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Australian musicians fight against AI | 7.30
A renewed push by big tech to weaken Australia's copyright laws has caused consternation among Australia's songwriters and musicians. Today some of the nation's leading creatives went to Canberra to stiffen the government's resolve.
The Movie Sound Secret Everyone Uses
Footsteps. Punches. Sword clashes. None of it was recorded on set. Here's how Foley sound works — and why it's been the secret behind cinematic audio for over 100 years
The Invisible Rule Behind Every Movie
Continuity is one of cinematography's most essential — and most overlooked — skills. While flashy lighting and bold framing get all the attention, continuity is what keeps audiences oriented and immersed. As Mascelli puts it, it is continuity that "decides success or failure of the production."
5 Ways To Shoot Night Exteriors
In Depth Cine looks at some of the most common approaches by cinematographers to shooting moonlit night exteriors, and one less common but innovative solution used at the highest levels of production.
This model is not a real person: how AI is shaking up fashion – video
From digital twins to models ‘sculpted’ by programmers, generative AI has been popping up all over the fashion industry. When an Australian e-commerce retailer started using AI-generated models to sell products, lifestyle editor Alyx Gorman had to see if the garments were more than mere pixels.
Billionaires Are Funding 'Anti AI' Content
Have you noticed your social media feeds suddenly flooding with terrifying content about AI existential risk? From TikTok clips warning about "AI psychosis" to viral YouTube shorts claiming chatbots are pushing people to the brink, the anti-AI movement has taken over the internet... But what if these "anti-AI" influencers aren't actually what they seem?
The Secret Language of Camera Angles
What are camera angles, really? Joseph Mascelli's The Five C's of Cinematography has been the go-to guide for cinematographers since 1965 — and in this episode, we break down the first C: camera angles.
How The Callisto Protocol's Audio Team Designed Its Terrifying, Immersive Sound | Ars Technica
Ars Technica brings you back to Striking Distance Studios with Dead Space creator Glen Schofield and his team as they work on designing the dynamic, immersive, and precisely timed audio components of their upcoming release 'The Callisto Protocol.'
Is It Time to Ditch Your Smartphone?
On this week’s episode of “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel talks with his Atlantic colleague Kaitlyn Tiffany about what our phones are doing to us. Tiffany recently wrote about swapping her iPhone for a flip phone as part of a movement called “Month Offline.” Kaitlyn talks through her personal experience: the joys and inconveniences of a dumbphone and the difficulty of unplugging completely. Warzel and Tiffany talk about the growing smartphone backlash, legal cases against “big tech,” and how, even if many people are convinced that their phones are a problem, the science remains far from conclusive regarding direct harm.
Atlantic Reads: Screen People with Megan Garber
In Screen People, Atlantic staff writer Megan Garber examines how the internet — once brimming with democratic promise — has quietly reshaped human behavior through the architecture of its platforms. From social media algorithms designed to provoke outrage, to the subtle habit of treating real people like fictional characters, Garber traces what went wrong and why. But she's not without hope: if we ask the right questions about who we want to be, a better internet is still within reach.
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