A step-by-step guide to creating short films, with expert advice from Hollywood insiders
The right short can be a filmmaker's ""business card"" in Hollywood, and this authoritative handbook by one of the industry's most connected insiders guides you through the entire creative process. You'll learn the basics of filmmaking, get expert advice from established filmmakers, and have a final game plan for promoting and selling the film once it's in the can.
Topics covered include- . Concept, budget, and arranging for location . Finding equipment, assembling a crew, and casting . Arranging for location . Locating festivals and ancillary markets . Working with the unions . Film vs. digital video
You'll also get references to real-world examples, including-
. A list of film schools . Oscar-winning shorts and nominees . A selection of short-film festivals . Actual short-film budgets . Sample scripts and shooting schedules . A helpful short-film glossary
By:
Frederick Levy (Frederick Levy)
Imprint: Perigee
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780399529498
ISBN 10: 0399529497
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 19 September 2012
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Short Films 101Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Getting Started: Why Make a Short Film? Episode 1 · What Is a Short Film? · What Makes a Great Short Film? · Making a Short Film · The Calling Card · Getting Started · The Case for (and Against) Film School · The Purpose of This Book 2. Concept: Telling a Great Story George Lucas in Love · Format · Genre · What's the Big Idea? · Amazing Stories 3. Budget: How to Spend the Money Discount Filmmaking · From Zero to Fifty Grand · The Beg and Barter System · Choose Where to Spend Your Money · Choose Where Not to Spend Your Money · Don't Forget Post-Production · Show Me the Money · Short Budgets Revealed 4. Equipment: The Tools You'll Need How Real Movies Are Made · Well Equipped · Visual Formats · Film Versus Video · Bargain-Basement Prices · The Least You Need · Hello, Dolly · Lighting · Sound Off · Cut · Compromise 5. Crew: The Pople Who Will Help You Achieve Your Vision Shoot to Kill · The Power of One · Friends · Looking Beyond the Director's Chair · Ten Things I Love About Crew · Master and Commander · Best Crew Money Can Buy · Party of Two, Table for One · Creative Crewing 6. Cast: Finding Actors to Bring Your Script to Life Before They Were Stars · Cast Me If You Can · The Star · Star Search · Working with SAG Actors · Will Act for Food · Rehearsal of Fortune · Understudy · A Star Is Born · How to Win an Actor in Ten Days 7. Action: The Set Comes to Life Once the Camera Rolls Shoot for the Moon · Scheduling for Dollars · Bargaining for Locations · Anatomy of a Scene · Attention to Detail · Setting Up a Shooting Schedule · The Long and the Short of It 8. Post-Production: Everything After Wrap! Post Haste · Editing · Visual Effects · Sound · Music · Transfer · Pick-Ups · The Moral: Plan for Post 9. Marketing: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You If at First You Don't Succeed... · Marketing · Word of Mouth · Be Ready When Opportunity Knocks · Critical Recognition · Coming Soon 10. Distribution: Getting Your Film to the Right People Release · Ready for Distribution · Self-Distribution · Internet · Film Festivals · Ancillary Markets · Profitability · George Lucas in Luck 11. Landing the Deal: Let the Hard Work Pay Off Something in Common · Proceed with Caution Conclusion: Famous Last Words One Last Piece of Advice · The Meeting Appendices Film Schools · Oscar-Winning Shorts · Short Film Festivals · Software · Additional Short Film Scripts · Budgets Glossary Index
