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This accessible handbook is a practical guide to the the concepts and techniques of micro-budget, cinematic storytelling. It's written to be useful and efficient, packed with lessons, examples and practices from the Author's extensive filmmaking experience and decades of teaching students all over the world.
List of contents
1. Introduction / MICRO-BUDGET SECTION; 2. Efficiency & Proportion; 3. Micro-budget Methods & Maximization Tactics / STORY SECTION; 4. Narrative & Narration 5. Story Forms & Screenwriting; 6. Performance & Appearance; 7. Performance Modes / TELLING SECTION; 8. Creative Vision; 9. Critique & the Art of Observation; 10. A Director’s Function; 11. Directing Cine-motion / CINEMATICS SECTION; 12. Subjectivity & Mystery; 13. Blocking & Visualization; 14. Editing & Sequence; 15. Case Study: Free in Deed; 16. Conclusion & Goals; Filmography; Bibliography
About the author
Jake Mahaffy’s micro-budget, self-made films have screened around the world at film festivals and independent venues such as Venice (winning the Orizzonti Best Film Prize/2015, 2012, 2016), Sundance (2004/05/06/08/09/15), SXSW (winning the Narrative Grand Jury Prize/2008, 2016), Rotterdam, Leeds, AFI, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Moscow, Ljubljana, Boston MFA, MoMA (NY) and many others. He founded, developed and led filmmaking programs at several universities as an Associate Professor and has mentored and consulted on projects around the world.
Summary
This accessible handbook is a practical guide to the the concepts and techniques of micro-budget, cinematic storytelling. It’s written to be useful and efficient, packed with lessons, examples and practices from the Author’s extensive filmmaking experience and decades of teaching students all over the world.
