$30 Film School: How to write, direct, produce, shoot, edit, distribute, tour with, and sell your own no-budget DIGITAL movie (Power!)

We’re entering a new era. Mini-DV filmmaking is the new folk, the new punk rock, the new medium where anyone can tell his story. ''$30 Film School'' is an alternative to spending four years and a hundred thousand dollars to learn the trade. It is influenced by punk rock’s Do-It-Yourself spirit of just learning the basics and then jumping up on a stage and making a point, and by the American work ethic back when it was pure, before it became all about corporations crushing the little guy. Throw in the hacker idea that information wants to be free (or at least very cheap) and you’ve got our deal. Inside you’ll find many interviews from insightful independent filmmakers and artists, as well as a host of practical advice, knowledge, and resources.

 

Key Features

• Make your film a reality with a DV camera and a computer
• With little money and resources, learn how to shoot, edit, and make copies of your movie
• Find out how to raise money, promote your art everywhere and get distribution

About the Author:

Michael W. Dean is the author of "Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women" (Kittyfeet Press, 2000, ISBN: 0-9705392-0-7) and the writer/director/producer of the documentary "D.I.Y or DIE: How to Survive as an Independent Artist," which was favorably reviewed in Film Threat, and appeared on the front page of the San Francisco Examiner. It was a feature in the 2002 Silver Lake Film Festival, 2002 Lost Film at Sundance and the 2002 BareBones Festival. Michael is a self-taught filmmaker with a background in photography, music, and writing.  He was the lead singer for BOMB, a seminal grunge band on the Warner Bros. label, and has written articles for many commercial internet sites.

With digital video cameras and desktop video editing tools cheaper than ever, making a film on your own is now easier than ever. Independent artist Michael W. Dean shows readers how to create compelling films without a budget. Full of interviews from insightful filmmakers and artists as well as practical advice and resources, this book not only shows how to make a film, but also how to distribute, tour with, promote, and sell it. The accompanying CD-ROM includes movies, lessons, interviews, trailers, and other tools. Demonstrating how to make a film with the help of a DV camera and computer, this entertaining handbook provides detailed instructions on how to create an innovative film on a budget and offers tips on how to distribute, promote, and sell one's finished production, accompanied by a CD-ROM containing Annotation With digital video cameras and desktop video editing tools cheaper than ever, making a film on one's own is now easier than ever. Independent artist Dean shows readers how to create compelling films without a budget