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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... Story As an independent moviemaker with no budget to speak of , story is your friend , your biggest asset , and your secret weapon . The reality of making movies on this scale is that you're not going to impress a distributor or ...
... Story As an independent moviemaker with no budget to speak of , story is your friend , your biggest asset , and your secret weapon . The reality of making movies on this scale is that you're not going to impress a distributor or ...
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... story . Usually this means that some essential characteristic or life experience of the protagonist is presented early in the story . This aspect of the person then becomes a pivotal challenge for the character as the story's climax ...
... story . Usually this means that some essential characteristic or life experience of the protagonist is presented early in the story . This aspect of the person then becomes a pivotal challenge for the character as the story's climax ...
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... story . He or she may have a story or script that can be adapted to your budget . If so , great . Or you may need to outline the parameters and let the writer go off and stew on it for a while . Most writers like a challenge , and ...
... story . He or she may have a story or script that can be adapted to your budget . If so , great . Or you may need to outline the parameters and let the writer go off and stew on it for a while . Most writers like a challenge , and ...
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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