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		<title>New Still from The Root of the Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Should be done soon&#8230; pickups today. Nice teeth! M A R K]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/uncategorized/new-still-from-the-root-of-the-problem/</link>
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		<title>Ten Best Director&#8217;s Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shortlist has a cool little list. Ten Best Director&#8217;s Cuts]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/uncategorized/ten-best-directors-cuts/</link>
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		<title>What makes a good short?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opinions are like assholes. Everybody&#8217;s got one, and they&#8217;re rarely pleasant. So these are MY opinions on what makes a good short screenplay. 1) Get in and out. Trust that a director can fill in some of the blanks.  This is always dangerous (someone else interpreting your intentions) because they might do it entirely bass-ackwords. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/writing-lessons-learned/what-makes-a-good-short/</link>
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		<title>TIME &#8211; a new short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can take a look at my new short by clicking on TIME over there on the left side of the page. I wrote it for a few reasons&#8230; I ran out of non-encumbered shorts; The topic was near-and-dear to my heart; I wanted to do a proof-of-concept for a feature. I like it, because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/shorts/time-a-new-short/</link>
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		<title>Take the points?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview of Star Wars budget from 1977 &#8230; Interesting. M A R K &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/writing-lessons-learned/take-the-points/</link>
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		<title>Handling Feedback</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have to have thick skin. I mean, really thick. Pumpkin pie thick. You&#8217;ll want to please everyone, even as people contradict themselves, flip-flop, are ambiguous, have different or changing goals. That&#8217;s just the way it is. The question, though, is how do you filter all of the information, get to the core of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/writing-lessons-learned/handling-feedback/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Ebert on why movie revenue is dropping&#8230; 5. Competition from other forms of delivery. Movies streaming over the internet are no longer a sci-fi fantasy. TV screens are growing larger and cheaper. Consumers are finding devices that easily play internet movies through TV sets. Netflix alone accounts for 30% of all internet traffic in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/business/1478/</link>
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		<title>Raging Bull one-sheet redux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awesome.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/uncategorized/raging-bull-one-sheet-redux/</link>
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		<title>What word does Procrastinate rhyme with?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very protective of my time. I have to be. At any given moment, I&#8217;m juggling a bowling ball, a flaming torch, a broken bottle, a sledge hammer, and a kitten. When I work, I&#8217;m surrounded with all manner of distraction. The key is to be self-aware. To know how to USE THE DISTRACTIONS in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/writing-lessons-learned/what-word-does-procrastinate-ryhme-with/</link>
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		<title>3D Heading out the door? (again?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think (or maybe hope) that if 3D added to the STORY or the movie-going experience, it would flourish. The chart below might make you see the situation differently. The studios will continue to make 3D movies ONLY as long as it makes financial sense. They don&#8217;t give a sh*t if it &#8220;adds to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/business/3d-heading-out-the-door-again/</link>
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