This just blew my mind because subconsciously I loved every second kingpin was onscreen and I never realised that it was because of the brilliant usage of negative space to literally bleed out of the frame to the point where the cinematography is part of his character design. I'm getting chills just by writing this

I love when video essays are funny and chill. Get bored of vids always trying to be “profound” which makes it end up being boring

"all I'm asking for is, like, 2 tickets for me and a loved one, so I can go watch the movie twice by myself" every time i think there isn't enough time left in this 6-minute video for it to get _even funnier_ you drop a line like this

The way he fits in cars has literally been stuck on my mind for like years now

I love how you mentioned the frame of the train door turning the table on him, instead of controlling the framing he’s now the one being controlled. I always wonder if with shots like that, the animators/storyboarders deliberately think stuff like that through, or if it’s just an ‘instinct’ of sorts that comes from their experience in visual storytelling?

Kingpin's design in this, as you could probably tell, was directly based on Bill Sienkiewicz's brilliant depiction in the 80s graphic novel Daredevil: Love and War. Sienkiewicz's style crosses traditional 70s and 80s painters like Bob Peak and Bernie Fuchs with the bananas style of Ralph Steadman. He combines photo-referenced portraiture with the outrageous caricature that was popular in magazine illustration at the time. That's how he came up with that absurd design, a man who's a wall in an elegant brocaded waistcoat. The film took that idea and reinvented it for the film. I think the black suit was a key change to adapt the idea into the cinematic frame commentary you point out so well. He takes over the frame in almost every shot, until the very end, when he's left hanging in Miles' web, looking small and helpless. Fun Fact #1: The animation style of Kingpin's family flashbacks are designed to look like Sienkiewicz's Love and War painted pages. Fun Fact #2: Vince D'Onofrio's prime influence for his performance was the very image you used in this video, the painting of Kingpin taking up the whole page. There's nothing like an actor to directly connect to the audience's emotional empathy, but animation will always have the edge with artistic expression. If the studios just get out of the artists' way and let them be artistic, instead of using the same style, even the same generic princess character models in every movie.

I've watched a lot of Spiderverse analysis videos because its the movie is just incredible and there is no end to the creativity and genius of the creators. I've never heard anyone else mention this take on Kingpin and I feel like you're so right. Your delivery is clear and funny and I'm looking forward to what you do next.

Did anyone notice that The Spot’s super boosted form in the mumbattan scenes, has his design vaguely look like kingpins’s design. Shapes and scraggly line work aside, the symbolism in how Spot goes from white n black to black n white, specifically a black mass with a white spot for a face, was the first thing I noticed about his visual update, that he’s on some level has a purity to him and he trades that for power in a defining moment, allowing him to not only mimic Kingpin’s power by having a collider created, but having that kind of power at his fingertips and taking it beyond further, regardless of the cost. Emphasizing what I mentioned earlier, the scraggly line work and destabilization of his transforming design. Showing he doesn’t care about controlling his power, he cares about who can he hurt and ruin with it.

The shot of Kingpin in the dark room with blue lighting is my favourite movie shot to EVER be created, for the past five years I’ve been sending it to my mom with inconsistent timing between each occurrence. She hates that image so much. I asked for it to be printed on my birthday cake once, so far no dice but I’ll keep trying. She’s never seen the first Spider-Verse but we saw the second once last week, and SOMEHOW she managed to miss every single moment where Kingpin appeared on screen, either through sheer will or seething hatred for the giant square man. I hope he appears exactly as this in every Spider-Man media of the future.

"If you liked this video, uh... sorry, I don't usually make this kind of content" GOD this guy is funny

The precision and clarity of ITSV's art direction was something I sorely missed watching ATSV. Alberto Mielgo's influence on the first movie cannot be understated (though he didn't design Kingpin, he laid the groundwork for a large chunk of the art direction, most notably the 'Leap of Faith' storyboards). I still enjoyed ATSV, but the first movie, while being less experimental, was so masterful and made perfect use of the right mindblowing effects at the right times.

I always found his design rather goofy, so it was interesting to see a functional purpose for it. Great video!

