All posts tagged "harry potter"
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Snapshots of a Set: The Importance of Dedicated Unit Still Photography for Your Production
Throughout my 20 years working in the film and television, I have observed still photography to be among the most invaluable tools utilized... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an actor’s actor. Over the past four decades, he’s appeared in well over 50 features, including some of the... -
First Draft: Will You Give Your Audience a Guided Tour of Your Script’s World, Or Throw Them In Head First?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Who doesn’t love creating a world from... -
The Art of the Tease: Reel ’Em In With a Trailer That Looks the Very Best Your Film Can Look
A trailer is an audience’s first glimpse at what a movie will be. It advertises your film in a small amount of... -
First Draft: The Ten Commandments of Writing a Great Sequel
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a fortnightly series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, written...
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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