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Is Entertainment GoodReview Date: 2009-05-05
A "MUST READ" for aspiring filmmakers!Review Date: 2009-04-25
Lloyd Kaufman is a living legendReview Date: 2009-04-20
Screw Film School...Buy This Book!Review Date: 2009-04-19
Though the tone of the book is Tromian through and through -- cheesy jokes, loads of profanity, sexual references, and perhaps apocryphal asides -- the experiences and knowledge he shares are sure to save novice filmmakers a lot of headaches and $. Most important, Kaufman inspires. As the poster child for the indie guy overcoming Herculean obstacles to realize a vision, his approach to every aspect of production is always WHY NOT - which is exactly what any aspiring artist needs to hear.
Easily the best book on filmmaking I've ever read.
Twisted and Brilliant!Review Date: 2009-03-19

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Great read fun and informative at the same timeReview Date: 2009-06-24
Inspiring and PracticalReview Date: 2009-04-19
I recently bought a Nikon D90 and, using the information in this book, I'm well on my way to creating my first independent film project with this remarkable camera.
If you're interested in learning how to do it and getting fired up enough so that you'll actually go for it, this book is right for you.
-a-
A MUST HAVE!!!!Review Date: 2009-03-27
DV rebel povReview Date: 2009-03-20
Great Tool For No-Budget FilmmakersReview Date: 2008-12-29

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Finally, EVERYTHING there is to know about the film that started it all.Review Date: 2009-06-02
Don't get me wrong, this is a long read, at more than 400 pages. It took me almost two months of occasional reading to complete it, but it was well worth it. Call this the ultimate Original Star Wars Bible if you will. The hardcover book contains some extra material including a complete set of storyboards and a cute little compilation of anecdotes written by Lucas about the backgrounds of the film's characters--they differ radically from the arcs and character backgrounds later provided by the prequels.
A must-read for every Star Wars fan. I can only hope Rinzler and Bouzeraou will do the same thing for Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Almost perfectReview Date: 2009-01-07
The best and most comprehensive making of EVERReview Date: 2008-10-10
THIS ONE IS PERFECT!!! So many detailed descriptions of the evolution from idea to story to script to shooting. An incredible level of detail. So many pictures, storyboards, illustrations, and documents. This is the first time I've picked up such a huge and detailed volume and devoured it from start to finish.
Even if you already own a lot of material about Lucas and Star Wars, this is a worthy addition to the library.
It truly is definitive - but also is beautiful and well written. BUY IT!!!
Great, in depth, and informative "Making of"Review Date: 2008-09-20
Full of alot of great photos as well. Highly recommended to anyone that has even a remote interest in cinema history.
Really In depth with details, photos and scriptsReview Date: 2008-11-20
There are twelve chapters documenting the journey from the scripting stage, casting, set building, location shooting, all the way up to the movie release.
This book is written before anyone knew it was going to be a major hit. What that means is, they are writing it on the spot at that point in time -- in 1977. There's nothing closer to understanding what's going on during production and on their minds while the shooting the movie.
Included in the books are hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, scanned scripts, sketches of sets and ships, several film stills and immensely valuable and insightful interviews. It's essentially a very well documented production diary.
There are lots of details included. Read about how George Lucas was a compulsive writer who doesn't and cannot stop working. Find out how they overcome crisis like when one of their robots caught fire. Share their euphoria when they first received reactions from movie goers. And I can go on and on.
This is the definitive volume. It's well worth the money for any Star Wars fan or movie maker.
There are two covers for this book, a hardcover and the paperback. It's highly recommended to get the hardcover, more expensive, version. This book is big and thick at 314 pages. The spine of the softcover will most definitely wear off in the future.
There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.

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How its really done! Nothing like this book.Review Date: 2008-03-04
After reading this book, my main concern was "can I do this". After reading, I'm not only excited, but truly convinced that almost anyone with a brain can do what the book reveals.
Thank you Amazon and thank you Ray West.
JC
You Could Not Pay Me 10 Times to Give it BackReview Date: 2005-09-09
Good book to read I would recommend it to everyone interested in this business.Review Date: 2006-03-04
BEST BOOK ON THE PORN BUSINESS SO FAR!Review Date: 2005-07-31
To film makers, adult traffic is crazy for my videoReview Date: 2005-06-06

