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Two-Shots in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
in the hands of a creative director, the two-shot can be an aesthetically beautiful, well-composed shot in its own right. And plenty of filmmakers have…
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Bruce Hutchinson
Close-Ups in If Beale Street Could Talk
While I’m hard at work Breaking Down Twilight Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2, I haven’t quite finished them yet (even though I’m breaking them down as…
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Bruce Hutchinson
Twilight Saga: Eclipse
After the extreme popularity of our posts for Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, it’s clear we have no other option than to continue the series…
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Bruce Hutchinson
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March 2025

Twilight Saga: New Moon
I’m incredibly excited to introduce a new set of contributors to The Hutch Files—my students in the Storytelling 4 class in the MFA Program at the…
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Erin Mitchell
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Twilight Structure Breakdown
One of my all-time favorite movies is Twilight (2008) directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. The Twilight…
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Rachel Elisabeth
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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Greetings, reader! Welcome to my analysis of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope by George Lucas. A New Hope, originally just titled Star Wars upon its…
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Aidan Kolokithas
Lady Bird Structure Breakdown
Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird has stolen our hearts since 2017. Starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, this coming-of-age dramedy…
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Carlie Crabtree

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