The Duolingo for film
Yes, there's a Duolingo for film. Tomo turns it into the same daily game: short levels, streaks and quick quizzes, about five minutes a day. Start with one of 8 free film courses, or type the exact topic you want and Tomo builds the course in about two minutes.
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Start with these film courses
Cinematography: Visual Storytelling
Move beyond basic exposure and start using the camera to speak. Learn how to manipulate light, lenses, and movement to evoke specific emotions and guide your audience's eye.
Filmmaking: Directing the Scene
Learn to tell powerful visual stories with whatever camera you own. Master shot composition, multi-angle coverage, clean audio capture, and the art of cutting for emotion.
Directing: From Script to Screen
Move beyond basic staging to master the art of visual storytelling, psychological performance, and leading a creative vision on set.
Cinematic Visual Storytelling
Move beyond basic recording to master the art of visual narrative. Learn to manipulate light, lenses, and structure to evoke specific emotions and tell compelling stories on screen.
Film Grammar: Beyond the Script
Learn to decode the unspoken visual and sonic language of cinema. Discover how directors use camera blocking, editing collisions, motivated light, and off-screen sound to control emotion and subtext.
Film Theory: How Movies Mean
Unlock the visual language and philosophical debates behind cinema. Discover how legendary theorists and thinkers decoded the medium's power to shape reality, desire, and ideology.
How to Watch Film Noir
Step into the rain-slicked, shadow-drenched world of film noir and learn to read cinema's most atmospheric genre like an insider. Discover how cinematographers used high-contrast lighting to signal moral decay, decode classic archetypes like the tarnished gumshoe and the femme fatale, and uncover the post-war anxieties that built these doomed stories.
The Craft of Film Criticism
Move beyond plot summaries and star ratings to produce rigorous, incisive film criticism. Unpack formal tension, diagnose ideology, and construct compelling critical essays grounded in scene-level evidence.
Tomo and Duolingo, side by side
| Duolingo | Tomo | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A language (plus math, music, chess) | Any topic, including film |
| The format | Daily game: levels, streaks, XP | Same daily game: levels, streaks, hearts, XP |
| Time per day | About 5 minutes | About 5 minutes |
| Price | Free, with a paid tier | Free plan, optional Pro |
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
Questions
Is there a Duolingo for film?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo, with levels, streaks and quick quizzes a few minutes a day, and it covers film along with any other topic you can type. There are 8 free film courses to start with.
Does Duolingo teach film?
No. Beyond languages, Duolingo covers math, music and chess. Tomo brings the same daily game to film.
Can I learn one specific film topic?
Yes. Type the exact topic, for example "shooting a short film on your phone", and Tomo builds a full course on it in about two minutes.
Is it free?
Yes. Tomo has a free plan that doesn't expire. No credit card.
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