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What is Room Tone? (And Why Filmmakers NEED It)
What is room tone, and why do filmmakers always stop for silence on set? In this video, we break down how room tone works, how to record it properly, and why it’s essential for smooth dialogue, sound design, and professional filmmaking. If you want cleaner edits and better audio, this is one technique you can’t ignore.
The enshittification of the internet, explained
Cory Doctorow says the internet is getting worse and he has a theory why. In conversation with The National’s Ian Hanomansing, the Canadian author explains his term ‘enshittification’ and the questions it raises about the power of big tech.
How to put text behind your subject in Premiere Pro
Using the Object Mask tool in Premiere Pro.
The Gray Area: How capitalism ate the culture
Kalle Lasn has been trying to jam consumer culture for decades. Now he thinks that was only the beginning. The Gray Area talks with the Adbusters founder about advertising, culture jamming, meme warfare, surveillance capitalism, and why he believes the old left-right political script is dead. Lasn argues that consumer culture is not just shallow or manipulative but part of a system pushing us toward collapse. His answer is bigger than protest and weirder than reform. He wants a cultural revolution that starts with new ideas, new language, and maybe an entirely new politics.
The end of the ‘Dumb Dad’ trope
For decades, sitcom dads followed a very familiar formula. They were clueless. Immature. Often the punchline of the joke. From the bumbling father archetype of Homer Simpson to the emotionally distant patriarch in Red Foreman, TV had a very specific idea of what a “funny dad” looked like. And then came Modern Family's Phil Dunphy. He was something completely different. Instead of making the father figure the butt of every joke, Modern Family made him the heart of the show. At a time when sitcoms relied on cynicism and sarcasm, Phil Dunphy stood out by being genuinely kind, without ever losing what made him funny. And in doing so, he changed what audiences expect from sitcom dads forever.
How Soderbergh Elevates A (Minor) Scene
Nerdwriter argues that Steven Soderbergh turns even a minor transitional scene in Black Bag into something vivid through precise staging and camera placement. He highlights Soderbergh’s use of slow dolly movements, reframing, focal-length shifts, and real-location depth to establish relationships, tension, and momentum without wasting a shot. The essay’s larger point is that great filmmakers solve small cinematic problems brilliantly, and in a truly great film, no scene is unimportant.
AI Fruit Slop Is The New Greek Mythology w/ Kyle Chayka
Kyle Chayka is a writer for the New Yorker, and on this week's Power User he joins Taylor Lorenz to break down the rise of AI fruit slop dramas
The guilt of building AI agents that have led to layoffs
The language around the threat to jobs from AI is becoming increasingly apocalyptic. It's hard to know what the level of threat really is. One clear cue comes from big tech companies like Amazon and Meta who are slashing jobs and pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.
The Imperfect Cinematography Of Paul Thomas Anderson
The photography in acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson's films feels alive: not because it’s perfect, but because it’s honest. In this video, we’ll look at five different techniques that he uses in his films to build emotion not through perfection, but through presence.
5 Filmmaking Rules That Can Be Broken
In Depth Cine explores five filmmaking rules that can be broken, including the mixing colour temperatures, wide angle and telephoto lenses, three point lighting, coverage, the 180 degree rule.
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