In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with director Erica Tremblay and co-writer Miciana Alise about the film, Fancy Dance. They discuss what their writing collaboration looked like and the challenges they faced during filming. The film premiered at Sundance 2023 and screened at SXSW on March 10.
In this episode, we talk about…
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Tackling prevalent problems in indigenous communities
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How Erica and Miciana met and what it was like writing the script together
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Applying storytelling into different genres, platforms, and formats
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Sharing breakthrough moments in complicated scenes
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Realizing that one still directs in post-production
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Successfully pulling off a big set piece using ingenuity and networking
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Having the right people behind the scenes, who really wanted to support the project
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Learning how to be a more considerate writer
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