Name: Making Independent Films: Advice from the Filmmakers
Rating: 3.33 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9781581150575

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Making Independent Films: Advice from the Filmmakers

Richard Rodríguez, Richard Rodríguez

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The high-spirited, freewheeling ins and outs of the sizzling independent film scene are fully documented in this compelling collection of interviews with the industry's brightest young directors and producers. From first pitch to final cut, the book's on-the-spot vantage point follows emerging talents as they negotiate the travails and triumphs of independent filmmaking. Part how-to guide and part riveting exposé, it discusses training, financing, preproduction, shooting, postproduction, festivals, and distribution. Every page offers budding artists keen insights that are vital to success in a field that's tough to crack. The audience of non-pro film aficionados drawn to this book will also find it to be a thoroughly enjoyable and elucidating read.

GenresFilm

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

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Richard Rodríguez

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Richard Rodríguez is an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodríguez (1982). His work has appeared in Harper's, The American Scholar, the Los Ángeles Times Magazine, and The New Republic. Richard's awards include the Frankel Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the International Journalism Award from the World Affairs Council of California. He has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction; and the National Book Critics' Award.

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Queensupercat

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September 8, 2015

Case studies are generally pretty useful. This book, however, is pretty outdated; most of the directors features have not gone on to make anything other than the work referenced in the text; the advice is sound, but found in other resources. I also found the formatting irritating. The order of the directors stories changed by chapter, making it harder to keep them in order, and ultimately, I probably would have preferred full accounts, as opposed to accounts divided into multiple parts. Not a terrible read, but I wouldn't recommend.