![]() Rose angrily rejects the option and leaves. Rose and Joel visit him in jail, where he claims that the entity feeds on trauma, and the only way to escape it is to brutally kill someone in front of a witness to traumatize them. The only exception was Robert Talley, who instead murdered someone else. When Joel discovers that nearly all the witnesses died within a week of seeing the previous suicide, he comes to believe that Rose is cursed. Holly compares Rose's behavior to their late mother, but an enraged Rose, having had enough of being pushed around by everyone, responds back by saying that Holly knows nothing of what happened. Feeling betrayed, Rose chastises Trevor saying that she trusted him, and all he did was walk away from her when she needed him. ![]() Rose tries to patch things up with Holly and Trevor, but finds that Trevor is only out for himself and has called Madeline to help her get over the situation with Rose. They find several cases of people having suicided in front of someone else, all of whom had recently witnessed a suicide themselves. Rose asks her ex-boyfriend Joel, a police detective, to go through old police records. Rose learns that the professor had also witnessed a suicide shortly before his own. Upon learning that Laura's professor was grinning at her before his death, Rose visits his widow, Victoria. However, when Rose tries to tell her fiancé, Trevor, but he doesn't listen, as well as everyone else, thinking she’s crazy. The incident convinces Rose that she has fallen victim to a curse. This leads to a public breakdown in which she sees Stephanie, one of the party guests, smiling at her and trips back onto a glass table, hurting her wrist. The gift Rose had brought has been replaced by her dead cat, horrifying the children. Later, Rose attends her nephew's birthday party. Madeline Northcott, who suggests that her problems stem from her abusive and mentally ill mother, who died from an overdose, which she witnessed as a child. This leads those around her to believe she is unhinged and possibly dangerous. In the following days, Rose's hallucinations continue. Concerned for Rose's mental well-being, her supervisor Dr. Rose calls for nurses to restrain him, only to see he has been asleep the whole time. Later, Rose sees a manic patient, Carl, smiling and shouting that she is going to die. With a shard of broken pottery, Weaver kills herself by slitting her throat. After Rose calls for help, she sees Laura standing up, calm and smiling. Soon after, Weaver stumbles to the floor and begins screaming. Weaver then claims that an entity that only she can see, taking the form of smiling people, has been terrorizing her, and has told her that she is going to die, and nobody believed her when she told them. Weaver explains that she witnessed her art history professor commit suicide a few days earlier. Rose Cotter meets with Laura Weaver, a graduate student. ![]() A sequel is in development.Īt a psychiatric ward, therapist Dr. It was a box office success, grossing over $217 million worldwide against a $17 million budget. ![]() The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, themes, cinematography and Bacon's performance, but criticized some of its jump scares and noted its similarities to other horror films such as The Ring and It Follows. Smile premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2022, and was released in the United States on September 30. Originally set for release on the streaming service Paramount+, distributor Paramount Pictures opted to release the film theatrically after positive test screenings. Principal photography began that month in New Jersey and ended in November. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Kal Penn, and Rob Morgan, as well as Caitlin Stasey playing the same character she played in the short film.Ī feature adaptation of Finn's short was announced in June 2020, and the cast was added in October 2021. The film stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist named Rose Cotter, who, after witnessing the bizarre suicide of a patient, goes through increasingly disturbing and daunting experiences, leading her to believe what she is experiencing is supernatural. Smile is a 2022 American psychological supernatural horror film written and directed by Parker Finn (in his feature directorial debut), based on his 2020 short film Laura Hasn't Slept. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In practice, however, I've never really experienced any kind of difference, I've worn different visibility rated clothing and found no real enhancement or hindrance in stealth, and in all my playtime I've never really seen any different weather beyond sunny. Yes, if you ever wanted a hunting simulator+dress up game, then Hunting Simulator 2 is for you! There are supposedly some kind of stat difference between them, with each piece of clothing affecting either your visibility, or giving you some kind of advantage in different weather. So what do you do with all that sweet cash you earn from your sweet animal hunts? Why, buy clothes, of course, the most important part of hunting!.well, besides the guns and the items and the licenses, I guess. I named my beagle Sif, the Great Beagle Hunting Dog because look at that good girl/boy! ![]() And, most importantly, you get to name