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[gaussmultimedia]

Máster Diseño Visual 2020-21. Animación cartel para campaña publicitaria de Nike Air Max. Proyecto de Lidia Conde Ruiz.

[ace-touya]

The L.O.V - What Family Means to Misfits

All visuals from the MHA manga // Sue Zhao // Mikko Harvey // Lidia Yuknavitch - The Chronology of Water // David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas // Trista Mateer

[ilikethisacompletelynormalamount]

To acknowledge all of those extraordinary people that Andrew thanked and congratulated, I'm adding the nominees from categories that don't always get attention, along with their interviews or featurettes.

Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Single Episode

Ripley - III Sommerso

John Bowers, Visual Effects Supervisor • Jason Tsang, Visual Effects Supervisor • Joseph Servodio, Visual Effects Producer • Maricel Pagulayan, Visual Effects Producer • Christopher White, Visual Effects Supervisor • Libby Hazell, Visual Effects Producer • Francois Sugny, Visual Effects Sequence Supervisor • Gaia Bussolati, Visual Effects Supervisor • Pepe Valencia, Visualization Supervisor

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special

Ripley - III Sommerso

Larry Zipf, Co-Supervising Sound Editor/ Sound Designer • Michael Feuser, Co-Supervising Sound Editor • Michael McMenomy, Dialogue Editor • Lidia Tamplenizza, Supervising ADR Editor • David Forshee, Sound Effects Editor • Bill R. Dean, Sound Effects Editor • Wyatt Sprague, Sound Effects Editor • Angelo Palazzo, Sound Effects Editor • Matt Haasch, Supervising Foley Editor • Igor Nikolic, Foley Editor • Dan Evans Farkas, Music Editor • Ben Schor, Music Editor • Jay Peck, Foley Artist • Sandra Fox, Foley Artist

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Ripley - Vll Macabre Entertainment

Michael Barry, Re-Recording Mixer • Larry Zipf, Re-Recording Mixer • Maurizio Argentieri, Production Mixer • Michael Perfitt, Scoring Mixer

Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Ripley - III Sommerso

Joshua Raymond Lee, Editor • David O. Rogers, Editor

Outstanding Period Costumes For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Ripley - IV La Dolce Vita

Maurizio Millenotti, Costume Designer • Gianni Casalnuovo, Costume Designer • Ernest Camilleri, Wardrobe Supervisor • Teresa D’Arienzo, Assistant Costume Designer • Francesco Morabito, Assistant Costume Design

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)

Ripley

David Gropman, Production Designer • Karen Schulz Gropman, Art Director • Alex Santucci, Art Director • Alessandra Querzola, Set Decorator

Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Ripley - V Lucio

Robert Elswit, Director of Photography

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Ripley

Avy Kaufman, CSA, Casting by • Francesco Vedovati, Location Casting • Barbara Giordani, Location Casting

Sources 1st image, quote

[igetthedisneybox]

Keeping up with the theme of the past Madrigals, who loves their gift and who hates their gift? And why?

Miranda: Loves her gift. She can fly, duh. She did develop a small fear of open spaces, but like...worth it.

Amelia: She...starts out loving her gift. She makes people happy, or excited, or surprised. That's a good thing, right?....Right?

Sofía: She hates her gift. No one wants to hang out with someone who can make them sad, or anxious, or angry.

Princesa: She likes her gift alright, but she's somewhat bitter over the fact that she's 90% sure that people only like her BECAUSE of her gift.

Fuega: She hates her gift. She can't express her emotions without bursting to flames.

Mariana: She fucking LOVES her gift. She's always been adventurous, and her gift just made it better tenfold.

Leta: Also fucking loves her gift. Except on those dark nights when she wonders what pain truly feels like and...tries to find out.

Andrés: Actually does love his gift. He's shy, he likes being invisible.

Carlos: Likes his gift alright. He does wish it was more visually interesting sometimes, but, you know. He makes it work.

Avila: Not a fan of her gift, mainly because she can't really use it a lot. When she does use it, she likes it.

Amada: Does love her gift, but she's eleven, so she thinks it's kinda boring at times.

