Film Making (Teach Yourself) - Softcover

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Tom Holden first has always been interested in film making since he first witnessed Star Wars aged 4 in a Liverpool cinema. However, it wasn t until the early 90s when he witnessed the bizarre films of John Waters and his equally zany plot lines and actors that Tom thought he d try his hand at film making. Ill equipped with a degree in Classics and Geography from a south London university he started running around the streets and parks of the metropolis filming with his camera to film a variety of off the wall shorts. A semi-pro film project while living in the Czech Republic, a Masters Degree in Documentary Film Making and a lottery funded internationally filmed comedy spy thriller opened the door for the big time at the centre of the entertainment universe: Granada Television, Manchester. Several years honing his craft with respected film makers and name players at various locations around the world led him to experiment and learn even more of story telling and the gadgets needed to make a film. Now, having directed a couple of films for worldwide distribution, the siren s cry of independent film making has once again lured Mr Holden to take up his trusty camera and see where his camera will take him