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Toon Boom Studio 4 and 2D Animation Software Programs

 2D Anіmаtіоn Sоftwаrе Prоgrаmѕ  Toon Bооm Studio 4 Toon Bооm Studio іѕ аt thе tор whеn іt соmеѕ tо аnіmаtіоn ѕоftwаrе fоr іntеrnеt uѕеrѕ. It is a рrасtісаl аррlісаtіоn mаdе bу animators fоr аnіmаtоrѕ. If уоu wаnt to сrеаtе уоur оwn оrіgіnаl аnіmаtіоnѕ thеn іt is a реrfесt choice.  Animationish Developed with thе assumption thаt еntеrtаіnmеnt programs ѕhоuld nоt bе too соmрlісаtеd tо рrоduсе еffесtіvе аnd funnу саrtооnѕ, Anіmаtіоnіѕh іѕ an еxсеllеnt рrоgrаm fоr lеаrnіng thе basics оf аnіmаtіоn.  Flip Boom Toon Bооm рrоduсеrѕ сrеаtеd thіѕ аnіmаtіоn program with сhіldrеn in mind. It is a ѕіmрlе рrоgrаm tо gеt a hаndlе on. Thе соntrоl оutрut hаѕ been reduced to make іt аѕ еаѕу аѕ роѕѕіblе for сhіldrеn tо undеrѕtаnd.    Flash  Adobe Flash has bееn аrоund a while іn vаrіоuѕ dіffеrеnt fоrmѕ. It hаѕ thе advantage оf being ѕіmрlе tо uѕе, but lасkѕ ѕоmе tools thаt rеаllу wоuld bеnеfіt designers and animators. Thіѕ еxрlаіnѕ the rеаѕоn Flаѕh fails to gеt rесоgnіt...

Lion Air Flight 610 Crashed Into The Java Sea Shortly After Departing Jakarta

On October 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after departing Jakarta, killing all 189 passengers and crew aboard. In short order, questions emerged about the safety record of the Indonesian budget airline and the qualifications of its pilots. Few blamed the airplane itself, a hot-off-the-presses Boeing 737 Max jet. After all, it was a Boeing, and the manufacturer’s reputation for quality was second to none. Boeing had been synonymous with safety for decades, since its 707 had taken off from Idlewild (now JFK Airport) and ushered in the Jet Age. “If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going!” was a slogan for a reason; pilots and passengers alike felt the company had earned their trust and would continue to. But then, five months later, in Ethiopia, another 737 Max fell out of the sky. “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” (now streaming on Netflix) investigates both crashes and their aftermath while exposing the culture of concealment at Boeing that made them inevitabl...

‘The Bleeding Edge’: Netflix Film Review Doc Unmasks Medical-Industry Greed

 Kirby Dick takes aim at the FDA and pharmaceutical giants for letting women suffer and die with untested products The medical industry — operating under the pretense that innovation for the sake of humanity’s wellbeing is their primary objective — bargains with patients’ bodies to maximize billionaire profits. Such is the sinister reality that audacious documentarian Kirby Dick, alongside his creative producing partner Amy Ziering, strives to denounce in “The Bleeding Edge,” their exposé of the Food and Drug Administration, an institution they say fails to prioritize public health above financial gain. The film brings the FDA to task by unmasking the archaic regulatory practices that have enabled companies in the medical field to get easy approval for untested and often unsafe new technologies. Concepts like the 510 (k) Premarket Notification and the Premarket Approval process (PMA) are thoroughly demystified in simple descriptions that allow the general viewer to grasp the magnit...

Opening 'Arcane' : Every move has weight and every action has a consequence

Of the numerous reasons to watch the League of Legends Netflix adaptation, Arcane, is because the action scenes are definitely toward the top of the list.  With fight choreography that harkens back to animator Monty Oum’s quick and inventive RWBY character movements, and colorful style and visuals on par with Into the Spider-Verse, Arcane creates a style and experience all its own. Even when the action scene doesn’t necessarily involve a fight, Arcane makes sure that viewers feel every jump, landing, and fall. Full Review here: https://public.flourish.studio/story/1143342/ While video game adaptations have a bad reputation for being non-creative cash-grabs, Arcane uses its origin as a strength. Point-of-view is an important aspect of many of the show’s scenes, especially the opening action scene, during which there is no fight, but there is plenty of excitement. The viewer follows Vi (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) as she scales a building in Piltover, the image blurring in and out o...

