Filmmaking for Dummies - Softcover

Stoller, Bryan Michael

 
9780764524769: Filmmaking for Dummies

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Film is a powerful medium. Successful filmmakers possess the passion to visually tell a story that will affect people's emotions, make them see things differently, help them discover new ideas, or just create an escape for them.

Whether you love the experience of being enthralled by movies or the excitement, challenge, and magic of making the movie yourself, Filmmaking For Dummies is your primer to creating a respectable product. For the seasoned professional, this friendly reference can inspire you with fresh ideas – before you embark on your next big flick. Get ready to roll with expert information on

  • Defining the difference between independent and studio films
  • Knowing what genre fits your fancy
  • Finding perfect locations
  • Storyboarding your film
  • Directing the action
  • Giving credit and titles

Written from the author's 30 years of hands-on work as a writer, producer, and film director, Filmmaking For Dummies carries you through from screenplay to distribution, with lots of experience-packed insight into

  • Writing or finding a screenplay
  • Raising financing for your film
  • Budgeting and scheduling your film
  • Hiring the right actors and crew
  • Planning, shooting, and directing your film
  • Putting your film together in the editing room
  • Finding a distributor to get your film in from of an audience
  • Entering (and maybe even winning) film festivals

Taking into account the advent of digital technology, author Bryan Michael Stoller focuses on creative elements that apply to both film and video production. He also points our technical differences and notes the many similarities between traditional and newer age making of motion pictures – all in a fun and engaging way that'll have you shooting for the stars!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bryan Michael Stoller is an international-award-winning filmmaker who has produced, written, and directed over 80 productions, including short comedy films, half-hour television shows, music videos, commercials, and feature films.

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"I know of nobody more suitable than Bryan Stoller to author a manual on how to get a film made."
?Dan Aykroyd

Scout locations, set up shots, and direct actors

"Bryan Stoller has encapsulated the fundamentals of the filming process in a most accessible way."
?David Permut, Producer and President, Permut Presentations, Inc.

Whether you?re shooting a movie short or a feature film, find out how to do everything from developing a project, pitching it, and obtaining financing to hiring your cast and crew, shooting and editing your film, and distributing it for the world to see.

The Dummies Way

  • Explanations in plain English
  • "Get in, get out" information
  • Icons and other navigational aids
  • Tear-out cheat sheet
  • Top ten lists
  • A dash of humor and fun

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ISBN 10:  0764542656 ISBN 13:  9780764542657
Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 2005
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