The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook Series...
The Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks are THE definitive guides for Independent Film Makers, in the UK, USA and worldwide, covering Drama and Documentary, and detailing every stage of the film making process, from concept, to deal, to production, to post, to sales... and beyond. There are four books. The Green UK Guerilla Film Makers Handbook, The Blue Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint, The Yellow US Guerilla Film Makers Handbook and the all new Orange Documentary Film Makers Handbook. All four books represent over 3000 pages of lavishly illustrated information, written in an easy to access yet detailed format. The first edition was published over a decade ago and was hailed as a 'revelation...' And since, the books have gone from strength to strength.
The Green One...
The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook (UK 3rd Edition) -
768 pages, ISBN 082647988X
A Guide to film making in the UK... 'It's in an
undisputed position as the indispensable guide for
first-time film-makers...' - Film Review...
'immensely informative, entertaining to read, in a vivid
accessible form... a terrific book for anyone interested
in films…' BBC Radio 4...
‘This book will save
you about five years worth of trials, errors, heart
breaks and unpleasant credit-card statements and help
take your film-making dreams from fantasy to reality.
Totally indispensable…’ - Total Film
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The Orange One...
The Documentary Film Makers Handbook: A Guerilla
Guide, 560 Pages, ISBN 0826416659
The Documentary Film Makers Handbook features
incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of
industry professionals, on subjects as diverse as
interview techniques, the NBC News Archive, music
rights, setting up your own company, the Film Arts
Foundation, pitching your proposal, the Sundance
Documentary Fund, the Documentary Channel, the
British Film Council, camera hire, filmmaking
ethics, working with kids, editing your documentary,
and DVD distribution.
The book also includes in-depth case studies of some
of the most successful and acclaimed documentary
films of recent years, including March of the
Penguins, Born Into Brothels, Control Room, Dogtown
and Z Boys, My Date With Drew, and many more! The
Documentary Film Makers Handbook will be an
essential resource for anyone who wants to know more
about breaking into this exciting field.
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The Blue One...
The
Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint, 608 pages, ISBN 0
8264 1453 2
The all new ABC of independent film making...‘This
Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint does for low budget
film what Gray did for human anatomy. It exposes
completely the complexities and hidden conflicts that
lie unseen beneath the film gloss and shows the aspiring
filmmaker how to plot a safe course through them… its
600 pages are packed with essential knowledge and it
weighs in as one point six six kilos of pure gold…’ Netribution Review by James MacGregor...
‘it
details absolutely everything you are likely to need to
get a low budget picture made….virtually every problem a
film maker is likely to encounter is covered in
depth…and in startling detail! Essential reading…’ Ben Frain - Camcorder User
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The Yellow One...
The Guerilla Film Makers Hollywood Handbook (US), 720
pages, ISBN 0826414648
Guide to film making in the USA... ‘Your book is the
greatest resource, filmmaking tool to come along in the
last decade! Hell, I would put it up there with any of
the technological advances in the industry, yes, it's
that good… Your Handbook is truly the best. Thanks so
much for writing it, you have done a service to the
indie film community...’ - Chris Gore of
www.filmthreat.com
‘A great guide to doing the only thing that really
matters when it comes to making films - getting out
there and making one…’ - Neil LaBute - Writer,
Director, Producer (In The Company of Men, The Shape of
Things, Nurse Betty)
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