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THE POWER FILMMAKING KIT
The Power Filmmaking Kit
Make Your Professional Movie on a Next-to-Nothing Budget
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Jason Tomaric, Jason J. Tomaric is an Emmy-award winning director with two feature films, dozens of television commercials and several educational DVD series to his credit. Based in Los Angeles, he has taught in film schools across the country. Tomaric's directorial work has been honored over 14 times with Emmy, Telly, and the prestigious Golden CINE awards.

Description
Think big, spend little! Everything you need to make your movie is in this complete resource kit.

The Power Filmmaking Kit is a comprehensive, multimedia book and DVD package that empowers you to produce your own Hollywood-quality movie. Emmy-award winning director Jason Tomaric produced an independent film using only local resources for under $2,000 that not only got picked up for distribution, but is also used as a case study in top film schools. This book shows you how to do the same, regardless of your budget or location. You'll learn how to achieve professional quality on a microbudget, using the resources you have at hand.

The book includes:
* Coverage of the entire filmmaking process. It's all here, from writing and directing to cinematography, acting, editing, and distribution.
* Step-by-step instructions, tips, diagrams, charts, and illustrations show you how to make a Hollywood-caliber movie on a next-to-nothing budget with little upfront money and access only to local resources.

The DVD includes:
* Time and Again, the profitable, award-winning, internationally distributed, independent film made for under $2,000
* One hour of video tutorials unveiling how the movie was made...interviews and behind-the-scenes case studies on directing, producting, and editing
* Complete rough footage from a scene for editing practice
* Forms, contracts, and more resources
*The Producer's Notebook includes scripts, storyboards, schedules, call sheets, contracts, letters from the producer, camera logs and press kits from "Time and Again." See how the production was scheduled and organized, read the script, follow the storyboards and watch the production unfold from beginning to end.
* Blank contracts and forms that you can print out to use on your own film

Audience
Beginning independent filmmakers making low-budget movies

Contents
Table of Contents DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: The Script PRE-PRODUCTION Chapter 2: Pre-Production Chapter 3: Budgeting Chapter 4: Scheduling Chapter 5: Insurance Chapter 6: Locations Chapter 7: Auditioning Actors Chapter 8: The Crew Chapter 9: Unions & Guilds Chapter 10: Equipment Chapter 11: Production Design PRODUCTION Chapter 12: Production Chapter 13: Acting Chapter 14: Directing Chapter 15: Cinematography Chapter 16: Audio Recording Chapter 17: Hair & Make-Up Chapter 18: Craft Services & Catering POST-PRODUCTION Chapter 19: Editing Chapter 20: Digital Effects Chapter 21: Post-Production Audio Chapter 22: Music MARKETING Chapter 23: Distribution Index

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 432 pages, publication date: DEC-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-81021-8
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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