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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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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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‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 6: Ju – On : Grudge by Takashi Shimizu
The motif of ‘Onryou’ represents these social concerns and wrongdoings of the society.

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Apr 28, 20243 min read
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‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 4: Dark Water by Hideo Nakata
In Dark Water, there was a cycle of abandonment and every generation suffered from it.

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Apr 24, 20243 min read
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‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 2: Social, Political and the cultural.
The economic anxiety gave rise to a feeling of crisis in men; a need to maintain a 'masculine dominance' by using violence against women.

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Apr 20, 20247 min read
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‘ONRYOU’ IN ‘J – HORROR’ : A PORTAL TO THE POST WORLD-WAR SOCIOCULTURAL CONDITION OF WOMEN IN JAPAN. Part 1: Understanding J-Horror
However, at the core, ‘J Horror’ represents an on - going battle between the modern and pre – modern.

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Apr 18, 20244 min read
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‘Requiem for a dream’ – A critique of consumerist society wrapped in a tale of addiction. PART 2: Dissecting the technicalities.
The director has tried to manipulate the audience into having a negative mental association with drug by using disturbing sound elements.

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Apr 12, 20244 min read
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Work in Progress : Portrait of a happy family
It is about dysfunctional family dynamics and a tendency in South Asian Family to not address it.

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Mar 29, 20241 min read
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