The Shut Up And Shoot Documentary Guide

So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience? It's time to get down and dirty! Down and dirty is a filmmaking mindset. It's the mentality that forces you to be creative with your resources. It's about doing more with less. Get started NOW with this book and DVD set, a one-stop shop written by a guerrilla filmmaker, for guerrilla filmmakers. You will learn how to make your project better, faster, and cheaper. The pages are crammed with 500 full-color pictures, tips from the pros, resources, checklists and charts, making it easy to find what you need fast. The DVD includes: Video and audio tutorials, useful forms, and interviews with leading documentary filmmakers like Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), Sam Pollard (4 Little Girls), and others; and 50+ Crazy Phat Bonus pages with jump start charts, online resources, releases, storyboards, checklists, equipment guides, and shooting procedures. Here's just a small sampling of what's inside the book: Putting together a crew; Choosing a camera; New HDV and 24P cameras; Shooting in rough neighborhoods; Interview skills and techniques; 10 ways to lower your budget; and, Common production forms. It helps you pull off your vision in creative and cost-effective ways. It offers a bonus DVD with video and audio tutorials, interviews, bonus pages with forms and checklists, and more. There are 500+ full color illustrations: this book shows you, not tells you, how it's done.