Prepping and Shooting Your Student Short Film

<p>Focusing on the practical tools required to making your first student film this book is a concise and accessible guide to film production. Demystifying the process of taking a film from concept through to production author Rory Kelly covers all the key bases including: organizing your script when and how to shoot production budgeting finding actors and locations and roadmapping postproduction.</p><p>Featuring common problems and challenges producers and directors face throughout the production process and providing practical solutions the book illustrates how to effectively create a film that can be successfully shot in a classroom or micro-budget environment. Filmmakers will be empowered to prioritize realistic goals balance practical and creative demands manage a budget and schedule time to ensure concept translates to reality. Kelly brings together the creative process and practicalities of producing a student film. A concise and accessible guide written with the specific constraints of a student production in mind this book will equip any filmmaker with the tools to produce an impactful short film.</p><p>Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students of filmmaking amateur filmmakers as well as students in high school community-based for-profit and summer filmmaking programs.</p><p>Additional downloadable online resources include a look-book with images and video clips as well as printable budget templates shooting schedule templates block breakdown sheets a digital workflow worksheet timed shot-list forms and templates for location agreements appearance releases crew deal memos and call sheets.</p>