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  • Comment: I'm inclined to agree with the last reviewer, right now all the notability seems to come from The Backrooms. The Streamy Award helps but doesn't exactly meet notability. It might be WP:TOOSOON until either the film or another of his works gets more notability. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: After checking all the sources, I believe that "The Backrooms" series may be the notable thing here and that already has a page of sorts. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 07:15, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Kane Parsons
Personal information
Born (2005-06-18) June 18, 2005 (age 19)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTuber • filmmaker • musician
YouTube information
Also known asKane Pixels
Channel
Years active2015-present
GenreFilm
Subscribers2.35 million[1]
(February, 2024)
Total views219.7 million[1]
(February, 2024)
Contents are inEnglish
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: February 2024

Kane Parsons (born June 18, 2005), known online as Kane Pixels, is an American YouTuber, filmmaker and musician known for his web series Backrooms based on the online fiction of the same name.

At 16, Parsons published The Backrooms (Found Footage), which would go viral and be expanded into a series. A film adaptation of the shorts was announced by A24 to be in development in 2023.

Life and early career

Kane Parsons was born on June 18, 2005. He lives in Northern California.[2][3]

Parsons credits his purchase of Adobe After Effects in late 2017 for his growth in video production. He used After Effects' built in rendering engine to create 3D scenes, before eventually acquiring Blender during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parsons notes the video game series Portal as being an inspiration for his work.[4]

Works

The Backrooms

Parsons began work on The Backrooms (Found Footage) in the winter of 2021 and uploaded the video on January 7, 2022. The short went viral, receiving critical acclaim. Parsons created the video using Blender and Adobe After Effects.[5]

The video would serve as the catalyst for a web series, which revolves around the fictional Async Research Institute, who discovers the Backrooms (in universe referred to as the Complex), and attempts to research it. The events of the series are mostly presented in the form of VHS tapes as found footage.[6][7] Parsons received a Streamy Creator Honors award from MatPat for his work on the series.[8]

The Backrooms (Found Footage) was the 7th most viewed YouTube video released of 2022, standing at over 55 56 views as of March 2024.[9][10]

Film adaptation

After publishing The Backrooms (Found Footage), Parsons was approached by several studios for a feature-length adaptation. A24, who successfully bid on the film, announced that the project was in works in February 2023.[11] Parsons is set to direct. Shawn Levy of 21 Laps Entertainment and James Wan of Atomic Monster are set to produce, with Roberto Patino writing the screenplay.[12][13][14][15][16]

Attack on Titan

In 2021, Parsons adapted the anime and manga series Attack on Titan into six animated shorts. The videos present events from the series in the form of historical footage akin to war photography from the early 20th century. The videos were praised by fans of the original series for its horror elements and remaining faithful to the original series.[12] The videos have a total of 42 million views as of February 2024.[17]

The Oldest View

On October 8 2023, Parsons uploaded the third installment to his series The Oldest View. The video, titled The Rolling Giant (The Oldest View Part 3), centers around a vlog by a YouTuber named Wyatt. In the video, he explores an underground tunnel leading down to an underground mall. There, he stumbles across a wheeled statue that pursues him throughout the video.[18][19][20]

Discography

Albums

  • Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 1 (2022)
  • Backrooms (Original Score), Vol. 2 (2023)
  • Daemon (2023)
  • It's All Happening (2023)

Singles and EPs

  • Everything (2022)
  • Halogen (2022)
  • Sailing (2023)

