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Megan MacDonald
Director . Writer . Actor
Founder of Dawning Film Productions
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Our Ship She's Ready to Bear Away
The final cut of my "Leaden Hearts" trailer Throughout my production process thus far, one of my greatest challenges has been choosing...
Megan MacDonald
Mar 31, 20193 min read
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"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley" ~ Robert Burns, "To a Mouse"
Above is my shooting plan for the scenes in my film that would take place on location at the Stirling Old Town Jail. Once I learned of...
Megan MacDonald
Mar 23, 20194 min read
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Trailer Structure
Challenges and Solutions After watching the first cut of my trailer on the big screen in the cinema it became glaringly clear to me that...
Megan MacDonald
Mar 18, 20193 min read
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How experimental can historical fiction be?
I always knew that I was never what you would call an "experimental" artist or filmmaker, but I didn't realize just how safe I was. I...
Megan MacDonald
Mar 7, 20192 min read
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Documentary Interviews
One of the lectures we had recently was about filming interviews for documentaries. I always thought this was pretty standard: sit...
Megan MacDonald
Mar 4, 20191 min read
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The F-ing Stop
(*A title jokingly suggested by Jim Burns, but I could find no other title more fitting!) This week we examined cinematography and the...
Megan MacDonald
Feb 3, 20192 min read
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