'Uncharted' Review: Tom Holland Is Packed With A Hint Of Comedy

 'Uncharted' Movie Review: As the fans eagerly await the release of Tom Holland's action-adventure movie, Uncharted, Read the full review ahead. Director-  Ruben Fleischer  Cast- Tom Holland as Nathan Drake, Mark Wahlberg as Victor "Sully" Sullivan, Sophia Ali as Chloe Frazer, Antonio Banderas as Santiago Moncada, Tati Gabrielle as Jo Braddock, Rudy Pankow as Samuel "Sam" Drake Producers- Avi Arad, Charles Roven, and Alex Gartner After the massive success of Spider-man No Way Home, the audience had been eagerly waiting to watch Tom Holland on the big screen again with his high-anticipated film, Uncharted. The movie has been creating a lot of buzz among the audience ahead of its release as it serves as a prequel to Sony's popular video game series in the same name.  Uncharted Movie Review Plot Tom Holland-starrer Uncharted revolves around the life of Nathan "Nate" Drake and draws several elements from Sony's video game series by depictin...

Uneven horror movies no more rebounding while streaming

 It might sound strange to criticize a horror movie for providing nothing else except a succession of terrifying jump scares, but that’s the position writer/director Jacob Chase’s Come Play found itself in. Come Play is a 2020 American horror thriller film written and directed by Jacob Chase. The film stars Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson, and Winslow Fegley. Come Play was released in the United States on October 30, 2020, by Focus Features. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $13 million against a budget of $9 million. Plot - Oliver is a young non-verbal autistic boy who uses a smartphone to communicate with people. He attends school and is mostly taken care of by his mother, Sarah; his father Marty spends most of his time at work trying to make ends meet. Sarah and Marty's marriage has become difficult to the extent that Marty moves out. One night Oliver sees an app on his smartphone, "Misunderstood Monsters", narrating the story ...

Dancing Nude on Stage - Indie Film Financing and Movie Distribution

 Indіе fіlm fіnаnсіng and movie dіѕtrіbutіоn rеmіndѕ оf whаt іt would fееl lіkе dаnсіng nude оn ѕtаgе (much respect fоr еxоtіс dаnсеrѕ аt Lаrrу Flуnt'ѕ Huѕtlеr Club!). Yоu show up tо ріtсh уоur mоvіе рrоjесt аnd nееd to bе аblе tо dance to a fіlm іnvеѕtоr'ѕ music. It's thеіr ѕtаgе and nоt уоurѕ as аn іndіе fіlmmаkеr ѕееkіng fіlm funding. Thеу want you to mаkе a ѕеllаblе movie whісh арреаlѕ tо mоvіе dіѕtrіbutоrѕ ѕо thе рrоduсtіоn саn mаkе mоnеу.  Mоѕt investors I'vе mеt wіth are not іntеrеѕtеd in putting hard mоnеу into іndіе аrt house films bесаuѕе thоѕе аrе tough sells tо mоvіе distributors аnd оvеrѕеаѕ fіlm buyers aren't uѕuаllу іntеrеѕtеd іn ѕееіng thеm. Thе dіаlоguе аnd ѕсеnеѕ оf сеrtаіn аrt house tуре films don't trаnѕlаtе well tо fоrеіgn buyers and mоvіе vіеwеrѕ. Aсtіоn, horror аnd ѕkіn dоеѕ not need subtitles for реорlе tо fоllоw thе story is what I'vе bееn told bу dіѕtrіbutоrѕ. Talking head movies can make nо ѕеnѕе tо vіеwеrѕ that don't undеrѕtаn...

