This is my favorite TV show. Every episode feels like a movie.

Season 4 is a magnum opus for cinematography !

Criminally underrated show.

I discovered how Mr Robot just isn't for everybody, I recommended it to so many people and literally nobody even finished the first season, they got "bored". It's sad, but maybe this level of beauty and complexity can be too much for some people to even appreciate.

No one talks about this show, it is so good and Idk how people don't talk about it more!

This channel is criminaly underrated

this series went from great to a masterpiece - the finale is superb

I disagree that the framing adds comfort. If anything I think it adds a note of claustrophobia, or paranoia. All the empty space never seems right, because it's not conventional we always think something is wrong which makes us (the viewer) more anxious. I think it makes the viewer feel more like a voyeur, that we are in the empty space secretly watching.

rami looks like a hexagon bless him

This show deserves SO much more recognition

I think the cinematography accomplishes more than what you said. Two more things to be precise. One, it helps drive in the mind of the viewer the broken psychic of Elliot. This is achieved exactly through weird framing, broken framing. Secondly, all these shots where the characters are framed in the corner actually expands our field of vision and makes everything look deeper and more real while simultaneously hammering a constant "This isn't right" feeling. Your eyes are instinctively drawn to the face and the landscape behind that face is forced in your peripheral view which accomplishes all of the above.

Mr. Robot is such an anomaly considering how garbage the other shows on USANetwork are.

The cinematography and framing in this show is unlike any other I've ever seen in my life! I've never seen a show/movie that consistently places character's heads down in the bottom corner of a screen the way Mr Robot does. It's incredible.

Please, now that the show has come to an end, I would really love to hear you talk about it again.

Reading the comments on this video it looks like people were generally displeased with season 2 which for the life of me I can't comprehend. Season 2 was a completely breathtaking spectacle to anybody who has more than just passing interest in the series at all. I see people saying the same thing about the later seasons of Breaking Bad, which in my opinion were the most important and most wisely directed, so I guess u can't rely on popular opinion for an objective, profound artistic review.

Amazing work man!

I feel the framing of almost every scene shows the uncertainity of that particular character and the situation they're in. The emptiness in the framing represents the void in the character's head because of not exactly knowing what's happening. IMO cheers! great work :)

Don't worry. Season 2 is amazing as well. However, if you are looking for a conventional mode of storytelling (intro, problem, climax, solution, conclusion each episode) and speed -- you will not find that in Season 2. S2 drove me bonkers and got me irritated at first because I had been used to something else for so long while watching television shows. I expected the usual; but this show is anything but the usual, because it is trying to communicate ideas that scurry beneath our conscious minds, but ideas that we are too afraid to unearth and confess to. Only when I realized that truth did I finally come to appreciate all of Season 2 for what it was. The cinematography was still amazing in S2 and the entire season arch is meant to be a character development of Elliot and society at large (whom Elliot is symbolically representing). I hope you enjoy it and catch up before S3 begins to air! Again great video and great analysis!

God I love Mr.Robot

You absolutely have got to see season 2, the cinematography evolves SO much in the second season, every episode gave me at least one scene that just left me breathless. truly impressive work from Sam Esmail, dramatically as well as cinematographically, can't wait for season 3!!!

I'll never say it's underrated, I'm just sure it's a masterpiece

Pretty much perfect show. Everything you're just like "why is this here?" in S1 pays off in S2 and the S2 twist is awesome as well.

Spoilers: They stuck the landing and the series ends really well IMO.

3:55 - 4:06 This was one of the best camera shot in season 1. It's original a bit longer than in this video and at the end of the shot the title "Mr. Robot created by Sam Esmail" in red pops up. The zoom out, the light, the contrast, the frame - everything perfect.

Season 2 was initially troublesome but Season 3 acted as the payoff for what happened before so I think going through Season 2 was definitely worth it

I watched the show and since I did, I refuse watch anything else. I am so obsessed with this lovely masterpiece.

I love this show so fucking much. In my opinion, this beat Breaking Bad on my number one list. Mr. Robot’s tone is so immersive that it’s scary and relatable. How one idea can turn to shit.

