you moved it, you'd see either Darth Vader or Yoda. I still have it on my bookcase in my apartment. It's awesome. This episode made me think of it. So cool. It uses light refraction to create a full image of either character, depending on the angle of view.
I loved seeing all these devices not as pictures or secondhand videos but as stuff Kaz can actually interact with, it helps me understand how they work a bit better. Also oh my god that first outfit with all the embroidery
Omg??? I just clicked on this so idek if it's mentioned in the vid but i JUST got out of a history of photo lecture about Etienne's Phantasmagoria and the magic lantern what the hell. Spooky stuff indeed the timing of this couldn't have been better lmao.. Kaz summoned by random art professor
Ah! I love old school film and photography, I minored in photography and have been developing my own photos since late highschool, it's such a cool medium and the history is fascinating
The first experience I ever had with a zoetrope was....a Burger King toy. It was an animation of one of the ninjas from Jackie Chan Adventures running around.
Okay I love that the Victorians basically took photography as a form of immortality. I never thought of that and a week ago my kitty passed. The one thing that helps is all of the photos and videos I took of her. And to think to them they never had that before and to freeze so many wonderful memories into something tangible... That had to be amazing to them all.
In my animation methods class we actually touched on the history of pre-cinema but sadly didn’t have the time in class to get as in-depth as you do in this video. My teacher did bring in a magic lantern to show, though. So that was cool. Happy to learn more about this subject!
Have you been to Marsh's Free Museum in Long Beach, WA? There are a bunch of these things to try out, super fun. Don't expect a real museum though, it's really a gift shop with vintage machines lining the walls.
just wanna leave a comment here to say I have binge watched your videos over the last few months (consider me late to the party haha) and there is so much detail and care into preserving history and theming each video to the topic of discussion! Keep up the awesome content.
Your videos are genuinely among the best on RUclips. It’s everything, from your clothes to the inclusivity of your research and the interesting topics ❤
Kaz, you ELEVATE this RUclips thing to another level! Thanks for doing what you do! My painting BFA brain was so so happy to watch this one, in particular! ✨
One of my school field trips- for American History- was to New Harmony, Indiana where they have a Camera Obscura in one of the cabins. Our junior class split into two groups and took turns doing stupid things outside for the others to watch inside.
Every aspect of your videos are composed of quality artistic flavor. Wardrobe, background, lighting, music… Your art is a compilation of layers of art beauty enough to awe in isolation. Gorgeous and Some Pumpkins. ❤❤❤❤❤
I spoke too soon; I spoke too soon!! I had no idea how much more beauty you were adding at minute 7:00 ish!!! You wow. You gigantically wow. Wow wow wow. ❤❤❤❤❤I still stand by my first comment. I just need you to read that one at a volume eleven, because I mean it eleven billion times more loudly, now.
We have an early magic lantern at the Melbourne museum and I was lucky enough to see a demonstration of it. It was so lovely, it's strange to think people ever believed it was evil, but I guess some people still believe the making of the Exorcist was cursed so not that much has changed really.
Any cinephile traveling in Piedmont, Italy should take the time to visit the museum of cinema in Turin. It has an impressive collection of early cinematic devices, including some that are still functioning so you can see them in action. Bonus that it’s also in a very cool building.
So good, Kaz!! Your videos are so thoughtful in every way, from the costumes to the historical narrative to the visual storytelling. Cheers from another Chicago creative person.😊
I'm a filmmaker, currently in my last semester of film school, and a film history lover, and as such this is a topic that I've loved learning about for a very long time, and I'm so happy to see you talk about it!
Kaz, love your clothes....ALWAYS. you look fabulous in this "rig" you're wearing. You are AWESOME. Re First films, I'm so glad you mentioned Muybridge! Before his work, galloping horses were depicted with the front legs extended forward and the back legs extended behind, which is wildly weird and inaccurate. I'm a professional visual artist, a painter who has painted horses, particularly racehorses, for decades. I studied and observed and drew animals all my long life. For anyone who paints or sculpts animals, Muybridge's famous book, Animals in Motion, is an essential reference! ❤
I love your summary at the end. I go down long "rabbit holes" on obscure forums or sites when researching, usually after digging through a lengthy chain of other sites and tangentially related media. Wherever I end up, I always look for the posted date. Some older articles don't even have a date, but maybe some context that provides a fair estimate of the decade. My point is that I end up in these strange, long-forgotten corners of the internet and wonder how many of these words are from someone who is no longer with us. I wonder what life was like when they posted this, what they were doing, what was I doing, and so on. It's really interesting how much and how little of a person's life you can deduce from such things. In a way, they are - as you say - illuminated on a screen once more, never gone until the last eyes have laid eye upon what they left in this world.
