Is There Anything Left in the Superhero Genre to Explore?

This week on The No Film School Podcast: Twitter has its way with Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World... but Russel Crowe fights back. Now we ask, what can be gleaned from the boat movies of yore? ("Yore" being 2003, of course.) The Amazon series The Boys takes on the superhero genre (successfully), and we discuss how trying your hand at the genre creatively is maybe not the worst idea.

Also: producers rip off IP with the recent The Fault In Our Stars knockoff that conquered the 2020 box office.

In Tech News: can you make an artificial sun for a thousand bucks? And does it look any good? YouTuber DIY Perks has an answer. Additionally in Tech News: the new, upgraded WiFi 6.

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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by George Edelman, Charles Haine and Jeffrey Reeser.

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Perfectly Recreate Nicole Kidman’s Viral AMC Ad With This Breakdown

A look into how director of photography Indeana Underhill and her team were able to precisely recreate Nicole Kidman’s AMC ad for her AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.

For those who’ve been lucky enough to watch a movie at an AMC theater in the past year, you’ve most likely gotten a chance to experience Nicole Kidman’s heartfelt “We Make Movies Better” short which serves both as a cinema intro as well as a television spot advertising why movies are magical.

The ad, which features Kidman braving through a rainy, puddly parking lot to watch a movie alone in an AMC theater found viral life of its own on Twitter and with fans online who found a mix of humor and inspiration from the short.

And, to honor Kidman with her AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, director of photography Indeana Underhill was recruited to recreate the viral ad and has shared a very cool side-by-side breakdown as well as some interesting behind-the-scenes peeks into her process.

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