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- How are you frens?
- If you sleep on your stomach…you’re weird.
- Just watched Nun II, pretty gripping for a horror move. There is a scene with a wall of magazines in a small alley - really cool shot!
- Released in 1999, "The Matrix" remains an iconic film that reshaped the science fiction genre and left audiences questioning the nature of reality. Beyond its powerful storytelling and iconic bullet-dodging scenes, the making of "The Matrix" was a marvel in its own right. In this article, we take you behind the scenes to uncover the journey that brought this cinematic masterpiece to life.
**The Wachowskis' Vision**
"The Matrix" was the brainchild of the visionary Wachowski siblings, Lana and Lilly. Determined to bring their unique vision to the screen, they wanted to challenge the boundaries of filmmaking. The duo's commitment to crafting a story that blended philosophy, cyberpunk aesthetics, and action sequences was a driving force throughout production.
**Casting the Perfect Neo**
Keanu Reeves' portrayal of Neo, the film's protagonist, is etched into cinematic history. However, Reeves wasn't the Wachowskis' first choice. Will Smith was initially offered the role but declined in favor of "Wild Wild West." Fortunately, Reeves stepped into Neo's iconic trench coat, delivering a performance that would define his career.
**The Matrix Code**
The iconic green "Matrix code" that flows down the screen is one of the film's most recognizable elements. To create this effect, production designer Simon Whiteley scanned characters from a sushi cookbook and manipulated them to create the flowing code. The result was a visually striking representation of the digital world within the Matrix.
**Wirework and Martial Arts**
"The Matrix" pushed the envelope in terms of action sequences. To achieve the gravity-defying stunts and fight scenes, the filmmakers employed a team of talented martial artists and introduced "wire-fu" techniques. Actors trained for months to perform intricate moves that made the Matrix's virtual world come to life onscreen.
**Bullet Time**
The film's "bullet time" effect, where the camera seems to move at a superhuman speed while the action slows, was achieved using a complex array of still cameras arranged in a circular rig. This technique was innovative and has since been replicated in numerous films and commercials.
**The Real World vs. The Matrix**
To visually distinguish between the "real world" and the Matrix, the Wachowskis employed distinct color palettes. Scenes within the Matrix were bathed in a green hue, while the real world had a colder, blue tone. This color coding helped convey the sense of duality central to the film's narrative.
**Practical Effects and Stunts**
"The Matrix" embraced practical effects wherever possible. Stunt coordinator Yuen Woo-ping choreographed intense action sequences, and actors performed many of their stunts. The iconic lobby shootout, for example, was meticulously planned and executed with live explosives and squibs to achieve the desired impact.
**The Iconic Red Pill Scene**
The scene where Neo chooses between the red and blue pills is a pivotal moment in the film. To create the swirling effect inside the glass of water, the filmmakers dropped food coloring into a tank of syrup and filmed it in slow motion. This simple yet effective technique added an otherworldly quality to the scene.
**Legacy and Impact**
"The Matrix" left an indelible mark on cinema and popular culture. Its groundbreaking special effects, philosophical undertones, and memorable characters continue to influence filmmakers and storytellers. The film's success spawned two sequels, an expanded universe, and even discussions about the nature of reality and simulation theory.
- Just baked first banana bread ever 🥰
- I took this picture today from a hot air balloon in Mexico
- How you doin' crypto frens?
- Do you participate in Mantle Journey Season Alpha?
If you have taken part in the Mantle testnet, you've got head start in Miles 😉
- Would try vegan food?
- Do you track your Layer0 score? 🪂👀
If yes, then share your tools!
- Hi all Lens frens! 😄
- This month, 1134 new frens joined LensVerse! 🥳
These new frens need suggestions about frens to get used to @lensprotocol.lens
Let's give them a warm welcome! Tag 5 people you think are the best frens for them below 🤗👇🏻
- Hello frens! How is it going?
- Are you an Xplorer?
@argent.lens
- 🎉 Step 3 of the #StarknetJourney campaign is here!