Kaz, I adore your clothes so much and how well you wear them. The efforts to switch costumes/clothes is appreciated. In general, I love your styles! And this is wonderful. I really like tv/theater history even though I am not the most knowledgeable about it. But I love learning things like this. Thank you for your efforts.
Yes! I needed a this video today! I used to watch reruns of the wonderful world of Disney back in the mid 90s after the channels main programming would end and I loved watching the detailed segments on this stuff! I could spend an hour talking on the multi plane camera.
Fantastic video as usual Kaz! I am actually already familiar with camera obscura as a result of having studied art history at university, as well as the early film clips thanks to Jordan Peele's film "Nope" where the main characters are descendants of the jockey riding the horse in that famous film clip. The in depth information about magic lanterns, zoetropes and the like however were new to me - it might interest you that a public library in the city where I live has a monthly film club named "Lanterna Magika". Also explains why Francis Ford Coppola named his film production company "American Zoetrope".
the criticisms of the magic lantern remind me of a parable (and forgive me for i do not remember completely) where a man is given the gift of being able to see anything he wanted to through a magic mirror, and eventually became so enamored with it that he no longer had any interest in the real world
Found your channell a few months ago and have since watched literally every video... I really appreciate your research, nuanced takes, and incredible writing for your scripts! You have some serious talent and I am so glad to have found you.
A wave of nostalgia hit me as this video reminded me of when the teachers would use those light projectors in school. The ones where they had to use a printed paper to project.
I remember one of my favorite exhibits at The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley had such an amazing array of many of these animation tools. Thanks for taking me back to one of the best field trips ever.
Oooooo omg I’m doing my 20th art history research on the effect of precinema tech on comics/graphical narratives so this is scratching that itch on my brain so well,,,I love how you approach things and all the research you do!!! There’s so little stuff on this transition period from precinema sequential narrative to cinema, and camera obscura to stereoscopex thank you for filling in these gaps !!
I love how despite having such advanced modern moving picture technology, we still enjoy looking at and playing with the old, less advanced devices and toys.
My friend and I just recently started working on our first short movie, we wanted to do this for years! Thank you so much for reintroducing me with the magic of film and leaving me motivated to use it as the fleeing and unconventional way to display the world !!!
Thank you for another interesting and enlightening upload. The thing that impresses me is your DEEP delve into the research and the reporting thereof without the politically biased European slant. Factually, that tends to be a common occurrence when historical events are discussed in the West and more so in America.
I love the subject of Phantasmagorie! Such wild tales. 11:10 - I've read an article by Laurent Mannoni that makes a case that Paul de Phillipsthal and Philidor might be completely different people as "Philidor" was apparently an all-purpose moniker at the time. Per Mannoni it feels like Philidor is a ghostly figure himself, and all details about him except him doing Phantasmagorie in Revolutionary France (before essentially disappearing) are entirely unclear. Fitting that a man of ghostly pictures behaves as a ghost himself.
Loved the magic lantern info. To see one who has died on film is both poignant and strange. How ephemeral our lives have become compared to the representations of ourselves.
the way the light reflects into my window creates a camera obscura of the outside trees, cars, and passing people! its rlly interesting as it projects color, and light! its how me and my partner can tell if someone is outside!
The part at the end, when you reflect on the ephemeral quality of digital photos - it made me think that I'm thankful I grew up in the 70s-80s. There will probably be physical photos of me in my youth long after the digital renderings of me are lost in some way.