your doggo, and pet him whenever you like. All doggos are capable of basic tracking, and have additional skills they can increase the more you hunt and the more you praise them. Pointer dogs, on the other hand, do exactly that: They’ll point out game to you by silently pointing towards your prey, so you can (hopefully) get a good, clean, and silent kill. ![]() Looking to take on bigger game that are a bit tougher to take down? Bring your beagle with you, and he’ll help flush out the animals by barking and track them down via blood trails. Going after smaller game like rabbits, geese, or duck? Bring a retriever with you, and he’ll run out and collect the smaller animals that you successfully hunt. The first thing I’m going to mention is DOGGOS! You can finally go out hunting with your best bud, starring three different breeds that specialize in three main skills: retrieving (via three different labrador colors), tracking and flushing (via the beagle, which is your default starting companion), and pointing (via pointing doggo name I forget), all of which will be relatively helpful depending on what it is you’re hunting. But, unlike most other hunting simulators, there are some changes and additions to the normal gameplay mechanics that both help and hinder Hunting Simulator 2. Generally speaking, the major mechanics are just about the same as every other hunting game you've played. Hunting Simulator 2’s major gameplay mechanics are about what you expect: you head out into the wild, you hunt an animal, track it, claim it, and then choose to either sell it for cash or keep it as a trophy for your hunting lodge. But before we get into the meat of that, let’s go over the general mechanics of the game. Yes, Hunting Simulator 2 takes the simulation aspect of hunting games and turns it up to 11, which is good in some cases but less so in others. Hunting Simulator 2 isn’t like some of the more popular simulators: you’re not going to be tripping over animals every few feet, tracking requires absolute patience and attentiveness, and god forbid you don’t have the proper license or weapon type for the animal you’re hunting because fines exist in this game and they will ruin you. Hunting Simulator 2 is the sequel to the previous game from Neopica/Nacon, featuring over 160 weapons, 33 different animals, and 3 locations with over 6 square miles of various kinds of terrain to hunt in! Sounds exciting! But is it? Well, yes, but actually no. Hunting Simulator 2 is exactly that: a hunting simulator and boy is the title a lot more accurate than I thought it would be. Ahhh hunting simulators, truly one of the best ways to experience the hunt: you don’t have to get up early, you don’t have to sit in a forest freezing your ass off, there are animals aplenty for you to stalk and hunt, and overall it’s just a real chill time!.at least, if you have the patience. ![]() ![]() ![]() Is it even Halloween if you don’t put some sort of Halloween themed decor on your front porch? How do kids know to come to your house for trick or treating!? This year, we are going with a skeleton theme for outdoor because we snagged the always-out-of-stock 12′ skeleton from Home Depot. Download the Halloween Game Board and trick or treat game cards Once printed, mount or laminate the game board and cards. Penguins The Mirror of Ink by Jorge Luis Borges, book cover design: Angus Hyland, art director. All you need to do is put the mood board in your PowerPoint or Google Slides and have students respond in the chat or whichever way you would like with the number that represents how they currently feel. For a week that begins in the name of black, we have selected decorations and accessories in dark and compact tones. Please read my privacy policy for more information. Each mood board has nine images that display various emotions (happy, sad, confused etc). I shared our indoor and outdoor Halloween decor a few years ago, but woof – my photo taking skills and overall decorating have improved quite a bit! I’ll leave it here for you if you’re interested but no judgement on those early blogging days please! ![]() ![]() Hi friends! Happy Fall! Now that it’s officially fall, I wanted to share a few Halloween mood boards I put together! Below you’ll find a collection of Halloween decor for your porch, bar cart, and entryway. Conosciute anche come inspiration board, le moodboard possono aiutarti a raccogliere idee e a trovare ispirazione per un progetto, nonché a raggiungere il successo più velocemente. ![]() ![]() The actual thing you need to do, and I'm posting here in case someone rediscovers this thread, is to create an AEL (Auto Exposure Lock) toggle. ![]() unless you go to the trouble of going into Manual Exposure recording mode and also disabling Auto-Iso. Custom white balance is more consistently accurate and will save time doing color correction in post.