Casting Your Movie With A-List ActorsAssemble a TeamAim HighGo to New YorkBe Bi-Coastally CuriousDon’t Have a List!Develop Relationships with Agents YourselfPlay the Agency GameBait and SwitchSet a Start DateMake it RealMagnetic Balls of IronTake Advantage of Others’ MisfortuneOh, and What if You Don’t Have Famous Actors?Poem: Call BacksDirecting Famous Actors in a Microbudget FilmCast WellRehearseNamedropper Sidebar: Harold RamisUse Rehearsal WiselyOverlapping DialogueSidebar: The Sound of MusicWhat’s My Motivation?Trust Your ScriptyEncourage “Chemistry” Among Your CastBehave Like a Big Budget ProductionBlock Scenes On SetUse Multiple Takes as Your CoverageHave Faith in EditingSay Something to the ActorsMethods to their MadnessLights, Camera, Cinematographer!Good vs. NiceNamedropper Sidebar: Rian JohnsonThey’re Like Actors with CamerasIt’s Who They KnowPutting the “DP” in iDentity PoliticsAre They Still Called Films if They’re Digital?Film’s Zombie ResurgenceNamedropper Sidebar: Christopher Nolan and Emma ThomasDeconstructing the Cult of GalileoFrankenlens and Mir(vishScopes)Walt Disney’s Secret Optics BunkerTime to Shoot!Does it Take a Video Village to Raise a Film?Bump Up the CreditsFinding a Crew with Donut Group TherapyDress the PartGroup Hug, Safety and Prayer to the Film GodsYour First-Day DisastersHello, My Name is JoshFind the GoatReady, Aim, Fire!Be PreparedNamedropper Sidebar: Alexander PayneTwo Takes AheadArrive Early, Bring Donuts, Wear TapeMaking Your 12-Hour DayFeeding the BeastMaking an Epic EPKNamedropper Sidebar: John CarpenterDevious Use of the EPKornerStill the OneGetting Your Kill ShotsPoint and ShootTo Infinity and Behind-the-ScenesMaking Product Placement Work for YouCash and CarryBreak Down, Go Ahead and Give it To MeA Clear and Present NecessitySelling Out, Even if You Don’t Get Paid for ItKilling Two Birds with One StonePoem: The Locavore FilmmakerLivin’ La Vida LocavoreKeep Your Homebase at HomeCast Locally (sort of)Find Locations Close to HomeDrag Your Actors Out of BedNo, Seriously, Keep it Really Close to HomeIf You Travel, Hire LocallyEditing, One Pant Leg at a TimeScrew the Environment, Do It for YourselfPoem: Hack Attack