Feature Filmmaking At Used Car Prices 3e

by Rick Schmidt

For the price of a used car--about $6,000--you can make a feature film if you have the right know-how. In "Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices," award-winning independent filmmaker Rick Schmidt provides that know-how. He shows

Genres: Nonfiction, Film, Media Tie In

Paperback

First published July 1, 1988

About the author

Rick Schmidt is the author of Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices (Viking Penguin, 1988, 1995, 2000), which is considered "The Bible" of fledgling filmmakers, credited with influencing filmmakers Kevin Smith, Vin Diesel, Tom DiCillo, many others.  Extreme DV (Penguin/Random House Books), his digital video book, is now available on e-book. And his first novel, Black President, was published by Picnic Publishing in UK,
In 2006, Schmidt received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Rome Intl., . His films have been screened worldwide, at film festivals including Sundance's Dramatic Competition (Grand Jury Prize nomination), Slamdance, Rotterdam, Berlin International, New Directors/New Films, Museum of Modern Art (NY), and on Channel Four, UK.

Reviews

[Kevin Lau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Doing some research on budgeting to make sure the film I'm working on this summer is properly prepared. Mostly skimmed through the because it contains a lot of topics I've already learned, but it's still a great resource.

I have an older edition, but it seems the newest edition is from 2000 so there isn't any talk about digital filmmaking here. However, like I said, it's still a great resource to make sure you're thinking of everything when you'r producing a film!

[Lucas · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought I would read this book because Vin Diesel raved about the book and how it helped him. However I believe the techology has past by most film and into the digital phase. I might read 50% of the book after cutting out the outdated film parts.

[Ken Poirier · Rating 4 out of 5]

The technology may have changed, but the principle is mainly the same. If you are trying to break into to hollywood style feature film making, I would highly recommend it