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Oh Hush! Adobe Introduces a Global Audio Mute Feature to Premiere Plus Other Updates
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (281+ words) Adobe has rolled out updates to several of its top creative apps, including notable improvements to Premiere and After Effects, as well as the introduction of a new global audio mute feature. Adobe Premiere and After Effects Updates Shhhhhhh, you…...
Want to Sell a TV Show? Study Eric Kripke's Original 'The Boys' Pitch
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (633+ words) This is an invaluable tool for people who want to learn how to pitch. If you are currently trying to figure out how to pitch a TV show or build a pitch deck that cuts through the noise of Hollywood…...
95 Years Later, Charlie Chaplin's 'City Lights' Still Holds the Record for Most Retakes of a Single Scene
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (707+ words) It was a pivotal moment in silent film. Some scenes take a few tries. Some take a few more. And then there's Charlie Chaplin, who looked at a three-minute meet-cute and decided 342 takes was what he needed. That's not a…...
5 Movies That Saved Dying Genres
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1159+ words) Sometimes all you need to revive something is a breath of fresh air. So much of many writers' time is spent chasing popular genres to get their specs read and produced. But that can be like swimming upstream against a…...
The Cult Classic That Proved Arnold Schwarzenegger Could Be a Movie Star
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (745+ words) While "The Terminator" introduced audiences to a hulking cinematic force, "Commando" is the action classic that showed that Arnold had what it takes to be a star. In the annals of ultimate action movie history, there are few action stars…...
PTZ Cameras Like the New Hollyland Astra P1 Are Getting Pretty Damn Impressive
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (449+ words) If you've been on the fence about PTZ cameras, then you might want to peep what the new Hollyland Astra P1 has to offer with 30x optical zoom, AI auto-tracking, and UHD 4 K at 60 fps. Hollyland Astra P1 PTZ Camera While it might…...
Film Quote of the Day: The 'Godfather' Line That Redefined the Cost of Going to War
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (679+ words) It's time to go to the mattresses. There are so many all-time great quotes from The Godfather that we could do a whole month on dissecting them all, but today, I want to talk about one that has entered the…...
The Ending of 'Disclosure Day' Explained
1+ day, 59+ min ago (1107+ words) The polarizing Steven Spielberg movie has everyone talking online. Steven Spielberg has released some of the most interesting science fiction movies in history. From Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E. T. to Disclosure Day, these movies get everyone talking and…...
Know Where Your Story Ends Before You Start Writing
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (735+ words) Noah Hawley gives writing advice. Noah Hawley has a resume most writers would kill for. He created Fargo for FX, turned Legion into one of the stranger superhero shows on TV, adapted the Alien franchise for Hulu with Alien: Earth,…...
Film Quote of the Day: The 'Pulp Fiction' Line That Recognized a Simple Truth About Consequences
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (451+ words) "If my answers frighten you, then you should cease asking scary questions." There's something about that Tarantino dialogue that just rattles in our brains and makes us lean toward the movie screen with fervor. I have never seen Pulp Fiction…...