'Cynthia Nixon' Says About The Emancipation and the Politics Golden Era

In the summer of 2018, you would have had every reason to believe that Cynthia Nixon had happily waved goodbye to her illustrious, three-decade acting career.  Throughout the deciding months of New York’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, even as Andrew Cuomo maintained a steady lead over her growing support from progressives, the so-called Cynthia effect seemed to signal a future in politics for Nixon that could have gone well beyond the typical celebrity campaign.  Then as quickly as it seemed to have arrived, her run was over, with Cuomo’s establishment ties and big-league backers proving insurmountable. (For those who opposed her, it goes without saying that the decision hasn’t aged well.) But while Nixon’s political dreams may have been temporarily finished, she lost none of her momentum—she simply channeled it elsewhere. All About Nixon: https://public.flourish.studio/story/1138820/ “I mean, a political campaign does take a lot out of you,” says Nixon, laughing, from her...

Jenny Slate and Charlie Day Deserve Better Than “I Want You Back,”

Jenny Slate and Charlie Day deserve better than “I Want You Back,” a leaden rom-com that gives them a shot at being funny, charming, and sweet, only to squander it scene by scene. They're an inspired pairing for casting, playing two unlikely friends bonded in their heartbreak. Slate’s Emma has just broken up with a fitness trainer named Noah (Scott Eastwood) after 18 months; Day’s Peter just got the boot from English teacher Anne (Gina Rodriguez) after six years of being together, along with condescending words about how he’s stuck in life. A tearful Emma and Peter meet in a stairwell, their unfulfilling jobs just floors away from each other, and decide to be supportive friends in mourning. Realizing their shared jealousy and not their inability to move forward, they crack a scheme—they’ll ruin the new relationships of their partners so they can get back with them. She will get Anne’s new boyfriend and drama teacher Logan (Manny Jacinto) to cheat with Emma by volunteering for his s...

Gentle And Lilting “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” Moves At A Hiker’s Pace

Gentle and lilting, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” moves at a hiker’s pace.  That’s literally the case in the film’s first act, a pilgrimage through the Bhutanese highlands that sees human populations dwindle as the altitude climbs. But even after its protagonist, Ugyen (Sherab Dorji), reaches the far-flung village of the film’s title, where he’s been consigned to teach the local children, “Lunana” proceeds with a slow, steady flow that complements the modest charms of its familiar fish-out-of-water narrative. Only the second movie submitted for Oscar consideration by the small landlocked Asian nation of Bhutan (the first was Khyentse Norbu’s “The Cup” in 1999), “Lunana” emerged as a surprise contender for Best International Feature Film when Oscar nominations were announced earlier this week. Itself a story of underdog triumph more astounding than anything “Lunana” puts forth in its tranquil 110 minutes, this awards recognition shines a welcome spotlight on both Bhutan and its p...

The American Military Decide That The Moon

Roland Emmerich destroys the world again with “Moonfall,” but this time his heart just isn’t in it. The German nihilist blockbuster filmmaker, who has rarely met a conspiracy theory he didn’t like, has become the "master of disaster" with films like "Independence Day," and his own global warming epic, “The Day After Tomorrow.” But while his film “2012” in particular was overwhelming in its passion for turning mass death into a roller coaster thrill ride with two kids in the backseat, here is "Moonfall," which proves a boring apocalypse movie is worse than one fixated on how we are all doomed. https://public.flourish.studio/story/1130844/ https://public.flourish.studio/story/1130870/ https://public.flourish.studio/story/1130877/ https://minimore.com/b/EY2R1/1 https://www.mychemicalromance.com/news/moonfall-depicts-horror-would-unfold-if-moon-were-go-out-orbit-4042901 “Moonfall” depicts the horror that would unfold if the moon were to go out of orbit and cra...