Tomás: He loves his gift a lot. Nothing much more to say

Rómulo: He also loves his gift a lot. Nothing much more to say, either!

Zoe: She loves her gift! She has so many friends now! She has no idea why so many people dislike her gift :(

Hugo: He likes his gift. He likes bugs. (Sorry, Hannah lol)

José: He loves his gift lol. Like...it's luck. Best superpower ever.

Héctor: Loves his gift. He uses it to fly!

Óscar: Suprisingly, he does like his gift. He likes being able to talk to Bisabuelo Pedro, and write down the stories of long dead folk. He just hates how the Encanto people act around him.

Beatriz: She pretends to like her gift, but actually is not a fan. Similar to Dolores's opinion on hers, in my mind.

Lidia: She likes her gift alright, but wishes it was a bit more useful.

[alpinekitsch]

1. TWO THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED, Lidia Byrne and Charlie Robert

2. Residual, Jacob Sturgeon

at visual diary

[letsstudieren]

Summer went by so fast! So, it's time for a recap:

I got several partial credits, and two full ones!

I watched Lidia Poet in Italian and I loved it so much, I need a second season yesterday, tho I don't hold many expectations. Still, the settings, the clothing, it's beautiful

I finally watched Totoro (with Japanese subtitles) and I liked it. It's so sweet and cute. And I didn't struggle as much following the dialogues and plot <3

Two bonus: I watched Chi's Sweet Home and My Dear Oni, also with original subtitles. I need to rewatch the second one, I didn't understand much of it, but it's very pretty visually

I tried working on my grammar notes, but haven't found a format that suits me yet

I started listening to Le fantôme de l'opéra and a book about how music influences our brains. I've also been watching more random stuff.

I'm half-way through a book of short stories in German, but I listened to several videos on YT, so that's something

I didn't write every week, but I wrote a bit more, and every bit counts, right?

I've been reading little, I hope I can change that soon. How was your summer, guys? Any progress you're proud of?

[zerovolstories]

**The Panaroid Anime Kids**

El director lanza una precuela titulada *The Panaroid Anime Kids*, que explora la infancia de Rex, Omega y Lei. Esta serie de anime se centra en los años formativos de los personajes, proporcionando una visión detallada de cómo se conocieron y cómo su amistad comenzó a formarse.

### Premisa

**The Panaroid Anime Kids** se sitúa en el pasado, cuando Rex, Omega y Lei eran niños. La serie ofrece una perspectiva fresca y tierna sobre sus vidas antes de los eventos de *The Panaroid Anime*. A través de episodios llenos de humor, aventura y momentos emotivos, la serie explora sus primeras interacciones, sus sueños y sus desafíos a una edad temprana.

### Estilo Visual y Narrativo

- **Estilo Visual:** La serie presenta un estilo artístico que refleja la inocencia y la alegría de la infancia. Los personajes son representados con diseños más jóvenes y adorables, y los escenarios tienen un tono más cálido y juguetón. Los colores son más suaves y vivos, y las animaciones capturan la energía y el dinamismo de la vida infantil.

- **Desarrollo de Personajes:** Cada episodio se centra en un aspecto específico de la infancia de los personajes. Se exploran sus intereses, las primeras etapas de sus relaciones y cómo sus personalidades se formaron. La serie muestra cómo Rex, Omega y Lei comienzan a desarrollar sus pasiones y habilidades que luego llevarán a su amistad en *The Panaroid Anime*.

- **Narrativa Expansiva:** La serie explora las aventuras y travesuras de los tres amigos mientras descubren el mundo que los rodea. Los episodios incluyen historias sobre la escuela, sus juegos favoritos, y cómo enfrentan pequeños desafíos juntos. También se adentra en cómo cada uno de ellos lidia con las dificultades de la infancia y cómo su amistad les ayuda a superar esos momentos.

### Primer Encuentro

Uno de los arcos principales de la serie es el primer encuentro entre Rex, Omega y Lei. La serie detalla cómo se conocieron, sus primeras interacciones y cómo sus personalidades únicas comenzaron a complementarse. Este arco también explora cómo formaron el grupo y comenzaron a compartir sus intereses, como los videojuegos, que eventualmente serían centrales en *The Panaroid Anime*.

