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Can Netflix's new animated movie Spellbound Out "Disney" Disney? Calxiyn wasn't convinced UNTIL the Behind The Scenes Video dropped for 'The Way It Was Before'. This Video Essay will break down three key areas where Spellbound has already succeeded despite not even releasing - the same three areas that Disney has been failing in with their recent releases.
00:00 - Can Spellbound Do The Disney Formula Better Than Disney?
02:36 - Disney's 1st Mistake: The Power of NOSTALGIA
10:47 - Will Disney learn from LOSING Their Signature Music?
14:52 - Disney's 2nd Mistake: What makes a BAD Hero Song?
29:54 - If the Protagonist fails at THIS, it's over
39:46 - THE KEY LESSON: EVERY DISNEY MOVIE MUST HAVE THIS THING
Sources & Credits:
Disney's Wish (2023)
Thumbnail Inspiration - "why Wish's soulless animation is worse than you thought": youtu.be/Qj-qaF83fso?si=x_D6xA9slkQURv1g
Rachel Zegler Sings "The Way It Was Before" In the Booth | Spellbound | Netflix: youtube.com/watch?v=gdGKzCOFUUU
"The Way It Was Before" Lyric Video: youtu.be/u_Gu_wV7Jwg?si=jCvstbSgaiWjMIeL
Spellbound | Official Teaser Trailer: youtu.be/HHGIRpaFgCs?si=xpYXTSiEXdWEjDFP
Spellbound | Official Trailer: youtu.be/jGQiq1ZuCW8?si=s4ys6eYJ25NGW9BT
The Disney Villain by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas
The Little Mermaid - Howard's Lecture: youtu.be/5h06FSVoqr4?si=3VPoWnwFjhjOz9ca
An Iconic Disney Songwriter Could Challenge Disney With This New Movie: cbr.com/iconic-disney-songwriter-new-movie
Netflix's New Animated Movie Is Banking Very Hard On Its Controversial Pixar Connection: screenrant.com/netflix-spellbound-john-lasseter-pixar-connection-trailer
Songwriters Alan Menken and Glenn Slater explain why ‘Spellbound’ is ‘a much bigger story than your typical fairytale’: goldderby.com/feature/songwriters-alan-menken-glenn-slater-spellbound-1206014910
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#disney #spellbound
Can Netflix's new animated movie Spellbound Out "Disney" Disney? Calxiyn wasn't convinced UNTIL the Behind The Scenes Video dropped for 'The Way It Was Before'. This Video Essay will break down three key areas where Spellbound has already succeeded despite not even releasing - the same three areas that Disney has been failing in with their recent releases.
00:00 - Can Spellbound Do The Disney Formula Better Than Disney?
02:36 - Disney's 1st Mistake: The Power of NOSTALGIA
10:47 - Will Disney learn from LOSING Their Signature Music?
14:52 - Disney's 2nd Mistake: What makes a BAD Hero Song?
29:54 - If the Protagonist fails at THIS, it's over
39:46 - THE KEY LESSON: EVERY DISNEY MOVIE MUST HAVE THIS THING
Sources & Credits:
Disney's Wish (2023)
Thumbnail Inspiration - "why Wish's soulless animation is worse than you thought": youtu.be/Qj-qaF83fso?si=x_D6xA9slkQURv1g
Rachel Zegler Sings "The Way It Was Before" In the Booth | Spellbound | Netflix: youtube.com/watch?v=gdGKzCOFUUU
"The Way It Was Before" Lyric Video: youtu.be/u_Gu_wV7Jwg?si=jCvstbSgaiWjMIeL
Spellbound | Official Teaser Trailer: youtu.be/HHGIRpaFgCs?si=xpYXTSiEXdWEjDFP
Spellbound | Official Trailer: youtu.be/jGQiq1ZuCW8?si=s4ys6eYJ25NGW9BT
The Disney Villain by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas
The Little Mermaid - Howard's Lecture: youtu.be/5h06FSVoqr4?si=3VPoWnwFjhjOz9ca
An Iconic Disney Songwriter Could Challenge Disney With This New Movie: cbr.com/iconic-disney-songwriter-new-movie
Netflix's New Animated Movie Is Banking Very Hard On Its Controversial Pixar Connection: screenrant.com/netflix-spellbound-john-lasseter-pixar-connection-trailer
Songwriters Alan Menken and Glenn Slater explain why ‘Spellbound’ is ‘a much bigger story than your typical fairytale’: goldderby.com/feature/songwriters-alan-menken-glenn-slater-spellbound-1206014910
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![Poison FAILED Angels Character. Heres Why. [Hazbin Hotel]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ngAjmpnbZAs/mqdefault.jpg "Poison FAILED Angels Character. Heres Why. [Hazbin Hotel]
Poison is one of the most controversial and divisive songs in Hazbin Hotel - but Calxiyn has found ONE FATAL FLAW that NO ONE ELSE has talked about. Join Calxiyn as she dives into what works well about Poison, what does not, and ultimately the one mistake they made that tips the scales. This Video Essay will break down the instrumentation, lyrics, rhythm and characterization, as well as dive into how the STORYTELLING could have been improved.
