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    'Special' Effects; Shorts; The Writer Speaks Part V

    What do Spider-man , King Kong and Malcom in the Middle have in common?  Special effects!  Plus, is short film an endangered species?  And the fifth conversation in our series on the business of writing.

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    What do Spider-man, King Kong and Malcom in the Middle have in common? Special effects! Plus, is short film an endangered species? And the fifth conversation in our series on the business of writing.

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Mark Driscoll

      president and founder of Look! Effects

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      Jon Bloom

      Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker

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      Bruce Joel Rubin

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