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Cinema in our lives
Most of us have heard the famous saying." You shall not judge a book by its cover." But the synopsis of a book explains a lot about the writer her/himself and what she/he can deliver. The description of what is on the book cover gives you a slight glance of what to expect. Similarly, a movie's synopsis is essential to provide you with a sense of what to expect from the film.
By Anita Manir5 years ago in Geeks
The Free Spirit's Foolproof Guide to Choosing What to Watch
We are living in the age of automation. Things that were once done, through great effort, by a human hand are now done by machines. The land is tilled by tractors, our clothing manufactured, and for many of us, even our entertainment is chosen by an artificial guide.
By Tyler Shank5 years ago in Geeks
How to Win Film Friends and Influence People
You’re on your way to a dinner party thinking of the one thing you’ll say when you feel the inevitable silence thicken in the midst of strangers. Maybe you’ll have an un-fact-checked trivia question from Buzzfeed written down in your phone. Maybe you’ll memorize an editorial on the economics of bitcoin. The best thing you can do is adhere to the following prescription for starting a conversation about film. People will be in your DM’s forever asking you for movie recommendations. Buyer beware.
By Jason Wallace5 years ago in Geeks
Short Shorts: The Essentials of Flash Fiction
Even with our ongoing cultural obsession with really long books, the literary scene may actually be trending toward very short works. Flash fiction is a relatively recent concept but it's spreading with zeal, with new flash markets and anthologies cropping up just about every day.
By Andrew Johnston5 years ago in Geeks
Strasberg Legacy . An Essay by Giovanni Morassutti
Method acting is a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by several different theatre practitioners including Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and Sanford Meisner, while the Organic Creative Process is a conscious, intuitive process that goes beyond it.
By Fred Goldman5 years ago in Geeks
Beats me . . . what do YOU want to watch?
PREAMBLE In 1965, Shirley Ellis released a hit single on the pop music charts, called “The Name Game”. I was in Grade Six at the time. I loved the song. In fact, everyone I knew, loved the song. I recall huddling together in classroom nooks and around water fountains in the hallway or on benches in the school playground to sing with my classmates, using the names that Shirley Ellis herself, used in that magical little number. Names like ‘Lincoln’, ‘Marsha’ and ‘Nick’ and ‘Tony’ – a person was fortunate to have one of those names – so as to simply imitate what she had done with it in the song. Most of us though, were not included in her list so, we had to listen closely to the ‘formula’ she espoused, and then substitute our names into it. As much as I enjoyed her catchy melody, even more so, I was enamored with that formula. I was also intrigued by her pedagogical approach in casually manipulating the formula, which qualified her to boast in the lyrics that she could, "make a rhyme out of anybody’s name!” Years later, while teaching cooking and high-school mathematics in China, I sometimes called on her song to enhance English usage in my classroom. On occasion, when the technical language seemed to be getting the better of my students, we would take a break from graphing periodic functions or decorating cheesecakes and sing a round or two of “The Name Game” . The effectiveness of Shirley’s jingle held up well even for Chinese names like Yuting and Peipei and Xiayan. Analogous to Stephen Hawking’s quest for a single formula that explains everything in the universe, that musical algorithm stood the test of time in a similar, but no less significant quest for, and explanation of, the rhyming of names.
By John Oliver Smith5 years ago in Geeks
Pretty in Pixels: Make a Spectacular Avatar of Yourself
There are many reasons why people use professional-looking photos for their social media profiles. While some can't be bothered to have a profile photo at all, some others want an artistic digital representation of themselves.
By Lovelli Fuad5 years ago in Geeks