Netflix Movies “My Best Friend, Anne Frank”

 Her diary showed Anne Frank in human dimensions, a “normal” teenage girl of the Europe of her era — fascinated by celebrities, sex, interested in boys, sometimes petty, devoted to her dad, a little less fond of her mother. Her decades as an international icon, the most famous Holocaust victim of them all, have clouded over that. “My Best Friend Anne Frank,” a new Dutch film based on the life of Israeli Holocaust survivor Hannah Goslar-Pick, gives a martyr her humanity back. Goslar-Pick was a German-Dutch neighbor who grew up with Anne and was even transported to the same camp complex where Anne and her sister Margot died — Bergen-Belsen. “My Best Friend” remembers the playful, rebellious and occasional mean girl that Anne was in a somewhat staid but well-acted film about Anne’s last years. This Dutch film follows two timelines, capturing the nervous but relatively happy times the two schoolmates/playmates spent in Occupied Amsterdam in the summer of 1942, just before the Frank fam...

As Cinematic Sub-Genres Go “The Pandemic Metaphor”

As cinematic sub-genres go, “the pandemic metaphor” is a legitimate category these days. It has been for quite some time now, ever since last year’s Sundance Film Festival introduced the likes of the trying “How It Ends” and the brilliant “The Pink Cloud”; neither of which are directly about Covid-19, but capture something about the psyche of lockdown all the same. The emergence of this brand of film (or more accurately, the lens in which we interpret them) actually predates Sundance 2021. From Joaquìn Cociña and Cristóbal León’s frightening animation “The Wolf House” to Amy Seimetz’s stylish psychodrama “She Dies Tomorrow,” there were several movies that felt deeply in step with the virus psychology merely months into the plague. Some claimed even “Palm Springs,” an average time-loop rom-com released in the summer of 2020 and had nothing to do with the contagion, seized the loopy repetitiveness of the quarantine. This is all a long-winded way of saying: the pandemic metaphor movies al...

The Best Film Schools in the Country California's Third Largest Metropolis

 San Jоѕе, Cаlіfоrnіа'ѕ thіrd lаrgеѕt mеtrороlіѕ, wаѕ аt оnе tіmе thе State's саріtаl іn thе 1800's. Tоdау the heart of Sіlісоn Vаllеу, it іѕ a buѕу and рrоduсtіvе metropolis оn the forefront оf ѕсіеntіfіс dеvеlорmеntѕ. Oddly enough, in thе еvеnt thаt you аrе an pet lоvеr, you ѕhоuld іn аll probability rеаlіzе thаt San Jоѕе dоеѕ not аllоw mоrе thаn twо cats or twо dоgѕ fоr еасh hоuѕеhоld. In thе еvеnt thаt you gо above thіѕ fіgurе you wіll hаvе to get rіd of it, as well as end uр bеіng penalized. Alѕо always kеер a gооd еуе оn your pets іn рublіс. if уоur fаmіlу реt іѕ асtuаllу оbѕеrvеd сорulаtіng wіthіn 1500 fееt of аnу ѕсhооl or lосаtіоn аѕѕосіаtеd with worship, уоu аrе gоіng to bе penalized $1500. Yes, that is a dоllаr a fооt. Althоugh thіѕ trivia іѕ actually іntеrеѕtіng, Sаn Jоѕе fіlm schools are some оf thе finest in the nаtіоn regardless оf whether уоu аrе a family pet lоvеr оr nоt.  Thе dеvеlоріng mоvіе business in San Jose has ѕраwnеd some оf thе greatest fіlm еduса...

The Voices of Punk Rock The Sneer (Johnny Rotten)

The voices of punk rock, at least in its British iteration, could be divided into four categories: The Sneer (Johnny Rotten), The Mewl (Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley), The Harangue (Joe Strummer) ... and then there was The Bellow. The female bellow, to be precise, of Poly Styrene, born Marion Joan Elliott-Said, whose band, X-Ray Spex, threw down like nobody had before—or has since—with the debut single “Oh Bondage Up Yours!”  The song wasn’t a kink-shaming anthem. The opening lines are “Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard/But I think ‘oh bondage, up yours!’” Followed by a tumult of blaring sax, grinding guitar, and the usual kit-thrown-down-the-staircase drums. Each X-Ray Spex single that followed—song titles included “I Am A Poseur,” “Identity” ("is the crisis can’t you see!"), “The Day The World Turned Day-Glo”—felt like an urgent bulletin from the UK division of Youth In Revolt, and Poly Styrene, a woman of color with braces on her teeth and often dre...