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The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking by Dan Mirvish

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Getting Started
Write a Brilliant Script!
POEM: ON STRIKE
Umm, What to Write?
Adapt or Die
You’re No Genius
You’re in Good Company
Playing Around with George Clooney’s Happy Ending
Books are Just Screenplays with Adjectives
Develop Relationship with Original Author
Use Their Experience to Your Benefit
Connect with the Material
Don’t Call it “Opening Up”
Location, Location, Location
Editing; Macro and Micro
Putting the “Move” in “Movies”
Use Your Source Material’s Pedigree
Don’t Apologize for Your Source Material
Try This On For Size: Improvise!
Buying a Script on the Open Market
Choose a Castable Script
Lawyer Up!
Chain of Title Isn’t Just an R&B Song
Mining ...

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