How to Shoot a Feature Film For Under $10,000

Author: Bret Stern
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892877000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
"Bret Stern's maverick approach to no-budget filmmaking bucks much of the usual indie advice with down & dirty ways to get it done. All aspects of filmmaking are addressed--script, casting, locations, equipment, lighting, sound...& all sorts of other details the first-time director has to consider. "Chris Gore, Film Threat Online. "Stern's book is wicked, irreverent & entirely accurate...an important work," raves Gersh Morningstar of The Florida Bluesheet. "Stern produces real advice, like how to choose film stock & the best way to fake out the cops when nabbed on an illegal shoot," says Entertainment Weekly's Daniel Fierman. You don't need to want to make a movie to enjoy this hilarious & informative new work. If you even once had a friend who knew some guy with a cousin who had a friend that went to film school, then you'll love this book. Gonzo filmmaker, Bret Stern, has created what is soon to become the GenXer's classic guide to indie filmmaking. 40% discount, returnable. Raintree County Press, 11 West 17th St., New York, NY 10011 (212) 874-5011. Large national advertising campaign begins after Labor Day, 1999.

How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000

Author: Bret Stern
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060084677
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Right now, you're wondering, "Gee, what kind of information is in this cute yet stylish guide?" Sure, there are a bunch of other books that will take you through the filmmaking process, and if your name is Beaver Cleaver, you might be interested in them. But you should know that filmmaking is a war, and this book will lead you through it like no other. These pages contain information learned from years spent in the filmmaking trenches. Anyone with a credit card can rent a camera and buy film stock -- but who can: Rent a camera for two weeks and pay for only two days? Set the exposure on the camera without a light meter? Feed a crew of twenty with yesterday's chicken soup? Not many. You want more? Then turn the book over and crack her open. Still here? Fine -- we'll do it the hard way: This book will tell you how to shoot a sex scene, tell you what a stinger is. And if you need help writing your script, we'll give you some scenes to copy right into your screen-play -- and yes, we even provide the characters. In short, everything you need to know about filmmaking in the real world is in this book. Everything. We'll even help you select the proper baseball cap so you can look like a big-time director. Now start reading. Let's make film history.

From Reel to Deal

Author: Dov S-S Simens
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759520763
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
Based on his acclaimed "2- Day Film School", Dov S-S Simens serves up a flawless and detailed blueprint for creating successful independent films. With his signature in-your-face, no-holds-barred advice, the Godfather of Independent Film teaches readers everything they need to know to create full-length feature films. From screenwriting ("There are two types of scripts: It's great or it sucks!") to distribution ("Who are the whores of Hollywood?"), Simens provides encyclopedic, precise, and creative instruction for making a vision a reality. By the end of the book, readers will know exactly what to do to make their films.

The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook

Author: Chris Jones
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826479884
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 808

Book Description
This third edition of the UK's best-selling filmmaker's bible, builds upon the most successful features of the previous books. Including illustrations, diagrams, and box-outs, this book comes with a DVD, packed with further interviews with filmmakers, as well as theatrical trailers.

Double Feature

Author: Owen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451676913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
SAM DOLAN is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolan—a boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sam’s dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sam’s eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who can’t stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster. Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan family’s friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everything—regret, resentment, dignity, moving pictures, the dead—and taking it again from the top. Against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen King’s epic debut novel combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.

Filmmaker

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1014

Book Description

Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking

Author: Elliot Grove
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1136047069
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
"Discover vital insider tips on producing movies with a micro budget! Covering both tried and true filmmaking techniques as well as insight on marketing, selling, and distributing your film, Raindance Producers' Lab, Second Edition is the ultimate independent filmmaker's guide to producing movies. This edition has been updated to include: fresh features on low-budget, high quality video cameras, including new digital camera options such as DSLRAn extensive selection of new case studies and interviews with industry talents such as Ewan McGregor, Ate de Jong, James Youngs, Joe Pavlo, Martin Myers, Rolin Heap, and more; essential advice on how to make the web work for you and promote your films through Twitter, Facebook and other social media platformsAll new postproduction workflows. A companion website (www.lotonobudgetfilmmaking.com) providing all the contracts and material you need to run a production company and make successful low budget movies. The verdict is in: if you're looking for a clear-cut, no-nonsense approach to micro-budget filmmaking and producing, Elliot Grove's wealth of teaching and filmmaking experience combined with winning formulas for marketing and promotion make this book a must-have one-stop shop for filmmakers! "--

Splatter Flicks

Author: Sara Caldwell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1581158475
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
• Features dozens of detailed interviews with directors, producers, F/X pros, and more • Horror movies get better distribution deals—so they’re great for independent filmmakers • Entertaining and informative, packed with insightful and sometimes hilarious anecdotes. Everyone who’s ever longed to make their very own horror movie needs a copy of Splatter Flicks, a comprehensive guide that shows aspiring filmmakers exactly how today’s most successful creators of horror finance, produce, and market their films. Interviews with the creative geniuses behind such low-budget moneymakers as Dead Serious, Till Death Do Us Part, Scarecrow, and many others reveal such dark secrets as how to make a movie for $ 2,000, how to get the best shrieks from scream queens, how to capture fear on film, how to make the perfect monster...the list goes on and on—it won’t stop—make it stop—aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!! Yes, Splatter Flicks is horrifying...in a good way. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

G.K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts

Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 576

Book Description

Independent Feature Film Production

Author: Gregory Goodell
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312181178
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 516

Book Description
Supplies advice on the financing, writing, budgeting, casting, filming, editing, and distribution of a motion picture without the involvement of a major studio.