From getting the necessary training and understanding the intricate responsibilities of everyone behind or in front of the camera to getting your first break and avoiding career-specific pitfalls, All You Need to Know About the Movie and TV Business leads you topic by topic through * A breakdown of job descriptions, from casting directors and…
Renowned psychotherapist and career counselor Linda Buzzell is the expert in knowing how to create and develop a career in Hollywood. With this book, she shows you how to look at your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses, your special skills, and your talents in order to target your personal goals and maximize your career success….
This book lists all Film/TV schools and colleges by state. It has many-many different options listed: from community colleges to the grad schools. However, it does not provide more specific info about admission and local issues. As a general reference book, it is very uselful, if you are looking for all options possible. It does…
April Fitzsimmons’ Breaking & Entering: Land Your First Job in Film Productionis a useful, informative and practical career guide to breaking into film or television production and having a good time along the way. Breaking & Entering is an insider’s guide to learning the ropes and gaining the proper tools and information to successfully enter…
A collection with a broad group of directors on just how they get their first films made. The mix of directors includes Hollywood heavy-weights like Barry Sonnenfeld and John Carpenter, as well as indie stall thwarts Neil LaBute, Tom DiCillo, and Abel Ferrara. Jerecki’s interview style is extremely accessible and his interviewees are often very…
Thinking about going to film school? Don’t send in that application just yet–first read this book, the definitive guide to film schools around the country. The 26 institutions reviewed are rated according to the quality and accessibility of their equipment, the kind of films their faculty encourage students to make (“industry,” “independent,” “experimental”), and cost….
Action/Cut Filmmaking Industry Seminars has produced its acclaimed seminar experience as a 12-hour intensive workshop on VHS tapes and DVDs available to everyone wishing for a comprehensive study of the entire filmmaking process. This is the most unique series of learning tools in the film industry that provides an in-depth look inside the directing craft…
In the 1960s film schools sprang up around the globe and since then one-time student film-makers such as Milos Forman and Martin Scorsese have enriched world cinema. Yet when young upstarts such as Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were able to succeed without a formal film school education the very need for such institutions was…
The recent boom in independent filmmaking has been both a boon and an added challenge for aspiring directors. While the chic status of festivals like Sundance makes it easier for a few hot new directors to find major distributors, other worthy films risk being lost amid a sudden flood of contenders. Chris Gore, editor of…
Independent film at 7,500 feet! January in Utah – for 10 days, the normally sleepy mountain resort of Park City becomes the focus of the movie world as 40,000 people descent on the town to sample the year’s finest independent films, do a little business, and partake in all that is the Sundance Film Festival….