įatSmurf, it looks like no one understood your problem - because even when disabling AWB (Auto White Balance) and going into one of the specific modes will it change during recording. Using AWB rather than custom white balance for video is a time waster, not a time saver. With Sony, you can assign custom white balance to custom 1, custom 2 and custom 3, then using a function button, quickly toggle between them at a moment's notice. We calibrate monitors, we do not calibrate white balance. Not sure what you mean by calibrated WB: there is custom white balance, there are presets and then there is AWB. My GH5 AWB would change during recording depending on the lighting. I think the question posted is how do we do this with Sony? Anyone? Not looking for a tutorial on how to film in Manual WB, looking for a Auto WB lock solution. My Panasonic would lock in the calibrated WB once I hit record and not change from it during that recording. My go to's here are Auto WB and sometimes Auto ISO. So when the camera can help me in some of its auto settings, i'm going to use them. It's nearly impossible to check all settings every-time I hit record. We're moving at a crazy pace through the day from room to room, inside outside, tungsten lights to day light. ![]() That said, I shoot a lot of events & weddings. The proper way to film is to lock in all setting manually. ![]() ![]() Light the candle every Wednesday (Mercury’s Day) to ensure calm and pleasurable conversations with others. Take a yellow or orange candle (the color of Mercury) and annotate it with myrrh oil to bring peaceful communication our way. To Stay Centered During Mercury Retrograde Being kind to ourselves is ¾ of the journey - the same applies for everyone else in our lives too. Most importantly, we need to give ourselves time to process our revelations. ![]() If we grace ourselves with compassion and kindness, we will be able to eventually move forward and mend these sentiments. We are coming to terms with the truest versions of ourselves, which will be hard to process at first. Secrets and scandals will be revealed - but, mostly the lies we’ve told ourselves throughout the years. Odds are, sentiments and feelings that have been pushed down within our hearts will resurface. It’s a time for us all to take a deep dive within our hearts and psyche to remedy the way we go through the motions of relationships. We will see patterns in our behaviorisms and partnerships that we’ve never seen before. This backwards journey is about gaining emotional clarity and understanding our role in relationships (how we relate and treat others). This time, the trickster planet will be moonwalking from watery Scorpio to airy Libra. ![]() The retrograde story we will experience began on September 23rd during the pre-shadow phase and will wrap up on November 19th when the Retroshade zone concludes. ![]() Mercury retrograde commences on October 13th and lasts until November 3rd (Election Day in the U.S.). ![]() ![]() ![]() The games have been continued with the MMO, The Old Republic, a freemium game that is popular worldwide. The sequel is set five years later with a mixture of new and old characters. Some of these can benefit the player financially. Four thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Republic verges on collapse. The game also features a variety of mini-games such as swoop racing, pazaak card playing, and space combat. ![]() The game offers a selection of companions to recruit, each with their own unique abilities and talents, some of which are necessary to progress in the storyline. Alignment plays a key role in the game with players’ morality choices affecting what companions they can recruit as well as the game ending. The game takes place across several distinctive worlds, space stations, and ships, as the player quests the galaxy. ![]() The story isnt as interesting as the first, but the level of customization. Kotor 2 has an overall 'darker' feel to it than 1. Games like STAR WARS – Knights of the Old Republic are immersive with excellent storytelling. The game play is fun and original, but lacking much customization. The player begins as an amnesiac aboard a Republican ship before fleeing to hide on the planet of Taris. With the Jedi Order in ruin, the Republic’s only hope is a lone Jedi struggling to reconnect with the Force. The Republic is in chaos and under attack by a Sith Armada led by Darth Malak. Five years after the events from the award winning Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith Lords have hunted the Jedi to the edge of extinction and are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. Knights of the Old Republic is one of Bioware’s signature games, an RPG set in the Star Wars universe, 4,000 years before the events of the films. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For more information about Joanne please visit her LinkedIn page. She is an advocate for Italian immigrant women, and the author of White Widow, which is available on Amazon. Joanne has many years of experience in travel to Italy, Italian art, literature, film, history, wine, and cuisine. Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in the Universe! ![]() I’m honoring both my Grandmother and Mother who made me who I am, they were Renaissance women, ahead of their time to take charge and to protect those that they loved. Women who were devoted to Our Mother Mary, who prayed the rosary, and had unquestionable faith. On this Mother’s Day, I hope you delve into your own histories, and honor the women, whether they were Italian or not, those that came before you, those that set the pace for you and for giving you a better life. The gratitude I feel for my ancestors is deep, and I would not be in this beautiful country without their ingenuity and persistence. My memory allows me to still recall the day my Mother left Italy to travel to the US alone so that she could get a job and establish residency before I and the rest of my family could travel to Philadelphia. In the process of writing my book, I was torn about my devotion and respect for my Grandfather, for giving me the opportunity to immigrate to America, and the resilience and sacrifices of my Grandmother for keeping us safe in Italy. It certainly didn’t cover the herculean task of raising a family in war-ravaged and impoverished villages. While the monetary support was helpful, it didn’t begin to cover what was needed. Often these women would never see their husbands again. The husbands would send money back to the family in Italy to help support them. White Widows were women that were left behind in Italy while their husbands went to the US to work. I read this book decades ago but it really resonated with me because I realized that my Grandmother Teresa was a White Widow. This book speaks about Italian immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first time, I heard the words White Widow, was in a book I read, called Unto the Sons by Jerre Mangione and Gaetano Talese. In addition, my Mother began to write some of these stories in a journal a few years before her death. This book was inspired by the countless stories my Grandmother and Mother told me. I tell a fictionalized version of their story, in my book White Widow. They had to have these qualities in order to survive the life that they were handed. She was the strongest woman I have ever met, with my Mother, Raffaela, being a close second.īoth Teresa and Raffaela had the stamina of an army and the hearts of legions. I’m paying tribute to my Grandmother, Teresa. Of course, as in all individuals, everyone’s experience is unique. For those of you who have been blessed to have an Italian Mother and an Italian Grandmother, I hope these words you are reading will sound familiar and meaningful. ![]() ![]() Learn how your comment data is processed. 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Synology’s wireless routers feature powerful VPN server capabilities that enable businesses to quickly facilitate a remote workforce. Milton Keynes, UK - 2nd April 2020 - In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have adopted work from home policies. ![]() Synology’s routers are equipped to operate as VPN servers, and the VPN Plus software makes this work. However VPNs can also enable secure remote working. Many people are familiar with “VPN” companies that offer a simple proxy service. Set up your Synology Router and installed the latest version of Synology Router Manager (SRM). VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, allow a secure remote connection that works like being on-site. Recognising the ongoing effect of coronavirus, Synology are offering free licences for their VPN Plus software for qualifying Synology routers. ![]() ![]() With so many different ways to style a disconnected undercut, there is sure to be an option for everyone. This will ensure that you love how you look and feel confident in your new hairstyle. When considering a disconnected undercut, you must find a style that works for you and your hair type. Plus, its versatility means something to be enjoyed by everyone – from soft beachy waves to bold, edgy bobs. This technique promises a head full of healthy and nourished locks and helps protect strands from damage, so you can rock your ‘do for longer. The use of real platinum in the tips of each strand gives off a unique sparkle and shine that cannot be replicated with any other material. This hairstyle technique produces incredibly sharp and defined edges, perfect for creating sleek lines throughout the hair. The sharp disconnected cut with platinum tips has become a must-have look to complete any modern outfit. Side-Leaning Quiff Some quiffs are so long that they lean slightly to one side. Here’s some hair inspiration to give you a better idea of how a disconnected quiff hairstyle should look. Sharp Disconnected Cut with Platinum Tips Disconnected quiffs are usually designated by longer strands on top, but it’s an adaptable haircut, so that’s really up to you. However, with our help, we’re confident you’ll be able to choose the cut that best suits you. The disconnected undercut is versatile, and finding the right hairstyle for you can take time and effort. Neatly maintained throughout, the low fade starts it off and is kept clean through the use of skill and scissors. Sweep your hair back with your fingers if you want a messier look, or with a brush, if you want a sleeker look. Low to High Quiff This quiff is one of the classic examples of fashion and style.You can skip this step if you don’t want a bulky top. To create volume, run a brush against the grain of your hair.Apply wax or pomade to the top of your hair.The blow dryer should be used from the back to the front. Oval shaped faces can encash the most of it while other face shapes need to play around with the ratio. The term ‘disconnected’ means that the bottom half and the top part of this hairstyle must be of completely different lengths.After you’ve washed your hair, pat it dry with a towel.Would you prefer something more refined and will opt for a man bun or a ponytail? Whatever you decide, here are some tips on how to pull off the look: ![]() ![]() ![]() Consider whether it will be voluminous or sleek, curly or straight. The main focus will, of course, be on the top hair because there are numerous ways to do it.