All posts tagged "The Hangover"
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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 by producers and...
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Getting Lucky in Nevada: With a Restored Tax Incentive and Plenty of Locations, There’s More to Nevada Than Casinos
Showbiz. Shenanigans. Sizzle. Sin City has long played home to high-octane cinematic productions. More often than not, the blinding neon lights of the strip provide...
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High Concept, A Recipe: The Four Essential Components to a High-Concept Pitch
The single most in-demand quality of a script is for it to be “high concept.” But what does that really mean? That demand comes from...
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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 are just a handful...
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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 Antarctic waters as...
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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 cancer diagnosis hidden...