### Lecciones de Vida

*The Panaroid Anime Kids* también se enfoca en lecciones de vida y valores importantes, como la amistad, la honestidad y el trabajo en equipo. A través de sus aventuras y desafíos, los personajes aprenden sobre la importancia de apoyar a los amigos y de enfrentar los problemas con coraje y creatividad.

### Conclusión de la Precela

La serie concluye con una mirada al futuro, mostrando cómo la infancia de los personajes los ha preparado para los eventos de *The Panaroid Anime*. La última escena muestra a Rex, Omega y Lei en una reunión, ahora mayores, con una breve referencia a sus días de infancia y cómo esos momentos formativos aún influyen en su amistad y sus vidas actuales.

### Impacto

**The Panaroid Anime Kids** ofrece a los fanáticos una visión tierna y nostálgica de los personajes favoritos de *The Panaroid Anime*. Al explorar sus años de formación, la serie enriquece la comprensión de los personajes y añade profundidad a su historia, proporcionando un contexto emocional que enriquece la experiencia global de la saga.

[lunarsilkscreen]

Redesigning the mechanics of FFIX

Final Fantasy 9 is a return to form for SquareEnix. Leaving behind all the sci-fi additions and returning to an era of SteamPunk. This is before SteamPunk was a standalone concept. So it's not so heavy handed.

Noting the flaws they had with the Materia system in FF7, and not wanting every character to be caster; equipment now has levels that allow you to learn abilities from them.

Each piece of equipment having unique abilities for characters to learn.

Each of the main characters has a concept that closely aligns with a classical class concept; Zidane is a thief, Garnet a White Mage, Steiner a Knight, Vivi a black mage, Eiko a Summoner, Freya the dragoon, Quina the Blue Mage, and Amaranth a Monk.

This gets muddy when Vivi and Steiner form Team Dark Knight, giving Steiner the ability to en-element his attacks with Vivi's black magic at the cost of his own MP, and Garnet actually being a much stronger summoner than Eiko despite being the White Mage.

I think that this "Team-up" mechanic that Steiner and Vivi showcase early on, and subsequently forgotten should have had a more central role in this game's mechanics.

This would allow combo and team attacks that are very flavorful and visually interesting. It would also make the Alexander summoning seem more interesting because despite Garnet and Eiko teaming up to summon him the first time, Garnet just Solo summons him afterwards.

Combining Amaranth and Zidane to create a long range attack (throw back to Mario RPG with Bowser/Mario) would also have been an interesting way to use Amaranth's throw skill (which is limited to tossing coins at your Witcher, and junk items you were gonna sell anyway.)

FF9 is also the game that introduces the "Trance" ability. Unlike the previous iterations by having a set time period where your characters attack power is upgraded and your main character abilities temporarily upgrade.

I say "Introduced" because it's not the first time we've seen something like this, but it's the first time it's mechanically significant. An earlier version was given to [Ryder/Rydia/Lidia?] after living with moogles for a bit.

*I'm not gonna Google her name.*

And Trance an ability that one of the main antagonists figures out how to use perpetually. With the party having to fight him while he's doing so.

OThere's also Auctions, the return of the Chocobo Forest (with hot and cold mini-game,) several sprawling kingdoms to explore, the Library of Alexandria having been spirited away by Leviathan and who makes the books all soggy, and ultimately facing off against Garland and the original 4 fiends of the original game before flying off to the red moon. (Planet 9, possibly cocoon)

I'm stopping to consider the equipment/ability linkage added in order to increase the difficulty for speed runners (and the subsequently addition of Excalibur2 specifically as a reward for to speed runners)

In retrospect it's a neat little ability used to replace the Materia system we saw in FF7, as this game seems to predate man-made materia, while still having a proto-materia included with certain items.

And these "Decorations" seem to be what gives the characters their extra abilities. Basically, still referencing the slot system, while taking it away as a core mechanic.

In hindsight it limits the user to wear equipment for a certain duration while simultaneously forcing them to grind if they wish to keep the ability.

