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Movies have adapted over time to the need to have two characters from the same person in one movie.Body doubles are often used, and a lot of times, camera techniques have been used.There have been challenges with filming this way, they have learned to combine different techniques to give them the effect that they want.There are often times that a body double is … [Read more...] about To Split-Screens and Beyond: The Art of Creating Doubles

It's no big secret that Instagram has grown exponentially in popularity over the past few years. Thousands of people who are interested in creating and sharing content are using Instagram for just that purpose. There are no  firm requirements when it comes to picture or video size. However given that the platform will resize or re-render to suit their needs and for the sake of … [Read more...] about How to Upload Your Videos to Instagram from PC and Mobile

Although it is just one ingredient of a film, film-makers know that light can make your film look professional, or if not applied correctly, amateurish. Control of lights is an important step in creating images with the big screen quality. The mastery is applicable to both cinematographic and photographic use of light, and both quality and quantity of light matter. To start … [Read more...] about The Fundamentals of Film Lighting

For video and photo editors, using the color correction tools is an everyday occurrence. The tool that manipulates curves is essential in their work. Regardless of which software package you use, the mechanism of the tool should be basically the same, even if the interface and functions are not identical. The tool gives life to images by making color and luminance adjustments, … [Read more...] about The Curves Tool: An Introduction to Color Correction Curves

It's a great movie and you want to share it with the world, that is not the best example of what is called a movie synopsis. A real synopsis is a brief description or summary of what a potential audience might expect to see or hear in a particular work. There are a few guidelines to writing a movie synopsis. To start, you should have a header, a logline along with a present … [Read more...] about A Movie Synopsis: What it Is and How to Write One