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Digital Cinema Package
A DCP (Digital Cinema Package)Â is the industry-standard format for delivering digital movies to theaters.

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Mar 2210 min read
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NTSC, PAL and SMPTE
the primary reason different TV broadcast standards (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) were developed was due to technical and political factors.

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Mar 194 min read
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The Sunlit Cafe
It was a little café, made of more glass than bricks. The air, rich with the scent of pastries, tormented the starving children outside.

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Feb 273 min read
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Colour 302 : Quick guide to Opacity, Alpha and Luma.
Alpha is a dedicated transparency channel.Luma is based on brightness and doesn’t store transparency directly.

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Feb 211 min read
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Colour 301: Application of Blending Mode
Blending mode determines how the colors of the blend layer interact with the base layer in terms of hue, saturation, and brightness.

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Feb 208 min read
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Colour 104 : Colour Temperature
A fascinating irony in colour temperature is that hotter objects emit light that appears cooler and vice versa. This is a confusing contradi

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Feb 199 min read
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Colour 201: Basics of Psychology of colour
We all realize that every colour has an unique personality- some seems flamboyant, some sad and some soothing, as if they are individuals.

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Feb 182 min read
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Colour 103: Colour System
A color system is a structured way of organizing, defining, and reproducing colors.

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Feb 176 min read
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Colour 102: Interaction between colours
Colours don't exist in a vacuum, it is dependenton its atmosphere. The visual mood comes from the interaction between colours.

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Feb 162 min read
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Colour 101: Understanding the Basics of Colour.
The color of an object is determined by the wavelengths of visible light that are reflected or transmitted, then perceived by the human eye.

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Feb 155 min read
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The Shades of Romance: Exploring Love through 8 Curated Films of Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan, often hailed as the 'King of Romance,' has portrayed love in its myriad forms, from self-sacrifice to self-destruction.

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Feb 134 min read
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Musings on Belief, Uncertainty, and Existence
There is no beginning or end, as it is a circle. A series of creation and destruction, of flow and stagnancy but never of beginning and end.

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May 30, 20243 min read
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From hating to loving Stan Brakhage
Be it art or ideology, our choices are ... always directed by emotions and feelings; an unexplainable connection we feel with it.

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May 27, 20244 min read
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A quick guide to 'Types of documentaries'.
A helpful list about the types of documentaries.

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May 24, 20243 min read
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Film Curation : Intricate interplay between victimhood and villainy
In all these films violence is a product created out of unresolved trauma and emotional pain.

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May 21, 20247 min read
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Metonymy and Synecdoche : Figure of speech
I can never remember these two words. I often have difficulty remembering few words so I decided to write them down, here and hope I can...

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May 18, 20241 min read
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Favorite Films and filmmakers
Jan Svankmajer
Norman McLaren
Stan Brakhage
Maya Deren
Len Lye
Alfred Hitchcock
Park Chan-wook
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
and many more...

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May 15, 20241 min read
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How to make Proxies for Video Editing in DaVinci Resolve.
Proxies can be simply made in Permier Pro or Da Vinci Resolve, without so much fanfare.

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May 12, 20241 min read
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Conforming and Consolidating in DaVinci Resolve
Consolidating files ensures that all necessary media files are collected in one location or folder structure.

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May 9, 20241 min read
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A Simple guide to Post-Production Workflow
Consider this a To-Do list. This is not the only way to do it but this to-do list is followed in many places.

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May 6, 20243 min read
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