Kingpin's spine probably looks like a candy cane.

when he’s saying his speech he is blocking out the poster of spider-man behind him

That's a really fantastic take, but that also means such effects are almost impossible to replicate. He is unique. In the sequel, no character is designed in such a way as to occupy the screen and become a framing device. Hobie Brown and Evolved Spot barely meet these standards, the former embodying epilepsy, the latter's power transforming his environment and filling the whole screen with his presence.

I’ve never noticed the subtle intricacies of kingpins framing in the movie. No wonder he had so much presence. Lovely video mate

Your comedic timing is on point 👌🏻 Also the very first time I saw into the spiderverse I absolutely loved how Kingpin’s suit was just an all absorbing black, I think it’s called Venta Black? I like to call it Void Black. Anyways the fact that only the edges of his suit are affected by light really shows how much power he has to the point where even the world around him barely has an effect on him.

Can't believe I never saw anyone talk about his character design before because back when I saw the movie it was one of the things that stood out to me the most. Just brilliant design. Love how fuckin ridiculously huge he is, and in a way that no other medium than animation can get close to portraying a character like that.

It very clever how they make somone were we think looks whacky into something actually dangerous, we might laugh until we see the perspective of the charecters talking to him were it not longer a laughing matter

Okay first off you are HILARIOUS and would thoroughly enjoy to continue watching your videos with this type of content. Secondly, great commentary on Kingpin and his design! You gave me a very new perspective and made me think about the animation in a different, more purposeful way, so THANK YOU!!

Whether you like the story or not, one thing that's undeniable about ITSV is that it's a masterclass in animation and visual storytelling🔥🔥🔥

i love how they took the original king pin, and just went "ok but what if he were LORG" and they just ran with it

i love how they made kingpin just a brick shithouse who loves his family and people loved him anyway

Your use of the soundtrack in this video is SPECTACULAR. Mad respect for the editing here.

Kingpin covering the screen is my favorite moment. I wish there was a mod where we could use him to swing in ps4

Clicked because of the incredibly cool thumbnail, stayed for the fun and chill vibes of the video. I didn't even realize this video was only 6 minutes because it felt so dense and genuinely informative. Great stuff man!

Not only Spiderverse offers endless amazing analysis, but also brings up some real gems like this video

Bro’s legit just an absolute unit of a man and I love it so much

Yes. Absolutely. A literal wall of muscle is peak character design. A wall. 😂

“I am not in the frame skyler, I AM THE FRAME!”

"if you liked this video... uhh..... sorry" really got me

"If you didn't have object permanence this would really fuck you up" Bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Dude, love your humor. Cant wait for a prt 2 for across the spiderverse

Is no one gonna talk about how he perfectly recreated the pointing wojak?? 😭

chonk, menacing, great motive for evil, gotta love kingpin

"he can't be as wide as he needs to be" - aaaalan 2023

This movie had a sort of chaotic humour that reminded of the old days of filthy frank, loved it !

5:00 He's just a little guy™

Yeah, that's a great point about Kingpin in this movie. I don't think I've seen this idea articulated before. ^^

damn I knew this subconsciously but now that you point it out it is so obvious

"No Peak. Only CUBE!"

Straight up, the design took inspiration from a french movie called triplets of bellevedille

u gotta make more animation documentary-like videos this was sick

his briliance is he is allways about the mets

I just like Fisk because he just makes my friends and I laugh because he is just a wall that takes up like half the screen

dude this vid was rad! love the way u put comedy in with actual relevant information. also the short video length is really refreshing from the 30+ minute video essays that overexplain things.

It's all about the Mets, baby. Let's go Mets.

“Two tickets”😂

My man is a walking death cube ☠️

i have a feeling that this video will blow up of views for some reason, good video btw, very interesting and entertaining :P

I was literally just talking about this dude’s design for how unique it was, and when I open youtube, this video is at the top of my recommendations lmao

Now THIS IS an Analysis

Kingpin could work better in video game form than insomniac's if you had a gigantic hulking kingpin and kept the camera centered on him in a boss fight, thats still good the player still is focused on their opponent, and he can still dominate the screen, but not quite to the same literally frame warping effect you describe here.

underrated, make more of this please

He IS the screen.

