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The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, 2nd Edition
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The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, 2nd Edition

by Dan Mirvish
July 2021
Intermediate to advanced
278 pages
9h 15m
English
Routledge
Content preview from The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, 2nd Edition

STARTING ON THE PAGEWrite a Brilliant Script!

Do you have something important to say that can only be expressed as a series of moving images and sound? Did you have a peyote-dosed fever dream at Burning Man that you absolutely must share with the rest of the world? Or maybe you and your high school YouTube pals are just so friggin’ funny that your destiny is to quit your Starbucks barista job so you can change the face of cinema for all eternity? Fair enough! Then it’s time to make an indie film!

The first step is to write a brilliant script. Now, I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to write a brilliant script. If I knew how to do that, I’d be writing one myself instead of writing this book. But what I can tell you is what not to do. ...

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ISBN: 9781000403084