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Animated GIFs are the best way to liven up your social profile or create addictive memes that will get shared all over the world. For those of you who somehow missed out on the wonder and mastery of animated GIFs on social networks, Buzz Feed was kind enough to collect the 54 Best Animated GIFs of 2012. From the slapstick to the mesmerizing, from the endless ice cream sandwiches to the noble capybara who just needed a backrub, GIFs have changed our lives…for about 2 to 3 seconds.

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In “Clash of the Titans,” both the Ray Harryhausen monsterfest from the 80′s and the recent remake, this epic command from the King of the Gods signals that things are about to get ugly: Release the Kraken! Over the past few years, the phrase has also become a meme for introducing the bizarre and the unaccountably strange. The images and concepts that follow this phrase are often so far out of the box that they may have never even seen a box or come from a universe with no right angles. [Read more...]

There’s quite a lot of knowledge and skill that goes into creating a music video. You can’t just point your camera phone at a band and call it a music video, at least not if you want anyone to take you seriously. Begin by writing a song and practicing your performance. Once you’ve got the music right, it’s time to storyboard your performance. After all the segments of the video have been shot and the audio is recorded, you can hit the editing room to splice it all together. Lastly, you’ll need to market your video and protect it with a copyright notice.

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A documentary is defined as an official, factual record of some event, generally in movie or film format. Documentaries are often serious, educational attempts to describe reality, but the approach of filming and creating a documentary can include humor, satire, and irony. Documentaries can focus on current events, people, places, things, or they can look at historic occurrences. Material can be factual or fictionalized, but it is the “actual” and “real” nature that tends to separate documentaries from other types of movie media. Documentaries can range from a basic YouTube video explaining how to program your phone to a full-scale in-depth analysis of the Boer War in Africa.

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Do you wish that you could be more flexible? Many people regret losing the natural flexibility that they enjoyed as children, but you do not have to simply accept your body stiffening up as you get older. Follow these simple tips to improve your flexibility safely and steadily.

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You’ve got 10 minutes. That’s the average length of short films at festivals throughout the world and it’s a good goal to shoot for overall. Short films can run as long as 45 minutes but if you need all that time, you might as well go feature length and really explore the world you’ve created.

There’s not a lot you can say in 10 minutes. Don’t try. Award winning short films are those that show their stories. “Lunch Date” is a great example of a 10 minute film with 0 lines of dialog that picked up an Oscar and a Palm d’Or, launching the career of writer/director Adam Davidson. Within the first 30 seconds, we learn everything we need to know about the central character by her gestures and possessions.

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