The SECRET to ARCANE’s Depth… #ArcaneAnniversary

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This started as a short about Caitlyn and Jayce…

How is this show so deep that we’re still finding NEW THINGS every day? How can a story split its focus between GREAT CHARACTER work and GREAT PLOT and GREAT THEMES and symbolism and trope subversion and revolutionary ways of writing women and sexuality and men and non-verbal communication and visual artistry and music and everything else this show has to offer? The key is in understanding how Arcane positions every story element relative to every other story element. Jinx isn’t just a standalone character, she can be compared to Vi (her sister), Ekko (another fighter), Silco (whose ideal she embodies), Sevika (Silco’s other henchwoman), Viktor (another Zaunite scientist), Jayce (another reckless hextech enthusiast), Singed (another amoral scientist)... and so on. The scenes of her killing her family are parallel in each other AND in other scenes of hextech wreaking havoc AND in other scenes that take place in those settings AND in other scenes with similar music etc. The comparisons are endless, and that’s intentional. There is a whole system at work here…

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0:00 - Meet Lil Jinx
0:38 - Cup Theory
3:37 - THE PATTERN
7:50 - This was where it got WILD…
13:19 - TWO major outcomes
17:17 - Lil Jinx is perplexed…
18:40 - Lil Jinx’s big friend
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Analysis of Schnee's placement of Mini Jinx:
Presented her in the beginning during a long shot to make viewers familiar with her so she could be used in more shots later on without confusion. This shot was also facing a window, reinforcing the idea that Schnee would be covering lots of topics (the outside world has a lot to view from a window and in general) but at that moment, the video was only beginning and no topics had been explained yet, so viewers were shown Jinx inside a building.
Mini Jinx is shown on a rock, a much larger shot of a bay, city buildings, and a dock behind her. This lead into Schnee's point that business in a story is detrimental, so everything must be balanced. The scene with the plush is an example of business being overwhelming, as there are too many details in the scenery for viewers to focus on a part in the whole.
Jinx is found among stuffed animals with similar builds but different patterns and colors. This supported the point that remembering ten different scenes is as troublesome as recalling all the specific toys on that shelf. However, it's easy on the mind to recall generalities that link them together, such as "there were unicorns and wolves, " in a similar way as drawing links between certain scenes.
Here's my favorite: Baby Jinx has been stuffed between boxes of cereal, but the focus is obviously on the overwhelming number of brands and types of cereal. Buying cereal is supporting one brand or another, and a lot of customers will care where their money is going. The points Schnee makes are decision-making based on morality and technology; a buyer has to weigh the same things in their mind. Is it worth it to buy this cereal even if I don't like the parent company's tactics? Is one choice more advanced, tastier, or better presented than the others? These are both questions that consumers ask themselves and each other in the same way Arcane's characters make their decisions (albeit on different scales hahah).
Jinxer in the turkey! The two rows of items displayed are fish sticks and packaged turkeys. Two very distinct products with different appeals and audiences. This shot coincides with Schnee's reference to 'identity' within Arcane. Regardless of moral or technological factors, there's a clear divide between fish sticks and turkey, meaning they have entirely different identities and marketability.
Plush Jinx is wearing a crown: it's the same size and has the same function of a 'normal' crown, just like the story of Arcane as a whole. However, the gems on it represent the arcs, in that they are different colors/storylines and still fulfill their spots on the crown properly and without distraction.
Ring Pops! Jinx on a horse! Lots of items in the background! That's a lot in a short scene! You could almost say that it's 500% as much as any of the other shots in the video.
Pull-ups carry a "weight" without leakage (ideally). Arcane maintains the weights of emotion, technology, family, etc. without any of them falling through. Pull-Ups also represent these ideas because they are a technology, they are employed by families for their kids, and they are products subject to the same scrutiny as mentioned earlier with cereal brands.
Elmo pinatas: they have two functions! Provide happiness through a recognizable character and to be demolished as a party favor. The first makes people care about the product, therefore making them willing to buy it. The second is practical and displays the product's identity.
Each of the leis is colorful and distinct, providing--as Schnee wrote--"more pathways to identity."
Schnee explains the Tidy Cat shot, evidencing that these irl scenes were filmed with intent.
The harvest wreaths are call-backs to Thanksgiving with directly displaying that. It doesn't have to because it is a recognizable facet of a tale woven into our culture.
Bleach is used when blots or stains appear on clothing, and the user wants them gone. It shows us where those stains are and other ones we may have been missing, similar to Schnee's argument about how questions are generated in Arcane.
Baby Jinx is on a train to remind viewers of the infinite nature of a train line--always moving, always utilized--to draw a parallel to Arcane's seemingly endless depth and natural formation of speculation.
Person twirking got Jinx questioning everything. 'Nuff said.
Schnee explains Baby J overlooking the skyline.
What better way to show how a world is built than to show an onlooker's perspective of a city from the shore? Jinx watches the buildings drift farther away as Schnee talks about world-building.
Birthdays! Arcane's, this channel's, and this entire fanbase! Getting a shot of the Statue of Liberty is smart because it was the ultimate birthday present to the U.S. and is a constant reminder of our country's age.
The long, fluid scene of the boat ride allows viewers to focus on what is changing: Schnee's voice and story.
Jinx is next to Lady Liberty plushies to remind us how marketing works in conjunction with Schnee's explanation of how he's going to employ his channel going forward--and shows how his content will be unique and personal!
Jinx walking down a city block functions the same as the long shot of the boat, but with comedic flair due to it being sped up.
Baby Jinx is getting some pizza to wind down after a long modeling shoot.
Schnee, you prompted me to write an essay on your video essay! 😂 Thank you for all your hard work, passion, brain cells, and shared experiences the past year! Keep doing what you enjoy and take care!