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Learn How a Movie is Made or in particular How Pride and Prejudice was made.Review Date: 2009-05-19
There are 10 chapters with an introduction. The chapters are:
- The script
- Pre-production
- Production design
- Costume, make-up, and hair design
- Music
- Dancing
- Two weeks to go . . .
- Filming
- A conversation with Colin Firth
- Post-production
Some favorites for me were the chapters about music, dance, and costume because I would probably like to work in one of those areas. Also the interview with Colin Firth was very interesting. In one of the chapters they include the schedule for one day of filming, it lasted for 6 pages! It is amazing how much work goes into a movie!
The reason I give it 4 stars out of 5 is because some parts were not very interesting like the part about lighting. In addition, a lot of the pictures are too small to see the details, I would have liked to have bigger pictures so you can see the details that are talked about.
Making of Pride and PrejudiceReview Date: 2008-08-18
Worth the purchaseReview Date: 2008-08-11
A Treat for P&P Fans....Review Date: 2008-06-07
Sue Birwhistle and Susie Conklin walk the reader through the entire process, from selling the idea to a reluctant studio, to Andrew Davies' superb adaptation of the novel into six TV episodes, through casting, preproduction, shooting, and finally postproduction. The book is filled with comments from the workers on both sides of the camera, and illustrated with fascinating set photography.
Recreating the 19th Century required extensive research into such mundane matters as period costumes, hairstyles, drapery patterns, furniture, and music and dance. Months of pre-production paid off in an authentic look, at the cost of daily two-hour costume and make-up sessions for the actors and nightly refreshing of sets. Minor challenges included the delicate task of keeping food presentable for the three day shoot of the Netherfield supper party.
Location shooting, even in a country rich with old homes, required patient negotiation with owners over the restoration of house and grounds to a 19th century appearance. The expenses of production required shooting by location vice chronological order; Colin Firth notes his very first scene was Darcy's marriage proposal to Elizabeth.
Casting presented its own challenges for such a popular story. The book shares the concerns of the actors, along with some interesting before and after make-up portraits. A highlight is an extended interview with Colin Firth on the challenges of the role of Mr. Darcy. Jennifer Ehle adds her own comments on the grueling five month shooting schedule, which required her presence on set for all but five days.
"The Making of Pride and Prejudice" will be equally fascinating to dedicated fans of the BBC television version and those interested in the actual details of production. This book is very highly recommended to both audiences.
If you can't get enough, this is a must have!Review Date: 2008-02-21

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This is the ultimate low budget filmmaker's guide.Review Date: 2009-02-11
Michael Flowers, Author of Michael Flowers' Jackal
Entertaining, Easy to Read, OptimisticReview Date: 2009-02-01
About a quarter of this book are listings of books, services or agencies placed at the end of each chapter, most of them not very usable anymore.
Most readers will shoot their movie with an HD digital camcorder nowadays. The book touches on digital filmmaking only in one chapter at the very end.
It is also very optimistic about landing a distributor. It says 200 independent movies are made every year (at the time the book was written). Modern sources claim the number increased to 3-5000. If no names are attached to a movie, it is next to impossible to attach a distributor.
It also overestimates the labors of self distribution of today, web based in particular. Without ever leaving a house, anyone can sell video on demand or a DVD on amazon.com free of charge via [...] (they charge only once an item is sold). Also, [...] accepts independent films for distribution, though only if they are of acceptable quality.
The book touches the surface on many subjects from the very start of preproduction to the end sale. It does not tell all of the ins and outs of industry trade, but it does outline the basic principles involved in the film making.
It lays a ground work for anyone who wants to get a sense of the business. It gives a notion how to work with people in Hollywood, who does what in production and how to get it done, basics of distribution etc. Besides the points I listed above, most other are still applicable nowadays. This is good book to learn about independent producing without being overwhelmed by too many particularities.
The reason I gave this book five stars is its optimism. It is interesting to read and easy to understand, The subtext throughout the book reads 'you can do it'. Keep it simple, know your priorities, know your job, know how to do it and despite all difficulties, do it.
Marko
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Genius!Review Date: 2008-10-24
Read Read ReadReview Date: 2009-02-28
You will not get everything you need to go out and make a film from any one book. Every situation will have unexpected twists and turns that will require you to research a little more, change something in the script (more than once) etc. Don't expect to make your first film start to finish based on one instructor's guidance. Be open to multiple books and instruction until you get your film the way you want it.
Start with a project you can handle to get used to film formatting as Mr. Simen's suggests. I have a completed script and now am going to work on just a trailer for it to see if it looks like what I am working towards.
The part about PPM is true and always has been it's just that many people don't know about it so they don't do it and it catches up with them later...Be sure to include a PPM. The SEC used to mail them out to people. These days you can probably get it off their website. It is a very common private placement investment document. If you already have your product ready to present to investors get an attorney to handle this part so you can focus on the movie (its marketability) with your investors.
Our Independent Movie "How the Game Is Played" Is a Success Thanks to From Reel to DealReview Date: 2009-01-11

