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The purpose of a prologue is to set the story up. Have you ever been reading a screenplay or watching a movie and noticed that…
Preparation, preparation, preparation. Director Halina Reijn shares why it is important to prepare before filming and how that process (and No Film School) helped her…
Despite bombing at the box office, Robert Eggers’ $70 million Viking revenge thriller, The Northman, actually turned out to be a financial success. After the…
Chess is a lot like Hollywood. You gotta move the pieces to win. And you have to be okay losing. Scott Frank is one of…
Who needs dialogue anyway? Although we are deep in the cinematic realism of film and television, silent films still have a massive influence on the…
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