Making Short Films
Making Short Films
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Making Short Films by Jim Piper
Accompanying DVD of thirty short films offers an instructive mini film festival Shows beginners how to make meaningful films without fancy equipment Great for film students and independent filmmakers Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here’s how to create real movies using consumer digital video formatwithout spending a lot of money or time. Author Jim Piper has taught filmmaking for more than thirty yearsand along with his technical expertise, he brings entertaining anecdotes and great examples. His descriptions of more than one hundred student films, illustrated with three hundred stills, offer inspiration for beginners, and the accompanying DVD showcases thirty examples that comprise an intriguing and instructive mini film festival. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Jim Piper has been teaching filmmaking for over thirty years and has been a contributing editor to Super8Filmaker magazine for seven years. A champion of the American Indie and foreign films, he has made 12 short narrative films, which have won top awards around the world. Piper started the digital filmmaking class at Fresno City College in 2002 and was instrumental in the development of Fresno Filmworks, a non-profit group that brings alternative cinema to Fresno. The author of seven books including the very popular Get the Picture (Allworth Press)
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| ISBN 13 | 9781581154443 |
| ISBN 10 | 1581154445 |
| Title | Making Short Films |
| Author | Jim Piper |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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