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Week 25.27 - Socials Roundup
Posts from 30 June - 06 July 2025
Wiiiiide Aspect Ratio Blocking: RIDE WITH THE DEVIL
Or, Ang Lee likes a blocky bit!
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Two Uses for Rack Focus: NOW, VOYAGER
A rack focus is often used to draw our attention to a person or item — for example in a mystery, the focus might rack from a detective to the suspect…
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Week 25.26 - Socials Roundup
Posts from 23 June - 29 June 2025

June 2025

Circular Origin Story: I'M A VIRGO
When a character decides to reveal a key aspect of their past, three methods are often used, alone or in combination: exposition, ‘flashback’ shots, and…
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How To Transition #001 - MATCH CROSSFADES
The Fall (2006); Watchmen (2019); A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Week 25.25 - Socials Roundup
Posts from 16 June - 22 June 2025
Practically Going in Circles: INSOMNIA
We talked about why this oner is so effective, but how do you create that, practically?
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THE BEAR and Time: Absence Makes The Heart Take Notice
The Bear 3.06 "Napkins" uses time imagery to track Tina's journey not merely with a repeating clocks, which were also constant in Season 2, but Tina’s…
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Week 25.24 - Socials Roundup
Posts from 09 June - 15 June 2025
Five Shots: DEAD PRESIDENTS
just what it says on the paper
Two Techniques, One Effect: INSOMNIA
Both the original 1997 Norwegian film and the 2002 American remake of this psychological thriller follow a detective as guilt and insomnia cause him to…
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