Seeing as the latest FF games have started going away from the old paradigm of grind, and feeling more *Milestone* unless you're a try hard player, this system *probably* should be updated. But to what? I'm unsure.

Maybe it should just be a list of equipment and you can equip any of a handful at a time as long as you have the AP to do so? Then you can both limit the amount per player team AND avoid needing to grind it out.

Regardless; I just really like the *team* mechanic and wish it was expanded more.

[ptorresmx]

Con la misma moneda

Hoy exploremos los orígenes del dinero físico, la evolución de los elementos de seguridad en billetes y monedas gracias a la tecnología, y el futuro de los sistemas de pago electrónicos y digitales como tarjetas, billeteras móviles y criptomonedas que ganan popularidad por su conveniencia y rapidez.

Empecemos destacando que las primeras monedas acuñadas se remontan al reino de Lidia en la antigua Anatolia alrededor del año 600 a.C., facilitando enormemente el comercio en vez del trueque. En China, alrededor del siglo VII d.C., se empezaron a utilizar billetes respaldados por depósitos para reemplazar el incómodo uso de monedas. En Europa, los billetes de banco surgieron en 1661 en Suecia, emitidos por el Stockholms Banco. Con el tiempo, las monedas y billetes de papel se convirtieron en la forma dominante de dinero fiduciario, respaldado por los gobiernos centrales y sus bancos. Su aceptación generalizada facilitó las transacciones económicas y el desarrollo del sistema monetario y financiero moderno.

Hablando de nuestro país, en la época colonial, las monedas españolas circularon en el territorio que hoy es nuestro. Después de la Independencia en 1821, se acuñaron las primeras monedas mexicanas. Los billetes aparecieron en 1823 emitidos por instituciones privadas. En 1925 se creó el Banco de México, el cual tiene desde entonces el monopolio de emisión de billetes. Actualmente las monedas son de $.05, $.10, $.20, $.50, $1, $2, $5, $10 y $20; y los billetes de $20, $50, $100, $200, $500 y $1,000.

Los billetes modernos incorporan múltiples capas de sofisticados elementos de seguridad tanto visibles como ocultos. Entre los visibles se encuentran tintas de cambio de color, imágenes latentes, marcas de agua complejas, hilos de seguridad e incluso hologramas. Entre los elementos ocultos están tintas fluorescentes, fibras poliméricas visibles sólo con luz ultravioleta, e imágenes digitales codificadas sólo detectables con dispositivos especiales.

Por su parte, las monedas actuales también cuentan con diseños muy complejos mediante técnicas como el bimetálico, la inscripción laserada, relieves de alta precisión, anillos de seguridad, entre otros. Algunas monedas incluso tienen n��cleos de otros metales revestidos.

Los billetes mexicanos han sido reconocidos internacionalmente por su excelente diseño y elementos de seguridad. Las nuevas familias de billetes lanzadas a partir de 2018 han ganado varios premios de prestigiosas organizaciones. El billete de $50, con la imagen del ajolote como símbolo de conservación ambiental, ha destacado por su atractivo diseño. En 2019, los billetes de $500 y $200 recibieron el "Regional Banknote of the Year Award" de la Conferencia Internacional de Impresores de Billetes de Banco. En 2020, el billete de $100 obtuvo el máximo galardón de la misma asociación, el "Banknote of the Year Award", por su innovadora incorporación de elementos de seguridad como el hilo dinámico 3D e imágenes en movimiento. También nuestros billetes y monedas cuentan con elementos especiales para personas con discapacidad visual.

La incorporación de tantos rasgos de seguridad, sumada a los modernos procesos de producción controlados digitalmente, hacen extremadamente difícil la falsificación con calidad similar a las piezas genuinas.

Cortesía de Banxico

Si bien el efectivo en billetes y monedas seguirá utilizándose por mucho tiempo, los sistemas de pago electrónicos están ganando cada vez más terreno. Las tarjetas de débito, crédito y aplicaciones de "billetera móvil" permiten realizar pagos de manera rápida, segura y sin necesidad de efectivo físico.