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Wasnt this like $250 when it came out?Review Date: 2009-04-10
a 70mm film cell with a variety of scenes from 2001 was included in the Taschen EU printing
Some are trying to sell them for $1000 (!)
glad I waited- the unexpected joys of remainders
When he passed on, it seemed as if yet one more pillar of a sane, CIVILIZED world went missing
if in a down mood, putting on DR STRANGELOVE usually sets things straight:
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"My boys!-they must have surrendered-they let me down, Mandrake..." [as a dejected Ripper kicks a lampshade and sits down with his belt loaded semi- automatic machine gun-and as orders from the President to break into Rippers sealed off AF base are successful and become obvious]
"Not a bit of it! Im sure they all died thinking of you, Jack-every man jack-last one of them....uh....Jack...."
-[Col Lionel Mandrake HMRAF, to Gen Jack D Ripper USAF just a few minutes before the likely starting of WWIII]
Peter Sellers kept cracking up the film crew with his jokes and impressions to the point that that many scenes had to be shot over and over because the crew couldnt hold it in
If you look closely at the Russian Ambasador, Premier Kissov, as Sellers uncontrollable R arm keeps attempting a Nazi salute -and he keeps pummeling it back into submission- you will notice a smile where it appears the actor almost looses it-but held on
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When George C Scott stumbles flat on the floor,(in the War Room) while walking backwards, Kubrick decided to leave this unplanned shot in the film-as it seemed in keeping for the character and the moment...
Gorgeous Review Date: 2009-01-09
The actual content is made up of pictures galore, vivid, dramatic stills from the works of Stanley Kubrick, spreading over the massive pages in all their glory. The first half of the tome is all visual snippets from each of the major works, laid out with impeccable taste. Then it starts over with essays about each of the movie's synopses, production details and critical reception. Really good, not just the superficial studio-approved hype that often appears in these things, but worthwhile information, like the best quality dvd commentary. Accompanying this are more incredible photos.
There's even coverage on that very early item, FEAR AND DESIRE, his 1953 allegorical war film/first feature, and several shorts he did in the very early fifties.. The stills are sparse for that particular title, but there's more info about it than has been available, probably since it was new. And since it was a prehistoric example of the independent film, there probably wasn't much coverage, then. Kubrick himself washed his hands of it an eon ago. And, I just saw this Golden Fleece-type rare item. last summer; he was probably very wise to ignore it. But, anyway, this book more than adequately covers it.
Also, there's a lot of biographical material with a lot of personal photos.
For Kubrick fans, this is nirvana, the best of the several books that try to encompass the director's appeal.
It is another gorgeous entry in the Taschen lineup, like their elegant MOVIES OF 20s, 30s - onto 90s volumes, and the wonderful series of ALL AMERICAN ADS for each decade from the teens to the 80s, and even the more modest, but still spectacular, directors series. All were originally very pricey, but are remaindered in a very short order because the audience for these things is not exactly huge. Most bookstores don't even stock them as remainders, let alone when they are new and full-priced.There is apparently a new jumbo book about Ingmar Bergman. The mind boggles what it'll look like.
This is the ultimate movie book. If you collect them, this is a must... and a half. Maybe three or four 'musts.'
Mr Kubrick... I know him well... now...Review Date: 2009-01-04
Great filmmaker....great book.Review Date: 2008-12-27
The Stanley Kubrick ArchivesReview Date: 2008-12-13
The book could have had a better build. There's no cover jacket to prevent the book from getting scuffed, and the pages could have been placed, like most books, with the corners of the hardback slightly above the pages to avoid the pages being bent when the cover corners are worn.
The book itself is the 25th Anniversary Edition. No longer is there a cd interview with Kubrick or a 70mm filmframe from 2001; however, the pages within the book are identical to the first printings. It is very cost effective considering the first prints cost at least $200 or more when they came out. These type of books should be done for every great director. They encompass everything behind the artist and his or her work. The only thing absent are the movies themeselves. If you are a fan of Kubrick or just want to know as much as possible from the man himself, this comes highly recommended.

