| Description |
xviii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Write a Brilliant Script! -- Poem: On Strike -- Umm, What to Write? -- Adapt or Die -- You're No Genius -- You're in Good Company -- Playing Around with George Clooney's Happy Ending -- Books are Just Screenplays with Adjectives -- Develop Relationship with Original Author -- Use Their Experience to Your Benefit -- Connect with the Material -- Don't Call it "Opening Up" -- Location, Location, Location -- Editing,. Macro and Micro -- Putting the "Move" in "Movies" -- Use Your Source Material's Pedigree -- Don't Apologize for Your Source Material -- Try This On For Size: Improvise! -- Buying a Script on the Open Market -- Choose a Castable Script -- Lawyer Up! -- Chain of Title Isn't Just an R&B Song -- Mining for Gold: Discovering the Lost Jules Feiffer Script -- Namedropper Sidebar: Robert Altman -- There's No Business Like a Show Business Plan -- Project Summary -- Project History -- Key Production Team -- Synopsis -- Director's Statement -- |
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Contents note continued: Casting -- Why Support Independent Film? -- Product Integration and Branded Sponsorship -- Financing Options -- Budget Considerations/Options -- Distribution Potential -- Distribution Scenarios -- Contact Info -- Disclaimer -- Remember, It's a Visual Medium -- Storyboard -- Lookbook -- Pitch Cinema -- Subtitles -- Sidebar: Famous Director Kickstarter Campaigns -- Takin' Care of Business -- Rin-TIN-TIN -- Putting the Love in LLC! -- Wonderful Waterfalls -- Making Sure You're Not a Flimmaker -- Registering with the State -- The New Pizza King of Omaha -- EDGAR, EDGAR, Give Me Your Answer Do -- Boiler Rooms and Shriners -- Casting Your Banker -- Hey Buddy, Can You Paradigm? -- Poem: Crowdfund This -- Staffing Up -- Producing a Producer -- Interns and a Clean Garage -- Terrorist Filmmaking -- The One-Armed Executioner -- Casting Your Movie With A-List Actors -- Assemble a Team -- Aim High -- Go to New York -- Be Bi-Coastally Curious -- Don't Have a List! -- |
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Contents note continued: Develop Relationships with Agents Yourself -- Play the Agency Game -- Bait and Switch -- Set a Start Date -- Make it Real -- Magnetic Balls of Iron -- Take Advantage of Others Misfortune -- Oh, and What if You Don't Have Famous Actors? -- Poem: Call Backs -- Directing Famous Actors in a Microbudget Film -- Cast Well -- Rehearse -- Namedropper Sidebar: Harold Ramis -- Use Rehearsal Wisely -- Overlapping Dialogue -- Sidebar: The Sound Of Music -- What's My Motivation? -- Trust Your Scripty -- Encourage "Chemistry" Among Your Cast -- Behave Like a Big Budget Production -- Block Scenes On Set -- Use Multiple Takes as Your Coverage -- Have Faith in Editing -- Say Something to the Actors -- Methods to their Madness -- Lights, Camera, Cinematographer! -- Good vs. Nice -- Namedropper Sidebar: Rian Johnson -- They're Like Actors with Cameras -- It's Who They Know -- Putting the "DP" in iDentity Politics -- Are They Still Called Films if They're Digital? -- |
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Contents note continued: Film's Zombie Resurgence -- Namedropper Sidebar: Christopher Nolan And Emma Thomas -- Deconstructing the Cult of Galileo -- Frankenlens and Mir(vishScopes) -- Walt Disney's Secret Optics Bunker -- Time to Shoot! -- Does it Take a Video Village to Raise a Film? -- Bump Up the Credits -- Finding a Crew with Donut Group Therapy -- Dress the Part -- Group Hug, Safety and Prayer to the Film Gods -- Your First-Day Disasters -- Hello, My Name is Josh -- Find the Goat -- Ready, Aim, Fire! -- Be Prepared -- Namedropper Sidebar: Alexander Payne -- Two Takes Ahead -- Arrive Early, Bring Donuts, Wear Tape -- Making Your 12-Hour Day -- Feeding the Beast -- Making an Epic EPK -- Namedropper Sidebar: John Carpenter -- Devious Use of the EPKorner -- Still the One -- Getting Your Kill Shots -- Point and Shoot -- To Infinity and Behind-the-Scenes -- Making Product Placement Work for You -- Cash and Carry -- Break Down, Go Ahead and Give it To Me -- |
