Digital Filmmaking 101An essential guide to producing low-budget movies. Reveals the secrets of making professional-quality digital moviemaking on ultra-low budgets: (1) Digital video equipment, personal computers, and software for filmmakers; (2) Scripting; (3) Casting; (4) Production; (5) Distribution; (6) Cost cutting techniques; (7) Production techniques; (8) Guerrilla filmmaking; (9) Working the Film Festival circuit; and (10) Jump starting your film career and much more ... |
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... look 100 times better on tape . If you have to do some set work , look for borrowed or discarded materials . Haunt the dumpsters at construction and demolition sites . ( Yes , you will sink this low to get your movie done . ) Commercial ...
... look 100 times better on tape . If you have to do some set work , look for borrowed or discarded materials . Haunt the dumpsters at construction and demolition sites . ( Yes , you will sink this low to get your movie done . ) Commercial ...
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... look for two characters in Resident Alien , and we got the desired look by buying orange disposable coveralls for $ 3 each . To this costume we added a 50 - cent used belt , borrowed safety glasses , and inspired casting of nearly ...
... look for two characters in Resident Alien , and we got the desired look by buying orange disposable coveralls for $ 3 each . To this costume we added a 50 - cent used belt , borrowed safety glasses , and inspired casting of nearly ...
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... look like it takes place in the real world ( not necessarily the existing world , but a real world nonetheless ) , you will discover the occasional need to populate your movie with people other than your primary actors . This population ...
... look like it takes place in the real world ( not necessarily the existing world , but a real world nonetheless ) , you will discover the occasional need to populate your movie with people other than your primary actors . This population ...
Contents
The Dream Taking a Leap | 1 |
Afterword 251 | 3 |
The Budget And How to Budge It 3223 | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low-budget Movies Dale Newton,John Gaspard No preview available - 2007 |
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