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Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low Budget Movies Paperback – July 26, 2001

by Dale Newton (Author), John Gaspard (Author)

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Celluloid will always be their first love, acknowledge the authors of Digital Filmmaking 101: An Essential Guide to Producing Low-Budget Movies. But after their second feature-length film, Beyond Bob, Dale Newton and John Gaspard recognized that they might never shoot in such an expensive medium again, "at least not when we were putting up the money." With chatty, postslacker humor and savvy one chapter is called "Special Effects (Please Pass the Construction Paper)" they guide the novice through each stage of using digital film: writing the script, drawing up a budget, getting funding, equipment, cast, crew, etc. Would-be indie filmmakers seeking practical, friendly advice will find this a handy reference.

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These guys don't seem to have missed a thing when it comes to how to make a digital movie for peanuts. It's a helpful and funny guide for beginners and professionals alike. --Jonathan Demme, Academy Award Winning Director, Silence of the Lambs

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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions (July 26, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0941188337
ISBN-13: 978-0941188333
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 32 customer reviews
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Mr. Six

Outdated for 2013, but good in 2001

July 15, 2013

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I bought this book as a gift for a film student in 2001. Now, 12 years later, the book is outdated. So many advances have taken place that this book is a dinosaur. There are some basic themes in the book about how to save money and etc... that are universal, but I'm sure a newly published edition or book will cover those topics too. (and probably with newer ideas.)

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RainManFTL

Worth a look

October 24, 2007

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I disagree with the comments from others who trash this book. It isn't a great book but it is a very good one that is appropriately titled "101" because its an introduction to digital filmmaking. It includes most of the information you need to know to put an ultra low-budget digital feature together. The authors (wisely) avoided too many references to technical equipment or how to operate them because, as we all know, by the time the book is published, whatever technology they referred to would be outdated. If you're looking for a book that goes into production details like lighting, camera angles, setting up shots, and directing actors you won't find that in this book.

On the other hand, the book has a lot of information about how to get started, how to set up a small production company, equipment you'll need, creating and working within a tight budget, planning and working within a production schedule, finding and auditioning actors and crew, sourcing equipment, post production, distribution, and a lot of other useful stuff. I recommend it as a good place for any aspiring indie filmmaker to start.

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David Park

Depth and breadth

August 20, 2004

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This book was impressive not just for the depth of detail it gave - it's an intensely hands-on book filled with practical advice. What makes this book stand out from others I've read like it is the breadth of material covered - the entire filmmaking process. Beginning with a pep-talk to inspire you to take the plunge and just do it, you're then taken through the entire filmmaking process, through to distribution. One thing covered with great clarity is the business aspects, which are rarely discussed with any real honesty in other books.

I would recommend this book just for the organizational advice alone.

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LRY

A must buy! NOW!

August 23, 2016

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Great book an very informative.

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Michael D. Mullen

Where is the digital?

April 4, 2007

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I bought this book thinking it would help in a film project utilizing a good camera and a few volunteers. Unfortunately it does not even have much to say about the possibilities of digital filmmaking, but rather gives a disorganized (how about some editing?) depiction of their experience in making two films. I am not sure they even used the digital format.... The true focus is how to produce a film with little budget, and little experience. Not a bad topic, but not what I was expecting from the title. Three stars for the appendix, the chapter on working with the crew, and budget.

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SmurfTop Contributor: Photography

Good for a beginner overview

November 6, 2013

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It is pretty dated, but the overall information is still very useful. The "....For Dummies" book has more practical info.

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Harold Katinszky

Digital Film making

June 5, 2017

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A great introduction to Filming

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Jose Elias

This book is NOT about Digital Filmmaking

June 21, 2005

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I bought this book together with "Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player" by Robest Rodriguez, and have to say that this book pales in comparisson to that book.

I give it 3 stars for the effort and for the final chapter on movie distribution and the forms included in the appendix.

I also feel RIPPED OFF because this book has NOTHING to do with digital filmmaking. They only vagelly mention digital technology. I think anyone who wants to make a quick buck can sue these guys for having such a missleading title for the book.

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