# "when a youtuber shares their secret sauce" with Danny Boyd from CinemaStix
Danny Boyd of CinemaStix sits down with Max to explain why the algorithm isn't *that* complicated, the art behind a funky title/thumbnail combo, and how to dance with the DMCA.
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# Show Notes
## Welcome
- [when you realize you've been watching the cropped version this whole time (*Batman: The Mask of Phantasm*)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gty5r6ksFU8)
- [yep, turns out the movie still works without all the exposition (*The Bourne Identity*)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdcSFsQRsnc)
- [Every Frame a Painting](https://www.youtube.com/@everyframeapainting/)
## The Last Movie Danny Watched
- [*Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning* | The Biggest Stunt in Cinema History](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-lsFs2615gw)
- [Henry Cavill's Mustache](https://www.slashfilm.com/1714704/henry-cavill-mustache-mission-impossible-3-million-problem/)
## Every Frame a Painting and Influence
- [[Return of the King and Queen]]
- [[The Second – A Short Film by Every Frame a Painting]]
- [when the director dabbles in some color theory (*Baby Driver*)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tm_AVxUTu-Q)
- [Radiolab](https://radiolab.org)
## The CinemaStix Timeline
- [From the director of CinemaStix: May Edition](https://public.hey.com/p/P7hh7uTv33t7oXMaa82mpdKa)
- [[Celebrating 15 Years of Podcasting]]
- [Penny Voxel](https://www.youtube.com/@pennyvoxel961)
## Building a Runway
- [Nerdwriter](https://www.youtube.com/@Nerdwriter1)
- [Max Roberts Essays](https://www.youtube.com/@MaxRobertsEssays)
- [[MFP33 - "The Knowledge of Fire" with Brian Henken]]
- [From the director of CinemaStix: April Edition](https://public.hey.com/p/ehGX886wzZGhAj1GYR5GwAaL)
- [[MFP31 - “The Release Date of this House” with Coury Carlson]]
## Titles and Thumbnails
- [when you find a way to dance in every movie you're in (Sam Rockwell)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oLuDf_PIWQ0)
- [CinemaStix Videos](https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaStix/videos)
- [when the sequel surpasses the original (*Spider-Man 2*)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lCVYDrtecDY)
## Presenting Art
- *[Things Become Other Things](https://craigmod.com/books/things_become_other_things/)* by Craig Mod
- [*The Lord of the Rings* Extended Edition Marathon in 2012](https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/22341-us-cinemas-showing-the-lord-of-the-rings-extended-edition-marathon-december-8th-and-9th/)
- [Marvel's 60-hour Marathon before *Endgame*](https://www.vox.com/2019/4/2/18292147/avengers-endgame-marathon-tickets)
## DMCA Dance
- [man they really didn't want me showing you this one (Charlie Chaplin)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7HSIWfPTSMM)
- [Why HBO's The Last of Us is a Failure of Adaptation](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JUC3FqBoIcY) by Writing on Games
- [*Iron Sky* by Paolo Nutini](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ELKbtFljucQ)
- [bro, they had to know they were giving us one of the greatest characters in movie history (Aragorn)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TxqhlKKFtq0)
- [Nebula](https://nebula.tv)
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