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What They Don't Teach You at Film School: 161 Strategies For Making Your Own Movies No Matter What - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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Two filmmakers who've beaten the system give the real dope on what it takes to get your movie made.

Do you have to go to film school to get your movies made? No, say two young entrepreneurs who survived the grind. Here they offer 140 strategies for making movies no matter what. Amateurs as well as seasoned veterans can pick up this entertaining and incredibly useful guide in any place--at any point of crisis--and find tactics that work. Whether it's raising money or cutting your budget; dealing with angry landlords or angry cops; or jump-starting the production or stalling it while you finish the script, these strategies are delivered with funny, illustrative anecdotes from the authors' experiences and from veteran filmmakers eager to share their stories. Irreverent, invaluable, and a lot cheaper than a year's tuition, this friendly guide is the smartest investment any future filmmaker could make.

Strategies from the book include: Love your friends for criticizing your work--especially at the script stage; Shyness won't get you the donuts; Duct tape miracles; Don't fall in love with cast or crew (but if you do...).

ISBN-13: 9780786884773

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Hachette Books

Publication Date: 08-16-2000

Pages: 256

Product Dimensions: 5.19(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

Camille Landau and Tiare White are graduates of the American Film Institute and the USC film school. Together they have made over 30 short films, many of which have won awards in festivals throughout the world, and Freestyle, an award-winning feature-length documentary. They are currently in post-production for their first dramatic feature, Three Loves, and live in Southern California.

Table of Contents

The Credits ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Everything you need to know 3
Chapter 2. The sign you've been searching for 10
Chapter 3. If all you really want to do is direct, what are you waiting for? 25
Chapter 4. Napkins, stoplights, and showers 33
Chapter 5. Fix the script, the rest will follow 46
Chapter 6. Sultans, dentists, and Uncle Al 57
Chapter 7. It's the budget, stupid 73
Chapter 8. Get the rights or get a lawyer 84
Chapter 9. Hustling 88
Chapter 10. Hype, for cheap 103
Chapter 11. Friends, enemies, lovers, and thieves 117
Chapter 12. It's a sad dog who can't wag its own tail 129
Chapter 13. Getting through the most terrible, wonderful few weeks of your life so far 136
Chapter 14. The road trip test 143
Chapter 15. Hire the actors with the shiniest shoes 159
Chapter 16. The emperor's parade 174
Chapter 17. Donuts, red vines, and keeping the crew together: The care and feeding of the set 179
Chapter 18. Grace under pressure: Directing under fire 186
Chapter 19. Sex, lies, and 16mm 193
Chapter 20. Don't make things more difficult than they are 197
Chapter 21. Location, location, and location 207
Chapter 22. The lost, the stolen, and the broken 216
Chapter 23. How I learned to stop worrying and love the sound 218
Chapter 24. Uses for duct tape and other quick fixes 227
Chapter 25. Don't leave the set without it 229
Chapter 26. Don't wait until the mix to fix it 231
Chapter 27. Point(er)s of distribution 234
Chapter 28. One or two more things before the lights come up 242
Chapter 29. Do it again 244