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March 12, 2017
Music, Podcasts & Sports: TuneIn, Your Everything Audio App Is Here for #TUNEINatSXSW
This SXSW, TuneIn is taking over two spots in Downtown Austin.
On Wednesday, March 15 through Friday, March 17, TuneIn takes over Easy Tiger with nightly music showcases featuring Cam’ron, BNQT feat. Jason Lyle of Grandaddy and Fran Healy of Travis, Midland, and more.
Stop by during the day for live podcasts, sports shows, and happy hours. Full details and schedule available at tuneinatsxsw.com
TuneIn is also proud to present the SXSW Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, hosting 40 unique podcasts from varying genres including comedy, music, film, technology, food, science, inspiration, culture, news, and more!
Share your experiences with #TUNEINatSXSW.
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March 10, 2017
How to Find Pro Video Editing Freelance Work
If you talk to seasoned video editors, they’ll tell you that, when it comes to freelancing, the work is feast or famine. One week you may be working …
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March 10, 2017
5 easy ways to create narrative images
You’re probably wondering what’s the backstory of the above image?
Before we get to the backstory, this image offers an excellent example to demonstrate how our “visual storytelling mind” works. Images are the today’s lingua franca of visual communications. According to Hootsuite, “Instagram users have shared over 40 billion photos to date and share an average of 95 million photos and videos per day.” So knowing how to create images with compelling narratives is crucial to stand out from the crowd.
We naturally look at static photos in the present time and see them as time capsules of an event that took place in the past. According to Storytelling Advertising – a Visual Marketing Analysis by Sarah Elise Väre, there are 4 types of storytelling pictures:
“The past group shows the ending of a story, the present group the middle, and the future group the beginning. The all-tenses group shows both the beginning, the middle, and the end of a story.”
However, not all photos are so clear cut like the one we see above. Since we are constant seekers of meanings, and as we mentioned in our last newsletter, “we’re all players in our own movies where we play the hero, the director, the cameraman and most importantly the editor“ – then we edit what we see in order to create meanings. Such editing work could play with the narrative timeline back and forth until landing on a story we find personally meaningful. Here is how it could be played out, by labeling this image under:
a) The Past Group because it represents late afternoon capture, showing the workers resting after a long and eventful day of working on the bridge > a resolution of the story.
b) The Present Group because the photo was taken in the morning, the workers just woke up a half hour ago (the past), judging by the Oats box on the rail and one of the workers with a towel on his shoulder. They stopped for a quick photo before leaving for another day of work (the future).
c) The Future Group because this image simply shows the beginning of their one-hour mid-day break. That’s why you see one of the workers holding his tools and another playing with his cat. They’ve got 10 minutes left before getting back to work where one of them will be reassigned to another role he’d hate (conflict or story middle), but after working with his new mates will result in acceptance (resolution > future).
And now that we individually covered each tense, you could imagine how would an all-tenses picture look like, by extenuating the narrative clues into a coherent visual event.
What story do you see in this photo?
As for the larger backstory? Oh yes, I took this photo while touring the small museum on Pigeon Key, FL, which is part of the scenic Florida keys. Back in 1910, Pigeon Key, FL (size: only 5 acres) hosted 400 workers that were building the Key West Railroad extension – 8th wonder of the world – on $1.5 a day. Work on the line started in 1905 and it operated from 1912 to 1935, when a part of the bridge was destroyed by a hurricane. Henry Flagler financed the entire project for $50M.
In summary, you can follow these 4 easy steps to create compelling narrative images. Just to caveat, the narrative images we’re talking about are ideally those you plan in advance vs. the ones you spontaneously take as they allow you more control:
1) Plan your story: Come up with the story (setting, conflict, and resolution) your audience truly cares about.
2) Select your storytelling picture type: As outlined above there are 4 types of narrative pictures, select the one you want to focus on and emphasize 1-2 narrative clues (e.g., time of day, salient accessories, the interaction between characters shown etc.) that will help your viewers conjure the right story.
