Tony Zhou has been producing some excellent video essays on his Every Frame A Painting channel, and he just uploaded his latest: “What Is Bayhem?”
There are filmmakers we love and then there’s Michael Bay. Even if you dislike him (as I do), Bay has something valuable to teach us about visual perception. This is an exploration of “Bayhem” — his style of camera movement, composition and editing that creates something overblown, dynamic and distinct.