Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video
- 4th Edition - February 17, 2010
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Authors: David K. Irving, Peter W. Rea
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 9 0 0 2 - 9
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video is the definitive book on the subject for beginning filmmakers and students. The book clearly illustrates all of the steps involv… Read more
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Request a sales quoteProducing and Directing the Short Film and Video is the definitive book on the subject for beginning filmmakers and students. The book clearly illustrates all of the steps involved in preproduction, production, postproduction, and distribution. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both producer and director, and explains how their separate energies must combine to create a successful short film or video, from script to final product. This guide offers extensive examples from award-winning shorts and includes insightful quotes from the filmmakers themselves describing the problems they encountered and how they solved them. The companion website contains useful forms and information on grants and financing sources, distributors, film and video festivals, film schools, internet sources for short works, and professional associations.
* Unique approach to filmmaking which looks at the process from the director's and producer's point of view--each chapter is subdivided into sections covering the producer's and director's POV
* Features case studies from award-winning short films that will inspire you to make your own
* A companion website contains useful forms, information on grants and financing sources, distributors, film and video festivals, film schools, internet sources for short works, and professional associations
* Features case studies from award-winning short films that will inspire you to make your own
* A companion website contains useful forms, information on grants and financing sources, distributors, film and video festivals, film schools, internet sources for short works, and professional associations
Short filmmakers; film producers and directors
- Edition: 4
- Published: February 17, 2010
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080890029
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David K. Irving
David K. Irving is an associate professor of the Undergraduate Film and Television Department at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. He has directed six feature films, fifteen award-winning short documentaries, three short narrative films, and has written and produced three feature films.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in the Film and Television Department at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. He has directed eight award-winning short documentaries, three short narrative films, and six feature films, and has written and produced three feature films.PR
Peter W. Rea
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of the Undergraduate Film and Television Department at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. He has been a producer, cinematographer, editor, production manager, and postproduction supervisor on numerous short films, TV movies, and features.