About 6 months back I was binge-rewatching Mr. Robot, and during/immediately after that I fell into one of the worst depressive periods I've had for quite a while. I get bouts of unexplainable, unpredictable anxiety riddled with panic attacks that last for maybe 3-5 days before promptly vanishing, and I've never had one since that felt quite so cut off from reality and filled with despair and a sense of pointlessness like the one I had with Mr. Robot fresh on my mind. I don't know how much of that came from the show, but I feel like it definitely got to me on a psychological level in a way that very few, if any other tv show or movies ever has. For that period, the only song I could listen to was the instrumental of Daydreamin' that's played in the first episode of season 2. Everything else just grated, but I could have that on repeat. Basically, I think it's a very intense piece of television and the cinematography definitely plays a great part in making it what it is.

Definitely one of the best TV series I have seen in my life. I don't watch a lot of movies or series anymore because I find them repetitive and boring but Mr. Robot brought completely fresh style in amazing way with things like plot, acting, cinematography and sound design.

I'm so glad I finally found a video talking about Mr. Robot's cinematography! I've always found it so different yet interesting and love the style, particularly how they frame headshots ( the heads at the lower portion of the screen usually cut off by the neck or upper torso and the rest of the screen taken up by the environment such as a wall etc) Great video!

I need another video on this show after the finale!! Absolutely moving and I’d love to hear your thoughts about it

Still my fave tv show. I love everything about mr. robot.

This is one of the best shows ive ever seen thsnks btw explaining about the cinamatography of the show

this channel, imo, is one of the most interesting and underrated shows on the internet. you're killing it! so mad that you don't have more subscribers. your video essays are fantastic and edited beautifully.

I didn't realize it until now but the color theme, his bulbous eyes, and the cinematography are what drew me in.

I missed this show when it first came out, i came at the end of season 2 and binged watched the whole thing in like 3 days. The first thing I truly noticed was the lack of using the rule of thirds and i loved that. It’s like they want you to focus on the main characters and their lives but also look around and see how the rest of the city is affected by their actions.

Mr. Robot isn't underrated, it's adored. :-)

I was fortunate enough to see this first hand being hired to be part of the show since season 2. It was fun to see things get changed up last minute and still work out in the final product. For the most part, you are supposed to be there with Elliot and it is brought forth when he breaks the wall and starts talking to the viewer as if they were right there with him.

Outstanding show! Thanks for this analysis =)

This popped up in my recommandations, while waiting in an airport (because of a flight delayed) and for once, pretty good recommandation KZfaq algorithm overlord ! I love Mr Robot, and this video is great, I think you captured the essence of this part of the show and is well explained to those more about cyber security than framing and cinematography (which is my case) Just subbed and am going to watch what you've already uploaded

thanks for helping me understand just why I love this show so. damn. much.

beautifully written essay :) loved this

My first time watching a video from this channel, thanks man. As a budding but dedicated hobby photographer and a longtime and dedicated Mr Robot fan, this video was so enjoyable. Gonna check out your channel page now.

beautiful!

The show really influenced me and my last two years of high school it helped me kind of just try to be myself instead of trying to pretend, I got to give the show credit for helping me try to be me

Quadrant framing was the reason I loved mr robot even more.

Awesome Video Essay! Mr. Robot is one of the few shows where I could just watch large parts of it without the audio and just be mesmerised by the cinematography, framing, and context given just by the scene. Love the show and can't want for Season 3.

i binged watchwed mr. robot just so i could watch these videos without any spoilers :)

So good. Love ya man, this was really well put.

great video!!! I've always appreciated Mr. Robot's cinematography. I thought it was unique and special, and yeah it does convey a feeling. I've always wondered what kind or what type of framing they follow and how it sets up the mood.

okay i know this show is pure fire and i even bought the first season a while back but i never got myself to watch it to the end. now i stumbled upon this video but i can't watch this before i've seen the season because i don't want any spoilers. so i'm going to watch that season now, when i should really be going to bed. thanks dude

Great video. I don't know much about cinematogrophy myself, yet what you said made perfect sense. I've watched this show twice already, it definitly is one of my favorites. The way Mr. Robot is framed didn't even seem unusual to me when I first watched it, but I remember that I was HOOKED on the show, I guess the way it was framed is one reason for that for sure. thanks for sharing.

most iconic tv series, i fucking love this show

I also love the fact that the show sometimes uses wide shots... like the one in season 3 (spoiler alert) of the shooting in the diner where Cisco gets killed... that was pure wonderful cinematography! I like this show very much, both for his contents, and for the amazing way it’s done... And of course for Elliot’s characterisation

It definately is the best fucking series I have ever watched!

