April 18, 2017 / by Guru / news
If you’re just starting to study the craft of filmmaking you’ve probably come across a strange word you’ve never seen before: mise-en-scène. This French term, which translates to “placing on stage”, is used to describe the design elements of a frame, or “everything within the frame that makes up the frame,” and that means everything. This includes […]
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Vonnegut’s Six Shapes of Story, and How It Can Help Yours
May 10, 2017 / by Guru / blog
According to Kurt Vonnegut, every story can be lumped into one of six categories. That’s what he postulated in his rejected master’s thesis. Vonnegut maps out the shapes of stories, with equal parts irreverence and perceptive insight, along the “G-I axis” of Good Fortune and Ill Fortune and the “B-E axis” of Beginning and Entropy. […]
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Learn to Edit a Music Video with Adobe’s Free Online Tuts
May 10, 2017 / by Guru / news
If you want to level up your editing game, the best way is to roll up your sleeves and get dirty. A great place to start is with the wealth of free online training offered by Adobe. Check out this tutorial where you’ll learn some great tips for assembling your clips on the Premiere Pro […]
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Find the Perfect Color Scheme With This Free Color Picker App
April 29, 2017 / by Guru / news
Finding the right color palette for your design project, be it a web site, mobile app, or simply painting a room in your house, can take time and leave you feeling doubtful on a good day … until now. With a the help of a free web app at Coolors.co, you’ll find a random color […]
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How to master video SEO – get your video on the first page of YouTube!
April 26, 2017 / by Guru / Uncategorized
Our friend Brian Dean over at backlinko.com has created a great guide for video SEO. It is a different game than text based optimization, so we recommend spending some time and taking an in depth look. Click the image to make the jump to his guide. It is full of great advice and easy to follow, […]
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Learn 15 Key Elements of Mise-en-Scène – Infographic
April 18, 2017 / by Guru / news
If you’re just starting to study the craft of filmmaking you’ve probably come across a strange word you’ve never seen before: mise-en-scène. This French term, which translates to “placing on stage”, is used to describe the design elements of a frame, or “everything within the frame that makes up the frame,” and that means everything. This includes […]
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Free Storytelling Course from Pixar
March 24, 2017 / by Guru / blog
Who doesn’t love love Pixar? If you want to have the same impact as their lovable tales in your own story telling, now you can with their free online course. Pixar and Khan Academy teamed up back in 2015 to offer a free online course in animation called “Pixar in a Box.” Now they are back […]
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10 Reason Why We Accept Bitcoin (BTC), and You Should Too!
March 15, 2017 / by Guru / Misc
Have you been sitting on the fence about Bitcoin? By now you have are probably accepting crypto currencies as a reality, and maybe even thinking seriously about getting involved. So, if you need a final nudge in the right direction, here are 10 good reasons why it’s worth taking the time to get involved, not only […]
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