00:00 - What we will discuss in this ultimate Poison Song Analysis!
1:18 - The songs instrumentation could have been better...
4:20 - Everything wrong (and right) with Verses 1 & 2
16:04 - Whats missing from this Pre-Chorus and Chorus?
26:20 - Everything wrong (and right) with Verse 3
28:28 - Did this Pre-Chorus and Chorus evolve?
30:52 - Did the ending of the song DELIVER?
34:29 - IMPORTANT KEY LESSON STARTS: Why This Song Just Doesnt Work
42:40 - KEY LESSON CONTINUED: You NEED to earn THIS as a Writer...
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Animated Movie Musicals. This video essay breaks down Poison from Season 1 of Hazbin Hotel, and why it fails as a musical theatre song from a songwriting perspective. This video also provides a comparison between Hazbin Hotel, Wish, which is often brought up as better than Hazbin Hotel, or that Hazbin Hotel is doing the animated movie musical better than Disney - and other animated movie musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame from the Disney Renaissance.
#hazbinhotel")
![We Were LIED To About Preminger! [Barbie Princess & the Pauper Theory]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oVOTz3AXlKU/mqdefault.jpg "We Were LIED To About Preminger! [Barbie Princess & the Pauper Theory]
What if Barbies most iconic villain, Preminger, is NOT a villain at all?! Calxiyn presents her Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper film theory that breaks down the big secrets hidden within the movie AND the CD ROM game, and how these tiny little details change everything about the internets iconic! And most importantly: how it contributes to the themes of the movie and finally gives us closure on the message we learn from Erika and Annelieses story!
00:00 - Is Preminger REALLY the villain?
00:56 - What is Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper?
02:07 - The Costumes Have A HUGE Secret!
04:37 - Why this portrait has haunted me for years
11:17 - Themes and Parallels (its deeper than you think!)
13:53 - Calxiyn Reconstructs Premingers Backstory!
23:10 - But how can I prove Preminger is NOT a villain?!
26:02 - How THIS SECRET completes the ending of the original movie!
Credit for the Barbie Font: https://www.textstudio.com
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays, animation deep dives, and film theory videos about Disney and Barbie Animated movies! You will learn about the details you missed in your favourite Barbie movies, like Barbie as The Princess and The Pauper, why this type of media analysis matters so much, and the subtle nuances the creative teams included! In animation, every choice matters! If youre a big fan of Disney and Barbie fairytales who misses how magical the movies used to be, and remember a time where Barbie/Disney movies and their songs werent as soulless (or even bad) as they are now, this video is for you!
#filmtheory #barbie")
![At All Costs Is Worse Than You Think [Wish Song Analysis]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q3s4w2pex8c/mqdefault.jpg "At All Costs Is Worse Than You Think [Wish Song Analysis]
At All Costs is considered one of the best songs in Disneys Wish... but Calxiyn thinks its the absolute WORST. Why is this the worst song in the movie despite sounding the prettiest? How does it fail as a duet and as a musical theatre song? How did this song and Wish as a whole end up this way? This Video Essay will break down the instrumentation, rhythm, rhyme structure, characterization, and provide an in-depth analysis of the lyrics line by line - and showcasing how BETTER SONGS accomplished what Wish never could!
00:00 - Why At All Costs is a disaster when it comes to musical theatre storytelling
3:57 - Why this instrumentation is so generic and lifeless
9:38 - Verse 1 (Magnifcio): This verse fails on every single level
16:57 - When CAN you have characters singing in the void?
35:27 - Chorus: This chorus does not capture the heart and soul of the song at all
45:24 - Verse 2 (Asha): Is the worst thing anyone has ever written
51:52 - Why this Bridge FAILS at being a bridge
57:23 - THIS MAKES ME FURIOUS: WHY THIS SONG FAILED, THE LESSON YOU NEED TO HEAR
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Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Disney Animated Movies from the Walt Disney Company. This video essays breaks down At All Costs and how it fails from a songwriting perspective, and provides a comparison between Wish and other animated movie musicals such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame from the Disney Renaissance. This video will talk about the soulless death of the Disney movie musical, what is happening to Disney movies in the present day, why Disney songs suck so bad lately, and who or what is responsible for this downfall. Calxiyn Cares Too Much also provides her own rewrite suggestions for how to fix plot, characterization, and stakes for the movie, as well as how to rewrite the song itself.
#Disney #Wish")
