Author: Meg Shields

April isn’t just the cruelest month…if you put your mind to it, it can be one of the spookiest, too.

Because there’s nothing scarier than systemic bias.

Watch a video essay explaining why old TV shows tended to feature yellow title cards.

New Hollywood. I might have known it would be New Hollywood.

And what even is a “natural” edit, anyway?

My god, it’s full of stars! And innovative slit-scan photography!

Fire in the hole! Or…multiple holes, safety padded with foam, and directed towards the camera.

There’s a reason chiaroscuro lighting has been around for hundreds of years. It’s effective and dynamic, and it tells a story.

What do a dancing walrus and a long-legged ghost have to do with jazz superstar Cab Calloway? Well, in a word: rotoscoping.