References

  1. ^ a b "About Kane Pixels". YouTube.
  2. ^ "How to 'No-Clip' Reality and Arrive in the Backrooms". WIRED. July 10, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Raup, Jordan (February 7, 2023). "17-Year-Old Kane Parsons' Directorial Debut Based on His Viral Series The Backrooms Gets Backing from A24 and James Wan". thefilmstage.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ^ An Interview with the Backrooms Mastermind - Kane Pixels, retrieved October 25, 2023 – via YouTube
  5. ^ Lloyd, Andrew (March 29, 2022). "The Backrooms: How a Creepy Office Photo Became an Internet Bogeyman". Vice. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Dobuski, Michael (November 5, 2022). "The Backrooms: Horror storytelling goes online". ABC News. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "Teenage creator Kane Parsons will direct a Backrooms horror movie". Tubefilter. February 9, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  8. ^ Tinoco, Armando (December 5, 2022). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2022 Winners List: Charli D'Amelio, MissDarcei, MrBeast & Cooking With Lynja Among Victors". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Google Shows Off the 10 Most-Watched YouTube Vids for 2022". Gizmodo. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ^ The Backrooms (Found Footage), retrieved November 28, 2023
  11. ^ Mills, Jack. "The Backrooms: how Kane Parsons turned creepypasta into cinema". Dazed. Dazed. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "'The Backrooms': A24 Developing Feature Based On Viral Horror Shorts". deadline.com. February 6, 2023. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  13. ^ Squires, John (February 6, 2023). "'The Backrooms' – Viral Shorts from Kane Parsons Getting a Feature Film from A24 and James Wan". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  14. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (February 7, 2023). "17-year-old to helm A24 horror movie". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  15. ^ Williamson, Samuel (January 12, 2024). "This Series of Horror Shorts Led to an 18-Year-Old Getting His Own A24 Film". Collider. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  16. ^ Barker, Stephen (January 25, 2024). "The Backrooms Movie Confirmed: Everything We Know About A24's Upcoming Horror Film". ScreenRant. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  17. ^ "Attack on Titan - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  18. ^ "The Oldest View (2023)". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  19. ^ The Rolling Giant (The Oldest View Part 3), retrieved November 29, 2023
  20. ^ Yamato, Jen (October 26, 2023). "Demons, killer sloths, analog terror: The 13 best new horror movies to stream this Halloween". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 8, 2023.

Kane Pixels
Born
Kane Parsons

2005 (age 18–19)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Known forShort films on YouTube
Notable workBackrooms (2022–present)

Kane Parsons (born 2005), known online as Kane Pixels, is an American animator and filmmaker known best for his found footage short films on YouTube. When Parsons was 16, his 2022 short film based on an online urban legend known as the Backrooms went viral. Supported by an eager fanbase, Parsons expanded the short into a web series, earning him millions of views and popularizing the Backrooms. In 2023, A24 hired Parsons to direct a film adaptation of the series.

Inspired by liminal spaces and vague, dream-like memories, Parsons uses the software Blender to create atmospheric horror. His other work includes shorts based on Attack on Titan and another found footage series called The Oldest View.

Career

Kane Parsons created his YouTube channel in 2015.[1] Under the screen name "Kane Pixels",[2] teenage Kane Parsons started uploading short films on YouTube in the style of found footage horror.[3] In 2021,[4]: 1:09  Parsons recreated scenes from the anime series Attack on Titan to look like old archival war footage.[2]

Backrooms

Main article: Backrooms (web series)

On January 7, 2022, 16-year-old Parsons uploaded a short film based on the Backrooms, an online horror story which originated in 2019. The Backrooms is an impossibly large extradimensional space consisting entirely of "randomly segmented empty rooms". People are apparently transported there when falling out of reality in certain areas.[3] Parsons' film "The Backrooms (Found Footage)" is animated from the point of view of a teenager who is trapped in the Backrooms. Desperately searching for an exit, he slowly discovers that a mangled monster lurks there with him, culminating in a sudden chase sequence.[3] The short went viral, garnering millions of views. A few journalists, mostly from niche websites such as Dread Central, reviewed the video and praised it as effective atmospheric horror,[5][6][7][8] a "cunningly slow build" in tension.[9] In December, it was revealed to be the seventh-most watched video of 2022, with 42 million views.[10][a]

The short film's success, Kotaku contributor John Walker asserted, lifted the Backrooms from obscurity and ignited the concept's unexpected popularity in video games and social media. To support his point, Walker pointed out that while four Backrooms games were released on Steam from 2019 to 2022, at least 41 came out in 2022.[9] Encouraged by the attention, Kane Parsons expanded the video into a Backrooms web series. One of its connecting threads is ASYNC, a secretive organization which created a portal to the Backrooms in the 1980s.[11] It sends researchers into the ever-perplexing and hostile area to explore and build bases within it,[9] while also dealing with the politics of the U.S. Government.[11] Backrooms now has 16 installments, while other series from creators unaffiliated with Parsons have emerged.[12] View counts number in the tens of millions.[11] During the 12th Streamy Awards, MatPat accorded to Parsons a "Creator Honors", a way for past awardees to recognize creators they have noticed.[13]

