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Film Trooper — 149 episodes

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151: How Do You Start Your CGI Filmmaking Career?

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150: How To Level Up Your Filmmaking Career

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149: Lessons Learned From Indie Film Hustle

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148: Discussing Story and A Well Written Script

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147: How To Make Live Theater Into A Film

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145: What I Learned From My Hiatus From Film Trooper (Part 1)

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146: What I Learned From My Hiatus From Film Trooper (Part 2)

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144: How To Sell Your Film To A Distributor

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143: How To Run A Film Distribution Company

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142: How To Sell Your Film at The American Film Market (AFM)

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141: Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers with Richard RB Botto

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140: Filmmakers & Actors: Working a Full-Time Job While Pursuing Your Dream

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139: How To Get A Named Actor In Your Film and How To Work With SAG (part 2)

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138: How To Get A Named Actor In Your Film and How To Work With SAG (part 1)

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137: Filmmaker Problems and How To Fix Them

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136: How To Take Your Indie Film On The Road

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135: How to Sell Your Film to Netflix

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134: How to Gain Access to Anyone

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133: How to Market Your Indie Film (Part 2)

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132: How to Market Your Indie Film (Part 1)

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131: Predicting Disruptions in the Entertainment Industry

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130: How to Make a Web Series a Success

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129: How Do Movies Make Money?

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127: 10 Ways To Improve Your Luck As A Filmmaker

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126: The 6 Gold-Mine Genres of Indie Hollywood with Scott Kirkpatrick

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125: What Self-Publishing a Book Taught Me About Selling Films Online

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124: Lessons Learned From The New World of Film Distribution With Peter Broderick

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123: How To Pitch To A Hollywood Executive with Stephanie Palmer, Good in a Room

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122: Sound Recording and Mixing Tips For Your Indie Film

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121: How To Make A Living From Your Web Series and Documentaries with Lucas Longacre

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120: Don’t Take Your Film To A Festival: The American Film Market (AFM)

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119: Imagine Making $193M Off Your Micro-Budget Film with Oren Peli

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118: How To Find Your Next Movie Concept (Part 1) with Brooks Elms

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117: Better Control Over Your Film Distribution with Dot Studio Pro

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116: How To Get People To Come To Your Screening with Alex Petrovich

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115: How To Get A Meeting with Netflix, HBO, and CNN For Your Documentary with Jonny Wallström

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114: Overcoming Death and Making Movies That Matter with Jenna Edwards

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113: How To Get A Distribution Deal with The Bet

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112: What If Your Script SUCKS & How To Fix It (Part 2)

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111: What If Your Script SUCKS & How To Fix It (Part 1)

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110: How To Make MONEY with Your Live Screenings, Christopher Everett

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109: How Do You Actually Make A Living As A Filmmaker? with Jason Kartalian

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108: How To Make and Sell a Micro-Budget Film with Alex Ferrari

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107: How to Become a Local Filmmaking Hero with Chris White

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106: Driver X – Art & Science of No Budget Filmmaking with Mark Stolaroff

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105: What Happens in a PIXAR Brain Trust Meeting? Disney Screenwriter, Rob Edwards Explains

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104: How To Sell Your Script with Brooks Elms

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103: Star Wars Meets Shakespeare with Author Ian Doescher

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102: What are the 4 Pillars of Storytelling with Patrick Moreau of StillMotion

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101: What is the Future of Filmmaking? A Lightsaber Duel Reveals the Secret

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100: Film Marketing Fridays, What are the 3 Biggest Pains for Filmmakers? And How to Fix Them

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099: State of Affairs in Indie Film with Dave Bullis

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098: Film Marketing Fridays, How To Market Yourself As A Stunt Performer

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097: Bridging the Indie Gap with Brad Wilke of Smarthouse Creative

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096: Digital Marketing for the Storypeneur with Annelise Larson

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095: Film Marketing Fridays, How To Get The Word of Mouth Out For Your Film

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094: Film Marketing Fridays, Using Live Events to Market and Fund Your Film

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093: Demystifying the Myth of the Starving Artist with Cory Huff

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092: Film Festival Secrets with Christopher Holland

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091: Respect the Process with Commercial Director, Filmmaker and Comedian, Jordan Brady

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089: Film Marketing Fridays, Crowdfunding Your Finishing Funds

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090: How a Filmmaker Generated 1.5 Million Views For His Feature Film, Algorithm, with Jon Schiefer

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088: Producer’s Rep and Founder of Producer Foundry, Ben Yennie

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087: How a Filmmaker Made $90,000 Selling His Short Film Online with Alex Ferrari (Part 2)

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086: How a Filmmaker Made $90,000 Selling His Short Film Online with Alex Ferrari (Part 1)

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085: Film Marketing Fridays, Pricing Your Film

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084: Film Marketing Fridays, What is Your Unfair Advantage?

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083: Film Marketing Fridays, Facebook Marketing for Filmmakers (Part 2)

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082: Film Marketing Fridays, Facebook Marketing for Filmmakers (Part 1)

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081: Film Marketing Fridays, What Results Do You Want?

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080: Film Marketing Fridays, Forget Marketing

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079: Film Marketing Fridays, VOD Sales Projections

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078: Film Marketing Fridays, The Buyer’s Circle

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076: Film Marketing Fridays, What Am I Really Marketing?

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075: Q&A with Dark Haven Studios and Mike Lundahl

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074: Indie Film Academy Perspective with Jason Buff

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073: Film Marketing Fridays – Marketing Tips for a Web Series

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072: Film Marketing Fridays – Why You Only Want To Sell To One Person

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071: Film Marketing Fridays – What If You Don’t Take Your Film To A Festival?

