... at least if you're shooting noir! Anne Lukeman's "22 frames that always work" transmutes the Wally Wood comic classic, 22 panels that always work," into a film-making equivalent. [via Gizmodo]
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Jul 1, 2010
22 movie making techniques that always work...
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“I meant to do that.” (digg)
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