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The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production [With DVD]

At a Glance

  • Pull off your vision in creative and cost-effective ways
  • Bonus DVD with video and audio tutorials, interviews, bonus pages with forms and checklists, and more
  • 500+ full color illustrations: this book shows you, not tells you

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
  • 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
  • Common production forms

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Meet the Author: Anthony Q. Artis

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