Apparently, Henry Pepper actually only popularized and simplified Peppers Ghost. The original inventor, Henry Dirks, was given credit and Pepper even gave him credit for inventing it, but Dirck’s name for it wasn’t as ear-catching as the one the public had given it, “Peppers Ghost”.
we have a magic lantern dating from the 1800s in my house!! my dad bought it a few years back, we also have a couple of the glass slides for it. we tried it out one time and it was so interesting
I first heard of the camera obscura from reading the Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch, where very fittingly with the supernatural associations of these pre-cinema devices, one of the main characters uses it to see ghosts at a ren faire
Tbh seeing as we've got so many issues stemming from the proliferation of our screens and social media nowadays, maybe they were right about how "seeing these fake visuals will distract us from our real paths and cause madness"
What a beautiful and informative video!! Reminds me very much of one of my favorite art series; "Televisors" created by the late Steve Gompf. I had the pleasure of seeing one at an art show as a teenager and they will forever hold a special place in my heart! Sadly his website is no longer hosted, but images and a video or two of his work can still be found. Wish I could get my hands on his book! He created devices from found & repurposed objects that he called Televisors, and presented them as 'genuine' historical artifacts in a very sassy and mysterious way! They all look beautifully antique, and display video art also by Gompf, often inspired by Muybridge's famous images. The videos are bizarre and haunting, playing on a loop in these intricate, ornate machines that look right out of a victorian house. It's just such a fun collection of works, and I wanted to mention them here! Maybe some others will appreciate these pieces of alternate, fictional history :) Cheers!
literally just saw an exhibition at melbourne's ACMI and the first area showcased stuff like the zoetropes you showed!! was so cool to learn about the history more in depth from my fav video esssayist
KR: "Welcome to my court..." Me: Wait, is Kaz of the Fey? Have I been inviting fey into my house through this modern magic lantern all this time?! Gol-darnit!!
You know when you see a spooky picture online, one you've never seen before and you get that little sinking feeling in your gut, to me it's that fear that makes horror stuff so intriguing. But then imagine never seeing any moving pictures or projection before and then be jump scared by a crusty picture of a skeleton on a smoke screen projected by a seemingly magic lamp, that must have been scary as hell back then.
Sorry, whatever I was doing. Kaz is back. You can wait
don’t feel too bad i took my break early so i could watch lol
Mood ngl. I just finished a chunk of my homework and so I’m taking an early break
DOCTOR YOU CANT JUST STOP MID SURGER- oh wait did you say Kaz? Count me in
I just woke up... And I can confidently say that my sleeping has officially stopped.
@@Thesilliestsillyman not so fun fact: a doctor in the eighties left mid surgery to make sure he cashed his check before the bank closed. He was doing a spinal surgery, iirc.
As a former librarian, I DEEPLY appreciate how you make quotes very clear and cite sources at the end! You also seem to always cover some subject that I find fascinating. Thank you.
Seriously, your fashion commitment is just as impressive as your thorough research, it's always so exciting to see your thematic garb.
This is one of my favorite historical concepts!
Okay, to add to this, the settings in your videos, the lighting?
My partner and I have watched your videos for a while now, and when the piano starts up and the scene changes around seven minutes in, it was an outloud "oooo" moment, love the lighting color pallet
Glad someone else is filled with gitty anticipation to see Kaz’s most recent fit 😊
I wanna say, you can summon dead french monarchs as long as you then send them to hell lmao
Let them eat cake and all that.
Fax📠
Thai southener here. Since you've mentioned Thai shadow puppets. In the central Thai they have 'Nang Yai', the life size shadow puppets. We have a southern version called Nang Talung Which is smaller and similar to the Malaysian and Indonesian ones. In the video, that's southern version. The performer posibly is Master Watee Subsin from Suchart Subsin Thai Shadow Puppets Museum, Well-known Nang Talung performer from Nakhon Si Thammarat. (my home town) We have quite deep history and culture with this type of art. Good laugh at the late night Nang Talung show is still prevalance this days. You could find Nang Talung at pretty much any occation, even at the funeral.
I love that Tutter is just happily chilling in the background while Kaz gives us a lesson about the history of moving images.
I’ve actually been to a magic lantern show (it was Christmas themed) it is very spooky and atmospheric in person! One of the segments was the Charles Dickens story The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton which was definitely very creepy and had scenes set in a graveyard. Magic lantern shows are cool I think society should bring them back as more of a thing!
That sounds so cool!
Cool😎
My aunt had a thaumatrope necklace in about 1970. Each side of the disc (or more likely, heart-shape) had apparently random lines on it which, when one blew to spin the disc, spelled "I LOVE YOU". ❤
Unrelated to this video, but I have made it my life's goal to be the kind of person that someone like Kaz would need to make a myth debunking video about.
