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The Process of Music & Sound Design

The Process of Music & Sound Design

Today we get into the process of music and sound design!

By EL Pobre Profe

The title character played by Michael Cera in the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is a bewildered young man in a constant state of flux. Fittingly, director Edgar Wright pays extra attention to the transitions between the scenes in this mov ...

By EL Pobre Profe

Laws that choke creativity

Laws that choke creativity

Lawrence Lessig has already transformed intellectual-property law with his Creative Commons innovation. Now he's focused on an even bigger problem: The US' broken political system. But first this TED talk.

By ideólogo monofóbico

How To Use Film Titles Creatively

How To Use Film Titles Creatively

Nerdwriter essay about just that.

By EL Pobre Profe

Depth of Field & Storytelling

Depth of Field & Storytelling

Using a shallow depth of field is a powerful tool... but it's important to be aware of the dangers and think about your focus.

By EL Pobre Profe

Tips on Shooting a Black Background

Tips on Shooting a Black Background

Just a few simple steps to getting a great look with a simple black Background.

By EL Pobre Profe

Something from Nothing: Room Tone

Something from Nothing: Room Tone

Why record NOTHING? Well, because you may REALLY need it! I cover the basics of Room Tone, why you need it, how you do it, and how to not do it. THIS MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: Facebook: facebook.com/TheBasicFilmmaker

By EL Pobre Profe

How to Light An Interview for $26

How to Light An Interview for $26

How affordably could we light an interview that is good enough to go on primetime? It can be easy to get lost in all of the toys and tools and forget the basics. When you really understand how your choices add to story, you can often do so so much wi ...

By EL Pobre Profe

How To Make A Clarinet From A Carrot

How To Make A Clarinet From A Carrot

Hippy Hai's post of a TED talk

By EL Pobre Profe

Polyglot Telephone

Polyglot Telephone

Polyglot Telephone / dir. Valeria Lopez / investigates the way meaning is transformed through language translation. Language is a logos that imposes itself on us but at the same time, can only live through us and is modified and transformed by us. ...

By EL Pobre Profe

Production Value - Doc About Zero-Budget Filmmaking

Production Value - Doc About Zero-Budget Filmmaking

Published on Feb 7, 2015 A documentary about a small community of zero-budget filmmakers who make shorts to rival productions from film school crews. This film was screened at NFFTY 2015 in Seattle, Washington.

By EL Pobre Profe

Massive Amounts of Subversive Art

Massive Amounts of Subversive Art

"Well now you can find the others, you don't have to stick a flower in your hair and go to San Francisco. You just go to the Web. Find the others. We all need to create affinity groups which are subsets of the much larger community that we're part of ...

By J. Michael Seyfert

If The Artist Can Not FInd The Way... Then The Way Can Not Be Found

If The Artist Can Not FInd The Way... Then The Way Can Not Be Found

Terence McKenna - You Must Have A Plan

Noam Chomsky on Einsteinism

Noam Chomsky on Einsteinism

Noam Chomsky on Marxism, Listen Carefully And Take His Word for it. Born in Prussia on May 5, 1818, Karl Marx began exploring sociopolitical theories at university among the Young Hegelians. He became a journalist, and his writings would get him e ...

By ideólogo monofóbico

POLITICAL THEORY - Rousseau

POLITICAL THEORY - Rousseau

The 18th century Jean-Jacques Rousseau made the bold claim that modernity and civilization are not improvements; they�ve dragged us from a primitive state of innocence and happiness.

By EL Pobre Profe

Glidecam Tutorial

Glidecam Tutorial

Cal Thomson offers this Glidecam Tutorial: How to operate a Glidecam with your DSLR

By EL Pobre Profe

DIY LED Ring Light - Tira LED

DIY LED Ring Light - Tira LED

99 LED Light Strip : 35 USD<br /> Battery 12V: 1 USD<br /> <br /> www.enriquerodben.com<br /> @enrique_rodben

By EL Pobre Profe

Always look at every angle of the story

Always look at every angle of the story

A very clever piece of advertising aimed at making the viewer look at the wider picture. Played out in black and white, a skinhead turns on a street corner and runs at speed towards a man with a briefcase. We get one angle, the skinhead is chasin ...

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Fourteen Days
La Descorrupcion
Yomigaeru To Live Again
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Young Syrian Lenses
Brazil is Not Copacabana
Forest of Copper Columns
About Killing The Pig
The Caramel Corn Riot
Fiona Humphrey: A Family Album

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