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The Take by
ScreenPrism
My edited insight videos analyze and provide commentaries on TV shows and films. I develop and edit videos using clips, photos, graphics, soundtracks, and original narrations to create distinct video content for The Take. I also do script analysis and advise on appropriate changes to improve the narration. Originally titled ScreenPrism.
Desperate Housewives: How Susan Became The Show's Accidental Villain... | Explained
Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem with the Trope, Explained
Scary Teen Girl of the New Millennium: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclaim Control🔥🖤(Scary Teen Series)
Agatha All Along Explained: Every Major Witchy Detail & Reference So Far 🔮🖤 Episodes 1 - 3
The Big Problem That Ruins Teen Show Reboots & Revivals 🤔 iCarly, Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls & More
Desperate Housewives' Gaby: Clawing Her Way from Rags to Riches (Twice!?)
Why Movie & TV Wishes Always *Ruin* Your Life | Monkey's Paw, Genies, Deals with the Devil & More
My So-Called Life, The First Actually Relatable Teen Show & How It Changed TV Forever
Desperate Housewives' Bree: Breaking Free From The Secret TradWife Misery | Explained
Enemies to Besties: More Than Just Frenemies 💖 Trope Explained
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &... A Little Hateable 🤨❤️ | Trope Explained
Clueless: How Cher Was (Almost) Totally Right About Love, Life, & Relationships | Explained
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to Relatable Trips | Family Vacays, Solo Travel, & More
House of the Dragon, Explained: Rhaenyra & Alicent's Deeper Fight (& Their Linked Doom)
Giving Up Everything To Win Love (vs Those Who Want More) | SATC, Euphoria, Barbie & Beyond
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Explained
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance: Expectations vs Reality | SATC, New Girl & More
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated | From Yoko to The Idea of You & More
Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Face Now | Explained
Seinfeld's Elaine Benes, Explained: Comedy’s Unconventional Feminist Heroine
Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David: Grumpy, Over The Top, &... Surprisingly Relatable?
Shōgun's Toda Mariko: Uncovering Her Hidden Power
Why Reality Shows Are Obsessed With Getting Married ASAP
Avatar: The Last Airbender's Most Tragic Romance, Sokka & Princess Yue
Community's Annie: How She Beat The Smart Girl Curse
What Movies & TV Always Get Wrong About Being An Influencer: Personal Finance, Lifestyle, & more
Movies & TV's Most Unrealistic Grand Gestures: Dates, Proposals, $$$ Gifts, & more
Big Bang Theory's Sheldon: Being Super Smart Isn't Everything | Young Sheldon
Priscilla: The Truth About Her Lonely Life With Elvis Presley (& The Drama Behind The Film)
The Terrible Best Friend Trope - A Strange Message in So Much TV
The Full Time Child Trend: A Strange New Career Path for Millennials & Gen Z
The Fascinating History of Mickey Mouse and Disney’s Crucial Copyright Battle, Explained
Online Generations: How When We First Logged On Shaped Us
The Feminism of Hyper Femininity - More Than a Style
How Sitcom Wives Shook Up Family Dynamics In Every Era
Goodbye "Friend Zone," Hello Platonic BFFS
The Wire’s Marlo: An Iconic Villain with a Terrifying Message
The Best Celeb Food Interviews Ever: Who We'd Invite to Our Dinner Party
Plastic Surgery Regrets: How Stars Shape Dangerous Fads
Leonardo DiCaprio & The Decline of The ’90s Heartthrob
The Toxic Male: Why We’ll Never Really Escape Him
Sex Work Onscreen: Old Tropes & Stigmas That Are Dying
Why "Perfect-on-Paper" Love Interests Always Come Second
How "Toxic" Discourse Can Do More Harm Than Good
The Ugly Pretty Girl: It’s the Stories That Need a Makeover | TROPES
House of the Dragon: Rhaenyra, Her Own Worst Enemy
Female Friendship Stories - How We Finally Moved Away from Rivalries
How House of the Dragon “Fixed” Game of Thrones
The Hateable Socialite - Why We Love to Hate-Watch Her
How the Con Artist Became a Weird TV “Hero”
The "Dead Girl" Story - Why It's Dangerous to Simplify Her
Closeted Bullies are all over our screens. How real is this trope?
