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WRITE! SHOOT! EDIT!: The Complete Guide for Teen Filmmakers
Today’s digital technology allows teens to produce short films with enviable accessibility. But there is a darker side to today’s technology, the expectation to live and share your life online, to become an instant success with your first creations. Imagine being free to experiment and play with the medi-um, with a mentor beside you helping you craft solid, professional work that never looks like a home movie. Industry pro Deborah Patz is that mentor.
Much like writers pen journals they don’t publish (aka “writing practice,” as taught by Natalie Gold-berg), Write! Shoot! Edit! mentors teens in “first filmmaking” — crafting complete, scripted movies in a safe place free from public exhibition and scrutiny, experimenting with the medium, and discovering one’s own visual storytelling voice.
You want to direct and edit, but your friend wants to write? Not a problem. Don’t read the book in order! Just follow the path. Write! Shoot! Edit! is written in three distinct and intertwining paths, so you can experience the book as you want as a writer, director / DOP, or editor.
Start making scripted films today so that you can be the overnight success of tomorrow!
Much like writers pen journals they don’t publish (aka “writing practice,” as taught by Natalie Gold-berg), Write! Shoot! Edit! mentors teens in “first filmmaking” — crafting complete, scripted movies in a safe place free from public exhibition and scrutiny, experimenting with the medium, and discovering one’s own visual storytelling voice.
You want to direct and edit, but your friend wants to write? Not a problem. Don’t read the book in order! Just follow the path. Write! Shoot! Edit! is written in three distinct and intertwining paths, so you can experience the book as you want as a writer, director / DOP, or editor.
Start making scripted films today so that you can be the overnight success of tomorrow!
162 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2017
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About the author
Deborah S. Patz
7 books2 followersDeb Patz has been a filmmaker on award-winning productions since the mid-1980s, primarily as a production manager and coordinator, and then as production executive and finally as a business affairs analyst. She has worked with Lucasfilm, IMAX, MCA/Universal, Alliance/Atlantis, Nelvana, BBC, CBC, the Disney Channel, and the list goes on.
Based on her experiences, she wrote her first book on production coordination (published in 1997) and followed up by writing production management books (published in 2002, 2010 & 2025) and a book for teen filmmakers (in 2017). Her books are available around the world and in 3 languages.
She currently lives with her family and a stubborn but adorable westie-dog in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Based on her experiences, she wrote her first book on production coordination (published in 1997) and followed up by writing production management books (published in 2002, 2010 & 2025) and a book for teen filmmakers (in 2017). Her books are available around the world and in 3 languages.
She currently lives with her family and a stubborn but adorable westie-dog in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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