Metro Australia — January 2018

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Road to production

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premiere at the 2017 Adelaide Film Festival, as a dream run.

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sustainability – and Howling recounts that one of the biggest

adjustments was getting used to the rigid structure of a feature

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duction values are also a plus, though they do entail managing

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the script given the schedule and resources at their disposal,

and also how to accomplish it all ‘without compromising on

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gauging a sense of how much action can be shot has been one

of the most valuable lessons in moving into longform drama,

along with getting a feel for when a scene may have too much

complexity on the page.

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Budget limitations

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the script level, nearly all of which were made prior to shooting.

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were used, meaning travel time also had to be factored in on

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scenes were cut and amalgamated, no major compromises

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Two-for-one directors

While the duo have joined the global ranks of genre directors

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and Cameron Cairnes are notable examples in the Australian

context – each had a loose area of specialisation during"@QFN’s

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to story and working with actors, Howling was more focused

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their level of prep was such that they only needed to confer

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Out into the world

With domestic distribution handled by Umbrella, it remains to be

seen whether"@QFNZLOO IDUH EHWWHU DW WKH ORFDO ER[ RIĺFH WKDQ LWV

recent genre brethren. From3GD +NUDC .MDR6HDQ %\UQH 

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