Raindance Producers' Lab: Lo-to-no Budget Filmmaking, Volume 1If you're looking for clear-cut information on how to make a film on a minimal budget that is based on tried and tested techniques - look no further. Elliot Grove has worked on hundreds of low-budget productions, teaches Lo-to-No Budget filmmaking courses and runs the Raindance Film Festival (the largest independent film festival in Europe.) His wealth of teaching and filmmaking experience combined with knowledge of the winning formulas that work is the basis of this book. Refreshingly clear, no-nonsense tricks of the trade. The free CD provides all the contracts and material you need to run a production company and make successful low budget movies; how to schedule, budget and break down a script and how to get it shot with what you have, not what you want. This is a must have read for filmmakers serious about making and selling films. Creative and technical expertise coupled with a behind the scenes look at the film industry makes this book an excellent starting point for beginners. For experienced filmmakers there are plenty of practical approaches in here for you to try, from developing CV's, showreels and business plans to information on pitching, raising finance, creating publicity and much much more. Use it as a point of departure or as an everyday reference tool. The accompanying CD-ROM contains sample budgets, publicity plans, trailers and interviews. *Adopt the tried and tested techniques that work *Get the inside view from the Director of the Raindance Film Festival *Experience 'results-orientated' filmmaking expertise. |
Contents
1 Nobody Knows Anything | 1 |
2 The Hollywood Zoo | 9 |
3 Budgeting and Scheduling | 19 |
4 Originating Formats | 43 |
5 Labs | 59 |
6 The Camera Package | 69 |
7 Sound | 81 |
8 Cinematography | 95 |
16 Preparing the Marketing Plan | 245 |
17 Publicity | 255 |
18 Film Festivals | 273 |
19 Film Markets | 291 |
20 Distribution | 301 |
21 Best Laid Plans | 323 |
22 Ten Tricks and Traps of Producing | 335 |
23 The Development Process | 339 |
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Raindance Producers' Lab: Lo-to-no Budget Filmmaking, Volume 2 Elliot Grove No preview available - 2004 |
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