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Synopsis
Brings together the artistic and business sides of filmmaking.
About the Author
Author of ""The Girls' Guide to Elvis (Broadway Books, June 2002), KIM ADELMAN is the founder of the web Site GirlsGuidetoCountry.com. She is also a filmmaker whose credits include ""Why Liberace and ""George Lucas at USC. She lives in Los Angeles.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Pt. I Welcome to the Short Film World
Ch. 1 So you Want to Make a Short 3
Ch. 2 First, Watch Some Films 15
Ch. 3 Think Like a Short Filmmaker 27
Ch. 4 Act Like a Filmmaker 41
Ch. 5 What Kind of Film Should you Make? 55
Ch. 6 To DV or not to DV 67
Pt. II Making Your Film
Ch. 7 From Concept to Blueprint 85
Ch. 8 Budgeting: Everything for Free 95
Ch. 9 SAG: Friend or Foe 107
Ch. 10 Essential People and Paperwork 119
Ch. 11 Ready, Steady, Go! 129
Ch. 12 Postproduction for Film and Tape 135
Ch. 13 Why Music will Kill you 149
Pt. III Marketing Your Film
Ch. 14 Creating your Game Plan 159
Ch. 15 Press Kits that Work 169
Ch. 16 Playing the Festival Circuit 181
Ch. 17 How to get Rich off your Short 199
Ch. 18 Parlaying your Little Film into a Big Career 213
Notes 221
Index 231