Alan Becker - How to Animate a Perfect Fight Scene

i am utterly flattered by this video essay. you've put into words what I could not (which may be part of the reason I rarely use words) i've got to give credit where it's due: terkoiz did all choreography for monster school, the witch, KO vs herobrine and all other fights that happen in the nether, as well as that fight in The Box fordz did most of the choreography for lucky block staff, including the boat scene, and the chef fight scene skim came up with the idea for lucky block staff episode and wrote most if not all of the fight scenes. in terms of my typical involvement in these fight scenes, I typically tell the animator who fights who, the powers/movesets of each character, and the general storyline of the fight. they do the rest. oh and lol ty for the feedback about the music levels. that's a fair point

Bro droppet the hardest Alan Becker documentary and thought we wouldnt notice.

25:42 The Strongest Entity in History vs The Strongest Entity of Today. Goddamn.

38:22 I love how Blue is just described as “crippling nether wart addiction” here.

I believe that Alan has spent his entire life learning and understanding "Actions speak louder than words", and has blessed us his knowledge with the easiest way to understand

animation vs youtube essays

Alan Becker is just the goat

One thing you forget to mention is that since everything is so overwhelming, your brain tends to focus on one specific stickfigure / the enemy instead, who already have constant movement so it doesn't feel like they're just standing there (except when King Orange fought Herobrine 💀) That change in POV of each character allows you to have rewatches but of everytime and notice new details, it's awesome lol

Oh my god somebody did a video essay on Alan's MASTERFUL choreography, that's just what I've been waiting for!!

Wow, what a fantastic analysis! Glad our videos impacted you enough to want to break down one of my favorite sequences we’ve done. Keep it up!

So in conclusion: He transcends languages and still manages to tell a story.

finally my two favourite things video essays and Alan Becker videos

Im glad someone else appreciates and admires Alan's animations as much as I do. This video greatly explained the beauty of Alan and his team's work therefore I dont see why this shouldnt be viewed more by others!

Not to mention that all the stick figures have their own fighting styles and abilities that are apparent in the fight scenes. I love that detail sm!! It makes the stickmen unique and avoids having stale similarities between them, they all react differently to the premise of battle and being brought into one which was especially apparent in the real time for season 3. Loved the video essay and hope to watch more like it!!

It's interesting how flexible the series is. We just had a season with an intense contiuing story with a menacing villian, subplots, and character development. And now its just goofy shenanigans again and it doesnt feel off at all.

You could talk for hours about Alan’s videos and I would still love every second, I’ve always loved his videos but didn’t always know why and this is a perfect explanation of how well he does it without you even realizing.

This is the best Alan Becker documentary I've ever seen. As a fellow insane Alan Becker glazer, you have my respect sir o7

I would LOVE to see videos breaking down more of Alan Becker's fight scenes. Its oddly satisfying and makes me love the fights even more than I already do!

It's 2 am currently and I saw this in my homepage. Who needs sleep anyways, I'm watching a video essay on my favorite YouTuber. Thanks for the treat!

The Herobrine possesing red and building an obsidien thing as a reference to the FIRST EPISODE is the coolest thing ever