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Any film is literally built. Just as a novel will have chapters and subplots, each and every film has an underlying structure. The raw components needed to build the film are planned for in the scripting stage, gathered while filming, and structured during editing.

I liken the film-making process to making a set of chopsticks from a tree trunk. An entire tree can be whittled away to leave nothing remaining other than two small pieces of wood – these are the chopsticks. Film or video ...

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