Making it Big in Shorts: Ultimate Filmmakers Guide to Short Films

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Overview

First published in 2004, this new and updated edition allows filmmakers to tap into the raw power of the YOUTUBE, MySpace, and Iphone Generation. Generate millions of hits for your short films and learn how you can make money by tapping into the power of the Internet.

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Overview

First published in 2004, this new and updated edition allows filmmakers to tap into the raw power of the YOUTUBE, MySpace, and Iphone Generation. Generate millions of hits for your short films and learn how you can make money by tapping into the power of the Internet.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781932907582
  • Publisher: Michael Wiese Prod
  • Publication date: 7/1/2009
  • Edition description: 2nd ed.
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 286
  • Sales rank: 694,362
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Author of "The Girls' Guide to Elvis (Broadway Books, June 2002), KIM ADELMAN is the founder of the web Site GirlsGuidetoCountry.com. She is also a filmmaker whose credits include "Why Liberace and "George Lucas at USC. She lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition vii

Part I Welcome to the Short-Film World

Chapter 1 So you want to make a Short? 3

Chapter 2 Veni, Vidi, Vici: Surveying the Field 15

Chapter 3 Think Like a Short Filmmaker 31

Chapter 4 Seven Secrets for Success 41

Chapter 5 What Kind of Short Should you Make? 53

Chapter 6 Turning Youtube into Metube 69

Chapter 7 Rising to the 48-Hour Challenge 81

Chapter 8 Bet on me: Getting Funded 93

Part II Making Your Film

Chapter 9 From Concept to Blueprint 105

Chapter 10 Budgeting: Everything for Free 117

Chapter 11 Why Casting Counts the Most 129

Chapter 12 Essential People and Paperwork 143

Chapter 13 Finally, You're Directing! 155

Chapter 14 Postproduction Workflow Made Easy 167

Chapter 15 Why Music Will Kill You 181

Part III Marketing Your Film

Chapter 16 Creating a Foolproof Game Plan 193

Chapter 17 Promotion in the Era of Myspace and Facebook 205

Chapter 18 Festivals that Matter 219

Chapter 19 Working the Festival Circuit 233

Chapter 20 iTunes, Cell Phones, and Beyond: How to Get Rich off Your Short 245

Chapter 21 Parlaying your Little Film into a Big Career 267

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