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Web Series as Practice for the Real World
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Web Series as Practice for the Real World

Today after the 10am staff meeting for Orientation I hibernated in my apartment and attempted to catch up on sleep, but then quickly realized that wasn't going to happen and I was better off catching up on work.For the past few months I've been in pre-production for season two of my web series, Antidote 15, which has (happily) been my life since December 2013.

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Adventures in 24 Hour Filmmaking
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Adventures in 24 Hour Filmmaking

Every year, USC hosts a 24 hour film contest called the Ed Wood Film Festival. It sets out to prove that students can make a better film in 24 hours than Ed Wood could in his career. Quality aside, 24 hour filmmaking competitions are a great chance to test run ideas, experiment with special effects, and learn how much coffee it takes to pull a productive all-nighter. (Answer: four cups MINIMUM.)

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How to Create A Web Series [Part One: Pre-Production]
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How to Create A Web Series [Part One: Pre-Production]

This year is my year of doing big, scary things I've never done before. In December, I remember walking home from class and thinking, "what challenges scare me?" I came up with two: skydiving and helming a web series.Since skydiving is a perfectly rational fear I don't want to tackle anytime soon, I decided to create my own web series. It's a good challenge since I want to be a showrunner one day, and this experience will help me hone important skills, like serving some of the best crafty you've ever had in your life. (People who have had my chocolate chip cookies know what's up.) My web series is called Antidote 15, and you can read more about it here.

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Good Books: The Fault in Our Stars
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Good Books: The Fault in Our Stars

I've been trying to find new authors to add to my list of favorite authors on my Facebook page (a prestigious list of high importance and influence, I assure you) when I made the mistake of reading John Green. I say mistake because once I read The Fault in Our Stars, I knew I was going to get nothing done in the next week while I made my way through all his other books.So today's blog post is dedicated to John Green, who stole my productivity but instead gave me something much more valuable: great books that will stay with me forever.

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For Men: How to Write Female Characters
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For Men: How to Write Female Characters

This post was originally intended to be a satirical comment on the state of female characters in screenplays written by men.But, ironically enough, after talking to a handful of male screenwriters, I realized that there is a legitimate, long-standing issue amongst male writers when it comes to writing female characters.I say this without judgment: some male writers just don’t know how to write female characters. Which is why I’m here to help!How Are Female and Male Characters Different?

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