I know a lot of other people already said it but I laughed so fucking hard at all the jokes. The pacing is hilarious and the point you bring up is such an amazing one!

This is amazing. Also perfect breakdown of visual language. Absolute masterpiece. My favourite part is when you give him lil kissies.

I enjoyed and see why my friends call me Fisk now loool

this man is underrated as fuck

I love your style so much, I laughed out loud multiple times. And I came into this completely unamused, and left smiling. Happily subbing.

hit him up sony

So glad this video popped up in the recommendations and I took a "leap of faith" to watch it! Such a fun way to present an analysis!

Kingpin? More like rectangle

sick breakdown of kingpin, i never really thought of his design like this

While watching this, I also had a thought about the shots where it's literally just Kingpin's face, shirt, and tie. It's a visual representation of his selfishness, his ego. There is nothing around him. A completely black void. At the center is Kingpin himself, alone. Still dominating the frame for sure, but alone. Also, I like your thumbnail for the video. And obviously the video itself. Real good stuff 👍

Oh man! Love when KZfaq recommends small channels like this which end up being gold. You, sir, deserve quite a lot more views and subscribers

i love this so much, such a refreshing and funny way to present a video essay! thanks for the cool vid

He’s just a big guy Great video!

i love this so much this is such a good analysis!

This was a really great analysis! Keep up the good work

heres to hoping this channel grows, good insight. well edited, funny video.

This is a good ass video essay gg

For being outside your comfort zone, this is a fantastic video! The format definitely reminds me of Nakey Jakey but whilst Jake makes me exhale slightly you actually managed to make me chuckle. Your timing and editing is spot on as well, let alone how well you demonstrated your thesis across. Well done and I really hope you’d do more!

I just wanted to say I love your editing in this video, and the kissing of kingpin was really silly (positively)

Really well done video! I enjoyed this a lot and was surprised to see you didn’t have at least 100k subs. You’re gonna go far

This analysis is brilliant you deserve more subscribers please keep it up!

dude you're fucking hilarious, great video!

2:26 "KingPin changes the frame just by existing" hahahahahahhaaha that got me 😂

lol when u actually started talking about kingpin i was cracking up. He IS the frame and when the frame only shows his head amidst a screen of black..you could say he escapes the frame bc his body is in a black suit and ur sitting in a black theater, he's outside the frame he's everwhere!

Waiting eagerly for your Spot video after watching this one

This is my first intro to your Content And now Im Subbed

This video was great but you missed one other thing about Kingpin’s design: he looks like a giant baby. It’s true - babies are bald, fat, and have stubby limbs. How does this reflect Kingpin’s character? Into the Spider-Verse is all about Miles growing up. Miles has to learn from his experiences in order to change. What does Kingpin do in the movie? _He_ refuses to change. He never learns from his mistakes. He blames his own failures on other people. He is willing to risk destroying the multiverse just to satisfy himself. Basically, Kingpin is a manchild.

3:12 beautiful

I hope your channel does insanely well

Very glad I saw this on my recommended, halfway through the video I checked the sub count and was baffled it was only 1k deserves far far more. Very funny and actually good commentary while still keeping it light.

bro you’re so funny, as well as insightful! definitely subscribing and i hope this video helps grow your channel

Great way of pointing out this awesome design!

hey, this video was great! and hilarious! :D while i was watching this movie, i also noticed how in some scenes kingpin takes up like half or even more than half of the whole screen. i thought that was so cool and telling of his character design. amazing video and analysis, thank u :)

I'm glad you used that Technoblade audio at 2:24 Great job of the video. very nice.

👏👏👏👏 SHAKING YOUR HAND SO HARD

Why the hell don’t you have more subscribers??? You’ve gained mine but at least 20th for the effort aswell as the funny

Ohhh i love this video! So enjoyable

big fan of this style of content

This is great. Subscribed

He is the widest man

I said one bad thing about kingpin. One. I got recommended this almost immediately.

Nicolas cage spider man is peak-er character “anything”

great editing bro

Great video bro, enjoyed every minute, the only dominating figure on my screen though was "you" :)

this is beautiful