cvincent
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The lil Jinx plush appearing randomly throughout this video is pure gold

gracien
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soo apparently i mislabeled a bunch of stuff in the parallels... OH WELL have fun finding them 😅

schnee
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Regarding the Microlevels you mention, I think I have an idea how they achieved it. It's because almost every part of Arcane and the people who worked on it contributed to the story. It wasn't just the directors and the writers who made the story, the animators told a story the writers didn't even think of, the musicians whk helped with the score and soundtrack were also given free reign to add to the story, and the voice actors too got a chance to add their own perspective and nuances to their characters. It's a collaborative storytelling on another level, every part of the production are given a chance to add to the story, which gives it so much more depth than a story made with 1 person's vision.

crimsoneclipse
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A thing that i noticed about arcane’s dialogue is that… there isn’t really much of it? Like when you look at other stories out there it all feels longer just because the conversations are longer, characters in arcane don’t really talk to each other continuously for more than 2/3 minutes. And i think this adds onto the whole hermeticism of arcane. They never tell they just simply show the most basic building blocks of the story and they layer so many of those that you don’t NEED a long 20 minute showdown with just jinx and Caitlyn or just jinx and her voices to understand how she feels about her, how threatened from Caitlyn jinx feels. Heck the music in arcane doesn’t tell you how to feel, it’s just serenading how the situation feels like

AviciPerry
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I love how after one year we can still spot so many stuff and analyze so many things. Hell, I even found some stuff on the Enemy music video that I never saw a year earlier. You can clearly feel the passion put into the show those 6 years clearly was worth it.

crimsoneclipse
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Im hoping (maybe naively) that Arcane will be the new ceiling that animation will strive towards in terms of it's narrative, much in the way Into the spiderverse became the new ceiling for animation. (Arcane is also insanely beautiful, so it kinda expands the ceiling both ways but I digress) Right now, unfortunately, I cannot think of a single animated show that does as much as Arcane - honestly, I can't think of as show that is even close to how good Arcane is. Here's to hoping that more shows will strive towards this level.