It broke every rule of composition and cinematography and made it compelling. Loved it!

Thanks for this video. Very well done! I'm kind of obsessed with Mr. Robot.

so true. the show is so underrated but amazing :'( so is your channel. love the video keep making more

Make another episode about the whole show!

Season 3 will blow your mind

The Leftovers next, please?

Look at this five-year-old gem I just found. immediate follow the way you mentioned Breaking Bad, Louie and Mr. Robot all right in the world like that. I didn't necessarily consciously love them for their cinematography. But 3 truly great shows all around

Nicely done, love your work.

we need an update before s4 comes out, i love your content Karsten & mr robot

I binge watched all three seasons of this show in three days bc that’s how good this show is

Underrated channel. You deserve my subscription

Awesome video! I can name a few shows with great cinematography as in the following Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Black Mirror, or recently Handmaid's Tale, but the cinematography in Mr. Robot has a special place that feels sometimes emotional and a psychological piece set in the real world of hacking and Cyber Security.

Good analysis - thanks!

what a beautiful way to narrate Mr Robot.

Love this show from Brazil

This show is a masterpiece

i just finished this series with my bf it was such an amazing show loved all of it and the story that was elliot

Great video. Did you ever finish the show? Final season just ended. One of my favorite shows ever

I actually thought the framing had less to do with the inclusion or focus on society, and more about framing the characters as "outsiders" to society. You can make an animated film like Ghost in the Shell or a sequel like Blade Runner: 2049 and interject many quiet scenes of the world around the characters to include society and the world as a major theme. You don't need the off-kilter framing of Mr. Robot to do that. The framing is about creating an uneasy tone, and about painting the characters as unstable outsiders. The entire show is about what it's like to feel like an outsider but still hold onto the connections and relationships that keep us apart of it. The main character is fighting with this question all the time. Destroy society as an outsider or protect society because of his love for the people inside of it. Everyone considers themselves an outsider in this show as well, even the FBI agent investigating them. (though that character introduction doesn't come until season 2) The framing is also about tone. But breaking the convention of the comfortable rules of thirds, it gives the viewer a sense of unease. That something is "off". And in this world, everything is off, everything is off-balance, and things are always about to be flipped upside down. It's a sense that nothing is stable.

Amazing video. Subscribed and filled my watch later list with your videos for when I have some free time!

very insightful, thank you.

2:54 While this makes sense, episode 1 was made by a completely different cinematographer that the rest of the series. While talking about it, the current one said that that in job interviews people usually ask if he's able to replicate a look of a different show, but this time he replied "Mr. Robot will be the show others want to replicate".

Great work man, you should watch Westworld, the cinematography is amazing

Okay, you got me! I am gonna watch Mr. Robot! I had my eye on it for so long, but never got myself to get interested, due to me not knowing anything about cyber hacking aswell!

Great video. Keep up the good work.

Season 2 is as good as season 1. It's awesome!

Great vid, man!

You just earned yourself another subscriber!

This is a well done review

and now we got an episode that felt like a single take(it was well edited to make it feel like it.Pretty smart)

Fascinating

Cinematography in Hannibal show is brilliant

I love these videos, could you make a list of great television shows to watch?

Make again this please... your video is so good ❣️❤️

Very interesting video. I like your argument that the city/society is a character, but I think the intention of the framing is that WE are a character. Elliot addresses us in his internal narrative. We are his "imaginary friend" that he talks things out with. As another commenter noted "it makes the viewer feel more like a voyeur, that we are in the empty space secretly watching." I know you haven't seen the second season yet, but there's a scene where elliot addresses "you" (us) and asks "Can you see it?" Then the camera pans around the room as if we are in the world, looking around. The framing throughout the show accomplishes a feat of both immersing us in the world by making us a character, and also making us aware of the fact that we are watching, that we are an audience being addressed.

The way he positions characters on the screen during scenes is going to make this reavealnso awasome....tee..hee.hee

Please review season 2 and 3! You’re the best!

Amazing video! Also, the song is also in a cool indie game called Neo Cab :D

Good vid. Great style. Thanx. - M.C. Carstens

This aged well. Good insight !

you are amazing!

Very underrated show I just started watching 2 months ago from seeing the ads for the final season I’m caught up already and I’m pissed lol

Season 4 cinematography is top notch

Dude, you should check out Hannibal, another genuinely brilliant but underrated show.

Great video.