Same. I have a feeling that with how bizarre my life has been, I might get lucky, but nothing is for certain. Just gives me more reason to work harder at leaving behind a lasting memory. Good luck stranger. 😊
me being autistic helps lol
that coat is gorgeous Kaz
Where do they get their clothes??? 😩
was literally heading to the comments to say this
your demonstration of the zoetrope and its kin reminded me: paleologists have discovered some paleolithic cave paintings were done in such a way that when a single fire was lit, it created a moving image, eg a buffalo running.
i mean its more animated related than cinema related, but its genuinely so fascinating that, as soon as we possibly could, we found ways to create moving images to enhance our storytelling (or because it looked sick as hell lmao). just!!! AHHHH, I LOVE HISTORY!!
(and fantastic video as always 💕)
I was thinking about this when she talked about shadow puppets! So glad you mentioned it!
I remember VIEW MASTER, toy of the 1970s, a plastic stereoscope for children, it was great fun and didn't need batteries.
Yesss, me and my sister loved these. We were clearing out the house one year ago and found them, and they are seriously just as cool now as they ever were!
I got to use my dad's as a kid, I loved it!
The first time I came across a stereoscope in an antique store, I literally referred to it as an "old time-y View Master." 😂
I had one of those! And a ton of those little cardboard cards for it. Good times!
I will never not be struck by the fact aboriginal australians traditionally regard being photographed or regarded as having one's soul stolen. Like yeah, it is kinda.
that's absolutely fascinating
I went to high school with a girl who “refused” (whined) about having her photo taken for this exact reason. I always thought, “what about last years yearbook photo, your soul is gone 🙄”
Anyway, I gusss she finally agreed because her face is definitely plastered all over Facebook.
I love the quality of your videos. The scene setting etc. It’s clear to me you put many hours into planning the backgrounds and lighting/outfits you use. Your talent is palpable. I’m so grateful I found your channel earlier last year. It’s one of my favorite things to watch when I want to relax. Your voice is very calming and your storytelling is fantastic!
I learned what Camera Obscura was when I was living in Alaska. I was working nights and woke up after my wife left for work to see the inverted image of my neighbor’s house projected onto the wall opposite of the large window in my bedroom. The blackout curtains had parted just enough to create the illusion. At the time I had been suffering what I can only describe as acute mental health issues, these sometimes included intense visual hallucinations upon waking. So initially I thought this was one of those situations, until it didn’t go away. I took a pic and looked it up. I have sought mental health resources and I am much better.
Some of these devices bring back memories of a toy I had as a child; It looks like a red pair of binoculars, and you inserted a paper disk into the top. Then you would see all sorts of images (usually animals) through the binoculars! You moved the picture by clicking a little lever. I wish I could remember what that thing was called.
i think i had those too - slide viewers? i also had the flashlight projectors where you inserted a slide and shone the flashlight against the wall!
I had one of those. Mine was branded as the "View Master"
It’s a viewmaster!
I’m taking all these lessons to heart - especially the one about reading the room when performing to the French… 😂
Fascinating. It’s easy to look at these films with jaded eyes used to cgi horror and graphic detail on screen, but for complete new comers to the medium, it would have been amazing. It’s also kind of haunting to realise that the majority of human noises used in the backgrounds of movies or tv shows are the sounds made by long dead people - the laugh tracks, screams or chatter on recordings still commonly used…
This video also reminded me of the recent theory about cave paintings - There’s a suggestion that the multi-limbed animals painted on the rock walls of caves were early attempts at optical illusions. It’s not so visible with steady torchlight, but in the flickering firelight, the uneven stone surface would make the images flicker and seem to move.
It seems like we’ve always wanted to trick our own eyes. Wonder is a good thing to inspire, I guess!
Taco Bell came out with a mirror box that showed an illusion of Yoda and Darth Vader. It was a Star Wars toy in the shape of a cube. Depending on how you moved it, you'd see either Darth Vader or Yoda. I still have it on my bookcase in my apartment. It's awesome. This episode made me think of it. So cool. It uses light refraction to create a full image of either character, depending on the angle of view.
I loved seeing all these devices not as pictures or secondhand videos but as stuff Kaz can actually interact with, it helps me understand how they work a bit better. Also oh my god that first outfit with all the embroidery
I really enjoyed this, and the music choices are *on point*, especially the one during the magic lantern talk. And that 18th century suit?? Exquisite
Omg??? I just clicked on this so idek if it's mentioned in the vid but i JUST got out of a history of photo lecture about Etienne's Phantasmagoria and the magic lantern what the hell. Spooky stuff indeed the timing of this couldn't have been better lmao.. Kaz summoned by random art professor
Ah! I love old school film and photography, I minored in photography and have been developing my own photos since late highschool, it's such a cool medium and the history is fascinating
I absolutely love your videos, and whenever I get a notification that you’ve uploaded, it always greatly improves my day!