julesnar
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Looks like jinx is having a blast exploring the world

mirrormagic
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You’re prolly not gonna see this, but tysm for that little advice at the end. I’m sixteen and finished writing the book I’ve been working on since I was 13. I’ve been so stuck about how to get word out about it because I KNOW, I’m sixteen, my little book isn’t much. But writing is my hyperfixation and has been all my life. Nowadays, it seems impossible to promote a book unless you already have a big platform. Getting people to buy a book and read it seems impossible. I’ve had a few TikTok ideas but have been hesitant to post. Thanks for giving me the courage to do so. Blessings 💖

memma
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This is exactly what I loved about Arcane. It was knife-like in it's storytelling, nothing extra in the plot or dialogue, but rich in detail, a true masterclass in show, don't tell.

megan_mackenzie
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That little Jinx is having the time of her life it’s so cute 😭

krazykatty.
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Missed your arcane focused vids, man. Haven't finished the vid yet but I just wanted to say to keep up the good work. You're the channel that made me love arcane more than I already did. I really came to appreciate the smaller details because of your great work

hannashiro_
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The little Jinx travelling with you is so cute 🥺

duckydoodles
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Foils and parallels. It is clever and emerges from the need for game balance in the original video game. Each foil is a full character, BUT most are an existing character in the lore which makes it a soduku puzzle.

JinKee
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Your videos changed my life. I’m an aspiring writer and Iv been stuck for years. I felt like the story that I’m writing and building feels just meh, even if I grind it to a finish, it will still fundamentally be a bad story. But after I watched your analysis, I know what to work on and how to work on them. Writing a novel is different to screen writing but still, it helps so much with characterization, pacing and story structure.

Also, equipment really doesn’t matter. You just need paper and pen.

junhaozhang
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Something you noticed correctly in the mirco is that the writers clearly also were animators. When they write an scene, they make sure there are things told by the animations without words. And pictures tell more then world. No naration of the zaunites killing on the bridge: There were no words. This provides an level of efficiency many movies lack were the writing comes first, and the rest has to fit in.

lompeluiten
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A bit late to join the discussion but... I've discovered Arcane not long ago and have watched it all last week, and I loved it so much (probably my all-time favorite show) I had to watch more videos on it. Found your channel two days ago, and I've just finished watching the 80+ videos on your season 1 playlist. It was mind blowing: it opened a whole new world behind the surface I didn't even imagine, enriching the show with much more significance, richness and depth.
This video was by far my favorite one, as it made me (partially) understand what is it that makes Arcane so good. I also loved the personal suggestions in the end, as I did with the story of Typhoon in the Ekko video and with general naked-butt in the morality one.
Now I'm heading towards the playlist of the second season, and after that I'm surely going to rewatch all of Arcane to capture every detail I missed and you highlighted.
Thank you so much for your work!

jacopozoletto
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Dude, I love the full cup thing you said at the beginning. You can succeed with having only one part be great and others be good or okay, but if there's anything bad it can ruin the whole thing. "It only takes a little bit of shit to ruin a perfectly good bowl of ice cream."

The part where you describe how the show uses overlapping to connect everything is blowing my mind right now.

Thank you for the part where you said "Geniuses with genius problems and idiots with idiot problems" and showed the same clip of Jayce for both. (13:51)

The inspirational messages at the latter part of the video really hit home for me. It is such good advice, and I am really happy that you've had this success through just pushing to do something and finding your way as you go. I have the same phone as you btw, so I have no excuse for not making content anymore, whatever that might be. You're doing great work

craig
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The bunny video was great and enriched my appreciation of a number of scenes.

j.f.fisher
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when he was saying "...both young scientists, but one is from piltover and one is from zaun."
I was like:
"thats intersectionality...OMG"
that is soooo cool
all the characters stand at intersections between the different dimensions they exist in the society.
In arcane that is class, origin, education, occupation. and more
In our world that is gender, race, age, class, origin, and more.
real

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