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📱 Shot on iPhone—Tezuka’s ‘Midnight’
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Tezuka's 'Midnight'—Forget the Oscars, this one's shot on an iPhone. And it's brilliant. Check it out!
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📱 Tezuka’s ‘Midnight’—Shot on iPhone
💼 Creatives Package Profitably
🔍 Google Cracks Down: No More Spam
🔥 Press Worthy Stories
📚 Learn & Grow
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VISUAL CREATORS
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Renowned manga artist Osamu Tezuka’s work Midnight has been adapted into a live-action film by director Takashi Miike, and it was all shot on the new iPhone 15 Pro.
The movie, released by Apple, features popular actors Kento Kaku, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, and rising star Konatsu Kato. Midnight tells the story of a Tokyo taxi driver, played by Kento Kaku, who lends a hand to a young woman, played by Konatsu Kato, trying to run her father’s truck business and fend off a local gang, led by Yukiyoshi Ozawa’s menacing boss.
With the iPhone 15 Pro’s Action mode, Miike captured the intensity of Tokyo’s neon-lit streets.
Thoughts on an Osamu Tezuka manga getting an iPhone-shot live-action film?Click to vote and see live results! |
Imitation game: Fair or foul?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤝 Flattering
🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️ 🤷 Hard to say
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🚫 Copyright infringement
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PRODUCTION MASTERY
The commercial aspects of creativity.
The new buzz in town? Creatives are turning their services into sellable products. Yep, think of it like turning a painting into a poster.
Instead of customizing every project, they're packaging their genius into fixed-price offerings. It's like getting a Happy Meal instead of ordering à la carte.
Why the switch? It's all about making bank without the boom-bust cycle. With productized services, agencies, creators and solopreneurs can go from hand-crafted to mass-produced—without sacrificing quality.
Scaling up? More like leveling up.
And customers? They dig the clear costs and deliverables.
It's a win-win. But hey, not everyone's into the shrink-wrap approach. Some artists thrive on the bespoke.
Will productization paint the whole market, or will custom creations still have a canvas?
One thing's for sure: Creatives are laying out their offerings like a buffet, and customers are coming back for seconds.
Productizing creative services: Progress or pitfall?Click to vote and see live results! |
Which movie marketing moment takes the Oscar?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🌲 Blair Witch's viral woods
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 🥴 Deadpool's cheeky chaos
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Google is rolling out a new "core update" to its search algorithms, aiming to cut down on spam and deliver higher-quality results.
The tech giant will build on its 2022 experiment to downrank low-quality content. It plans to reduce unoriginal or unhelpful results by about 40%, and its next update will focus on identifying and penalizing mass content generated by AI or humans designed to manipulate rankings.
The move could impact sites with keyword-focused pages or those using high-domain authority backlinks. Google's guidelines don't bar AI-generated content as long as it's valuable and "people first".
However, it's taking a stricter stance on spammy practices like posting low-quality content on trusted sites solely for ranking benefits. The search engine also plans to combat the use of expired domains for ranking boosts.
The changes will roll out from May 5, so it's a good time for SEO managers to review their strategies.
Is Google's new spam-fighting algorithm:Click to vote and see live results! |
Which Instagram feature steals the show?
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🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 💌 DMs filter faves
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PRODUCTION MASTERY
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