Want to learn about moviemaking but have no time and money for film school? There are a number of film seminars on DVD and documentaries that cover the same type of film history and techniques covered in courses at film schools. Another great way to study is renting films on DVD where filmmakers have supplied audio commentary for the film telling about the process and behind the scenes anecdotes.
Cinemaker, the ultimate guide to Low-Budget Production is filled with fun, informative and entertaining secrets of the trade. The A to Z of low-budget film making! DVD 1: Conception & Pre-Production - Planning it!; DVD 2: Production - Shooting It!; DVD 3
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Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Filmmaker:
This information-packed volume helps filmmaking students master a wide range of techniques, and then shows them how to put their skills into practice. Its main focus is on short movies, ranging in length from 15 seconds to 15 minutes, and intended for private screenings, festivals, competitions, or broadcasts on TV or the Web. All essential equipment and techniques are clearly explained with diagrams and step-by-step photos. Novice filmmakers learn to formulate story ideas, shoot footage, edit, lay down soundtracks, and add special effects. The book presents practical projects and exercises that give students the opportunity for hands-on experience. They also get advice on putting together a showreel and getting their finished film seen. Printed in full-color throughout, this instructive volume features more than 400 how-to photos and illustrations.
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The Power Filmmaking Kit is a comprehensive, multimedia book and DVD package that empowers you to produce your own Hollywood-quality movie. Emmy-award winning director Jason Tomaric produced an independent film using only local resources for under $2,000 that not only got picked up for distribution, but is also used as a case study in top film schools. This book shows you how to do the same, regardless of your budget or location. You'll learn how to achieve professional quality on a microbudget, using the resources you have at hand.
The book includes:
* Coverage of the entire filmmaking process. It's all here, from writing, directing, and cinematography, to acting, editing, and distribution.
* Step-by-step instructions, tips, diagrams, charts, and illustrations for how you can make a Hollywood-caliber movie on a next-to-nothing budget with little upfront money and access only to local resources.
The DVD includes:
* Time and Again, the profitable, award-winning, internationally distributed independent film made for under $2,000
* One hour of video tutorials unveiling how the movie was made...interviews and behind-the-scenes case studies on directing, production, and editing
* Complete rough footage from a scene for editing practice
* Forms, contracts, and more resources
*The Producer's Notebook includes scripts, storyboards, schedules, call sheets, contracts, letters from the producer, camera logs and press kits from "Time and Again." See how the production was scheduled and organized, read the script, follow the storyboards and watch the production unfold from beginning to end.
* Blank contracts and forms that you can print out to use on your own film
* Everything you need to make a low-budget movie is in this complete resource kit.
* A complete kit that's a blueprint for making a professional-looking film for under $20,000. Includes a DVD packed with video tutorials, rough footage, important paperwork, contracts, movies, trailers, and more
* Learn how to get professional quality on a low budget, using the resources you have at hand.
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The Ultimate Filmmaking Bundle" is the COMPLETE film school on DVD. This 3-disc package contains the film that started it all, the award-winning "Time and Again," that shattered Hollywood's perception of what low-budget movies look like.
Disc 1: Director Jason J. Tomaric traveled to the midwest with only $2,000 and, using only local resources, produced the 60-minute, award-winning film, "Time and Again." "Time and Again" is the foundation of the "Ultimate Filmmaking Bundle" and takes you behind the scenes, unveiling every step of how the film was produced.
Disc 2: The heart of "The Ultimate Filmmaking Bundle" is this incredibly comprehensive 5-hour DVD that walks you through every step of the filmmaking process, from writing the script to premiering the completed movie in a theatre. With over 30 chapters, 20 in-depth interviews and hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos and video clips, you will learn all the techniques for making a high quality, low budget movie. Learn from the set of "Time and Again..." a movie made specifically for "The Ultimate Filmmaking Bundle" to teach you every aspect of the movie making process.
Disc 3: Packed full of scripts, letters, contracts and forms, "The Producer's Notebook" containts the complete paper trail from "Time and Again" as well as blank forms for your own production. Also included are industry resource guides on lighting, production equipment, editing systems, microphones and much much more. "The Producer's Notebook" even includes rough footage from a scene in "Time and Again" that you can use to practice editing.
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Other resources:
So You Wanna Make A Low Budget Movie
Alex's Guide To No-Budget Filmmaking
D.I.Y. Microbudget Filmmaking
Micro Filmmaker Tips & Tricks
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