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Tell Them It's A Dream Sequence
And Other Smart Advice from Top Filmmakers
by John Gaspard
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Is it your dream to make feature films?
Get advice on how to do that by some of the best in the business!
It's like going to film school without ever leaving home.
Valuable Lessons on Making a Successful Feature Film.
Includes great tips and ideas from:
• Steven Soderbergh ("sex, lies & videotape")
• Roger Corman ("Little Shop of Horrors")
• Jon Favreau ("Swingers")
• Rebecca Miller ("Personal Velocity")
• Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me")
• Henry Jaglom ("Venice/Venice")
• Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know")
• Bob Odenkirk ("Melvin Goes to Dinner")
• Dan O'Bannon ("Dark Star")
• Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan")
• Jonathan Lynn ("My Cousin Vinny")
• Carol Littleton ("The Big Chill")
• Dan Futterman ("Capote")
• Joan Micklin Silver ("Hester Street")
• Griffin Dunne ("Lisa Picard is Famous")
• Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator")
• Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou")
• George Romero ("Martin")
• Tom Noonan ("What Happened Was...")
• Daniel Myrick ("The Blair Witch Project")
And many more!
Topics covered include getting started, scripting, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution. An ideal handbook for all filmmakers, providing great insights that will help you whether or making your first film or your tenth.
See the publisher website: Albert's Bridge Books
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