Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career by Levy, Frederick

Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780399529498)

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Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career by Levy, Frederick

Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career

$24.00
Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career by Levy, Frederick

Short Films 101: How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career

$24.00
Format: Paperback
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Where does a young filmmaker begin? With the right short-film concept and this book!

The right short can be a filmmaker's "business card" in Hollywood. Here's the authoritative handbook by one of Hollywood's most connected insiders that offers a step-by-step guide through the entire creative process of shooting a short film, as well as expert advice from established filmmakers, and a final game plan for promoting and selling the film once it's in the can.Topics covered include:

Concept
Budget
Finding equipment
Assembling a crew
Casting
Arranging for location
Locating festivals and ancillary markets
Working with the unions
Film vs. digital video

Plus: A list of film schools
Oscar-winning shorts and nominees
A selection of short-film festivals
Actual short-film budgets
Sample scripts and shooting schedules
A helpful short-film glossary

Author: Frederick Levy
ISBN-10: 0399529497
ISBN-13: 9780399529498
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.02w x 0.76d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg. 110
By Frederick Levy
By Frederick Levy
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Frederick Levy is the owner of Management 101, a firm that guides the careers of actors, authors, screenwriters, and directors. He also develops and produces film and television, most recently producing Frailty, starring Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey, for Lions Gate Films. Before founding Management 101, Levy was the vice president of development and production at Marty Katz Productions, whose films include The Four Feathers, Impostor, Reindeer Games, Titanic, Mr. Wrong, and Man of the House.

Levy is also the author of four books about the entertainment industry: Short Films 101: How to Make a Short and Launch Your Filmmaking Career (Perigee, 2004); The Hollywood Way (St. Martin's Press, 2002); two-time Los Angeles Times bestseller Hollywood 101: The Film Industry (Renaissance, 2000); and The Ultimate Boy Band Book (Pocket Books, 2000). Currently, Levy teaches film classes at UCLA Extension, the USC School of Cinema-Television, and the Los Angeles branch of Boston University. He is a sought-after speaker who has lectured at Harvard, Yale, NYU, USC, Rutgers, Boston University, and numerous writing seminars throughout the country. He has also been a featured guest on many TV stations and talk shows, including CNN, Fox News, MTV, VH-1, CBS News, Entertainment Tonight, The G. Gordon Liddy Show, and National Enquirer TV.

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