{"id":116375,"date":"2020-11-20T15:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-netflixs-the-queens-gambit-makes-chess-feel-thrilling\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T12:16:37","slug":"how-netflixs-the-queens-gambit-makes-chess-feel-thrilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-netflixs-the-queens-gambit-makes-chess-feel-thrilling\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;The Queen&#8217;s Gambit&#8217; Makes Chess Feel Thrilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fcdded8ead\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fcdded8ead\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-netflixs-the-queens-gambit-makes-chess-feel-thrilling\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-netflixs-the-queens-gambit-makes-chess-feel-thrilling\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;The Queen&#8217;s Gambit&#8217; Makes Chess Feel Thrilling<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-6f00726e-27c0-4c3f-977d-0d878230e87b\"><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video about how the Netflix mini<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u2018The Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019 dramatizes chess.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>You know you\u2019re watching a good piece of content when it makes you care about something that didn\u2019t previously excite you.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I do not know the first thing about football. Even if my life depended on it, I could not tell you a single rule, position, or team. But my lack of knowledge doesn\u2019t keep me from enjoying the hell out of <em>Brian\u2019s Song<\/em> and <em>Friday Night Lights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of that is, fundamentally, most football movies aren\u2019t really about football. They\u2019re about more empathetic and universal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s. Like teamwork, personal growth, and being destructively competitive. And because of this, the audience feels like they have an emotional stake in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for <em><strong>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/strong><\/em>, a Netflix Original about chess that isn\u2019t <em>really <\/em>about chess. Based on Walter Tevis\u2019 1983 novel of the same name, the miniseries follows an orphan named Beth (<strong>Anya Taylor-Joy<\/strong>) as she navigates the male-dominated world of elite chess and struggles with substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below underlines, chess basically mimics one of the most cinematic things imaginable. Fundamentally, it\u2019s two people in conflict, sitting across from each other having a conversation. However, what is actually happening on the chessboard doesn\u2019t always translate on-screen. <\/p>\n<p>This video essay focuses on the climactic chess game in the series\u2019 second episode between Beth and Harry Beltik (<strong>Harry Melling<\/strong>). Without much dialogue, the scene relies instead on elements like physical performance, cinematography, and sound design to create conflict and communicate stakes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-e541a95a-199d-4122-b78b-2c914720e5df\">Watch \u201c<strong>Queen\u2019s Gambit: Creating Conflict Without Words \u2013 Scene Breakdown\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Create Conflict Without Dialogue\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLS0vzockMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"block-2db4b785-6b87-4022-8b34-6427a91b3c9c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-179f886d-6774-4450-838c-e8ce21d0a808\">This video essay was created by Virginia-based filmmaker and video editor\u00a0<strong>Thomas Flight<\/strong>, who runs a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel under the same name. You can follow Thomas Flight and check out his back catalog of video essays on YouTube\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/thecreativesidetv\/videos\">here<\/a>. You can follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasflight\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-fb48aa76-d6f3-4b98-84ac-4c8f6a6f4b25\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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