alantutorial (2011 - 2014) *ALL EPISODES*

A series of videos in which Alan Resnick plays a fictionalized version of himself, who is depicted as a reclusive young man obsessed with giving tutorials. As the videos progress, strange things begin happening and Resnick's already-tenuous grip on reality begins slowly slipping.

In the first few videos of the canon, Resnick teaches the viewer how to accomplish various bizarre, often mundane tasks such as filling a small box with dirt and crushing soda cans with wooden planks. In one instance, Resnick's instructions are interrupted by a loud knocking at the door, and in the next video, Resnick appears to have been locked in a closet.

Soon Resnick seems to run out of ideas for new tutorials. To make matters worse, something scary finds its way into his room and gives him spooks, and immediately afterward his beloved blue chair is knocked over. This tragic turn of events deeply upsets Resnick, but he soon finds his motivation again and continues making tutorials.

Things soon go eery again as Resnick begins inexplicably destroying his room and then "locks himself out" of it. Now stranded in the wilderness, Resnick's sanity starts to slip even further. Undeterred, he continues to make tutorials despite his predicament but is eventually captured by an unknown party and locked in a cell where he briefly gives up on tutorials and turns his attention to reporting on news stories. This phase passes quickly, and Resnick resumes making tutorials in exchange for monetary compensation from his unseen captors.

During Resnick's captivity, he is living in a very unhealthy state. His chance of escaping is starting to seem hopeless. The room is covered in waste and trash and Resnick himself is filthy. His videos barely have context anymore other than him talking to himself but in some, you can see an unknown, mangled object spinning in the room during parts of the video.

A ray of hope suddenly appears in Resnick's newest video. He seems to have found some motivation inside himself and in a heroic attempt at freedom, he breaks through the wall of his cell. He is last seen crawling out through the small hole.