I just gotta say that I appreciate your channel, your work, your research, and your willingness to collect and steward funky little old things
The first experience I ever had with a zoetrope was....a Burger King toy. It was an animation of one of the ninjas from Jackie Chan Adventures running around.
Okay I love that the Victorians basically took photography as a form of immortality. I never thought of that and a week ago my kitty passed. The one thing that helps is all of the photos and videos I took of her. And to think to them they never had that before and to freeze so many wonderful memories into something tangible... That had to be amazing to them all.
I love kaz's videos so much. I don't watch them right away, I save them for the right moment. Normaly when hand sewwing
In my animation methods class we actually touched on the history of pre-cinema but sadly didn’t have the time in class to get as in-depth as you do in this video. My teacher did bring in a magic lantern to show, though. So that was cool. Happy to learn more about this subject!
Yes. A ghost hunting history video would be dope. 🤩
Have you been to Marsh's Free Museum in Long Beach, WA? There are a bunch of these things to try out, super fun. Don't expect a real museum though, it's really a gift shop with vintage machines lining the walls.
just wanna leave a comment here to say I have binge watched your videos over the last few months (consider me late to the party haha) and there is so much detail and care into preserving history and theming each video to the topic of discussion! Keep up the awesome content.
Your videos are genuinely among the best on RUclips. It’s everything, from your clothes to the inclusivity of your research and the interesting topics ❤
Such a beautiful thing to think about during the current AI moral panic - the parallels are hilarious to me
LOVE UR SWEATER DURING THE AD READ SOOOO CUTE
Kaz, you ELEVATE this RUclips thing to another level! Thanks for doing what you do! My painting BFA brain was so so happy to watch this one, in particular! ✨
One of my school field trips- for American History- was to New Harmony, Indiana where they have a Camera Obscura in one of the cabins. Our junior class split into two groups and took turns doing stupid things outside for the others to watch inside.
Some of these shows sound absurd and delightful. We should bring them back
Every aspect of your videos are composed of quality artistic flavor. Wardrobe, background, lighting, music… Your art is a compilation of layers of art beauty enough to awe in isolation. Gorgeous and Some Pumpkins. ❤❤❤❤❤
I spoke too soon; I spoke too soon!! I had no idea how much more beauty you were adding at minute 7:00 ish!!! You wow. You gigantically wow. Wow wow wow. ❤❤❤❤❤I still stand by my first comment. I just need you to read that one at a volume eleven, because I mean it eleven billion times more loudly, now.
We have an early magic lantern at the Melbourne museum and I was lucky enough to see a demonstration of it. It was so lovely, it's strange to think people ever believed it was evil, but I guess some people still believe the making of the Exorcist was cursed so not that much has changed really.
I don’t know if you take topic requests, but a deep dive on the history of Tom of Finland would be quite rad
Any cinephile traveling in Piedmont, Italy should take the time to visit the museum of cinema in Turin. It has an impressive collection of early cinematic devices, including some that are still functioning so you can see them in action. Bonus that it’s also in a very cool building.
I would LOVE to see one of these old fashioned shows, not to mention the modern version, the late night B-movie experience.
As a cinephile I think this is probably my new favorite of your videos! Your costume changes are also fantastic!
thank you for spoiling us with these wonderful educational videos ily
So good, Kaz!! Your videos are so thoughtful in every way, from the costumes to the historical narrative to the visual storytelling. Cheers from another Chicago creative person.😊
They have a wonderful display of camera obscuras and magic lanterns at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.
I'm a filmmaker, currently in my last semester of film school, and a film history lover, and as such this is a topic that I've loved learning about for a very long time, and I'm so happy to see you talk about it!