Participate in this exciting #NFTgiveaway and enhance your Dynamic Map NFT! 🗺
To claim the Starknet Exchange Journey NFT:
1️⃣ Swap any token amount from your Braavos wallet or utilize the mySwap exchange function,
Or Add any amount to one of mySwap's liquidity pools at https://www.myswap.xyz/#/.
2️⃣ Visit https://starknet-journey-map.braavos.app/
3️⃣ Share the tweet, claim your NFT, and enjoy the bonuses like #OG roles!
Note: The system will take ~10 minutes to validate your swap or deposit. The NFT will appear in your wallet within 1 to 2 hours.
Using Braavos and mySwap together offers the best solution for your DeFi activities on Starknet. 👩❤️💋👨
🚀 High Yields: @mySwap generates the highest yield on Starknet, like yesterday with 23% on ETH<>USDC.
🔒 Enhanced Security: Same team, reduced risks.
💰 No Extra Fees: You only need to cover gas fees and reward liquidity providers.
For further guidance, please refer to our comprehensive guide:
https://braavos.app/starknet-journey-map-nft-interactive-passport-to-the-starknet-adventure/
#NFTCommunity #StarknetJourney
- Are you going to try?
https://tetrisk.questify.gg/tetris
- Have you heard about Linea Voyage? 👀
- The Linea testnet has surpassed 2.5 million transactions!
- Get started setting up your wallet: https://docs.linea.build/use-linea/set-up-your-wallet…
Deploy your first contract: https://docs.linea.build/developers/quickstart…
Read help articles: https://support.linea.build/hc/en-us
Post questions, feedback, and issues: https://community.linea.build
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Join our official Discord channels: #linea-general and #linea-developers
https://discord.com/invite/consensys
- We're now on Lenster!
Read our first blog to learn more about our approach to scaling Ethereum, and find out how to get involved in our upcoming NFT testnet voyage.
https://linea.mirror.xyz/6G30hwV2wPs_wPv0VEgHYaIdghMkIQaad-OI_0br1hM
- 6.8M+ transactions
872K+ addresses
Thank you builders!
- Presenting the Linea Voyage: a 9-week odyssey to unravel the Linea ecosystem, build L2 knowledge, and support our mainnet launch! Engage in weekly challenges and gather points to claim your exclusive Linea NFTs.
Ready, set, explore!
https://linea.mirror.xyz/1JJPiWE-lrB_6N0Zb0eZq-wSr0l4kFESSHHhqqMtdvk
- Builders on Twitter, join us for a Space about The Linea Voyage right now!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPkQPjXbJN?s=20
- Welcome to Week 2 of the Linea Voyage!
We are excited to announce the second portion of the Linea Voyage: the Social Campaign.
The Social Campaign will run from 5/9 at 9 am EST to 5/14 at 11:59 pm EST. You will have an additional 24 hours to claim points on the completed activity as long as it is performed by the 5/15 deadline.
All eligible addresses will be updated daily, every 24 hours. If you’re seeing “You are NOT eligible” be sure to check back after addresses have been updated.
Have fun!
https://galxe.com/Linea/campaign/GCPRsUEZhR
- ARB FTW 🔥✌️
- SUI 🤓🥳
- 💧SUI PRESALE - Are taking part in it ?
U can read more here: https://www.bybit.com/invite?ref=X6QW9V
- How u think ? How much is your identity cost ?
And why lens handle is sold for so cheap then ? 🙆🏻♂️😏
- Hello frens, ready for crypto mass adoption? 😄
- Are you participating in SUI public/allowlist sale? 💧
- Check it out if you are eligible too: https://thirdweb.com/bear-market-airdrop
Any wallet which has deployed a smart contract between the dates of 2022-01-01 and 2023-04-01 to the following mainnet blockchains is eligible to claim:
- Ethereum
- Polygon
- Avalanche
- Arbitrum
- Optimism
- Lens Protocol is open, anyone who has a profile can have permissionless access regardless of what application they are using. We believe in supporting content creators and followers who create an engaging environment for everyone.
