How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000
Bret Stern began making feature films the day after graduating from college. Bret and his fanatical friends waited for the campus to empty out during Christmas break, and after taking the stuff in the school's equipment room, Bret and his crew spent seven days cranking out a feature film — the only setbacks were foreign students raiding the set for reading materials and the fake blood with chicken giblets that backed up the dorm's drainage system.
You're probably wondering, "What kind of information is in this cute yet stylish guide?" There are other books that will walk you through the filmmaking process, and if your name is Beaver Cleaver, you might be interested in them.
However, you should be aware that filmmaking is a battle, and this book will guide you through it like no other. These pages contain information gleaned from years spent in the trenches of filmmaking.
Anyone with a credit card can rent a camera and purchase film stock; however, who can:
- Renting a camera for two weeks and only paying for two days?
- Set the camera's exposure without a light meter?
- Could you feed a crew of twenty on yesterday's chicken soup?
- There aren't many.
Do you want anything else? Then flip the book over. How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000 will teach you how to film a sex scene and what a stinger is. If you need help writing your script, the author will give you some scenes to copy right into your script – and yes, the author will even supply the characters. In a nutshell, this book contains everything you need to know about real-world filmmaking. Everything. The author will even assist you in selecting the appropriate baseball cap to make you look like a big-time director.
Author: Bret Stern
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-Feature-Film-Under-Jail/dp/0060084677/
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