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Though many people have an image of producers just passively writing checks, the role of an active producer is important for the making of a movie.

"I couldn't just passively let the snake come to me. I had to remind myself of what my zodiac sign was, to encourage myself," she said.

“It’s a film where ideally you’re on the edge of your seat, leaning forward and participating as opposed to just receiving it passively,” says Barnes on a video call.

Leveraging how political power is often downstream from cultural power, Democrats must take the initiative by shaping the public’s mood and beliefs instead of passively responding to them.

Specifically, they used commercially available personal digital devices, limited data filtering, and entirely passively collected and noninvasive data.