if you are a filmmaker on a tight budget, You can’t instantly change your production limitations or experience level.  however, you can always change your filmmaking mindset and increase your knowledge base anytime you want to.  this dvd will help you do both.


Learn the down and dirty filmmaking mindset and guerrilla tactics and techniques to maximize your filmmaking resources and increase the production value of your projects.


whether you are a student, hobbyist or video pro working on a narrative feature, documentary, music video or just a personal project, This one-of-a-kind seminar won’t just teach you, but it will
also inspire you to make your video projects look, sound and feel more professional with whatever resources you have available...Free your mind, and your budget will follow.


This is an illustrated overview and explanation of guerrilla filmmaking philosophy and specific insider tactics that can be applied to "any budget,
any camera, any time". (tm)


this 4-part seminar starts off by helping you understand what it means to be guerrilla and embrace a guerrilla mindset and principles, then it shows you a wide variety of creative and practical ways to increase production value and finally closes with another round of targeted tips to help you lower your project budget and stretch your limited resources onscreen.


plus, there’ even a  12 min. bonus tutorial featuring the full version of down & dirty dv’s now     infamous “5 sound rules to live by”!






















Anthony Q. artis is a 15-year guerrilla film veteran and an adjunct professor in the film and tv dept. at n.y.u. Tisch school of the arts. he is the author of the best selling new film book “the shut up and shoot documentary guide”. His features and shows have been screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the IFP Feature Market, Slamdance, the education channel and on MTV.


Most notably, Anthony produced the 2003 IFP Feature Market  top award-winner, "Shelter", Associate Produced the feature documentary, "Paper Chasers", and served as a Segment Producer for the MTV reality series "Flipped".  He has worked professionally in positions as diverse as producer, gaffer, cinematographer, special-fx make up, sound mixer and location manager.










even while an active filmmaker anthony has been a devoted and  life-long film educator and consultant training thousands of students through classes and seminars at major institutions around the world.


he is known for his inspirational, streetwise and down-to-earth teaching style.  anthony uses illustrations, humor and real-world anecdotes as powerful teaching tools to demystify the filmmaking process and make it clear and accessible for filmmakers at all levels.


his lively seminars and classes are jam-packed with practical filmmaking wisdom and advice on avoiding common pitfalls and  dealing with the less tangible aspects of filmmaking that they don’t teach  in film school.





over the years anthony has taught his unique guerrilla filmmaking seminars to students, faculty and filmmakers at:












additionally his book, the shut up and Shoot documentary Guide, is required reading at more than a dozen major universities and film schools across the U.S. and around the world.






purchase your copy now to get the full seminar on dvd including the special bonus tutorial, down and dirty dv’s  “5 sound rules to live by”.



Format: Video DVD


Run Time: 1 hour 22 mins.


* Recorded live at d.c.t.v. in New York City







 


table of contents


part 1:
the guerrilla mindset

  what does “guerrilla”
  mean?

  conventional vs
  down & dirty filmmaking

  down & dirty special 
  forces

  the guerrilla mindset


PART 2:
The principles of down and dirty filmmaking

  money don’t make movies

  borrow substitute or  
  work around

  getting knowledge,   
  skills and end results

  maximizing what you 
  already have

  always put $$$ and
  time on the scale


PART 3:
Milking every last drop of production value

  hiring crew

  cameras and lens

  camerawork

  multi-camera shooting

  make-up

  attracting name talent

case study: “premium”

  make-up

  locations

  lighting

  fixing it in post


part 4:
10 ways to lower your budget

  free equipment

  free crew

  free & discounted food

  transportation

  traveling with crew

  product placement

  music

  public domain material

  natural lighting

  logging & transcribing

  hyphenate crew

 

the dvd package...



“As one might guess from the emphatic title of his book, The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide author Anthony Q. Artis is more than just a filmmaker, teacher and writer — he’s a sort of DV evangelist , a man on a mission to educate everyone about the benefits of digital production and post-production....”
-Jim Hemphill                 
American cinematographer magazine
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“The shut up and shoot documentary guide”  
296 full color pages
500+ illustrations
w/ free bonus dvd








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crash course”
audiobook
illustrated ebook
instant download
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