Parsons stumbled upon the original Backrooms story by chance.[11] In a 2023 interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla—his first in-person—[4]: 0:48  he claimed he was completely unaware of the online community surrounding the Backrooms, and was surprised to find angry comments from a minority who disagreed with his take on the concept.[4]: 2:57  However, in March 2024, Parsons told Dazed that he came up with his version after seeing the then-deteriorating quality of Backrooms content. He remains largely uninterested with the overwhelming amount of fan-created lore, preferring instead to expand on his own story. He also told Dazed he still plans to continue Backrooms. At the time, Parsons had 2.88 million subscribers.[3]

After "The Backrooms (Found Footage)" went viral, Parsons was approached by studios to adapt it. He initially pitched a potential adaptation as a comic book–style serialization.[3] On February 6, 2023, A24 announced that they are working on a film adaptation of Backrooms directed by Parsons,[1] making him A24's youngest director.[3] Roberto Patino is set to write the screenplay, while James Wan, Atomic Monster's Michael Clear, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine of 21 Laps are set to produce.[1]

The Oldest View

After Backrooms, Parsons began working on another found footage web series in 2023. Through four loosely connected short films, The Oldest View follows an online content creator who discovers a Lovecraftian subterranean complex. It carries a similar ambience to Backrooms, with slow, deliberate pacing designed to instill dread and tension.[14][15] Los Angeles Times staff writer Jen Yamato listed the series on her Halloween film recommendations, describing it as the most discussed horror film of the season.[16]

Artistry and influences

A self-taught animator, Parsons uses the animation software Blender and edits with Adobe After Effects.[17] His influences for Backrooms include liminal spaces, the environmental horror of Portal 2 (2011)'s near-empty labyrinthine salt mines, a game from his childhood,[2] and nostalgic but noncommittal memories, like brief glimpses of photos from the 1990s and 2000s: "The flash is always on, the lighting is gross looking, there's yellow walls, the white balance is all off."[17]

Personal life

Born in 2005,[b] Parsons is based in Northern California. Not much is known about his personal life; he was still in high school when A24 announced he was directing a film.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ This figure did not count music videos, which were measured separately.
  2. ^ Birth year based on Parsons' age as stated in the articles Mills (2024) and Williamson (2023), two to three months apart.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Grobar, Matt (February 6, 2023). "'The Backrooms' Horror Film Based On Viral Shorts By 17-Year-Old Kane Parsons In Works At A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin & 21 Laps". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Dennison, Kara (February 7, 2022). "See Attack on Titan Through the Eyes of Backrooms Director Kane Pixels". Otaku USA. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Mills, Jack (March 7, 2024). "The Backrooms: how Kane Parsons turned creepypasta into cinema". Dazed. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Parsons, Kane (May 20, 2023). I spent a day with BACKROOMS CREATOR KANE PIXELS (Interview). Anthony Padilla – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Russell, Erica (January 17, 2022). "'The Backrooms' Viral Horror Short Explained". WPST. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022.
  6. ^ McAndrews, Mary Beth (January 14, 2022). "'The Backrooms' Is A Found Footage Nightmare Freaking Out The Internet". Dread Central. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022.
  7. ^ Anderson, Kyle (March 22, 2022). "TERRIFYING BACKROOMS SHORT FILM IS ALSO SUPER IMPRESSIVE". Nerdist. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Beschizza, Rob (February 1, 2022). "Explore The Backrooms in this short found-footage horror flick". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Walker, John (April 4, 2023). "The 4Chan Creepypasta That's Taking Over The World (And You May Not Even Realize It)". Kotaku. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "Google Shows Off the 10 Most-Watched YouTube Vids for 2022". Gizmodo. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d Dobuski, Michael (November 6, 2022). "The Backrooms: Horror storytelling goes online". ABC News. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  12. ^ Burton, Carson (February 7, 2023). "YouTube Horror Series The Backrooms Is Getting Turned Into a Feature Film". IGN. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  13. ^ Grein, Paul (December 4, 2022). "Mark Rober, MrBeast Win Big at 2022 YouTube Streamy Awards (Full Winners List)". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  14. ^ Hall, Jacob (November 29, 2023). "The Scariest Movie Of 2023 Isn't In Theaters – It's On YouTube". IndieWire. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  15. ^ Williamson, Samuel (December 24, 2023). "2023's Creepiest Horror Release Is a 12-Minute Short Film". Collider. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  16. ^ Yamato, Jen (October 26, 2023). "Demons, killer sloths, analog terror: The 13 best new horror movies to stream this Halloween". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  17. ^ a b Lloyd, Andrew (March 29, 2022). "The Backrooms: How a Creepy Office Photo Became an Internet Bogeyman". Vice. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

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