3) Add captions and hashtags: There are 2 types of captions: a) Descriptive: Where the caption literally describes what happens in the image and b) Inferential: Where the caption uses the image as a springboard to convey a larger single idea. On VSI’s Instagram, we typically use the latter as it allows us to vividly amplify the power of the visual to support a larger visual storytelling principle we’re looking to relay. Lastly, research what hashtags resonate the most with your audience along with what top influencers in your space are using – and integrate them into the caption second half. Leave your opening caption without hashtags so it’s easy to read.
4) Select your target emotion: According to Fractl’s study “The Role of Emotions in Viral Content,” the most impactful recipes include:
- Positive emotions along with surprise were found to result in massive shares
- Pair ‘low-arousal’ emotions (sadness, relaxation, and depression) with admiration or surprise
- Play up high-arousal emotions (anxiety, anger and excitement) in unsurprising, negative content.
5) Test your picture: Create several executions of your picture and test them with your colleagues. You’ll often discover that the story you had in mind may be a bit different, which means you need to further amplify your narrative clues.
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March 6, 2017
SXSW Selection ‘I Love Bekka and Lucy’ Celebrates Female Friendship — Watch Exclusive Clip
Having found success with her 2012 web series “I Love Lucy & Bekka,” playwright Rachael Holder is returning with a full-scale short form series, “I Love Bekka and Lucy,” premiering worldwide at SXSW this year as part of the Episodic line-up. Produced by Stage 13 through Warner Brothers, “I Love Bekka and Lucy” emphasizes the same ideas of friendship from the previous series, but with more time available to flesh out these two inseparable best friends.
Jessica Parker Kennedy and Tanisha Long star as Bekka and Lucy, respectively. The two bounce off each other in ways that aren’t always so seamless, as Bekka’s cynicism plays against Lucy’s dreamier personality. Despite their differences, their deep friendship grounds them. Rounding out the rest of the cast in Holder’s world is Alexis Denisof (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” fame), as well as Chris Smith.
READ MORE: SXSW 2017 Lineup: Drug-Addicted Lovers and Barbecue Lead Surprises and Hidden Gems
With a largely female cast and crew, Holder is hoping to enhance our perspective on the nuances of female friendship. While sharing similarities to the likes of “Broad City,” “I Love Bekka and Lucy” leans further into the realistic type of conflict friends still can face with each other. With digitally-minded distribution, “I Love Bekka and Lucy” also represents a shift beyond its content — Stage 13 is part of a larger initiative by Warner Brothers to develop and promote content from a digital perspective.
Check out this exclusive clip below, in which Becca argues that Lucy’s rush to get married is “feeding some deadline that no longer exists for our gender.” “I Love Bekka and Lucy” is premiering at SXSW and ultimately streaming digitally through Stage 13.
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March 6, 2017
Facebook Hack: How to Optimize Your Video Posts
Facebook is quickly becoming the future of online video. Learn how to get the most out of your Facebook video posts.<p><i>Cover image via Fortune.</i><p>To say …
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March 6, 2017
How to Add LUTs in Premiere Pro (And 35 Free LUTs)
Learn how to add LUTs to the Premiere Pro dropdown menu — with 35 Free LUTs.
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March 6, 2017
Oscar Box Office Wrap: Which Contender Got the Biggest Boost?
Octavia Spencer is having a good weekend, as she hosts Saturday Night Live, opens new movie “The Shack” and stars in what will inevitably be the highest domestic grossing Oscar contender, “” (20th Century Fox).
Even though the Best Picture nominee won nothing, it nonetheless kept soaring at the box office this post-Oscar weekend, as it has for weeks, with the best gross among the top contenders. Adding $3.8 million for a current $159 million total, the movie is now certain to wind up the top grosser of the bunch.
“Hidden Figures” dropped 34 per cent, compared to 37 per cent for “La La Land,” despite its six wins including Actress and Director. “La La Land” added another $3 million, and should eke out about $160 million domestic for its total runs, and more than double that worldwide. That should salve Lionsgate’s disappointment over its dramatic Best Picture loss.
A24
Best Picture-winner “Moonlight” (A24), which never made the Top Ten, ended up adding $2.5 million in 1,564 dates, the most for any week of its lengthy run. And the drama is also out on VOD and DVD/Blu-Ray, where it is thriving (#1 on iTunes among feature films). In this atypical case, the two are coexisting quite nicely under A24’s two-tiered strategy.
