Quick Teaser Trailer for ‘The Second’ Short Film + Video Essay Series
by Alex Billington
July 4, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Understood?” There’s a new video essay series + short film premiering soon that you might want to take a look at – unveiling soon up in Canada. The Second is the short film that is part of a new series created by filmmakers / editors Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou. It’s premiering at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer. The festival adds: “Vancouver-based creators of the wildly popular YouTube video essay series Every Frame a Painting—which has amassed 2 million subscribers—are coming to Fantasia! From YouTube videos to Netflix series (Voir) and indie features to animation studios, the duo have worked on projects big and small, for themselves and others. Join them for the world premiere of their short film, The Second, starring Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Ethan Hwang, and an exclusive lecture about its making, the ‘one for us, one for them’ ethos, and how they’ve charted their careers.” No other details are available on the additional video essay series, but the short is about a duel involving a father and son. Have a look below.
Here’s the teaser trailer (+ poster) for Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou’s film The Second, direct from YouTube:
Intro from Fantasia to the short: “In an alternate version of today’s world where dueling is still acceptable, Philip, a man of tradition, must perform the role of ‘Second’ on the day of his only son’s duel.” From YT they also add that this is a new “limited series featuring new video essays, followed by a short film – The Second.” The Second is a 14-minute short film written and directed by filmmakers Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou. You can follow Zhou on Twitter @tonyszhou – they created the YouTube channel called Every Frame a Painting (watch more here) described as “a series of video essays about film form, made from April 2014 to September 2016.” It’s produced by Jon Warne, Eric Bizzarri, Nach Dudsdeemaytha, Ethan Hwang & Tyrus Hwang. The Second will premiere at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival this summer. No other release dates are set – stay tuned for more. Zhou only says the video essay series is still “Coming Soon”. Who’s interested?
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