This is the Take. It's where you come to understand more about your favorite movies, shows and culture. Our video essays make the story worlds you enter richer and deeper. Think: Endings Explained, Character Studies, Hidden Messages and Symbols Revealed, Actor and Director Profiles, and more.

In this series, The Take explore overused cliches in movies, TV, and literature, explaining from where these tropes emerged, their development, and their problems.

The Take offer explanations for some of your favourite movies, analysing their place in space and time, detailing their significance.

The Take also offer other series and playlists, including Iconic Female Characters, Toxic Takeaways, Endings Explained, and You Know its This Director IF...


Below is an example from each of the series.