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Best Filmmaking & video production videos, as recommended on Hacker News

29 videos about filmmaking & video production that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2010 and 2026. Mostly explainer, other, demo. Channels that come up most: Every Frame a Painting, IanHubert, The Movie Rabbit Hole, TEDx Talks. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy: HN repeatedly recommends it as the clearest explanation of why Chan's fight scenes beat fast-cut Hollywood action.

• explainerJackie Chan - How to Do Action ComedyEvery Frame a Painting · 9 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• explainer"NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI - 1The Movie Rabbit Hole · 6 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• explainerAkira Kurosawa - Composing MovementEvery Frame a Painting · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• explainerVancouver Never Plays ItselfEvery Frame a Painting · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• tutorialBlender Motion Tracking - Room Transformation!IanHubert · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• explainerMichael Bay - What is Bayhem?Every Frame a Painting · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• explainerEdgar Wright - How to Do Visual ComedyEvery Frame a Painting · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkMEETING THE ENEMY A feminist comes to terms with the Men's Rights movement | Cassie Jaye | TEDxMarinTEDx Talks · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• demoStargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009Stargate Studios · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• commentaryStar Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)RedLetterMedia · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2022
• otherWho Killed Captain Alex: Uganda's First Action Movie (English Subtitles & Video Joker) - WakaliwoodOfficial Wakaliwood · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• demoSalad Mug - DYNAMO DREAM, Ep1IanHubert · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• documentaryHBO Intro - Behind the Scenesarchivefilms · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• commentaryWhy CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't)RocketJump Film School · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• explainerSatoshi Kon - Editing Space & TimeEvery Frame a Painting · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• otherThe Greatest Shot In TelevisionMoonEyes Plays · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• commentaryCharlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Reality TV EditingSamusek TDS · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• demoApollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8Mark Gray · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• documentaryThe Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season OneIndustrial Light & Magic · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• demoWorld's Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen)Red Bull · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
• explainerHow Star Wars was saved in the editRocketJump · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• explainerWhy 'The Mandalorian' Uses Virtual Sets Over Green Screen | Movies InsiderInsider · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• otherBlindsight Sci-fi Short FilmDanil Krivoruchko · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2026
• otherHYPER-REALITYKeiichi Matsuda · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2025
• interviewMy Squirrel Recording is in a MOVIE! 📽 DUNE: Mark Mangini, Oscar Winning Sound DesignerDani Connor Wild · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2026
• otherHonda - The CogWebRidesTV · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2024
• otherMark Osborne's MOREHappyProductCorp · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2018
• talkBlender and Next Gen: a Netflix OriginalBlender · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
• demoANIME ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS 2Corridor Digital · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2024