"The Cheerful Subversive's Guide To Independent Filmmaking | Filmmaking & Post Production

In this fully updated second edition award-winning film director and Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish gives you soup-to-nuts cradle-to-grave advice on every aspect of the filmmaking lifestyle and craft. He drops advice on playing the Hollywood game and shows you how to finance cast shoot and show your indie feature documentary episodic series short film student film web video or big-budget blockbuster. Once labeled a cheerful subversive by The New York Times Mirvish shares lessons he's learned personally from film luminaries Robert Altman Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas Steven Soderbergh Rian Johnson Whit Stillman Harold Ramis Lynn Shelton John Carpenter Ava Du Vernay the Russo Brothers Bong Joon-ho Sean Baker and more. This revised edition includes brand new chapters on filming during a global pandemic finding investors and crowdfunding backers whether and where to go to film school how to get a big Hollywood agent self-distributing your film even to airlines casting an Oscar-winner as your lead actor and turning your garage into a 1980s New York subway Visit the extensive companion website at www.Dan Mirvish.com for in-depth supplemental videos behind-the-scenes footage from Dan's films and bonus materials. |The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking | Filmmaking & Post Production