The First and Final Frames of Famous Films Can Teach Us a Lot about Good...
A single frame is rarely more important than all of the others in a film, but the first and last can leave one hell of an impression. In a brand new juxtapositional supercut from Jacob T. Swinney, the...
View ArticlePowerful First & Final Frames Throughout Cinematic History
The most popular supercut in recent memory just got a sequel. In the original installment of First and Final Frames, prolific supercut artist Jacob T. Swinney showed us that juxtaposing the first and...
View ArticleStartling Symmetry in the First & Final Frames of Famous Horror Films
If there’s anything that internet supercuts have taught us this past year, it’s that the juxtaposition of the first and final frames of famous films can teach us a great deal about effective ways to...
View ArticleHow the First & Final Frames of Your Favorite TV Shows Bookend the Whole Series
As we've seen several times, studying the first and final frames of a film can teach you a lot about filmmaking. They can tie an entire film together from end to end. They can reveal the last piece of...
View ArticleFrom Bad to Bloodied: The First and Last Character Appearances in Quentin...
No one introduces—or kills off—characters quite like Quentin Tarantino. As we've studied time and time and time again, the first and last of anything, be it a frame, scene, or, in this case, a...
View ArticleThe First and Final Frames of Famous Films Can Teach Us a Lot about Good...
A single frame is rarely more important than all of the others in a film, but the first and last can leave one hell of an impression. In a brand new juxtapositional supercut from Jacob T. Swinney, the...
View ArticlePowerful First & Final Frames Throughout Cinematic History
The most popular supercut in recent memory just got a sequel. In the original installment of First and Final Frames, prolific supercut artist Jacob T. Swinney showed us that juxtaposing the first and...
View ArticleStartling Symmetry in the First & Final Frames of Famous Horror Films
If there’s anything that internet supercuts have taught us this past year, it’s that the juxtaposition of the first and final frames of famous films can teach us a great deal about effective ways to...
View ArticleHow the First & Final Frames of Your Favorite TV Shows Bookend the Whole Series
As we've seen several times, studying the first and final frames of a film can teach you a lot about filmmaking. They can tie an entire film together from end to end. They can reveal the last piece of...
View ArticleFrom Bad to Bloodied: The First and Last Character Appearances in Quentin...
No one introduces—or kills off—characters quite like Quentin Tarantino. As we've studied time and time and time again, the first and last of anything, be it a frame, scene, or, in this case, a...
View Article'First and Final Frames' Is Back to Show Us the Power of Bookending Films
Ready for round three of "First and Final Frames?" A few years back, video essayist Jacob T. Swinney captured our attention in a big way with a simple video that juxtaposed the first frames of a film...
View ArticleFirst and Final Frames of the Most Iconic Filmmakers' Careers
This video essay reveals the very first, as well as the very last shots in the films of some of our most treasured filmmakers. If you were a fan of Jacob T. Swinney's "First and Final Frame" series,...
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