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Welcome back! What’s new on No Film School? Check out our top craft stories of the week. |
🖋️ Screenwriting | | | If you went around Hollywood asking every successful filmmaker for one piece of advice they could give to aspiring screenwriters, do you know what would happen? | They would all say the same exact thing. | This is the screenwriting advice that rules all the others and it’s something you need to know and practice every day. | Continue Reading - The Only Piece of Writing Advice That Matters |
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🎬 Directing | |  | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Source: Warner Bros. |
| Did you know that Steven Spielberg was the first choice by Warner Bros. to direct the Harry Potter movies? He eventually dropped out, and yes, Chris Columbus did a wonderful job at directing the first three Harry Potter movies, but… have you ever wondered what a Spielberg interpretation of the Harry Potter World would have been like? | In this article, we’re reimagining the beloved Harry Potter series through the Spielberg lens. | | Continue Reading - What If Spielberg Directed ‘Harry Potter’? He Almost Did | | 🗞️ Quick Reads for Directing | |
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🎥 Cinematography | |  | ‘Strange Harvest’ Courtesy of Pathogen Pictures |
| We sat down with filmmaker Stuart Ortiz to chat about his latest film, Strange Harvest, and how he was able to craft a modern horror film that pastiches the Netflix true crime style in a way that reinvents the popular streaming genre. | He touches on the cameras he shot on, how to craft archival and found footage sequences, and so much more. | Continue Reading - How The New Horror Film ‘Strange Harvest’ Uses the Netflix True Crime Style Against Itself |
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