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Vision Quest: The Art of the Contact Lens

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By Rene Chun
| Emmy Magazine Verified
Finding the character is the crux of acting, and everyone has their process. Filling notebooks with endless backstory details —  sure. Tapping traumatic memories to summon tears on cue — certainly. Alienating cast and crew by refusing to break character for 90 days on set — unfortunately, it’s been known to happen. All these techniques are well documented, surfacing in celebrity profiles like bubbles in a fishbowl. Another role-realization tool is discussed less: theatrical contact lenses.
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Why BEEF Creator Lee Sung Jin Writes What He Knows

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By Rene Chun
| Emmy Magazine Verified
Survival in the streaming wars hinges on two things: increasing subscriber counts and minimizing churn rates. This requires hit shows. The bigger the hit, the greater the expectations are for a follow-up season. With an anthology series like Netflix’s BEEF, that’s asking a lot. How do you top eight Emmys, a 98% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a No. 1 Nielsen streaming ranking, with over a billion minutes viewed in a single week?
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The Art of Faking Smoking on TV

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By Rene Chun, Jeremy White, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
| televisionacademy.com
Smoking cigarettes is more than a nasty habit that kills 8 million people per year. It’s also stunningly cinematic: the rustling of cellophane and ping of the Zippo; the ember that glows with the first deep drag; the delicate contrails that diffuse the light, adding texture, depth and dimension to the frame. It’s more than just visual intrigue, though. Cigarette smoke also establishes character, defines setting and conjures a mood.
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