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Diversity and Deflection in Hollywood

Actress Regina Hall looks at the issue with journalist Pam Newkirk

Will 2020 Kick Off the Decade of the Slashies?

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question you hear a lot when you’re a kid. If →

How to Land an Agent If You’re an Editor

For most editors, there will come a time when you wonder what it’d be like to have an agent. →

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Awards Season 2020: Women Filmmakers Ain't Having It

Women in film think the Golden Globes have lost their luster, and the Oscars have tarnished →

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How to Drum Up Business as a Freelancer

Last summer Aaron James and I started Mt. Freelance, an educational site and community that helps →

Crowd Control: A Primer on AI and Interactive Entertainment

Watching a movie or television show used to be a simple, one-way proposition: A projectionist →

The Authenticity Factory: Buyers, Sellers, Makers

“Have you ever tried the experiment of saying some plain word, such as ‘dog,’ thirty times? By the →

Lauren Taylor, Location Coordinator

Lauren Taylor knows that the success of a movie or TV shoot can hinge on the tiniest details. The angle of a streetlamp, the contact information of an animal handler, a prop cigarette — they’re all part of an impossibly complex, constantly shifting...

Anna Lee, Food Stylist

Delicious vomit. Anna Lee has a recipe for it. As a food stylist for film and TV, her domain includes pretty much anything that goes into (or out of) an actor’s mouth. And unlike commercial food stylists, who snag all the clickbait listicles with...

Matt Davies, Foley Artist

Alongside script gal or clapper boy, Foley artist is one of those job titles that conjures up 1930s Hollywood. So it was very disorienting when I arrived at Studio Unknown, a post-production sound facility in Burbank, and Matt Davies wasn’t in...

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Awards Season 2020: Women Filmmakers Ain't Having It

Women in film think the Golden Globes have lost their luster, and the Oscars have tarnished themselves (again) after leaving them almost entirely shut out of nominations in marquee categories this...

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