The Second, Film and Essays: Every Frame a Painting's Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou

I loved Every Frame a Painting, a series of video essays by Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou that they posted on YouTube. They published a postmortem about the series on Medium when they ended Every Frame a Painting seven years ago:

https://medium.com/@tonyszhou/postmortem-1b338537fabc

The postmortem and the series itself received a fair amount of discussion on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15836782

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20942543

On July 3, 2024, they posted the following, along with a trailer, on their YouTube channel:

Coming soon: A limited series featuring new video essays, followed by a short film - The Second.

The Second is a short film starring Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Ethan Hwang, written and directed by Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou.

The Second will be premiering at Fantasia Int’l Film Festival on July 20th. Followed by a special 45-min talk from Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou, along with a Q&A session.

Cast: Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ethan Hwang, Aaron Schwartz, Richard Wes, Colton Royce, Martin Ortega, Sam Osei, Tyrus Hwang

Trailer Music: Sean William