įirst, decide whether to part your pompadour or comb it over to the side. You must know how to style the disconnected undercut at home if you do not live in a barbershop or hair salon. Whichever long hair undercut men choose, it will only look good if properly styled. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before joining Apple, he was Principal Product Designer at Avid for over 10 years. Steve Bayes: retired from Apple in 2018 after more than 12 years as Product Manager for Professional Applications. The newly appointed Hedge advisors will offer guidance on evolving market dynamics, product evolution, and customer experience. To help take the company through its next stage of growth, Hedge strengthened its leadership capabilities with the establishment of an industry advisory board with investor Steve Bayes, industry executive Estelle McGechie, and noted filmmaker Robin Moran. And by investing back into the industry, we are also building a new era of video workflows that are open, reliable, and fast – and that will catapult video production into the modern age.” Appoints strategic advisors Matthijs adds, “With this investment coming from industry leaders who understand the pain points we are trying to solve, we will grow our team and focus on optimising the workflow for customers rather than finances, bringing new features and entirely new products to market faster. But, even with our success and rapid development schedule, there’s still so much more we can build to make life even better for our customers.” They are doing amazing things, and we see this as just the beginning of an amazing industry evolution and partner collaboration.Co-founder and CEO of Hedge, Paul Matthijs, says, “Hedge has had five consecutive years of profitable growth. Colourlab is a great step forward towards enabling that and it’s the main reason why we are investing in their seed round. Within a few years, a non-destructive color workflow will become the most important cornerstone for any production. Paul elaborates on the strategy behind the investment, “The final frontier is color. Consistent with Hedge’s overriding ethos of efficiency and time-savings, Hedge’s investment into the color-focused technology company will help further commoditize workflows, enabling an even wider pool of users to participate in production and post-production. It’s AI-driven color grading technology enables users to match the colour essence of a film clip and accurately apply it to a single clip or hundreds, automatically. Hedge is also the lead investor in Colourlab’s seed round, which was completed earlier this year. We are moving quickly and our customers can expect exciting new products born from EditReady, Scopebox, and Hedge technologies.” Customers will have a more complete and friction free workflow with experts they can tap into. That’s why we’re acquiring Divergent Media’s apps. Paul explains, “To remove even more workflow friction, we need to be able do more with video itself. With access to these technologies, Hedge plans to consolidate and improve its products, without losing the essence of any of them. ![]() ![]() The company’s recent seed funding, and its investments and acquisitions, will allow Hedge to maintain and grow its position at the centre of modern creative production and remove all friction from workflows from camera right through to edit.ĭivergent Media tools help with DIT, editing, finishing and transcoding. Thoughtful design runs through the company’s products, making them easy to use and dependably robust. Hedge’s software intelligently transfers valuable video content from cameras to multiple storage media, and allows video editors to collaborate across the cloud. And by investing back into the industry, we are also building a new era of video workflows that are open, reliable, and fast – and that will catapult video production into the modern age.” “With this investment coming from industry leaders who understand the pain points we are trying to solve, we will grow our team and focus on optimizing the workflow for customers rather than finances, bringing new features and entirely new products to market faster. But, even with our success and rapid development schedule, there’s still so much more we can build to make life even better for our customers,” states Paul Matthijs, co-founder and CEO of Hedge. “Hedge has had five consecutive years of profitable growth. The financial transactions coincide with three strategic advisor appointments to help take the company through its next stage of growth: investor Steve Bayes, industry executive Estelle McGechie, and noted filmmaker Robin Moran. Hedge will use the investment to grow its team, and expand its media technology portfolio and capabilities through the acquisition of Divergent Media assets and investment in Colourlab. Hedge, the creator of modern, intelligent software solutions for video professionals, announced it has closed a $3 million round of seed funding led by Steve Bayes in participation with other private media industry investors. ![]() |