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Start of Black and White Filmmaking Explained blog post description
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Black and White Filmmaking Explained
From the Lumière Brothers to Hollywood's golden age, early cinema was defined by a black-and-white palette, a visual hallmark now... End of Black and White Filmmaking Explained blog post description
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Start of What Is CGI? Your Guide to Movie-Making Magic blog post description
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What Is CGI? Your Guide to Movie-Making Magic
Every few decades, technological advancements transform the film industry, and it’s never the same again. Arguably, no innovation... End of What Is CGI? Your Guide to Movie-Making Magic blog post description
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Start of Hollywood Golden Age: Its Rise, Fall, and Eternal Legacy in Film blog post description
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Hollywood Golden Age: Its Rise, Fall, and Eternal Legacy in Film
The rapid advancement of technology has become a societal and cultural norm, but it wasn’t always this way. Though “The Hollywood... End of Hollywood Golden Age: Its Rise, Fall, and Eternal Legacy in Film blog post description
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Start of Dolly Shots: What Are They and How to Use Them in Videos blog post description
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Dolly Shots: What Are They and How to Use Them in Videos
One key difference between film and television and other forms of visual art, like paintings or photographs, is the ability to... End of Dolly Shots: What Are They and How to Use Them in Videos blog post description
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Start of Seven Types of Video Transitions to Enhance Your Projects blog post description
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Seven Types of Video Transitions to Enhance Your Projects
When making a video, you'll likely have to stitch separate shots together instead of having one long camera shot. You can always... End of Seven Types of Video Transitions to Enhance Your Projects blog post description
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Start of Forced Perspective in Film, Plus How to Use It blog post description
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Forced Perspective in Film, Plus How to Use It
It’s often suggested that capturing an effect in-camera usually delivers better, more convincing results than depending on VFX or... End of Forced Perspective in Film, Plus How to Use It blog post description
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Start of The Art of the Establishing Shot blog post description
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The Art of the Establishing Shot
As the saying goes, "Rules are meant to be broken." This holds not only for filmmaking but for any form of art. You can often... End of The Art of the Establishing Shot blog post description
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Start of What Is a Film Cut? blog post description
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What Is a Film Cut?
For those unfamiliar with filmmaking, cut editing can often feel like a technical task rather than a creative one. After all, if... End of What Is a Film Cut? blog post description
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Start of Video Overlays: How to Enhance Your Video Content with Creative Layers blog post description
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Video Overlays: How to Enhance Your Video Content with Creative Layers
Video overlays (or video filters) enhance a film's look and feel. The beginning filmmaker looking to create a raw, textured look... End of Video Overlays: How to Enhance Your Video Content with Creative Layers blog post description
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Start of How to Add Audio and Music to a Video blog post description
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How to Add Audio and Music to a Video
Music and video. They go together like peanut butter and jelly or toast and jam, and for most of us, there’s nothing more... End of How to Add Audio and Music to a Video blog post description
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Start of How to Adjust the Volume Level on a Video blog post description
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How to Adjust the Volume Level on a Video
Adjusting a video’s volume level is more important than you think. Audio that is too loud or too quiet can disengage viewers from... End of How to Adjust the Volume Level on a Video blog post description
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Start of How to Trim Audio, Video & Images blog post description
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How to Trim Audio, Video & Images
The need to trim audio, video, and images is like the need to cut your hair: yes. No matter how great your raw footage or solo... End of How to Trim Audio, Video & Images blog post description
