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    COVID-19 SPECIAL COVERAGE

    Filmmaking During a Pandemic

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    Feature: Winter 2019

    A (Revised!) Introduction to Documentary Budgeting

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    SHOOTING SCENARIOS COLUMN

    Documentary's Newest Column Breaks Down the Cinematography of a Scene

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