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The ECG blog is organized around production decisions: creative strategy, business of video, on-set work, post-production, animation, marketing, and the practical questions clients ask before they make something.
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Opinion
In this section, you'll find opinion pieces by our team. We discuss the production industry and simple preferences. Some popular blogs in this category include Why Most of the Things Your Kids Watch Suck , and Why I love Taylor Sheridan . So buckle up and get to know our team by hearing all about their opinions.
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Content Survey Response #1: David Wappel
Content Survey Response #1: David Wappel is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Content Survey Response #2: Mary Winter
Content Survey Response #2: Mary Winter is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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The Let’s Play Phenomenon and Why It’s Not Stupid
The Let’s Play Phenomenon and Why It’s Not Stupid shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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Content Survey Response #3: Kelsey Merriam
Content Survey Response #3: Kelsey Merriam is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Content Survey Response #4: Jenn Lee
Content Survey Response #4: Jenn Lee is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Should Animated Features Have Their Own Academy Award Category?
Should Animated Features Have Their Own Academy Award Category is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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The Male Gaze And Where NOT To Find It
The Male Gaze And Where NOT To Find It shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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Business
Rotten Tomatoes: Why The Tomatometer Is Bad For Your Health
Rotten Tomatoes: Why The Tomatometer Is Bad For Your Health shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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Business
Please... Not Another Season!
Please... Not Another Season shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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The Curious Case of Kevin Spacey
The Curious Case of Kevin Spacey shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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7 Alternative Music Videos from the 90s that Inspired Me to Become a Filmmaker
A practical look at how sound, pacing, tone, and post-production choices shape what the audience feels after the picture starts moving.
Updated 2021
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Coco vs The Book of Life
Coco vs The Book of Life is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Why I Love Taylor Sheridan
Why I Love Taylor Sheridan is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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In Defense of Bad Taste
In Defense of Bad Taste shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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Top 10 Non-Disney Animated Films
Top 10 Non-Disney Animated Films shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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Y: We Should All Be Excited For the TV Adaptation of Y: The Last Man
Y: We Should All Be Excited For the TV Adaptation of Y: The Last Man shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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The Tragedy of Tiger King: How Structure Tells the Story and Why It Matters
The Tragedy of Tiger King: How Structure Tells the Story and Why It Matters shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making before production starts.
Updated 2021
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