A Blog From Madeline Strum Studios
Find behind-the-scenes stories, tips, tricks, and some things that made me pull out my phone
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The Art of Connection
A favorite creative director always says Madeline has an eye for connections, so she had to use this suggested title
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Found It!
In my attempt to hunt down anything I might have written before about assisting on ANTM, I actually accessed my old blog
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Goodbye Sun
As I’ve previously mentioned on this blog, I was disappointed when we moved from a sunny apartment to one that only had 10 minutes of sunlight on a good day. When we moved to our newest place, the lot next door was empty. They picked up the pace on construction in the new year, and…
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Video is Not Photo
Digital cameras will record video and still photography, but editing each is wildly different. A project that included closed captions motivated this post
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Press Clips
Sometimes my art ends up on the cover, but then the online story doesn’t include the picture. This link matches them up.
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AI Creates BTS
Talking to art departments that have been told they should listen to a pitch from a company that will replace all their original shoots with AI generated content has led to some interesting conversations. There are all kinds of issues to raise with what it would mean to replace an original shoot, but one of…
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Scenic View
The highway signs alerting drivers to scenic views always have me curious. We had a dog with us for our Thanksgiving trip, so we stopped at the first one in the Appalachians. My attempts to wrangle two kids and a dog were minimal. I was the only driver, so I didn’t want to waste too…
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Eye Catching
Brooklyn is looking a bit like a joyful movie set instead of an old, stressed borough
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Style is Everything
When I was fed this reel, I had to screenshot it. The idea of pinning a T-shirt and big sweatshirt to make them look like they fit better is a perfect example of how important wardrobe styling is. The before and after is completely what I wanted to look like in the ’90s when I…
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Better in a Bubble
A mash up of a current and past TV shows sends me down memory lane to explore the joy of easy escapes
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Ultimate Gladiator
A local fitness competition worked out well for expanding my fitness portfolio and adding more video
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