While the fast paced editing and tone of these videos are good at seducing the layperson into the looking under the hood of a popular film, they rarely venture beyond the last 30 years of Hollywood film-making.<p>I'd argue that videos like these could actually be kind of destructive to this new generation of 'content creators', as the narrow and populist gamut of films covered may give the impression that Darren Aronofsky created the jump cut and David Fincher was the first to use low-key lighting. That's perfectly fine for the casual hobbyist who just wants to make their Youtube videos better, but most great cinema is part of a dialogue with film history and you really need to dive a bit deeper and develop a personal relationship with the classics of the form.