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Contents note continued: A Clear and Present Necessity -- Selling Out, Even if You Don't Get Paid for It -- Killing Two Birds with One Stone -- Poem: The Locavore Filmmaker -- Livin' La Vida Locavore -- Keep Your Homebase at Home -- Cast Locally (sort of) -- Find Locations Close to Home -- Drag Your Actors Out of Bed -- No, Seriously, Keep it Really Close to Home -- If You Travel, Hire Locally -- Editing, One Pant Leg at a Time -- Screw the Environment, Do It for Yourself -- Poem: Hack Attack -- Editing Like an ACE -- Editors Are Like Bass Players -- Finding Fresh Eyes -- Cut Yourself -- Poem: The Artisanal Filmmaker -- Start Strong; Stick Your Landing -- Don't Let Your Post Supervisor Escape to Madagascar -- Teasing Out Your Assistants -- Namedropper Sidebar: Jon Bokenkamp -- Getting a Little Testy -- It's Not Easy Being Green Screened -- Sound and Fury -- The Breakfast (Nook) Club -- Temp Decomposing -- Song Sung Blue -- Toronto, Toschmonto: Time for a Festival Plan "B" -- |
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Contents note continued: It's Just as Well. Your Film Wasn't Finished! -- It's All About Sundance Anyway! -- To Get Distribution! -- Sidebar: Producer's Reps Vs. Foreign Sales Agents -- Don't Buy Into the Premiere Arms Race -- Play Them Off Against Each Other -- Volume, Volume, Volume -- Get Reviews -- Meet Your Audience -- See the World! -- They're "Romantic" -- Meet New Money -- Get DVD Extras -- Meet Other Filmmakers -- How to Avoid Going Broke Applying to Film Festivals -- Poem: Putting The Festiv Back Into Festival -- Be Selective -- Make a Personal Connection to the Festival Programmer -- Offer Your Premiere Status -- Offer Up Talent -- Ask for a Waiver -- Don't Ask for a Waiver -- Aim Foreign -- Mail Smart -- Submit Vimeo Links -- Hand-Deliver Your DVD -- Meet Festival Directors at Other Festivals -- Bribes and Blackmail -- Sidebar: Top 23 Sundance/Slamdance Rejection Rationalizations -- Poem: We Are Slamdance -- |
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Contents note continued: How to Start Your Own Film Festival: The Birth of Slamdance -- Sundance or Bust -- Anarchy in Utah -- Prospecting for Screening Rooms -- Time for IndieWood -- Namedropper Sidebar: Steven Soderbergh -- Our Napoleon Complex -- Namedropper Sidebar: Marc Forster -- Billions and Billions -- Poem: Slamdance At 15 -- Top Sexy Things You Get to Do When You Think Your Film is Finished -- Deliverables -- E&O Insurance -- Repair Relationships -- Promote Your Friggin 'Movie -- DVD Extras -- Crowdfunding Perks -- Taxes -- Accounting -- K-1s -- Write Checks -- Residuals -- Archiving -- Escaping Your Distributor -- Dissolving Your Entity -- Rinse, Repeat -- Poem: Don't Get Distribution -- Aarghh! How to Beat Film Pirates at their Own Game -- The Whack-a-Mole Takedowns! -- Make Money From the Pirates -- The Fakeout! -- Using the Pirates to Screw Your Distributor! -- Embracing the Pirates! -- Slut-Shaming the Advertisers -- |
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Contents note continued: Make Piracy an Essential Element of your Release Strategy -- Use the Pirates to Pimp Your Merch -- Use Piracy to Charge for Product Placement -- What Operas and Sharknado Can Teach Indie Films -- Poem: Analytic Black Hole -- When In Doubt, Create Your Own Oscar -- Go Team America! -- Big in Germany -- A Tree in the Forest -- Race to the Academy! -- We Wuz Robbed -- Poem: Transmedia Verse -- How to Make Money From an Oscar Nomination -- The Accountant -- Top Ways to Become a TV Director and Take a Meeting -- Recut Your Reel -- Redo Website -- Update Your IMDb and Wikipedia Pages -- Make a List -- With Whom to Meet -- How to Get the Meetings -- Namedropper Sidebar: Joe And Anthony Russo -- Research Their Shows -- Research the People -- Go Early -- The Pre-Meeting Meeting -- Check for Breaking News -- Do You Take the Water? -- Choose Wisely Where to Sit -- Wear or Do Something Memorable -- Tell Funny Stories About Yourself -- |
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Contents note continued: Namedropper Sidebar: Lynn Shelton -- Ask Them Personal Questions -- Get Something Out of Each Meeting -- The Parking Garage Meeting After the Meeting -- Sidebar: The Eight Stages Of Success For An Indie Filmmaker |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
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Independent filmmakers.
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| LC no. |
2016006031 |
| ISBN |
9781138185135 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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9781138185128 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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