Kaz, love your clothes....ALWAYS. you look fabulous in this "rig" you're wearing. You are AWESOME. Re First films, I'm so glad you mentioned Muybridge! Before his work, galloping horses were depicted with the front legs extended forward and the back legs extended behind, which is wildly weird and inaccurate. I'm a professional visual artist, a painter who has painted horses, particularly racehorses, for decades. I studied and observed and drew animals all my long life. For anyone who paints or sculpts animals, Muybridge's famous book, Animals in Motion, is an essential reference! ❤
I love your summary at the end. I go down long "rabbit holes" on obscure forums or sites when researching, usually after digging through a lengthy chain of other sites and tangentially related media. Wherever I end up, I always look for the posted date. Some older articles don't even have a date, but maybe some context that provides a fair estimate of the decade. My point is that I end up in these strange, long-forgotten corners of the internet and wonder how many of these words are from someone who is no longer with us. I wonder what life was like when they posted this, what they were doing, what was I doing, and so on. It's really interesting how much and how little of a person's life you can deduce from such things. In a way, they are - as you say - illuminated on a screen once more, never gone until the last eyes have laid eye upon what they left in this world.
New Video, New Slay
Kaz, I adore your clothes so much and how well you wear them. The efforts to switch costumes/clothes is appreciated. In general, I love your styles! And this is wonderful. I really like tv/theater history even though I am not the most knowledgeable about it. But I love learning things like this. Thank you for your efforts.
Yes! I needed a this video today! I used to watch reruns of the wonderful world of Disney back in the mid 90s after the channels main programming would end and I loved watching the detailed segments on this stuff! I could spend an hour talking on the multi plane camera.
Fantastic video as usual Kaz! I am actually already familiar with camera obscura as a result of having studied art history at university, as well as the early film clips thanks to Jordan Peele's film "Nope" where the main characters are descendants of the jockey riding the horse in that famous film clip. The in depth information about magic lanterns, zoetropes and the like however were new to me - it might interest you that a public library in the city where I live has a monthly film club named "Lanterna Magika". Also explains why Francis Ford Coppola named his film production company "American Zoetrope".
Can I just say the outfit and make up choices are absolutely radiant!
My dad had a antique stereoscope and growing up I used to always beg him to let me use it as even for a 21st century kid it was a lot of fun.
the criticisms of the magic lantern remind me of a parable (and forgive me for i do not remember completely) where a man is given the gift of being able to see anything he wanted to through a magic mirror, and eventually became so enamored with it that he no longer had any interest in the real world
The history of moving pictures and cameras is my special interest.
You're just so good at this. Your endings always leave me with a humanizing reminder of the past and how much I love history.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I just started researching Magic Lantern Shows a few days ago, so I am really excited!
As always - your content is illuminating (sic!) and fascinating. This time, I am especially in love with your final sentences.
So poetic!
loved seeing some of these in the context of animation and just seeing how all of these devices showed some appreciation for the art form
Wasn't going to comment anything, since I am already satisfied by the video, BUT THE LITTLE MENACE AT THE END. SHOW US MORE.
So fun to learn about these!! Makes me wish I lived during the time of the magic lantern shows so I could’ve seen them, they sound so magical!
Found your channell a few months ago and have since watched literally every video... I really appreciate your research, nuanced takes, and incredible writing for your scripts! You have some serious talent and I am so glad to have found you.
A wave of nostalgia hit me as this video reminded me of when the teachers would use those light projectors in school. The ones where they had to use a printed paper to project.
I remember one of my favorite exhibits at The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley had such an amazing array of many of these animation tools. Thanks for taking me back to one of the best field trips ever.
My cat sat herself in my lap while I’m trying to sort papers and is being soooo helpful 🐈⬛
I love your outfits for your videos, id be so curious to see your closet lol. And know where you get some of these pieces! Theyre gorgeous!!
it feels like a comfort whenever I see you've uploaded a new video
THANK YOU FOR SLAMMING ON EDISON!!! Why don’t people know he was a crumb thief?!?! Kaz, you are marvelous ❤❤❤❤❤
Oooooo omg I’m doing my 20th art history research on the effect of precinema tech on comics/graphical narratives so this is scratching that itch on my brain so well,,,I love how you approach things and all the research you do!!! There’s so little stuff on this transition period from precinema sequential narrative to cinema, and camera obscura to stereoscopex thank you for filling in these gaps !!
I love how despite having such advanced modern moving picture technology, we still enjoy looking at and playing with the old, less advanced devices and toys.
The fashion choices in this video are SUPREME
Killin' it with the period-appropriate costume, as always Kaz!
My friend and I just recently started working on our first short movie, we wanted to do this for years! Thank you so much for reintroducing me with the magic of film and leaving me motivated to use it as the fleeing and unconventional way to display the world !!!