“Manchester By the Sea” (Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions) also has some home availability. With its Actor and Screenplay wins, it still fell 46 per cent (the same factors were there last week) but will end up with just under double the theatrical take for “Moonlight.”
“Lion”
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Viola Davis’ win for “Fences” (Paramount), perhaps because supporting carries less weight than lead, saw minor impact. The film dropped 63 per cent with $290,000. It will top out around $60 million (it is still theatrical only), which will put it ahead of “Manchester” and “Moonlight.”
Weinstein’s non-winner “Lion” dropped 43 per cent for another $2.2 million. It looks to get to around $55 million, with somewhat more overseas. That’s a much-needed success for Weinstein, which unusually took home no gold on Oscar night.
Here is a look at the grosses of all nine Best Picture nominees on the morning of the nominations (January 24), Oscar Sunday (February 26) and one week later (March 5):
Best Picture Box Office Chart
Film Grosses (all in millions): January 24 / February 26 / March 5
Hidden Figures $85.0 / $152.7 / $158.8
La La Land $90.5 / $140.9 / $145.7
Arrival $95.7 / $100.3 /$100.5
Hacksaw Ridge $65.5 /$66.9 /$67.0
Fences $48.8 /$56.6 / $57.1
Manchester By the Sea $39.0 /$46.9 / $47.3
Lion $16.5 / $42.8 / $46.6
Hell or High Water $27.0 / $27.0 / $27.0
Moonlight $17.9 / $22.2 / $25.4
Source: IndieWire film
March 5, 2017
You Can Now Visit Skull Island on Google Maps — Unless You’re Scared
If you’re at all familiar with Skull Island, you’re well aware that the home of cinema’s most famous giant ape is a terrible place where no one should ever go. Those seduced by the fictional locale’s siren song despite knowing better can now glimpse it on Google Maps, which has partnered with Legendary and Universal Pictures to provide a geography lesson for prospective moviegoers ahead of next week’s release of “Kong: Skull Island.”
Listed as an “archaeological site” west of Peru, Skull Island has already received nearly 7,000 reviews and boasts a cumulative 3.6-star rating. One user informs potential visitors that, though “the island itself is amazing and would in any other location be heaven on earth,” “the mood quickly changes one you have your first encounter with the King himself.”
Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and John Goodman star in “Kong: Skull Island,” which was directed by “Kings of Summer” helmer Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The film will be released in theaters next Friday, March 10.
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March 5, 2017
Kenneth Lonergan Pens Op-Ed Defending Casey Affleck in College Newspaper
After winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay last week, “Manchester by the Sea” writer/director Kenneth Lonergan is now at work on a miniseries adaptation of “Howards End.” If you don’t want to wait that long to read something by the acclaimed scribe, there’s always the op-ed he just wrote for the Wesleyan Argus condemning an earlier piece about himself and “Manchester” star Casey Affleck.
READ MORE: Casey Affleck Addresses Sexual Harassment Allegations After Oscar Win
Affleck, who was accused of sexual harassment in 2010, denied the allegations and later settled a civil lawsuit out of court. The recent Argus article written by one Connor Aberle argued that Lonergan (who attended Wesleyan before transferring to NYU) has become “complicit” in Affleck’s alleged actions and that the university itself, which had been promoting Lonergan’s success, likewise shares in the blame for “the success of a perpetrator of sexual violence.”
Lonergan didn’t take kindly to that, writing that the article was “such a tangle of illogic, misinformation and flat-out slander that only the author’s presumed youth can possibly excuse his deeply offensive display of ignorance, and warped PC-fueled sense of indignation.”
READ MORE: Kenneth Lonergan on the Quiet Extremes of ‘Manchester by the Sea’: Awards Spotlight
“Somebody as interested in actual as opposed to merely vocalized social justice as Mr Aberle presumably is, should unwind his tangled, immoral chain of reasoning and start over at the fundamental precept that an allegation is not an indictment,” continues the filmmaker. “Nor can it be treated as such by any ethical person living in a democratic society supposedly based on the rule of law.” Read the entire scathing op-ed here.
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