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Apr 2024
1h 26m

How Heat Shapes Your Career & the Biz Fe...

NO FILM SCHOOL
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Heat is important to your film career. It means that you and your work are gaining attention and recognition, which can lead to more opportunities in the future. So how can you generate and navigate heat at an industry level? What contributes to “positive heat” or “negative heat?”  In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and Jason Hellerman speak wi ... Show More
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