Product Description: Film is a powerful medium. Successful filmmakers possess the passion to visually tell a story that will affect people's emotions, make them see things differently, help them discover new ideas, or just create an escape for them.
Whether you love the experience of being enthralled by movies or the excitement, challenge, and magic of making the movie yourself, Filmmaking For Dummies is your primer to creating a respectable product. For the seasoned professional, this friendly reference can inspire you with fresh ideas – before you embark on your next big flick. Get ready to roll with expert information on
Defining the difference between independent and studio films
Knowing what genre fits your fancy
Finding perfect locations
Storyboarding your film
Directing the action
Giving credit and titles
Written from the author's 30 years of hands-on work as a writer, producer, and film director, Filmmaking For Dummies carries you through from screenplay to distribution, with lots of experience-packed insight into
Writing or finding a screenplay
Raising financing for your film
Budgeting and scheduling your film
Hiring the right actors and crew
Planning, shooting, and directing your film
Putting your film together in the editing room
Finding a distributor to get your film in from of an audience
Entering (and maybe even winning) film festivals
Taking into account the advent of digital technology, author Bryan Michael Stoller focuses on creative elements that apply to both film and video production. He also points our technical differences and notes the many similarities between traditional and newer age making of motion pictures – all in a fun and engaging way that'll have you shooting for the stars!
Aspiring Filmmakers, the Book You're Seeking is Here... Amazing... That's a one word description for Bryan Michael Stoller's book.
I was born and raised in *Hollywood, CA* yet I had no idea how much detail went into Filmmaking. I was literally just another one of the "DUMMIES" that truly needed someone to S-P-E-L-L out how it's done.
The very first page (Cheat Sheet) was where I found a common ground that most everyone can relate to, "A Recipe for Filmmaking: Cooking with Your Production Team." From that page forward, I began really enjoying reading this book. Everyone loves a good meal but most don't consider exactly how much work goes into it and who does what to bring it to the table.
I started looking at the important notations and through Mr. Stoller's voice, I was gaining a better understanding of Filmmaking. Absorbing little bits of information at a time, until I realized that in my own natural tendency to verify information given (checks and balances) by skipping back and forth through different chapters in this book was to make sure what I was reading would all "add up."
Guess what? Everything does!
My reason for buying this book was to gain the benefit of Mr. Stoller's years of experience and to learn how to make a film. I now have a good reference book (or tool) to guide me through the process.
My heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. Stoller~You are AMAZING!~as is the book.
Great Book, a little long. This is a great book. A little too long for my taste, but it covers all subjects in general in the filmmaking business. I will recommend it to anyone who wants to have a big picture of the hole filmmaking process.
Excellent refrence book! I recommend this book to anyone who doesn't read in a linear sequence. I tend to skip around in books to get the info I need and the way this book is formatted, it allows me to effeciently get the answers I want without any missed beats. Stoller effectively breaks down every aspect, from pre, principal photography, budget breakdown, contracting, scouting, editing, post to distribution and much more. For filmmakers, no matter what your budget or title(s), this book saves you money, time and a lot of guessing. Thank you Bryan Stoller!
Good overall reference. Good overall reference for filmmaking, for the beginner. For the experienced, good reminder of the basics that one might have forgotten.
Filmmaking for Dummies The book is very helpful. It brings a lot of good information for new filmmakers. You can find tricks, terminologies, tips, techniques, and more to start your career as a new filmaker. There are many good material to learn. The author uses recent movies as examples. It covers many aspects of the filmmaking industry and how to make a low budget film. Beside, the book brings a lot of links to interesting web pages related with the filmaking industry.
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