The Wilds Season 2 Ending Explained
The Takeaway | Prime Video
Age Gap Relationships Onscreen - Why They Bother Us
The Special Girl Trope - Moving Beyond a Male Creation
The Celebrity + “Normo” Romance Boom - Normal is the New Fairytale
The Imperfect Mom Onscreen - Ending The “Selfless Mother” Trope
The Pretty Girl Trope - The Pitfalls of "Pretty Privilege"
How the Madonna-Whore Complex Still Reigns
Let's Stop Talking About If Female Characters Are "Likable"
How Film & TV Do Climate Change Wrong
The Anti-Disney Messages of… Disney Movies
A Tale of Two Lindsay Lohans | Screen Icons
The Meme-ification of the Royal Family
Why Gen Z is already burning out (and how to cope)
The Nag Trope - It’s Time to Write It Out
How Film & TV Misrepresented Neurodiversity
The Dangerous Woman | How We Package Female Sexuality
Rick and Morty - Why Rick is Actually an Adolescent
How Self-Aware Teen Movies Almost Killed the Genre | Time Capsule
Judas and the Black Messiah, Explained - Self-Preservation Won't Save You
The Angry Woman Trope | Why She's Angry
Toxic Takeaways - How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
In Defense of Basic | What Does It Meme?
The Bombshell Trope, Explained
Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? A Video Essay Quiz
Sex and the City - Carrie's Friends Aren't Real
The Boys - What's Wrong with Superhero Culture
The Final Girl Trope, Explained
The Independent Woman Trope, Explained
The "Bury Your Gays" Trope, Explained
The Neurotic Type A Woman Trope, Explained
What Time Travel Stories Are Really About
One X-Cellent Scene - Becoming an X-Woman
Rick and Morty - Have We Outgrown Rick? (Season 4 Explained)
Superhero Movie Tropes, Explained
Bart Simpson and the Decline of the Slacker
Community's Abed - Live Like You're On TV
Doja Cat - The Ups and Downs of Viral Fame
The Simpsons' Homer and Marge - Why Women Settle
Bojack Horseman - Princess Carolyn, Working Woman
Avatar: The Last Airbender - A Fire Personality, Explained
The Bad Boy Trope, Explained
The Weird Girl Trope, Explained
Home Alone's Secret Meaning: Adulting is Hard
BoJack Horseman Ending, Explained - Then You Keep Living
The Evolution of Harley Quinn - Birds of Prey
Riverdale’s Betty and the Death of the Nice Girl
Luigi (Not Mario) Is the Man We Need Right Now
Star Wars Defined - Kylo Ren's Rage
How Rick and Morty Killed the Simpsons
Why Rick and Morty is (Symbolically) About Time Travel
Rick and Morty: The World Hates Smart People
You Know It's a Tim Burton Film IF...
Breaking Bad's El Camino: Ending Explained - Jesse's Getaway
The Little Mermaid and a History of Mermaids
The Devil Wears Prada - Emily and a History of Workaholics
A History of the Joker
Shawshank Redemption Explained: Andy's Inner Life
What Pretty Woman Says About Money
The Matrix of Today: Influences and References Explained
The Matrix Ending Explained: A Guide to Freeing Your Mind
The Sixth Sense: Ending Explained - We See What We Want to See
Forrest Gump: The Myth of America
Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument
Forrest Gump Explained: What the Feather Means
John Wick: Ruled by Consequence
Breaking Bad: Mike Ehrmantraut - Turning Off the Tap (+ Better Call Saul)
Veep Ending Explained: Satire in the Age of Trump
Veep Ending Explained: Don’t Give Up Your Gary
Game of Thrones: Why Daenerys Was Cersei All Along - Two Sides of the Same Queen
Game of Thrones: Brienne, The Real Thing
Mean Girls: Regina George, The Psychology of a Dictator
Game of Thrones: The Free Folk/Wildlings and What They Represent
Game of Thrones Symbolism: The Dothraki
The Office: Kelly and Andy - A Love Story Never Told
Game of Thrones: Gendry, the Last Baratheon Standing
Vice: The Essay Film and the Creativity of Adam McKay
Black Panther: Too "Popular" for the Oscars?
A Star Is Born's Deeper Message: Don't Be "Shallow"
Mad Men: Ending Explained
Gunther: The Cautionary Tale of Friends
Jack Ryan: Action Hero for Our Times
Nicole Kidman: Under the Surface
Harry Potter: Think Like a Ravenclaw
Spider-Man: A Metaphor for Puberty
Remaking Suspiria: An Homage to a Feeling
Why Hollywood Keeps Remaking A Star Is Born
How to Listen to Film Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Breaking Bad: Marie Schrader - Walter White, Lite
The Office: Why Michael Scott is Actually the World's Best Boss
Star Wars Symbolism: Hands Off!
Avengers: Infinity War - Ending & Themes Explained
Avengers: Infinity War - Infinity Stones Symbolism
Breaking Bad: 4 Camera Trademarks and What They Mean
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Pure Fantasy or Feminist Trailblazer?
ScreenPrism Talks Oscars 2018! Also, Predictions.
What Black Mirror's Hang the DJ Says About Love
Black Mirror USS Callister: Goodbye, Toxic Fanboy
Star Wars: How to Live Like a Jedi
Rick and Morty: Why Morty Matters
Mulholland Drive: Ending Explained | Video Essay
Blade Runner Ending Explained: Is Deckard a Replicant?
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