The Complete Idiot's Guide to Independent Filmmaking

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Independent Filmmaking

About the Book

You ought to be making pictures.

Designed for people who want to tell a story their way, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Independent Filmmaking explains everything a budding auteur needs to know—from literary development and financial and organizational pre-production to principal photography production, post-production assembly, exhibition and distribution, and more.

• The advent of desktop editing and a wide range of consumer cameras enable the average person to create a “film studio” at home.
•  A great “textbook” for novice filmmakers, whether film students or on-their-own auteurs.
•  The proliferation of film festivals around the world, many of which encourage submissions from “amateur” filmmakers, shows there are countless filmmakers who aren’t learning the ropes in school.
•  Author has terrific credentials and has a feature-length script in development in Hollywood.
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About the Author

Josef Steiff
Josef Steiff is the assistant chair and director of film development in the Department of Film and Video at Columbia College Chicago, as well as the founder and former director of the department’s Screenwriting Center and Program. An independent filmmaker, Steiff has written and directed several award-winning short experimental narratives and has served on film and script juries for the Chicago International Film Festival and the Emmy Awards. More by Josef Steiff
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