Thank you for another interesting and enlightening upload. The thing that impresses me is your DEEP delve into the research and the reporting thereof without the politically biased European slant. Factually, that tends to be a common occurrence when historical events are discussed in the West and more so in America.
The aesthetics and vibes of these videos are *chefs kiss*
Such good timing! Taking a class on early cinema and we went these kind of things briefly and I’ve wanted to learn more. So excited to watch this vid
This video debuted just as I'm learning about early photography in my art history class :)
i love how you put up the qoutes on screen i only wish you put the date on when it was written so we know in what time period the quote came from
I love the subject of Phantasmagorie! Such wild tales.
11:10 - I've read an article by Laurent Mannoni that makes a case that Paul de Phillipsthal and Philidor might be completely different people as "Philidor" was apparently an all-purpose moniker at the time. Per Mannoni it feels like Philidor is a ghostly figure himself, and all details about him except him doing Phantasmagorie in Revolutionary France (before essentially disappearing) are entirely unclear. Fitting that a man of ghostly pictures behaves as a ghost himself.
I would LOVE to see a video on the history of queer knitting circles / yarn crafts.
Loved the magic lantern info. To see one who has died on film is both poignant and strange. How ephemeral our lives have become compared to the representations of ourselves.
the way the light reflects into my window creates a camera obscura of the outside trees, cars, and passing people! its rlly interesting as it projects color, and light! its how me and my partner can tell if someone is outside!
I remember visiting the MOMI UK where they had a demonstration of the phantasmagoria. That creeped me out.
What I find fascinating is not necessarily that we created moving picture, its what we decided to create moving pictures of...
The part at the end, when you reflect on the ephemeral quality of digital photos - it made me think that I'm thankful I grew up in the 70s-80s. There will probably be physical photos of me in my youth long after the digital renderings of me are lost in some way.
Kaz that vintage suit is sooo nice and the little white gloves! What a great touch!! Great video like always (:
Apparently, Henry Pepper actually only popularized and simplified Peppers Ghost. The original inventor, Henry Dirks, was given credit and Pepper even gave him credit for inventing it, but Dirck’s name for it wasn’t as ear-catching as the one the public had given it, “Peppers Ghost”.
I think it was after the advent of cinema but I think you could do justice to a deep dive of the traveling spook show of the early twentieth century.
we have a magic lantern dating from the 1800s in my house!! my dad bought it a few years back, we also have a couple of the glass slides for it. we tried it out one time and it was so interesting
I first heard of the camera obscura from reading the Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch, where very fittingly with the supernatural associations of these pre-cinema devices, one of the main characters uses it to see ghosts at a ren faire
Tbh seeing as we've got so many issues stemming from the proliferation of our screens and social media nowadays, maybe they were right about how "seeing these fake visuals will distract us from our real paths and cause madness"
What a beautiful and informative video!!
Reminds me very much of one of my favorite art series; "Televisors" created by the late Steve Gompf. I had the pleasure of seeing one at an art show as a teenager and they will forever hold a special place in my heart! Sadly his website is no longer hosted, but images and a video or two of his work can still be found. Wish I could get my hands on his book!
He created devices from found & repurposed objects that he called Televisors, and presented them as 'genuine' historical artifacts in a very sassy and mysterious way! They all look beautifully antique, and display video art also by Gompf, often inspired by Muybridge's famous images. The videos are bizarre and haunting, playing on a loop in these intricate, ornate machines that look right out of a victorian house. It's just such a fun collection of works, and I wanted to mention them here! Maybe some others will appreciate these pieces of alternate, fictional history :) Cheers!
GORGEOUS! I can't wait to see this video
literally just saw an exhibition at melbourne's ACMI and the first area showcased stuff like the zoetropes you showed!! was so cool to learn about the history more in depth from my fav video esssayist
That final bit about the legacy of film was so Jean Smart in the underrated classic, “Babylon”, coded
KR: "Welcome to my court..."
Me: Wait, is Kaz of the Fey? Have I been inviting fey into my house through this modern magic lantern all this time?! Gol-darnit!!
You know when you see a spooky picture online, one you've never seen before and you get that little sinking feeling in your gut, to me it's that fear that makes horror stuff so intriguing. But then imagine never seeing any moving pictures or projection before and then be jump scared by a crusty picture of a skeleton on a smoke screen projected by a seemingly magic lamp, that must have been scary as hell back then.
It's really cool how many artifacts you've collected! Neat to see them in person.