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Filming on a Microbudget (Pocket Essentials: Film) (Paperback)

by Paul Hardy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Essentials; New edition edition (1 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904048323
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904048329
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 426,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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So you want to make a film? It's the only way to get into the film industry. No one's going to let you play with the kind of money it takes to make a feature film until you've already proven yourself by making a great short film. You can do that at film school- if you can afford to go to film school. If you can't, then you're going to have to make your films without money. You're going to have to film on a microbudget- like Shane Meadows, who made Where's The Money, Ronnie? before TwentyFourSeven, and Guy Ritchie, who made The Hard Case before Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. With the technology available today, it's easier than ever to make a short film without the benefits of funding, but digital cameras and editing systems are only part of the story. The most important thing is you, the film-maker. This Pocket Essential gives you all the information you need to put together a short film production - from first idea to script to planning to casting to locations to shooting to editing to distribution. What's in it?

As well as basic but essential information on all aspects of short film production, this book has a glossary of film-making terms and a comprehensive list of relevant books, websites, films and media centres that offer courses


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5.0 out of 5 stars All you need, no fooling around!, 8 Dec 2008
By E. C. Asnaghi "Ezk" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book almost by accident, in a hurry. One very clear definition about lighting caught my attention and I thought "If every bit of the book is as straight forward, then this is all I need".

For me reading this book was answering all those little questions and solving basic situations that always prevented me to start a film project.

I, as a standard intelligent person, found brief and straight forward definitions and clear examples: models of how a pre-production should be, how the shooting is, examples of shooting lists and story boards, step by step guides, brands and models of equipment and lots of advice based on the authors experience.

Basically, after reading finishing the book, there's nothing, in terms of knowledge, that prevents me to start mi low budget short film tomorrow.

Ideal for people that can't wait to start making their film.

That's it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great little book, 9 Nov 2008
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Bought an earlier edition a few years ago and while I was familiar with most of the stuff in it, if I'd come across it a few years earlier it would have taught me a huge amount of stuff.

Walks through all the stages of making a short film covering a really wide range of topics all the way from Development to Distribution. Explains all sorts of practical issues and has a really good glossary. Teaches you most of the stuff I learnt on a two-year course at College for the price of a CD. Can't think of any reason not to buy this book other than the one mentioned in the opening paragraph.

This review sounds very effusive, but it really is a great little bargain if you're just getting into filmmaking.
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