Estas formas de pago electrónico utilizan cifrados avanzados y autenticación de dos factores para proteger las transacciones. Además, aprovechan tecnologías como NFC, códigos QR, tokenización y redes blockchain para habilitar pagos sin contacto programados e incluso internacionales de criptomonedas.

En un futuro próximo, veremos una mayor adopción del dinero digital emitido por bancos centrales, que combinaría las ventajas del efectivo físico con las de los sistemas electrónicos, ofreciendo una forma de pago digital soberana, respaldada por el Estado y de curso forzoso.

La conveniencia, rapidez y seguridad de los pagos electrónicos incentivan su creciente uso, aunque el efectivo físico tradicional seguirá teniendo un papel en la economía por muchos años más.

¿Te gustan los billetes?

¡Gracias por leerme y compartir!

@ptorresmx

[gaussmultimedia]

Máster Diseño Visual 2020-21. Proyecto de campaña de cartelería para Nike Air Max "The choice is on your feet". Trabajo de Lidia Conde Ruiz.

[pelizplusanalisis]

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE: El mundo adulto en el universo infantil

Si bien "little Miss Sunshine" no es una película precisamente dirigida para el público infantil tanto por el lenguaje como por el contenido de las imágenes, consideré añadirla a este conjunto de análisis debido a que aborda temas que lamentablemente en la vida real están presentes en el crecimiento de los niños. Dichos temas que involucran a los padres o adultos depositando sus frustraciones y traumas en la crianza de los niños y que muchas veces esto obstruye en su desarrollo óptimo propio de su etapa.

Los temas en cuestión son maduros y en los cuales satiriza la obsesión cultural con el éxito y la perfección. Aunque la película tiene elementos humorísticos, está presente una fuerte crítica a diversos sistemas impuestos en la sociedad, tales como los estándares de belleza, la obsesión por la búsqueda del éxito y la perfección, por supuesto todo esto en medio de una rutina familiar. La narrativa sin duda es humorística cuyo desenlace puede parecer inesperado pero que al final funciona para llevar la historia de una familia desunida a importantes razonamientos.

La película plasma la dinámica de la familia Hoover conformada por personajes con distintas mentalidades. Tenemos a un padre que da cursos sobre alcanzar el éxito sin serlo, una madre abrumada, un abuelo que inhala cocaína y de personalidad vulgar e indiferente, un hijo adolescente filosófico y silencioso, y por ultimo una hija pequeña que aspira a concursar en reinados de belleza.

Humor Satírico y visualidad:

La película utiliza el humor satírico y adulto para comentar sobre la presión social y los estándares de belleza. Este tipo de humor puede ser más apreciado por adolescentes y adultos que comprenden mejor estos temas, sin embargo, es irónico como todas estas situaciones se presentan en un entorno familiar en donde una niña se desarrolla, pero también está la contraparte de la inocencia como este factor lidia con estas situaciones adultas.

Esto último resulta incluso plasmado en una primera parte de la película, donde la familia está comiendo y la pequeña Olive comienza a realizar preguntas acerca de la condición de su tío que intentó suicidarse, por un lado la madre quiere que ella se entere con el propósito de no tener que ocultarle nada y fuese madurando ante estos temas, por el otro lado el padre que argumenta que son temas delicados para el entendimiento de un niño. Finalmente, Frank le confiesa a Olive que trato de suicidarse tras el abandono de su novio.

En cuanto al entorno visual y narrativa nos ofrece entornos con colores brillantes y cálidos que particularmente considero propia de dramas amorosos para películas dirigidas para un público juvenil. Por lo anterior, resulta contrastante la narrativa humorística y oscuro. El color predominante es el amarillo, igualmente me causa justo la idea de ironía, pero también transmite la representación de complicidad y equipo.

Entorno familiar:

Desde el inicio se muestra la dinámica de esta familia. En las primeras secuencias donde se van juntando todos en casa, la cámara suele estar ligeramente inestable en primeros planos, eso me hace sentido al ver la relación que tienen como familia, un desequilibrio propio de diferencia de pensamientos y la mala comunicación entre ellos.

