Making It Big in Shorts: Faster, Better, Cheaper by Kim Adelman

Making It Big in Shorts: Faster, Better, Cheaper by Kim Adelman

Each year 8,000+ short films compete to fill 60 slots at the Sundance Film Festival. On an average day, 792 film and video projects vie for funding on Kickstarter. And every minute 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube. In this competitive environment, a short filmmaker can no longer invest time, money, and dreams of glory in the theory that if you build it, they will come. The challenge is making the right kind of short: one that will make a splash. Covering the nuts-and-bolts of production while stressing the importance of artistic expression, this invaluable handbook shows a first-time filmmaker how to make a buzzworthy little film that could launch a lucrative Hollywood career. Packed with over 75 photos and insider advice from dozens of high-profile professionals, including Sundance and Tribeca festival programmers and Academy Award(R) winners and nominees, Making It Big in Shorts puts the emphasis on making films shorter, faster, and cheaper.

Kim Adelman presently teaches UCLA Extension's Low-Budget Filmmaking class. In 2014, she was named Teacher of the Year, and in 2016, she received the UCLA Extension Outstanding Teaching Award. She gives a Career Week talk at the USC School of Cinematic Arts every year. She's taught filmmaking workshops in the US, Canada, and New Zealand. Since 2006, Adelman has written for Indiewire on short films and film festivals.

Since 2005, she has co-programmed the annual Spotlight on Female Directors short-film screening series at the American Cinematheque. Adelman began her short-film career in 1996, when she launched the FXM: Movies from Fox (formerly known as FX Movie Channel) short-film program. Her 19 short films for Fox received over 30 accolades and screened at over 150 film festivals around the world, including four years at the Sundance Film Festival. She went on to produce Short and International Release, Warner Home Video's critically acclaimed short film competitions.

The Girls' Guide to Elvis, The Girls' Guide to Country, and The Ultimate Guide to Chick Flicks are all written by Kim Adelman. Her works have been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin.

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ISBN 13	9781615932566
ISBN 10	1615932569
Title	Making It Big in Shorts: Faster, Better, Cheaper
Author	Kim Adelman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Michael Wiese Productions
Year published	2017-01-01
Number of pages	156
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