The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production | 
| Author: Anthony Q. Artis
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 7109
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0240809351
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.18
EAN: 9780240809359
ASIN: 0240809351
Publication Date: September 14, 2007
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Product Description
So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience? It's time to get down and dirty! Down and dirty is a filmmaking mindset. It's the mentality that forces you to be creative with your resources. It's about doing more with less. Get started NOW with this book and DVD set, a one-stop shop written by a guerrilla filmmaker, for guerrilla filmmakers. You will learn how to make your project better, faster, and cheaper. The pages are crammed with 500 full-color pictures, tips from the pros, resources, checklists and charts, making it easy to find what you need fast.
The DVD includes:
* Video and audio tutorials, useful forms, and interviews with leading documentary filmmakers like Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), Sam Pollard (4 Little Girls), and others
* 50+ Crazy Phat Bonus pages with jump start charts, online resources, releases, storyboards, checklists, equipment guides, and shooting procedures
Here's just a small sampling of what's inside the book:
* Putting together a crew
* Choosing a camera
* New HDV and 24P cameras
* Shooting in rough neighborhoods
* Interview skills and techniques
* 10 ways to lower your budget
* Common production forms
* Pull off your vision in creative and cost-effective ways
* Bonus DVD with video and audio tutorials, interviews, bonus pages with forms and checklists, and more
* 500+ full color illustrations: this book shows you, not tells you
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
A great book for filmmakers! August 25, 2008
Whether you are a beginner or experienced digital filmmaker, this book is a really great resource. Nothing is left out, and all of the information is communicated in a way that is simple, clear and direct. There are terrific color charts, that make all the information easily accessible.
I have been involved in production of live theatre for many years, looking to write and create a documentary and a narrative feature. This book was a huge help in bypassing the great frustration in attempting to obtain technical information that was written in a way that would not require a special degree to understand.
If you are creating a documentary, feature narrative, or other project, get this book!
It is well worth it.
Go baby go! August 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this because I hoped that the content would do justice to the title. It has. Within a few months after reading it, I found my idea, and at the time of my writing this entry, I'm 6 days away from hitting the road for my doc: www.insearchoftheexperience.com "Shut up" has all kinds of simply put technical knowledge and also hails from a place where understanding people is its secret pulse. I wrote Anthony to tell him about the fire he started and he even wrote me back! This guy cares about this stuff. Get it - read it - and get out there! - elias
A VALUABLE GUIDE! Highly recommended August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very well written book on making documentaries! Anthony Artis gives us a great guide for making documentaries on any budget. A lot of tips and tricks and helpful information. And a great DVD also!
Props to this book!
A Great Investment!! July 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book in three days really, I couldn't put it down. The book is the best around for every detail in trying to prepare a documentary. It describes how, why, when, and what types of equipment to use for your projects in a professional way. It also tells you how you can save money and get help from around you to fund your documentary. This book explains how to be no, low, or high budget and still produce a professional result. I can say that I now have a down and dirty attitude from reading from a guerilla style way of shooting films. "GET THE BOOK NOW"
Great book on documentary June 15, 2008
This book is outstanding as far as the logistics of shooting a documentary goes. It's simple and yet very insightful and covers every aspect of production from nuts to bolts.RRP
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