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Entries in film (5)

Friday
Jul022010

“Let's just weed out the ones that don't have a photo attached.”

You're making a short film. You placed an ad for an actor on a website, and got a lot of responses. Now you need to go through the responses, but that's going to take a long time. You want to get rid of some of them quickly. You tell your assistant director:

Let's just weed out the ones that don't have a photo attached.

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Friday
Jul022010

“We got tons of responses to that ad I posted.”

You're making a short film. You needed an actor, so you placed an ad calling for actors on a website. A lot of people responded. Now you're telling your assistant director about it. You say:

We got tons of responses to that ad I posted.

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Wednesday
Apr072010

“I thought it was a really original take on the story.”

Memorize

You went to see a performance of a Shakespeare play at a theater with your friend. This performance was different that other performances you have seen in the past, but you liked it. After watching the play, you're discussing it with your friend and you say:

I thought it was a really original take on the story.

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Wednesday
Apr072010

“Did you know that they're making a new Ghostbusters sequel with the original cast?”

You're talking with a group of friends about movies that you like and someone mentions the 1980's comedy Ghostbusters. You recently read some news that a new Ghostbusters movie is being planned, and that it will star the same actors from the original movie. You say:

Did you know that they're making a new Ghostbusters sequel with the original cast?

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Thursday
Mar252010

“That's really cool how you made it look like they're flying.”

Memorize

Your brother is editing a music video for his band. There is a scene in the video in which the band members look like they're flying. You like that scene a lot and want to praise your brother for it. You say:

That's really cool how you made it look like they're flying.

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