The power filmmaking kit: make your professional movie on a next-to-nothing budget with CD-ROM

The Power Filmmaking Kit is a comprehensive, multimedia book and DVD package that empowers you to produce your own Hollywood-quality movie. Emmy-award winning director Jason Tomaric produced an independent film using only local resources for under $2,000 that not only got picked up for distribution, but is also used as a case study in top film schools. This book shows you how to do the same, regardless of your budget or location. You'll learn how to achieve professional quality on a microbudget, using the resources you have at hand. The book includes: Coverage of the entire filmmaking process. It's all here, from writing, directing, and cinematography, to acting, editing, and distribution. Step-by-step instructions, tips, diagrams, charts, and illustrations for how you can make a Hollywood-caliber movie on a next-to-nothing budget with little upfront money and access only to local resources. The DVD includes: Time and Again, the profitable, award-winning, internationally distributed independent film made for under $2,000. One hour of video tutorials unveiling how the movie was made...interviews and behind-the-scenes case studies on directing, production, and editing.

DEVELOPMENT. Chapter 1: The Script. PRE-PRODUCTION. Chapter 2: Pre-Production. Chapter 3: Budgeting. Chapter 4: Scheduling. Chapter 5: Insurance. Chapter 6: Locations. Chapter 7: Auditioning Actors. Chapter 8: The Crew. Chapter 9: Unions & Guilds. Chapter 10: Equipment. Chapter 11: Production Design. PRODUCTION. Chapter 12: Production. Chapter 13: Acting. Chapter 14: Directing. Chapter 15: Cinematography. Chapter 16: Audio Recording. Chapter 17: Hair & Make-Up. Chapter 18: Craft Services & Catering. POST-PRODUCTION. Chapter 19: Editing. Chapter 20: Digital Effects. Chapter 21: Post-Production Audio. Chapter 22: Music. MARKETING. Chapter 23: Distribution. Index.

Beginning independent filmmakers making low-budget movies