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Robert Rodriguez - Film is Dead

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Part two after the break.

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09/26/2009 | Videos | No Comments

Avoid the “No Signal” cliché

Here is a video to convince you not to use the dead cell-phone cliché in your films. It’s lazy and it’s been used thousands of times.

Tags: cliche

09/24/2009 | Screenwriting | 1 Comment

Widescreen vs. Full Screen

A video showing the true beauty of widescreen film vs. the destruction of film known as pan & scan.

09/07/2009 | Cinematography | No Comments

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