Some applications use gasless and signless transactions, and we have now introduced eligibility requirements for these features.
While everyone is eligible by default, accounts with low-signal engagement will not be eligible. You can read more about our requirements here. https://docs.lens.xyz/docs/gasless#eligibility-requirements
We are also testing filtering low-signal notifications for a better user experience. https://docs.lens.xyz/docs/users-notifications#api-details
At Lens, we believe that Web3 social should create a better experience than before, by using blockchain technology. We are always experimenting with ways to better our user experience by filtering low-signal profiles and bots. Let’s keep experimenting, our DMs are open for feedback 🧪
- Hello frens, how's it going?
- **New drop from Increment is available!**
Check if you are able to claim it.
*https://claim.increment.finance/*
- **New drop from Increment is available!**
Check if you are able to claim it.
*https://claim.increment.finance/*
- 🐥 New Twitter logo 🙆🏻♂️😂
- Like, collect and comment it and I will do the same with your posts 🙂
- Like, collect and comment it and I will do the same with your posts 🙂
- Have you missed ARB token or got your part?
- GN 😎✌️
Stake ur tokens here if you want to get info about upcoming drops in crypto space but only here 😈🔥
- What an experience to meet all the builders at Stanford and San Francisco last week!
- What an experience to meet all the builders at Stanford and San Francisco last week!
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This week on Lens!
We released Splits for Collects. This feature can be used by creators on @buttrfly , @lenster & @lenstube https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x01-0x0188
🎶 @oohlala adds a Direct Mint feature for Lens Music.
https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0102fa-0x9f
🥟 You can now use keyboard shortcuts to navigate @dumpling
https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x018d04-0x30
📬 @mailchain enables the use of your .lens domain to send web3 native comms.
https://twitter.com/Mailchain_xyz/status/1631051734713004032?s=20
We loved meeting all the builders at Eth Denver
https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1631739294036660225?s=20
Apoorv Lathey launched an extension to help move your Tweets to Lens https://twitter.com/apoorvlathey/status/1623782881154985984?s=20
Talent Layer is allowing Lens users to go claim a handle on their protocol https://twitter.com/kirstenrpomales/status/1631058530831572993?s=20
@orbapp created an ETH Denver community area in Orb, which now boasts a whopping 15k members! https://lenster.xyz/posts/0xbbb9-0x01e9. If you are building on Lens to help communities at future events we would love to see your work!
The Eth Denver Hackathon Winners were announced, watch this space for these innovative projects built on Lens https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x01-0x0186
@defidad got the scoop on scaling with ZK rollups from @Stani.lens https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x2e09-0xc2
@nader shared the origins and the ecosystem of Lens at Eth Denver and gave a live demo of a Lens app built in five mins https://youtu.be/GkogXPCIn5E?t=58
telliesite created some cool tutorials on how to integrate Lens Share and Follow buttons. https://tell.ie/learn/lens
Ready to build your own video app? Check out Suhail Kakar's tutorial on building with Lens!
https://twitter.com/SuhailKakar/status/1630956913096572930?s=20
Lens & Frens SF meetup https://twitter.com/Thehouseofweb3/status/1633666296851369990?s=20
If you attended Eth Denver and hold the general access pass #1,854, you are now eligible to claim a Lens profile https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x01-0x018b
For all our NFT Paris frens that scanned the Lens POAP at our gallery, you can now claim your Lens profile. https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1630573876165083136?s=20
Discover more of what's being built in the Lensverse https://lens.xyz/apps @nader and @fabri are here to help!
- Create together, earn together 🌿
Creators can now split revenue earned from Collects.
Share earnings with as many as 5 creators. With custom percentage splits.
Collects is among the most popular features on Lens.
We recently added the option to set limited quantities and/or time limits to collectible posts.
We’re excited to offer new ways for collectors to support creators, and for creators to monetize with Collects.
