This title distills the essence of "The Guerilla Film Makers" brand into one new, up-to-date, amazingly concise book. Making your own film can be complicated, infuriating, crazy, and expensive - not to mention incredibly hard work. Luckily, "The Guerilla Film Makers Pocket Manual" is crammed with tips, facts, checklists, and more - all of the stuff you need to know, and none of the stuff you don't. Never set up an office before? You'll need to, and we can tell you how. Worried about putting together - and sticking to - a realistic budget for your movie? No problem, we can show you how to do that, too. Ever had to feed a hungry film crew? We know what they like to eat, and how to make it cheaply. How about a press kit for your movie, for the upcoming festival? Yup, all covered in here. We've seen it, done it, and learned the hard way. Now it's your turn. The authors have made their own low budget movies, given hundreds of workshops, and sold over 100,000 copies of their filmmaking handbooks. Now, they've distilled everything they know into this brand new book.
Author Biography
Chris Jones has been making micro-budget features since he and Genevieve Jolliffe made The Runner in 1992. In 2009, his short film "Gone Fishing" was Oscars shortlisted. Genevieve Jolliffe met Chris Jones at film school and the two went into independent filmmaking through their production company, Living Spirit Pictures. Andrew Zinnes has worked in development at Paramount Pictures and at USA Networks. He is a founding partner of the film company Crazee Pictures.
