Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking

Introduction

Welcome

Guerilla filmmakers are a special breed of dreamers and idealists and geniuses and romantics. They overcome seemingly insurmountable odds almost every day. When I work on guerilla films, I see a plenty of ambition, inventiveness, and determination. Often missing, though, is proper equipment and professional technique. I wrote this book to help remedy this situation.

Most books that describe low-budget moviemaking either provide mostly inspirational anecdotes or they focus on writing scripts, handling actors, planning shooting logistics, camera selection, and so on. These books rarely address the nuts and bolts of actual production. Equipment fabrication, effective lighting, authentic art direction, set decoration, basic make-up ...