Learning is fun?
Yes. When you are not supposed to be doing it. Kind of like sneaking into the boys/girls bathroom and hot-boxing a cig (or joint). Smoking is a stinky and disgusting process yet when you're not suppose to...
At work you like to surf the net for shit related to film making. Are you supposed to be doing that? Is that what you are getting paid for? Probably not. If you think about it, the fact that you are not "supposed to" makes it kind of fun.
You get the point.
Regardless, you are reading this blog to obtain knowledge and to explore someone else's perspective. Without further ado, I will supply some content and insight.
Book review time!
From Reel to Deal: Everything You Need to Create a Successful Independent Film - by Dov S-S Simens
If I had to recommend a "first book" to read before venturing into film making, this would be it. This guy really lays out the realities of the business in a novel "no B.S." style. At the end of each chapter he gives a huge list of resources related to what you have just read.
There is lots of useful stuff in this book. I am talking insight and experience not resource lists.
I highly recommend purchasing this book asap. Since we are doing things guerrilla style, buy the book used.
Over and out,
Mr. Down and Dirty
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1 comment:
Read a few of the amazon reviews on that book by Dov and I found some very interesting. Though you cannot fully learn everything about indy filming from this book, it definitely points you in the right direction for starting your own projects and succeeding. For only $12, I think its a worthy source of information regardless of the date it was published. Thanks
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