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070: Film Marketing Fridays, Film Festivals … Yay or Nay?

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069: Healing Through Art, From Heroin Addiction to Filmmaker, Marisa Vitali Explains

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068: Film Marketing Fridays, IRON MAN Right or Wrong?

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067: Film Marketing Fridays, How Not to be Afraid of Marketing

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066: Film Marketing Fridays, How Do You Promote Your Film Without Annoying Everyone?

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065: Film Marketing Fridays, Your Marketing Questions Answered

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064: Film Marketing Fridays, Marketing Tips When You Have a Full Time Job

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063: Writing for the Green Light: How to Make Your Script the One Hollywood Notices with Scott Kirkpatrick

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062: Film Marketing Fridays, How Do You Get Discovered?

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061: Film Marketing Fridays, 10 Marketing Questions

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060: Film Marketing Fridays, How Do I Get My Targeted Audience To Buy My Film?

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059: Film Marketing Fridays, Can Someone Else Do The Marketing?

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058: What Is The Most Important Thing Filmmakers Need To Do Before Submitting Their Film To An Aggregator? Jay Friedman from bitMAX Explains

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057: How To Be A Filmmaker By Helping Others with Darwin Carlisle of First Class Reels

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056: A Real Film Trooper In Action, Animator Morr Meroz Explains

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055: Film Marketing Fridays, List Building

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054: Helping You Align with Your Deepest Truths and Create Possibilities For Your Life From That Place, with Andy Drish of The Foundation

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053: Filmmakers, Remember What You’re Worth, with Chris Johnson, Co-Founder of Simplifilm

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052: Film Marketing Fridays, Volume vs. Value

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051: Voices For Vets and The One-Year Anniversary of Film Trooper with Kevin McMahon

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050: Film Marketing Fridays, Examples and What You Should Really Be Marketing

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049: Imagine writing a script with your mom and getting the film made, Bram Hoover explains

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048: Film Marketing Fridays, How to Sell Your Film on Amazon (Part 2)

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047: What if your debut feature film starred Juliette Lewis? Director, Jen McGowan explains

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046: Film Marketing Fridays, How to Sell Your Film on Amazon

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045: Angel Investors for Filmmakers with the Producer Foundry, Ben Yennie

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044: How to change the representation of women in film with Thuc Nguyen of The Bitch Pack

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043: Film Marketing Fridays, Implosion of the Pre-Sale?

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042: Film Marketing Fridays: Sales Comp For Your Film

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041: What is the wedding registry approach to crowdfunding? Emily Best of Seed & Spark explains.

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040: Film Marketing Fridays, Digging Deep Into Loglines

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039: Learn How To Be Good In A Room When Pitching With Stephanie Palmer

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038: Fizzle Co-founder, Caleb Wojcik

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037: Film Marketing Fridays, Tips for a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign

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036: Film Marketing Fridays, What Is Your Pitch?

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035: Film Courage, Karen Worden & David Branin

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034: Film Marketing Fridays, Sales Sheet Equals Your Movie Poster

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033: Film Marketing Fridays, Who Made Money in the Gold Rush?

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032: Sheri Candler, Digital Marketing Strategist

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031: Film Marketing Fridays, How to Build Your Audience

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030: Film Marketing Fridays, Who Is Your Ideal Fan?

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029: Jason Brubaker, Filmmaking Stuff (dot) com

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028: Oren Peli, Creator of Paranormal Activity

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027: Eryn Goodman, Casting Director, Cast Iron Studios

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026: Cynthia Kahn, Amused Now (dot) com

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025: Dennis Troutman, Talent Agent, Option Talent

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024: Tony Mendoza, Filmmaker

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023: Ted Rooney, Actor

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022: James Lyons, Valeri Fox Web Series

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021: Jeremy Frandsen, Internet Marketing and Business Expert

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020: Michael Taylor Fontaine, Casting Director of Casting House NW

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019: Windy Borman, Filmmaker of “The Eyes of Thailand”

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018: Jason Van Orden, Bonus Interview

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017: Jason Van Orden, Internet Marketing & Entrepreneurial Expert

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016: Mike Vogel, Filmmaker and Transmedia Entrepreneur

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015: Stefan Feuerherdt, Willamette Writers Conference, Chairman

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014: Lavenda Memory, Actress/Model/Fashion Photographer

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013: Hotsquatch Entertainment, Jacqueline Gault and James Wilderhancock (Part 2)

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012: Hotsquatch Entertainment, Jacqueline Gault and James Wilderhancock (Part 1)

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011: Thomas Thorson (Interiors), Composer

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010: Marc Steele, Filmmaker of Future Perfect

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009: Randal Jahnson, Screenwriter of The Doors and Mask of Zorro (Part 5)

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008: Randall Jahnson, Screenwriter of The Doors and Mask of Zorro (Part 4)

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007: Randall Jahnson, Screenwriter of The Doors and Mask of Zorro (Part 3)

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006: Randall Jahnson, Screenwriter of The Doors and Mask of Zorro (Part 2)

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005: Randall Jahnson, Screenwriter of The Doors and Mask of Zorro (Part 1)

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004: Adam McMahon, Art Director of FireFall

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003: Bryce Fortner, Cinematographer of Portlandia (Part 2)

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002: Bryce Fortner, Cinematographer of Portlandia (Part 1)

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001: INTRODUCTION

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