Como mencione anteriormente, en la colorimetría de este filme predomina el amarillo, un color que transmite optimismo, unicidad y equipo. Los integrantes de la familia nos recuerdan la diversidad que existe en nuestro propio núcleo y pese a ello siempre estará el lazo que une en momentos complicados o necesidad, como la secuencia en que la combi comienza a tener problemas para avanzar, hay colaboración de todos para que siga avanzando.

Viendo la película de nuevo, me percato de que justo esta unión familiar se da al involucrar ahora los deseos y pensamientos de inocencia de un niño a la dinámica de los adultos, lo cual me parece una reflexión muy acertada al tratar de criticar todas estas imposiciones sociales en la vida de un ser humano que cruza esta etapa de la niñez.

La niñez influida por el mundo adulto:

"Little Miss Sunshine" toca temas como la depresión, la alienación social y la autoaceptación. Estos temas son complejos y podrían no ser adecuados para niños más pequeños, sin embargo, como dije antes, son situaciones reales que muchas veces los niños ven en casa y resulta importante analizar la forma en que lo viven y afrontan.

Las imposiciones de los ideales adultos sobre los niños suelen ser incomprensibles a su edad, sin embargo, allí están. En la película lo podemos observar claramente cuando el padre de Olive le inculca parte de su pensamiento ante conseguir siempre el éxito, o en los concursos de belleza, que constantemente imponen modelos estéticos de adultos a NIÑAS haciendo dudar a Olive de sí misma, su apariencia y capacidades.

Duelos:

Como anteriores películas en el blog, la muerte directa de un familiar se hace presente, en este caso la del abuelo quien resulta un apoyo invaluable en la vida de Olive, por lo cual resulta un golpe para el espectador también y como es de esperarse en este filme logran hacer de su muerte una secuencia cómica.

La pelicula aborda temáticas de duelo, pero no solo con el fallecimiento de un ser querido, sino también se manifiesta con la pérdida de un sueño. En el caso del hermano de Olive, Dwayne pierde su ilusión de ser piloto al enterarse que es daltónico. El padre al perder sus inversiones en el trabajo y por su puesto Olive, que se encontraba en un duelo constante donde su sueño de alcanzar la victoria en el concurso de belleza se volvía cada vez más difícil.

En resumen, “Little Miss Sunshine" es una película que hace la perfecta combinación entre e humor y lo emocional, con desenlaces inesperados. Esta película resulta altamente conmovedora al sobreponer la inocencia de la niñez ante las complejas problemáticas de la vida adulta. Nos recuerda la forma en la que interpretábamos el mundo y nos hace cuestionar la transición hacia la madurez.

[igetthedisneybox]

Amelia Madrigal

Inspired by @hannahhook7744's Encanto AU, and her own character headcanons.

Third image made using https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1558575

Fourth image made using https://www.dolldivine.com/la-colombiana

Fifth image made in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Amelia’s full name is Amelia Alma Madrigal.

Her first name means “brave” and her middle name means “soul”. Her middle name is her paternal grandmother’s name.

She is the second oldest daughter of Bruno Madrigal and Alejandra Delgado.

She has dark brown hair like her father’s, but it’s straight like her mother’s. Her skin is a paler brown than Bruno’s, but darker than Alejandra’s. She has Alejandra’s eyes and facial features. She looks identical to Sofía.

She is fifteen years old.

She has an older half-sister by sixteen years named Miranda, and a twin sister, Sofía, younger by fifteen minutes.

She likes girls, and is seeing one named Rosana.

Her gift is positive emotion manipulation. She can change the positive emotions of anyone she wants, as long as she herself is feeling said emotion. This is visualized by a multicolored aura around her body, with a specific color for each emotion. This sometimes also happens involuntarily. She loves her gift, but Bruno and Alejandra have tried to enforce rules about her powers, and to not change anybody’s emotions without permission, but Amelia doesn’t understand. If someone’s sad or angry, shouldn’t she make them happy?

Her door portrays her with a smile on her face, holding her hands to her chest. Rounded waves push off of her body.

Her room has red stained glass windows for walls, and a rainbow colored river-rock tile floor. She has many decorative pillows and rugs strewn around, so much so that if you collapsed anywhere, you’d probably be safe.

Her symbol is the mask of comedy.

