All posts by Zachary Wigon
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Sell Subscriptions, Save a Theater: Movie Heroes and the New Audience-Theater Relationship
It’s no secret that the state of theatrical distribution currently leaves something to be desired, with multiplexes struggling to perform as audiences... -
Independent TV’s New High: Vimeo’s High Maintenance and the Future of Series-Makers
It’s been a topsy-turvy year for the independent world, with moviemakers making TV, TV feeling more like movies, web series earning increasingly... -
Under the Influence: Zachary Wigon on The Heart Machine and Vilhelm Hammershoi
A new series on MovieMaker.com, Under the Influence charts the often-mysterious ways that art begets art, calling upon moviemakers to write about...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...1