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Title: Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Produce, Direct, Film, Edit, and Promote a Feature-Length Film for Less Than $10,000 by Rick Schmidt ISBN: 0-14-024560-X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (21 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Buy this book!
Comment: This is one of the best books on making micro budget films I have read, and for those of us who have a burning desire to make films but don't have the capitol or contacts in the "biz" this is a realistic look at making a micro budget film. And you can control it all and you don't have to go get bottled water for everyone if you don't want to. I agree with the author on the unfortunate label "buyer beware" yeah beware because a good film could get made for the budgets in this book. And I must ask, how many of the critics of this book can claim four films as their own.

Rating: 5
Summary: (2000 edition)
Comment: This is pretty much the first book that I've read on the subject of filmmaking that was actually interesting. I even read the forward and the preface, which I usually skip in books. I bought the revised version (the 2000 version, at a bookstore, even though it says it's not published until June...?) and I found the websites and dv section to be very helpful. This is an extremely informative, as well as entertaining read, perfect for a newbie (like me).

Rating: 3
Summary: A good step-by-step guide, but out of date
Comment: For someone who's never made a film before, this book will be very useful in laying out the steps that need to be taken at every stage of pre-production, production and post-production. It covers everything from writing the script to funding and payment contracts to editing your final cut. However, due to the changing nature of the film business, after reading this book, you might want to move on to something more recent for more timely information.

The datedness of the book shows in the financial guidelines (when it offers price quotes on services at a lab, for example), which are five years old at this point. It also shows in the section on editing. The author promotes editing on a work print of film rather than on a digital video system, such as AVID. It may have been more cost-effective to do so in 1995, but today non-linear editing is much preferred. The book has detailed instructions on how to edit film, but none on how to use one of these computer systems, which in many larger communities, are readily accessible.

For a more realistic financial picture of making a film, try the more recent IFP/West Independent Filmmaker's Guide, which uses the budgets from the movie "Swingers" as examples.

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