She loves Bruno, but often feels like he doesn’t pay her enough attention, and that he favors Sofía.

Similarly, she also loves Alejandra, but wishes she wasn’t so strict with her, and wishes that she wouldn’t chase away her potential admirers with a sword.

She and Miranda love to spend time in the Encanto together, usually to watch over the children. She looks up to Miranda a lot.

Amelia is the only person not affected by Sofía’s gift, and vice versa. She doesn’t understand why Sofía is so sad and anxious all the time. Why can’t she just be happy? Then nobody else would be affected by her gift.

She mainly hangs out with Princesa and Beatriz, and occasionally Leta, Carlos, and Lidia.

She gets along best with Pepa, Camilo, and Princesa.

She loves to sing, and regularly performs for her family and the rest of the Encanto.

She's a social butterfly, and has many friends around the village.

She is ADHD and hyperactive, and always on the move; even when she’s sitting, she’ll be drumming her fingers or tapping her feet.

She loves bright and colorful things, and collects rocks, glass bottles, and colorful cloth scraps.

She likes doing herself up with makeup and hair products for events.

Her favorite colors are red, yellow, orange, and gold.

[cosmicmote]

Exchanges (version 1)

the mountain stands tall alongside a turtle

rings of stain mostly inside the cup circular rim

tea and flowers and composts they run

tree outside stands out at night in street lights

near oblivious to nearer even ringed with flowers

it's summer outside maybe that's why

all under the light and most probably lime

I don't think about that enough but

cups of beaucoup fish in dirty radio

behind baby bunny until the hawk arrives

a plastic of bag and frozen chicken

inevitabilities or fait accompli

--

have been playing a bit with triptych frames recently and led my curiosity to think and look on ways this carries over into writing and back

along with Georges Perec's An Attempt At Exhausting A Place In Paris less recently but I'm at my desk today the other night

I came across this https://lithub.com/lidia-yuknavitch-wants-you-to-write-a-triptych/

I started this Tumblr mainly to share my digital paintings & visual imagery with a little poetry layered in plus I like to watch & enjoy but we'll see where this goes. Presumably nowhere but we'll see where it matters. There are also photographs of a leaf and building layered in with triptych framed painting, and how far do buildings go. Ann Quinn was also pretty brilliant and with thoughts on that some more it's time to hold for now.

graphic and words ©spacetree 2023

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How TikTok Is Reading Your Mind Whiteboard Friday

Explore the role of demographics, engagement, and personalized recommendations in how TikTok surfaces content. Discover how TikTok attempts to avoid echo chambers and gain valuable insights into its inner workings. Dive into the fascinating world of TikTok's algorithm in this new Whiteboard Friday episode with Lidia Infante!

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Video Transcription

Howdy, Moz fans, and welcome to a new edition of Whiteboard Fridays. Have you ever felt like TikTok is reading your mind? It's just an algorithm. My name is Lidia Infante. I'm the Senior SEO Manager at Sanity, and I'm going to talk to you about how TikTok offers you the videos that you like.

What do you like?

The very first thing they're trying to do is to show you videos that interest you. They're trying to keep you in the app as long as possible. So they need to figure out what you like. How are they going to do it? The moment that you sign up, you provide some demographics data. Your age, your gender, where you're signing up from all gives TikTok enough information to start assuming what your interests are going to be and populate your For You page.

Out of that first For You page, the topics that you engage with or don't engage with are going to give TikTok the information about what you might enjoy seeing on your For You page. After that, they're going to try to find related topics to the ones that you have expressed an interest in. For example, I really like cross-stitching. It's not difficult to assume that I also like interior design or flower arrangements, which I do. TikTok shows them to me, and I stay on the app much longer than I should. Another point of information is your followed profiles and the topics that they talk about or that they are interested about. Your Discover tab behavior is a very strong signal for TikTok too. What that means is when you search for a hashtag, click on a hashtag, make a TikTok search, search for a user or a trend or a TikTok sound, that's all giving strong information to TikTok about what you like because making a search or diving deeper into the content of a sound is much more complicated behavior than simply just scrolling past on your For You page.

What is the video about?

