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Misuse of the pronouns me, myself and I causes much annoyance to those who read or hear the error, but figuring out the correct form to use is really very simple. I am ashamed to say that many of the perpetrators of the misuse of me, myself and I are the English themselves. I must …
Knowing when to use who or whom in a sentence is a challenge to those it may concern. But figuring out which of these pronouns to use is really easy and simply a case of identifying the subject (who is doing the thing) and the object (to whom the thing is being done). The simplest …
How many spaces should follow the punctuation at the end of a sentence? One…two? And does anyone really care? Since 1929, the American Psychological Association (the eponymous creators of the APA style) have had their say about how many end-of-sentence spaces we should be using, as set out in their style guide manual. But in …
Knowing what sells is essential if you want to write a successful script, so a key part of a scriptwriter's toolbox is to read as many scripts as possible written by others. It also becomes less disheartening when you see that some of the most successful films and TV shows contained ideas in early drafts …
In a previous article I explained how to display videos inside title text in Premiere Pro. In this post I explain how to put a different video clip inside each letter in the title text. And yes, before you shout in protest that the featured image should say FLY PAST, I apologise for using FLY …
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A colleague recently saw an ad on TV for a series of Star Wars movies which showed a different movie clip playing inside each letter in the Star Wars logo and asked me how it was done. In a previous article, I explained how to put still images inside text in InDesign so I thought a new …
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From advertising billboards to TV show opening sequences to movie trailers, images inside text have been a growing trend since 2018. Print advertisers using the look included British Airways and Smart Energy GB, and and on TV the effect was used in various ways including to advertise Star Wars movies, to animate the Channel 5 …
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