I wanna say, you can summon dead french monarchs as long as you then send them to hell lmao

@harmonetheanimationaddict4419

3 ай бұрын

Let them eat cake and all that.

Sorry, whatever I was doing. Kaz is back. You can wait

@HEMLOXXX

4 ай бұрын

don’t feel too bad i took my break early so i could watch lol

@sw3496

4 ай бұрын

Mood ngl. I just finished a chunk of my homework and so I’m taking an early break

@Thesilliestsillyman

4 ай бұрын

DOCTOR YOU CANT JUST STOP MID SURGER- oh wait did you say Kaz? Count me in

@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777

4 ай бұрын

I just woke up... And I can confidently say that my sleeping has officially stopped.

@tenebrousoul9368

4 ай бұрын

@@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.

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!

@lucasotis9525

4 ай бұрын

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

@jessicaclakley3691

4 ай бұрын

Glad someone else is filled with gitty anticipation to see Kaz’s most recent fit 😊

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.

I love that Tutter is just happily chilling in the background while Kaz gives us a lesson about the history of moving images.

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.

@alexhook9151

4 ай бұрын

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. 😊

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!

@FortuitousOwl

4 ай бұрын

That sounds so cool!

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.

@owenw.1643

4 ай бұрын

that's absolutely fascinating

@Salt_and_ash

2 ай бұрын

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.

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". ❤

I remember VIEW MASTER, toy of the 1970s, a plastic stereoscope for children, it was great fun and didn't need batteries.

@catd9988

4 ай бұрын

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!

@basilkat21

4 ай бұрын

I got to use my dad's as a kid, I loved it!

@anniel6479

4 ай бұрын

The first time I came across a stereoscope in an antique store, I literally referred to it as an "old time-y View Master." 😂

@mialemon6186

4 ай бұрын

I had one of those! And a ton of those little cardboard cards for it. Good times!

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 💕)

@bitchenboutique6953

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking about this when she talked about shadow puppets! So glad you mentioned it!

that coat is gorgeous Kaz

@baobypixar5841

4 ай бұрын

Where do they get their clothes??? 😩

@amandaduckett3093

4 ай бұрын

was literally heading to the comments to say this

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.

@roisinrowan1341

4 ай бұрын

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!

@sakurablossoms92

4 ай бұрын

I had one of those. Mine was branded as the "View Master"

@mialemon6186

4 ай бұрын

It’s a viewmaster!

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!

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’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!

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

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

New Video, New Slay

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 really enjoyed this, and the music choices are *on point*, especially the one during the magic lantern talk. And that 18th century suit?? Exquisite

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.

I absolutely love your videos, and whenever I get a notification that you’ve uploaded, it always greatly improves my day!

Such a beautiful thing to think about during the current AI moral panic - the parallels are hilarious to me

I just gotta say that I appreciate your channel, your work, your research, and your willingness to collect and steward funky little old things

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.

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!!

I accidentally had my phone the wrong way so the image was upside down and for a second before my phone fixed it, I was like, "Oh, this is a fun little editing joke about the camera obscura from Kaz."

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

Great vid Kaz! The bit on the immortality of being on camera was beautifully written!

Im currently dealing with a wicked stomach bug, and i was just rewatching your old videos! Thanks for this new one, Kaz! ❤

It's really cool how many artifacts you've collected! Neat to see them in person.

it feels like a comfort whenever I see you've uploaded a new video

I was literally *just* looking into this stuff for some comic research, so it's awesome that you're doing a video on it 💕 I am ready to learn!

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.😊

Kaz, your outfits are always so cool and match the theme sooooo much!!! Love you❤

thank you for spoiling us with these wonderful educational videos ily

Killin' it with the period-appropriate costume, as always Kaz!

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.

Kaz, you ELEVATE this KZread thing to another level! Thanks for doing what you do! My painting BFA brain was so so happy to watch this one, in particular! ✨

Some of these shows sound absurd and delightful. We should bring them back

This has been one of my Favorite Videos you have done. I have always loved the inside story of motion pictures. Keep up the good work! You are getting Better and Better!

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.

YES!! Kaz throws us another awesome clip with another stellar dress up!!!

The long term human desire for the fantastic makes me so happy. Amazing video as always! 💗

As a cinephile I think this is probably my new favorite of your videos! Your costume changes are also fantastic!

Always glad to see a new video from you show up on my feed.

This is such a perfectly timed upload. I just learned about silent pictures and pre-cinema media and the history behind their inventions in my entertainment media class. This is such a fun video to coincide that lol.

What a spectacular Kaz Rowe episode ! Very enchanting, thank you 💞

As always - your content is illuminating (sic!) and fascinating. This time, I am especially in love with your final sentences. So poetic!

GORGEOUS! I can't wait to see this video

Kaz that vintage suit is sooo nice and the little white gloves! What a great touch!! Great video like always (:

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.

The aesthetics and vibes of these videos are *chefs kiss*

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!

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

Yay finally something worth opening KZread for! as always fabulous fit you got on Kaz thx for desperately needed life suppor- I mean video

Kaz thank you so much for what you do! I always adore your videos, even if I had no idea what 90% of what you talk about was before watching. Maybe that’s a part of it-I always feel like I am learning something really cool and inspiring when I watch your videos. They make me feel a bit better about humans. Especially when we make such cool and fascinating inventions such we these. Also I love to hear your kitty running around in the background!

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!!

Wonderful as always, Kaz

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.

Yay new Kaz history essay! Love every time when you wear more fabulous era approriate fashion with the ol' timey rizz. 👌❤

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.

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

LET'S GO NEW KAZ ROWE VIDEO!!

Your videos are genuinely among the best on KZread. It’s everything, from your clothes to the inclusivity of your research and the interesting topics ❤

Yes. A ghost hunting history video would be dope. 🤩

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 !!

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.

Poetic!!! Powerful!!! Poised!!! Keep it up Kaz you are brilliant and so eloquent

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!

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 !!!

Damn that jacket embroidery slaps ❤

Istg this has to be one of your best videos yet

Yay, youre back! Also, Your outfit is stunning. The embroidery though 😌

another absolute banger, kaz

The phenakistiscope and its ilk have been a fascination of mine these past few months, so this video couldn’t have been more of a lovely and welcome surprise haha

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.

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!

Makes me think of the movie "The Illusionist", that features a lot of these methods. Wonderful work as always, Kaz ❤

I haven't watched the video yet, but I just started researching Magic Lantern Shows a few days ago, so I am really excited!

Informative as always.

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".

Oooo I love the looks you served in this video ❤️ I also love your content

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! ❤

Love your channel, your research inspires so much of my personal writing

your channel is so magical

I absolutely adore this. Awesome work 🥰

Yay! Made my day!!!

@GeorgeMoore-hv3jy

4 ай бұрын

Hi kay🌹🌹 How are you doing?

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.

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!

Great video - really interesting topic! Your period costumes are wonderful! Beautifully done!

Kaz is baaaaaaack. Right in time for my tea

Can I just say the outfit and make up choices are absolutely radiant!

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.

This was fantastic!

Ho ho ho... this video has inspired very very interesting ideas for my world... as in... uhh.. I wanna make a book/show, I keep forgetting I'm not just talking to random artists who automatically have their own worlds as well. Anywho...!! Fantastic video! The spiritualism of the magic lantern is extremely fascinating

I did enjoy this. And your kitty too! Ty❣️

such a fascinating topic presented with so much style, I'm so glad to go and learn with you every time :)))