The Take (YouTube channel)

The Take (previously named ScreenPrism) is a YouTube channel and media company. Co-founded and hosted by Yale University alumni Susannah McCullough and Debra Minoff, The Take produces video essays analyzing film, television and popular culture at large.^[2][3][4] As of September 2021, The Take's Youtube channel has over 1.3 million subscribers and over 270 million video views.^[5]

The Take
Website	the-take.com
YouTube information
Channel	The Take
Years active	2016–present
Genre	Video essay
Subscribers	1.40 million^[1] (September 2021)
Total views	318.55 million^[1] (September 2021)
Last updated: 14 Jul 2022

The Take is known for its "All the Tropes" series, a collection of video essays dissecting character tropes including the "cool girl", the "smart girl", the child prodigy, the white savior and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} The Take has also created the video series The Takeaway with Amazon Prime Video, the series Take Two in collaboration with Netflix, and produced a series of Oscar videos for Entertainment Weekly.^{[11][12][13][14]}

The Take's video on Breaking Bad's Walter White was listed by Film School Rejects as one of 2018's best video essays.^[15] "Parasite, Ending Explained: Stairway to Nowhere" was named among the top video essays of 2020 by No Film School.^[16] The Take’s video essays have also received coverage from The Mary Sue, Bustle and The A.V. Club.^[17][18][7]

See also

• BuzzFeed (A comparable YouTube channel accused of Network Decay for similar reasons)

References

1. "About The Take". YouTube.
2. Shotwell, Alyssa (March 16, 2019). "LIST: 10 women you should be watching on YouTube". Playbuzz. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
3. "Five New York Tech Companies to Watch (March 2018)". Tech:NYC. March 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
4. "ScreenPrism Rebrands as "The Take," Bringing Film, TV and Pop Culture Analysis to Millions". Benzinga. March 13, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
5. "The Take - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
6. Hellerman, Jason (December 26, 2019). "The 'Cool Girl' Trope: Real Life Fantasy, Screenwriting Nightmare". No Film School. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
7. Ihnat, Gwen (February 4, 2020). "Tracking the evolution of the "smart girl" trope in pop culture". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
8. Chanthavisith, Kayla (September 3, 2021). "20 YouTube Video Essay and Commentary Channels You Should Watch". Her Campus. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
9. Latter, Anaya (November 29, 2020). "Viva the video essay: 10 recommended screen analysis videos on YouTube". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
10. Elderkin, Beth (April 9, 2020). "10 YouTube Essays That'll Broaden Your Pop Culture Education". Gizmodo. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
11. "A Star Is Born's deeper message explained: Don't be 'Shallow'". Entertainment Weekly. February 17, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
12. "Watch: How Alfonso Cuarón brought life to Roma". Entertainment Weekly. February 21, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
13. "The Expanse Season 5 Ending Explained | The Takeaway | Prime Video". YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
14. "Is Rebecca a Love Story? | Take Two | Netflix". YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
15. Shields, Meg (December 13, 2018). "The Best Video Essays of 2018". Film School Rejects. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
16. V Renée (December 30, 2020). "Our Favorite Video Essays of 2020". No Film School. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
17. Weekes, Princess (April 23, 2019). "The #OneMarvelousScene Series Is a Perfect Tribute to the MCU & Video Essays". The Mary Sue. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
18. Ferber, Taylor (March 26, 2019). "This Video Has Actual Evidence To Support An 'Office' Theory That Kelly & Andy Are Soulmates". Bustle. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• YouTube channel