After you’ve spent hours (or at least an hour) creating a TikTok video with all the cuts and edits, special effects, and music cues that make up TikTok’s outstanding features, you may have asked yourself the following question: Is it possible to save a TikTok video without posting it? The short answer is yes, saving …
In 1997 one of the weirdest documentaries about UFOs and aliens was released on VHS. It’s called Area 51: The Alien Interview. The film features the anonymous, surly and controversial character “Victor” who supposedly had access to the top-secret S4 facility at Area 51. Not only that, Victor had witnessed interviews with extraterrestrials who lived …
I’ve begun to get a sense of how to create a cyberpunk city in Unreal Engine 5. But even though the city itself is a very important element in neo-noir and cyberpunk films, without characters in it to bring it to life, it is just dead and empty streets. So I decided to create a …
The lines between the tools used in the gaming industry and the film industry are getting more blurry each year. Not at least thanks to Unreal Engine, which is now being used on hit shows like The Mandalorian and Obi-Wan Kenobi. For those unfamiliar, Unreal Engine (UE) is in essence a gaming engine created for …
It’s a great idea to add closed captions to your video if you want to reach the widest audience possible. Captions have been designed for people who are hard of hearing, but it has also grown in popularity with everyday viewers. In this easy-to-follow step-by-step guide, I will show you how to create and export …
Snapchat is among the most popular social media apps people use to talk with friends, and it allows you to communicate with friends in many different ways. A message on Snapchat is called a Snap. Snapchat users can send text messages, join group chats, send picture snaps, send a video Snap, and more. But with …
Best friends Dale Doback and Brennan Huff (played by Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly) didn’t always start off as besties. It started when their single parents decided to get together. Brennan’s mom Nancy Huff (played by Mary Steenburgen) married Dr. Robert Doback (played by Richard Jenkins) and these two adult children became accidental step …
TikTok has taken the world by storm, since its initial release in September 2016. The Chinese app has quickly become the tool of choice for many and now has millions of monthly active users. First, the youth adopted the app to make short-form videos like dance videos, but as it so often happens, lately the …
The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K (aka BMPCC4K) was initially released in 2018 by Blackmagic Design. This camera is an upgrade to the popular Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera released several years prior. More importantly, this camera looked to be an upgrade to the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K and 4K with its functionality. According to Blackmagic’s website, …
The wizarding world of Harry Potter is one of our favorite pop culture film franchises. There are so many great quotes from memorable characters in the Harry Potter series that range from inspirational and heartfelt to downright hilarious. That is largely due to the Harry Potter franchise’s fantastic cast, which excellently embodied the characters across …