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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nIn this episode of the No Film School Podcast, director Nicole Bazuin joins host GG Hawkins to discuss the decade-long creative collaboration behind _Modern Whore,_ a hybrid documentary based on Andrea Werhun’s memoir about her experiences in sex work. Bazuin explains how the project grew from a music video friendship into a book, short films, and a feature, while breaking down the film’s mix of interviews, stylized reenactments, storybook-inspired visuals, and post-production discoveries.\n\nThe conversation also covers self-editing a feature, storyboarding an entire film, bringing Sean Baker on as an executive producer, and making work from the stories already in a filmmaker’s orbit.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**In this episode, we****discuss:**\n\n  * Shooting __Modern Whore__ on the Alexa Mini and editing the film in Adobe Premiere Pro\n  * How Bazuin and Andrea Werhun met while making a Super 8 music video for Broken Bricks\n  * Turning a “creative crush” into a decade-long collaboration across a memoir, short films, and a feature\n  * Why the film uses a hybrid documentary format with firsthand storytelling, staged scenes, and stylized reenactments\n  * Adapting Andrea Werhun’s vignette-style memoir into a cohesive feature structure\n  * Protecting authorship and agency when telling stories about sex work\n  * Building a visual language through hand-drawn storyboards, color, and “storybook come to life” compositions\n  * The nine-to-ten-month edit process and the value of test screenings with anonymous feedback cards\n  * How Sean Baker came aboard as an executive producer after working with Andrea Werhun on __Anora__\n  * Why filmmakers should look at the relationships, stories, and access already present in their lives\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Guests:**\n\n  * Nicole Bazuin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n****\n\n****\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Subscribe to the No Film School Podcast on:**\n\n  * Apple Podcasts\n  * Spotify\n  * Google\n\n\n\nGet your question answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.com\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n_Listen to more episodes of the No Film School podcast right here:_",
  "title": "'Modern Whore': How a Creative Crush Turned Into a Sean Baker-Backed Film"
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