Learn how to implement the Multi recipient Fee Collect Module in our dev docs: https://docs.lens.xyz/docs/create-post-typed-data#multirecipientfeecollectmodule
Start using Splits today on @buttrfly.lens , @lenster.lens & @lenstube.lens - with more soon to come!
- “I would love to see entrepreneurs building small use cases and iterating. Many ideas will fail but the point is to build fast, keep iterating and learning. Lens makes it easier and less risky to experiment.” @stani.lens at #ETHDenver
- New Lens intern video just dropped
Feat. @orbapp @phaver @lenstaxyz
- Let's build the future of web3 social at Eth Denver, with $25K in prizes up for grabs!
Register here https://app.buidlbox.io/guidl/lens-protocol
**Our bounties:**
***Best Lens Apps***
🥇 1st Prize - $7,000
🥈 2nd Prize - $5,000
🥉 3rd Prize - $3,000
***Integrations***
🏆 10 best Lens integrations - null,000 each
🤿 Dive into the Lens Social Graph with the new BigQuery public dataset, and think about creating a machine learning or data analytics tool for devs and creators to better understand their audience https://docs.lens.xyz/docs/public-big-query
🤍 Build new social experiences with mental health in mind, increase self-awareness of social media consumption, or improve the experience of collecting content.
🎶 Think how Token-gated drops on social media could help to empower both fans and artists, you could create a music experience helping collectors find new music.
🌆 Think about events and how people could network at conferences through Lens, consider the value of a person's attendance history, and imagine a world where tickets can be collected posts.
🎨 Explore ways to make content creation seamless for the Lens community. Build tools that empower content creators, and offer them unique features to take their content to the next level
🤝 Noodle on the idea of more brands entering web3, and think about ways to create a loyalty program for them on Lens and enable purchasing with a crypto wallet.
🫡 With more and more DAOs being created, explore how they could integrate token-gated voting or delegate profile actions to other wallets
Explore our new Lens Widgets, and integrate follow, share, and sign-in with Lens into your project or existing web3 front-end. https://github.com/lens-protocol/lens-widgets
Dev Docs https://docs.lens.xyz/docs
Hackathon Guide https://lens.xyz/hackathons
Keep this Lens integrations doc handy as it has some useful tutorials featured to help https://docs.lens.xyz/docs/integrating-lens
👩💻 Lens SDK details here 👉 https://github.com/lens-protocol/lens-sdk
📱 React Native Lens UI Kit (for mobile devs) https://github.com/lens-protocol/react-native-lens-ui-kit
🤝 Join our Lens Discord community to meet others building on Lens https://discord.gg/lensprotocol
Good luck, the team will be at our booth in MetaLand. Come show us what you are building to get some rare swag!
- $LENS - im curious about tokenomic🔥
Im wondering how they will distribute it 😈
How u think, what can make u eligible ?
#lens #airdrop
- #11LENSTAGRAMS 06
This trip has been a clear reminder that I cannot live a life with (many) obligations. During these 10 days ripping around Hokkaido chasing powder (and visibility) to participate in the activity we’ve traveled across the globe for, making decisions to journey about different locations, taking gambles, not getting our way, sometimes scoring but sometimes not, it stresses me out thinking of a scenario where I have to plan further in advance than the morning of or day before. Just going with the flow. Seeing what’s around the bend. I’m living a life (and struggle) that most would be far too uncomfortable with, living paycheck to paycheck in a freelance world that seems to be diminishing. Constantly keeping fingers crossed for digital or physical art sales that come from not so often juiced up engagement on social media platforms to reach potential collectors. The only other option being application to a 40+ hour per week office job and sacrificing all of the experiences I’m immersing in? To be honest, I’d rather be perpetually broke (:
1 WMATIC open edition for 24 hours // 50% referral
Minted via @lenstaxyz mobile on @lensprotocol
@creators @photographers #LMCC #LENS #ART #TRAVEL #GRAMSDIDIT