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I'd been ooking for THIS bookReview Date: 2009-06-15
Great sequel, but also good on it's ownReview Date: 2009-06-02
Excellent Resource !!Review Date: 2009-02-04
A contact of mine in LA who's been in the business for ten years suggested SAVE THE CAT! by Blake Snyder. I immediately ordered BOTH this book and its sequel.
I had done a lot of reading on the business and the craft over the last three years, and these books have given me a new "method" of how to outline/build the story--hitting every main point on the proper page number, improving my title and logline, and choosing a specific genre versus a broad one, like "drama."
SAVE THE CAT! GOES TO THE MOVIES is Blake's guide to help you put your story in this specific type of genre. He takes you step-by-step through each beat, gives you comparable movies, and lays out the 15 beats of several movies right in the book ... and so much more!
I'm so excited about using Blake Snyder's methods for my current re-write that I don't know if I should start with "The Board" or the "BS2."
I could easily continue to write about these great resources, but I've got to get to work! You won't be disappointed.
Thanks Blake for your insight and generosity!
Genelle Ingram Begendorf
save the cat goes to the moviesReview Date: 2009-01-27
A sequel as good as the originalReview Date: 2009-02-07

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Phenomenal!Review Date: 2009-06-24
Thank youReview Date: 2009-06-08
I've just finished my first complete read, and cannot wait to put some of your re-write tools to practice. Thanks!
My friend was impressed with your lecture in TN. She mentioned the article in the Tennessean and suggested your book. So glad she did!
For more than just screenwritersReview Date: 2009-05-14
In addition, if you are a fiction writer who dreams of publishing a novel that might be made into a successful screenplay, you'll be a better storyteller and sharper stylist after you have put into practice Professor Akers' instructions in these pages. For over two decades the author has been a successful screenwriter and a professor at Vanderbilt University teaching what he relates in this book. Some of the one hundred lessons will hit you like a light that is suddenly turned on in a dark room. Others will reacquaint you with the basics of writing that you may have forgotten. Don't skip anything, though. Even the fundamentals need revisiting from time to time.
During his storied career, Jack Nicklaus used to return to his childhood teaching pro before each season and relearn the golf swing, starting with the grip. Nicklaus did that!? Yes, he did. He understood that by beginning with the basics, the fundamentals, each season, he wouldn't lapse into bad habits. He would return to competition with his "A" game. The same is true for all professions. By all means learn the intricacies of your craft, but never forget the foundations. This book has both.
Written in an earnest yet entertaining style, this book minces no words and tells you what you need to know about conceiving, creating, and selling your screenplay in the unforgiving entertainment industry. Akers doesn't promise that success will be easy--it never is--but if you faithfully follow his lessons, you will definitely increase your odds of success, and will get the most mileage out of your talent. I've read several books about writing screenplays. They all have their strong points, but this persistent guide is the most useful one of its kind that I have found. Bravo, Professor Akers!
Buy this book!Review Date: 2009-05-02
I am not a professional screenwriter, but I had to write a screenplay! This book helped me do it in a funny, realistic way! If the screenplay ever wins an award I will thank William M. Akers (the author)for telling me my screenplay sucks. It may still suck but not as much.
Exactly what I needed.Review Date: 2009-04-24
I picked up "Your screenplay sucks" on a whim and breezed through it. Perfect. I dog-marked so many pages I may as well re-read the entire thing... once I've cleaned up my screenplay.
Pick up a copy. Now.

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Best BEGINNER'S book on shooting docsReview Date: 2009-06-30
- clear, concise explanations.
- in depth. thorough.
- many, full color, glossy images to demonstrate points
- to the point. no filler.
- enjoyable to read. layed out interestingly.
- gives you a GREAT starting point for making your doc.
This is not for advanced doc makers. This is for newbies who know nothing about making a doc. Read this and you'll be ready to go. You will not be an expert but you will know enough to get things started and an excellent foundation from which to build your doc making skills upon.
Can't go wrong with this.
A great book. Clear understandable information for the beginnerReview Date: 2009-06-16
I read Barry Braverman's Video Shooter immediately before Shut Up and Shoot. Now I wish that I had done the reverse as Artiss explains terms at a level for the beginner. I probably would have gotten more out of Braverman's book had it come second as his tome is more technical.
Shut up and shoot is not a Dummies book. It assumes the person has a basic understanding of the glossary of general terms but at the same time is careful to put new material in the proper context. It is a great step by step process to give one a basic understanding of the equipment and process needed to shoot a basic low budget documentary.
The bonus DVD has some great quick guides and cheat sheets that are definitely an added value.
Best value for the money. If you are a beginner this is the first book you should buy.
Killer!Review Date: 2009-06-15
You will refer to this again and againReview Date: 2009-05-22
A Great Investment for FilmmakersReview Date: 2009-05-04
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