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A deep dive into the beautiful (video) game in A Tale of Two Halves by Bitmap Books

PreMortem.Games

Once the concept is agreed, I start thinking about how it could look, playing around with design layouts. Dyer often incorporates special touches to the books that set their titles apart, such as the Metal Slug book, where the collector’s edition slipcase played sound effects from the game.

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10 best summer movies - Filmustage Edition

Filmustage

It turns out that "(500) Days of Summer" is not a romantic comedy but a psychological drama that examines how different concepts of love get in the way of mutual understanding. Accordingly, expect liters of blood and horror before bloodthirsty and ruthless monsters who try to tear apart the protagonists in the most gruesome ways.

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Origins of Ghost Master, Part One

iHobo

And it's all down to Gregg Barnett, frankly - he had the concept, and he handed it onto me to craft into a design. You can see them all on this brilliant poster that came with the Special Edition. Gregg had committed to making our game a blend of cute and scary, and the concept art was too horrific.   Haunting 101.

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How to Manage Artists on a Board Game Project

Brand Game Development

It has been lightly edited for clarity and flow. To develop specifically my art contract, for example, it took my own experiences, and huge amount of research on freelance contracts, common procedures, and industry horror stories to make sure I was covering all the points! Below is a transcript of our conversation over Discord DMs.

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Decoding cinema: A deep dive into film studies and its language

Filmustage

✂️ Film Editing : The impact of editing can't be overstated. Take Walter Murch and his rule of six, which offered a new paradigm for editing that focused on emotional content and storytelling. ? That moment revolutionized the way we perceive music in horror films. ?

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The Difference Between a Logline, Synopsis, and Treatment

Filmustage

The logline delivers the core concept in just one sentence. Horror synopses build tension and reveal the threat. A well-crafted treatment becomes the blueprint that changes a concept into a viable screen project. A well-crafted synopsis captures the story's essence in a few pages.

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The Master of Anarchic Tales: Guillermo Del Toro

Filmustage

Art by @nadi_bulochka How the real horror turned into the horror on the screen Most of del Toro's pictures are filled with fear and pain. Del Toro's style is an intellectual fantasy in which religion, history, politics and philosophy meet with elements of fairytales and horror. Perfection is to be imperfect.

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