Now that they know what you like, they know that they can serve you videos about it. But first they need to understand what the videos that they have in the database of content are about. To do that, they're going to use the visuals. So literally TikTok can "see" with the visual AI the content of your video. What are the objects that are in there? Are there faces? What are the emotions of the faces? Is there a dog? Is there a chair? They're going to be able to see and process all of that. Another strong signal is going to be the text overlay that you put on your TikTok video, if you have any notes or any content put on there or if you're manually inputting the captions. The audio on your video is very relevant for TikTok to understand what the video is about, and by audio I don't mean TikTok sounds. We're going to come back to that. I mean the actual voice, the words that you're saying or the ambient noise that sets the location of your video. The captions and hashtags that you use in the video are very relevant and help TikTok understand what it's about as well. When you are done with creating your video and you start typing it out, when you create the cover for your video using the TikTok tools, that gives TikTok that level of information. Then we've got the TikTok sound. If you're using a TikTok sound that's related to a trend or to a topic, it also gives TikTok the information about what your content is, what the emotional tone of your content is, and so forth. All of these elements, as a hardcore SEO, are what we would treat as on-page SEO but on the TikTok side of things.

Is the video any good?

Now they know what you like, they know what their database of videos are about, but they also know that they have a limited amount of time for your attention. So they're going to want to show you only the best of the best of their content. They're going to have to understand if the videos they've got are any good. How are they going to do that? They're going to be using, amongst other metrics, engagement. So the engagement of users that have expressed similar interest to yours are going to help TikTok predict your potential engagement and how much you're going to like the video. They're also going be favoring native content creation. So any video that's being created directly from TikTok using the TikTok tools is going to get a little bit of a boost. The language that the content is in is very relevant too. When signing up for TikTok and creating your profile, you state what are the languages that you speak and what is your preferred language. TikTok can also understand this based on your behavior. Then the device that you're using and the strength of your connection also help TikTok serve you lighter videos and shorter videos when you're maybe on a train or don't have as good connection to actually have a good viewing session.

What isn't eligible "For You" page content?

There is some stuff that TikTok does not want to see on their For You page. Any content created by a user that has stated that their date of birth is under 16 is not going to be eligible for the For You page. So if you're trying to be cute and giving your brand account a date of birth of when it was founded, don't because nobody is going to see it. They're also quite strict with QR codes. They don't want to see any QR codes in there because of safety reasons. You don't know if that QR code is going to take your users to a spam website or a dangerous website showing porn or violent content. But also they don't want to miss out on the affiliate marketing payout that they get when you shop directly on the TikTok Shop. Any dangerous or violent behavior is also not accepted or eligible for the For You page. So unless it's tagged as done by specialists, don't try this at home and so forth, it's not going to show up. Engagement bait content is also not eligible for the For You page. So content that tries to trick users into engaging with it without them actually naturally wanting to engage with it is going to be demoted from the page. That type of content is like when on Instagram we used to see posts that said tap twice to see some magic, and the only magic is that you had liked the post and increased the engagement of the brand. That is the type of engagement bait that's not acceptable on TikTok. Another thing that they don't accept on their For You page is any content that shows tobacco products.

Is TikTok capable of breaking bubbles

TikTok wants to show you videos that interest you and keep you in their platform, but they're also trying to not generate an echo chamber for you. Echo chambers are a very real risk of any recommendation algorithm that's based on interest and engagement, and we have seen a rise in radicalization across different populations because of this. The way that TikTok is trying to address this problem is by offering random content of random interests, random creators that you've never seen before on your For You page. Initially, they said they were doing this about 10% of the time, but there aren't any current numbers about this activity. This is not enough to remove echo chambers because of the psychological effects of familiarity and their exposure effect. Once you see something that does not quite fit right with your For You page, you're very quick to scroll. It is a similar phenomenon to banner blindness when we are going around the website. We kind of know what an ad looks like, and we don't even look in that direction. It's a similar effect. So it is not enough, but one must appreciate that they're trying. If you have found this interesting, you can catch up with me and my content on Twitter @LidiaInfanteM, on LinkedIn looking for Lidia Infante, or on my website lidia-infante.com. Thank you for watching.

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