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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with Filmmaking
• Chapter 1: So You Want to Be a Filmmaker
• Independents Day versus the Hollywood Way
• Filmmaking: Celluloid Film Stock or Digital?
• Developing Your Sense of Story
• Financing Your Production: Where’s the Money?
• On a Budget: Scheduling Your Shoot
• Planning Your Shoot, Shooting Your Plan
• Hiring Your Cast and Crewing Up
• Shooting in the Right Direction
• Cut It Out! Editing Your Movie
• Distributing Your Movie and Finding an Audience
• Chapter 2: Genres in General
• Exploring Film Genres
• Categorizing Your Genres
• Chapter 3: Penning and Pitching a Great Story
• Screening for the Perfect Screenplay
• Writing Your Own Original Screenplay
• Selling Your Screenplay to a Studio, Distributor, or Investor
• Part 2: Gearing Up to Make Your Movie
• Chapter 4: Scheduling and Budgeting Your Movie
• The Art of Scheduling a Production
• Balancing Your Budget
• Insurance Is Your Best Policy
• Chapter 5: Financing Your Movie
• Creating an Enticing Prospectus
• Investigating Investors
• Starting a Production Company
• Going Escrow
• Contracting Your Investor
• Tapping into Alternative Sources
• Chapter 6: Location, Location, Location
• Locating Locations
• Sounding Off about Soundstages
• Shooting in the United States or Crossing the Border?
• Locating Stock Footage
• Virtual Locations: Creating New Worlds on Your Computer
• Securing Your Locations
• Shooting Second-Unit Locations
• Chapter 7: Crewing Up: Hiring Your Crew
• Something to Crew About
• Finding and Interviewing Your Crew
• Creative Ways to Pay Your Crew
• Putting Out a Contract on Your Crew
• Chapter 8: Assembling Your Cast of Characters
• Hooking Your Cast and Reeling Them In
• Screening an Actor’s Information
• Auditioning Your Potential Cast
• Making the Cut: Picking Your Cast
• Agreeing with Actors’ Agreements
• Chapter 9: Storyboarding Your Movie
• Understanding the Basics and Benefits of Storyboarding
• Setting Up to Storyboard
• Deciding What to Include in Each Panel: Putting Pencil to Paper
• I Can’t Draw, Even If My Life Depended on It
• Part 3: Ready to Roll: Starting Production on Your Movie
• Chapter 10: Shooting through the Looking Glass
• Choosing the Right Camera
• Do You Need Glasses? Types of Lenses and What They See
• Pocket Camera Osmosis
• Clearing the Air about Filters
• Exposing Yourself to Exposures
• Focusing a Sharper Image: Depth of Field
• Chapter 11: Let There Be Lighting!
• Lighting Up Your Life
• Shedding Some Light on Lighting Jargon
• Painting with Light
• Spotlight on Lighting Equipment
• Blowing a Fuse: Taking Safety Precautions
• Chapter 12: Sound Advice: Production Sound
• Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
• Assembling a Sound Team
• Choosing Analog or Digital Sound
• Recording with Microphones
• Using Your Headphones
• Walking and Talking: Walkie-Talkies on Set
• Listening for Quiet
• Capturing On-Set Ambience
• Reporting Your Sound
• Chapter 13: Directing Your Actors: … And Action!
• Getting Your Actors Familiar with the Material — and Each Other
• Being a Parent and Mentor to Your Actors — with No Allowance
• Preparing Your Actors before the Shoot
• Directing Actors during the Shoot
• Chapter 14: A Sense of Direction: Directing Your Movie
• Focusing on Directing
• Translating Script to Screen
• Mapping Out Your Plans for the Camera
• Continuing Continuity with Your Script Supervisor
• Taking Your Best Shot
• Picture This: Deciding When to Move the Camera and Why
• Part 4: Finishing Your Movie in Post
• Chapter 15: Cut to: Editing Your Movie — Shot by Shot
• Editing Your Movie: Putting One Frame in Front of the Other
• Linear versus Nonlinear Editing
• Editing on Your Computer
• Developing a Relationship with Your Film Lab
• Cloning, Not Copying; Cloning, Not Copying
• Chapter 16: Posting Your Movie’s Soundtrack: Adding Music and Effects to the Mix
• Finishing Sound in Post-Production
• Creating Sound Effects with a Bang
• Scoring Big with Music
• Outputting Your Final Mix
• Chapter 17: Conjuring Up Special Effects
• Creating Effects: In or Out of Camera?
• Dropping in Backgrounds
• Downsizing Miniatures
• Creating Effects Right in the Camera
• Exploding Effects on Fire
• Making Up Your Mind about Makeup Effects
• Chapter 18: Giving Credit and Titles
• Titling Your Movie
• Running a List of Names and Positions
• Designing Your Titles and Credits
• Rolling Your Title and Credits with Software
• Covering Your Eyes: Stripping Titles for Foreign Textless
• Part 5: Finding Distribution for Your Movie
• Chapter 19: Distributing Your Movie
• Understanding How Distribution Works
• Presenting Your Film to Distributors
• Distributing Your Film Domestically
• Distributing Your Film around the World
• Finding a Distributor or Sales Agent
• Demystifying Distribution Contracts
• Chapter 20: Exploring and Entering Film Festivals
• Demystifying Film Festivals
• Entering and Winning Secrets
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Discovering New Talent
• Streaming Independent Films
• Visiting Local Theater
• Auditing Acting Schools and Showcases
• Talking to Agents and Managers
• Accessing Actors Access
• Schmoozing at Film Festivals and Markets
• Partying at Parties
• Walking Down the Street
• Holding Talent Contests
• Casting Your Family
• Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Get Publicity for Your Movie
• Uploading a Press Release Online
• Getting a Review from Movie Critics
• Mailing Out DVD Screeners or Linking to a Secure Online Screener
• Attending Film Festivals
• Emailing and Setting Up a Website
• Being Social by Using Social Media
• Designing T-Shirts and Other Premiums
• Planning a Publicity Stunt
• Organizing a Screening Party or Charity Event
• Placing an Ad in Print or on Social Media
• Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Avoid Murphy’s Law
• Testing Camera and Sound
• Scouting Locations for Noise
• Forecasting a Weather App
• Backing Up Locations and Actors
• Using a Stunt Double
• Standing by with First-Aid Kit or Medic On-Set
• Anticipating That Cellphones and Internet Don’t Work Everywhere
• Mapping Out Directions with a Link
• Providing Plenty of Parking
• Securing Security Overnight
• Powering Up ahead of Time
• Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Shooting on Your Smartphone
• Shooting in Landscape
• Take Off with Airplane Mode
• Steady as She Goes
• Steady as a Rock
• Shooting Format and Resolution
• Saving Your Movie Files
• Miniature Camera Equipment
• Use Several Smartphones to Capture Your Movie
• Great Sound on Your Smartphone Too!
• Your Smartphone Is an Entire Production Studio
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement