All posts tagged "Rogue One"
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The End of Box Office Tyranny: Disappointing Opening Numbers No Longer Spell Doom for Long-Range Success
onhanks to the impact of rising international box office numbers, the importance of opening weekend in the U.S. as a predictor of... -
First Draft: Break Tired Screenwriting Conventions By Embracing the Heroine’s – Not Hero’s – Journey
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Katniss. Moana. Rey. Jyn. Wonder Woman. The... -
Continental Divides: Could a U.S. Film Commission, Like The National Ones in Europe, Ever Add Up?
When surveying the messy U.S. landscape of ever-changing film incentives and the fluctuating health of state film commissions, it’s tempting to look... -
Getting A+ VFX: How Top-Notch Visual Effects Can Make Your Indie Feature Dazzling
The average indie moviemaker: “Visual effects? Not on my budget.” Not so fast. Independent features can make the most of visual effects...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s...