Fast, Cheap Box Set

ebook Fast, Cheap and Under Control ... and ... Fast, Cheap and Written That Way: Two Classic Filmmaking Books Together In One Box Set

By John Gaspard

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TWO CLASSIC FILM BOOK TOGETHER AT LAST;

FAST, CHEAP AND UNDER CONTROL: Dying to make a feature? Learn from the pros!

"We never put out an actual textbook for the Corman School of Filmmaking, but if we did, it would be Fast, Cheap and Under Control."
Roger Corman, Producer

★★★★★

It's like taking a Master Class in moviemaking...all in one book!

  • Jonathan Demme: The value of cameos
  • John Sayles: Writing to your resources
  • Peter Bogdanovich: Long, continuous takes
  • John Cassavetes: Re-Shoots
  • Steven Soderbergh: Rehearsals
  • George Romero: Casting
  • Kevin Smith: Skipping film school
  • Jon Favreau: Creating an emotional connection
  • Richard Linklater: Poverty breeds creativity
  • David Lynch: Kill your darlings
  • Ron Howard: Pre-production planning
  • John Carpenter: Going low-tech
  • Robert Rodriguez: Sound thinking
  • And more!

    Learn the tricks and pitfalls of low-budget filmmaking from 33 successful independent films and the filmmakers who created them. Includes never before published interviews with low-budget mavericks such as Steven Soderbergh, Roger Corman, Jon Favreau, Henry Jaglom, and many more.

    Learn the lessons from such classics as Clerks, Night of the Living Dead, Swingers, Open Water, El Mariachi, Slacker, sex, lies and videotape, The Blair Witch Project, Eraserhead, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Dark Star, Return of the Secaucus Seven, The Little Shop of Horrors, Caged Heat and Targets.

    Are you dying to make a movie? This is the one book that can help you make it a reality.

    Grab it now!

    ★★★★★

    FAST, CHEAP AND WRITTEN THAT WAY: Write Your Screenplay with the Help of Top Screenwriters!

    It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book!

    Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.

    "I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."
    Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond

    John Gaspard has directed half a dozen low-budget features, as well as written for TV, movies, novels and the stage.

    The book covers (among other topics):

  • Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman ("Capote") on writing real stories
  • Tom DiCillio ("Living In Oblivion") on turning a short into a feature
  • Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou") on writing for a different time period
  • George Romero ("Martin") on writing horror on a budget
  • Rebecca Miller ("Personal Velocity") on adapting short stories
  • Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator") on adaptations
  • Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan") on cheap ways to make it look expensive
  • Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know") on making your writing spontaneous
  • Alex Cox ("Repo Man") on scaling the script to meet a budget
  • Joan Micklin Silver ("Hester Street") on writing history on a budget
  • Bob Clark ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things") on mixing humor and horror
  • Amy Holden Jones ("Love Letters") on writing romance on a budget
  • Henry Jaglom ("Venice/Venice") on mixing improvisation with scripting
  • L.M. Kit Carson ("Paris, Texas") on re-writing while shooting
  • Academy-Award Winner Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") on script editing
  • Roger Nygard ("Suckers") on mixing genres
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