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What I Really Want to Do Is Direct, Part I

Upon entering the film business everyone wants to direct, unfortunately there are not that many jobs available compared to the amount of people who want them. If directing is something you think would be fun or cool, you would be right. However, this is not the right approach; it has to be a true calling for you. You…

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Mistakes Made by Documentary Filmmakers

I just finished working on a set of a documentary about poverty and developmental politics in Latin America. This documentary led our team through villas in Buenos Aires and slums in Brazil. The amount of knowledge acquired is, beyond debate, more than I received in an equivalent amount of time in my University Classes. However, as we started…

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Working with Actors for Film

The first thing any director intending work with actors on a film needs to understand is that acting for film is the most technically demanding and often least rewarding work an actor will do (not financially, but in terms of satisfaction with the actual process). To understand it helps to compare the work with an actor’s job…

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