This book brings together the artistic and business sides of filmmaking – containing everything an aspiring filmmaker needs to know to successfully make, exhibit, and sell a short film.
Thanks to increasingly accessible and affordable filmmaking tools, more and more aspiring auteurs are making short films – many outside of the structured environment of film school. Prepared to invest their time, money, and dreams, these do-it-yourselfers are eager to learn how to make a short film and parlay it into a career as a director. Packed with extensive advice from experts, this step-by-step guide reveals common production pitfalls, the secret to press kits that work, how to get rich off a short film, and much more. Kim Adelman, who is based in Los Angeles, has produced nineteen short films that have played over 150 film festivals worldwide. 200 pages 40 photos 0-941188-89-2
