Filmmaking for Dummies

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Customer Reviews:

Good overall reference. [Posted on 2007-07-19]
Good overall reference for filmmaking, for the beginner. For the experienced, good reminder of the basics that one might have forgotten.

Excellent refrence book! [Posted on 2007-11-15]
I recommend this book to anyone who doesn't read in a linear sequence. I tend to skip around in books to get the info I need and the way this book is formatted, it allows me to effeciently get the answers I want without any missed beats. Stoller effectively breaks down every aspect, from pre, principal photography, budget breakdown, contracting, scouting, editing, post to distribution and much more. For filmmakers, no matter what your budget or title(s), this book saves you money, time and a lot of guessing. Thank you Bryan Stoller!

Great Book, a little long. [Posted on 2007-12-24]
This is a great book. A little too long for my taste, but it covers all subjects in general in the filmmaking business. I will recommend it to anyone who wants to have a big picture of the hole filmmaking process.

Aspiring Filmmakers, the Book You're Seeking is Here... [Posted on 2008-03-15]
Amazing...
That's a one word description for Bryan Michael Stoller's book.

I was born and raised in *Hollywood, CA* yet I had no idea how much detail went into Filmmaking. I was literally just another one of the "DUMMIES" that truly needed someone to S-P-E-L-L out how it's done.

The very first page (Cheat Sheet) was where I found a common ground that most everyone can relate to, "A Recipe for Filmmaking: Cooking with Your Production Team." From that page forward, I began really enjoying reading this book. Everyone loves a good meal but most don't consider exactly how much work goes into it and who does what to bring it to the table.

I started looking at the important notations and through Mr. Stoller's voice, I was gaining a better understanding of Filmmaking. Absorbing little bits of information at a time, until I realized that in my own natural tendency to verify information given (checks and balances) by skipping back and forth through different chapters in this book was to make sure what I was reading would all "add up."

Guess what?
Everything does!

My reason for buying this book was to gain the benefit of Mr. Stoller's years of experience and to learn how to make a film. I now have a good reference book (or tool) to guide me through the process.

My heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. Stoller~You are AMAZING!~as is the book.

GREAT!!! [Posted on 2008-09-30]
If you want to learn filmmaking, buy this book. Filmmaking is too simple a process for universities and professors, to make a mess of (and they do). I absolutely loved this book and would give this book as gifts to filmmakers, etc. This book is in leymans terms, telling the reader what they need to know straight out. No games, no guess work, no tests... Get this book!!!

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