Andrew Blackman
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Former @WSJ reporter, now freelance writer & editor. Born in London, lived in Barbados, NYC & Crete. Two novels published. Tweets on #writing and #books mostly.
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1 month ago |
photography.tutsplus.com | Marie Gardiner |Andrew Blackman
What does breaking the fourth wall mean? The ‘fourth wall’ is a sort of invisible barrier between us (the audience) and the world of a play, film, or TV show. In a theatre setting, the stage has three actual walls, and the audience watches through the ‘fourth wall’. For that to be broken, a character has to directly address the audience, which is an acknowledgment that they’re there.
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1 month ago |
photography.tutsplus.com | Marie Gardiner |Jonathan Lam |Andrew Blackman
What is a prop, why does it matter? Prop, is actually and means any movable object used on a set (film or theatre) to support the story or for characterisation. If you think about useful props, like a cup or a chair for example, they serve a function but don’t necessarily contribute to the story. Some props though, are loaded with symbolic or narrative weight!There are some props that are even extensions of a character, like some of the gadgets belonging to James Bond.
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design.tutsplus.com | Yulia Sokolova |Andrew Blackman |Diana Toma
Since our text effect is yellowy-orange, a complementary violet-blue color scheme will make it pop. As an alternative, an analogous red or pinky-peach palette will also look great. After downloading the files, open the JPG or PNG folder, drag and drop the image of your choice into the scene, and push it back behind the clouds. If the image appears too large, scale it down proportionally by dragging one of its corner handles while holding Alt-Shift to maintain its aspect ratio.
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1 month ago |
photography.tutsplus.com | Marie Gardiner |Andrew Blackman
Step 1: Understand the core ideasBefore you can get writing, you need to understand some fundamentals about what time loops and parallel universes are. A time loop is when the characters (or a universe) repeats the same period of time, sometimes quite often. There are usually conditions needed to start the loop again, like a character dies for example. Or the day comes to an end and starts again.
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2 months ago |
andrewblackman.net | Andrew Blackman |WeChat icon
Join bookshops around the world to celebrate the right to read freely. Just discovered that bookshops around the world are celebrating the right to read freely today, in support of the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem which was recently targeted by Israeli police. The Educational Bookshop is a small family-run chain of bookshops that’s been around for over four decades.
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My review of Clear by Carys Davies for #ReadingWales'25: https://t.co/Axwzed4YNx @GrantaBooks
Congrats to @hoperoadpublish for having a book longlisted for the International Booker Prize. Always good to see smaller publishers getting the recognition they deserve https://t.co/dPZObMTD8E
RT @UNmigration: The death toll continues to rise as the conflict in #DRCongo intensifies. IOM and partners are providing much needed sup…