The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking
eBook - ePub

The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking

From Preproduction to Festivals and Distribution

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking

From Preproduction to Festivals and Distribution

About this book

In The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, celebrated Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish offers a rich exploration of the process and culture of making low-budget, independent films. Once labelled a "cheerful subversive" by The New York Times, Mirvish shares his unfiltered pragmatic approach to scriptwriting, casting, directing, producing, managing a crew, post-production, navigating the film festival circuit, distributing your film, dealing with piracy and building a career. Readers will learn how to game the Hollywood system to their advantage, get their films accepted by respected festivals without going broke, and utilize a broad range of media and tactics to promote and distribute their work. A companion website features behind-the-scenes interviews and footage from Dan's films, and much more.

  • Learn everything you need to know to make, promote, and distribute your independent films, with time-tested lessons and practical advice on scriptwriting, casting and directing A-list actors, financing, producing, managing a crew, editing in post, creating visual effects on a budget, and successuflly navigating the film festival circuit
  • Find out what it takes to become a true "cheerful subversive" and adopt new and innovative approaches to producing your films, discover hidden loopholes in the Hollywood system and festival scene, take advantage of a broad range of media formats to promote and distribute your indie films, and generally make bold moves in service of your creative work, all while staying flexible enough to pivot at a moment's notice


  • An extensive companion website features in-depth interviews with filmmakers, more than an hour of behind-the-scenes footage from Dan Mirvish's films, festival resources, and much more


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Index

  1. 311 139
  2. 48-Hour Film Festival 130
  1. About Schmidt 90
  2. Abrams, JJ 32, 127, 200
  3. Academy Awards see Oscars
  4. Accountant, The 196
  5. ADR (automated dialogue replacement) 58
  6. Adventureland 162
  7. Adweek 182
  8. Affleck, Ben 167
  9. AFI Film Festival 82, 163
  10. After Sunset 131
  11. Agrajante, Juan 107
  12. Aliens 2
  13. Allen, Woody 56, 32, 59, 68, 83
  14. Alpha 184
  15. Alpha1 73
  16. Altman, Dana xvii, 212, 43, 48, 119, 140, 1578, 160, 171
  17. Altman, Kathryn 22
  18. Altman, Robert 6, 11, 213, 48, 51, 56, 589, 65, 83, 89, 97, 158, 160
  19. Alverson, Rick 181
  20. Amazing Race 44
  21. American Airlines 11415
  22. American Film Institute (AFI) 82
  23. American Hardcore 20
  24. American Kickboxer II xvi, 457, 86, 107, 123, 208
  25. American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 69, 82, 186
  26. Andersen, Arthur 21415
  27. Anderson, Andy “Oslo” 789
  28. Anderson, Jill 22, 82, 90,
  29. Anderson, Paul Thomas 72
  30. Anderson, Wes 72, 97
  31. Andrade, Javier 74
  32. Apatow, Judd 72
  33. Apocalypse Now 136
  34. Arkin, Alan 21
  35. Aronofsky, Darren 44
  36. Arrested Development 202
  37. Arteta, Miguel 197
  38. Artis, Anthony xvii
  39. Astérix au...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Getting Started
  10. Shooting the Movie
  11. Finishing with Abandon
  12. Festing in Style
  13. Distributing and Beyond
  14. Epilogue
  15. Index