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Some people are just born creative.
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They can look at a canvas and a glorious painting will appear.
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They can look at a wall and write the next good old hunting.
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Maybe they're all Picasso's illegitimate children.
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Or maybe they're just...
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Pablo never came back with the milk, so...
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I guess I'm just gonna have to learn.
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I gave the old staring at an empty canvas thing a go, but that's when I realised I don't know what I actually like.
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Taste is a muscle, and in the comfort blanket of the internet and algorithms,
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mine has become that half of a digestive you accidentally drop into your tea.
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So, it was time to start collecting.
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And this is where you've got to be picky and focus on the rare things that really make you stop.
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The things that led you into a spiral of investigation, that piece of art that you spend the next hour researching who the artist is, the inspiration, the subject, the type of paint,
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the film you watch that you still think about a month, a year later, the one that visually blew your fucking mind away.
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those are the pieces of art and inspiration that you collect.
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So you end up with a rare, tight -knit collection of things that remind you of why you started.
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And this mood board should be something that, when it's all collected together, you step back and out of pure excitement your mind just goes...
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Five.
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Four!
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I mean five!
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I mean fire!
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Another thing that us creatives tend to do in our attempts to be edgy
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and different is we ignore the masters on purpose.
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I mean we see old screenwriting books or renaissance painters
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and say fuck em I don't need rules I'm creative I'm meant to break em.
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But without an understanding of these rules how can we know how to break em?
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Instead of stealing a shot idea from Instagram, study artists and see what compositions they use and why.
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Instead of aimlessly copying the slow shutter trend, which I am guilty of,
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go and watch Wonka -Wai's films and see how he used the effect to isolate his characters, not just for a fancy transition.
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Watch a classic detective noir, inspired by the bold colours of a comic series
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and get inspired to make your very own city out of cardboard
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because you can't quite afford to look off New York yet.
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Once you understand why techniques are used, when you do use them it means something and that's
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when you're actually creating with a purpose and not just because it looks cool.
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Then it's time to experiment.
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I mean your studio or wherever you work should be a mess.
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Piles of unfinished ideas, rough outlines, projects that took you weeks to finish that make you way too embarrassed to invite your mates around for dinner.
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You should be making things that make you glad you've only got 31 followers on Instagram.
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Because you're not making a masterpiece, you're finding out what happens.
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And sometimes what happens is shit, and other times what happens is the shit.
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That was a really bad joke, but the The point is, not everything has to be good, the point is just to make things.
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Like this stop motion where I spontaneously decided to paint each individual window
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and give up that around 50 frames and move on to something else, but at least I gave it a go.
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So after all that preachy bollocks from me, I'm guessing you're wondering what I ended up making.
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Or maybe that's just me being a bit too forward on our first day, but I'm going to show you anyway.
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And before I do, the final step is having something to say.
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Creating art isn't about getting views, likes or receiving another where's the colour grading tutorial comment.
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It's about sharing your perspective of the world.
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Telling stories that only you can tell.
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Making something that means something to you.
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And for me, for some reason as you may have noticed, I have this weird fascination with lonely old humans smoking.
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Whatever it is, I find myself drawn to these weird little characters who are off in their own little weird worlds, thanks to the soothing little death machine we like to call cigarettes.
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And I find myself constantly drawing these odd balls out of proportion, mainly with tiny heads and massive hands.
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I'm not sure why, but I couldn't quite find that one character to make a big piece of.
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And then I thought back to one of the films that really made me want to become a filmmaker.
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I'm sorry, Average Hitchcock.
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Dad?
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 57 frasi e 783 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:40. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 138 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| collect verbo | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | raccogliere, bottinare |
| inspiration sostantivo | /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | inspirazione, inalazione |
| inspire verbo | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | ispirare |
| canvas sostantivo | /ˈkæn.vəs/ | canovaccio, tela |
| ignore verbo | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | ignorare |
| technique sostantivo | /tɛkˈniːk/ | tecnica |
| transition sostantivo | /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ | transizione |
| mood sostantivo | /muːd/ | umore, cattivo umore |
| muscle sostantivo | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | muscolo |
| comic sostantivo | /ˈkɑmɪk/ | comico |
| comfort sostantivo | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | agio, comodità |
| steal verbo | /stiːl/ | rubare, derubare |
| experiment sostantivo | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | esperimento |
| remind verbo | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | ricordare |
| fancy sostantivo | /ˈfæn.si/ | fantasia, immaginazione |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire |
| find out verbo | scoprire |
| give up verbo | arrendersi |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 21 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, soothe /suːð/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/, unfinished /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come collect, inspiration, inspire.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.