The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide: A Down & Dirty DV Production | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony Q. Artis
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 17511
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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A Great Investment!! July 8, 2008
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
Want to do video? Shut up and buy this book! June 8, 2008
This might be the best "quick start" guide you're likely to find on any subject.
Anthony Artis' knows video and he knows how to teach. More important, he knows how to get even a rank beginner out into the field and started shooting video. Artis' writing is sharp, clear, direct and street-wise with a touch of warmth and humor. Reading "Shut Up and Shoot" is like a long conversation with a smart friend who knows all about how to shoot video.
If you're already an experienced shooter, read this book anyway. Artis will make you a better shooter than you are now.
Great "How-to" "First Time" Book !! June 7, 2008
This is the book that I was looking for, for a long time on how to do a Documentary. I like the step-by-step process that he takes you through.
I also like the section on equipment recommendations.
I highly recommend it.
 A Very Good Starter June 4, 2008
I bought this guide for my 14 year old son who made his first documentary 'One Light' without any experience or knowledge at 13. He wants a bit more professional production this time in a small budget and after spending a lot of time looking for a reasonable Film making camps for teens we resorted to self learning for him and came across this guide and I am very happy about it.
He has learnt quite a bit from it. I think it is a great beginer's reference guide and covers almost all aspects of DIY project.It is simple enough for him to read and incorporate the pointers for his next production plan.
This guide could be supplemented with another book that covers developing story and plot in more depth.
Gurmeet
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