Making short films

308 Pages·2008·11.363 MB·English

by  Clifford Thurlow

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TITLE
MAKING
SHORT FILMS
SUBTITLE
The complete guide
from script to screen o&JBjoh
AUTHOR
Clifford Thurlow

MAKING
SHORT FILMS
The complete guide
from script to screen
SECOND EDITION
Clifford Thurlow
0BERG
English edition
This edition first published in 2008 by
Berg
Editorial offices:
First Floor, Angel Court, 81 St Clements Street, Oxford 0X4 1AW, UK
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
© Clifford Thurlow 2005, 2008
First edition 2005. Second edition 2008
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
or by any means without the written permission of
Berg.
Berg is the imprint of Oxford International Publishers Ltd.
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ISBN 978 1 84520 803 5 (Cloth)
978 1 84520 804 2 (Paper)
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Contents
PARTI AN OVERVIEW
1 Introduction to Making Short Films 3
2 A Brief History of Short Films 7
3 Careers 21
PART II WHO DOES WHAT
4 The Script 29
5 The Producer 41
6 The Director 55
7 The Editor 71
8 Finance and Distribution 81
PARTIN GETTING IT MADE
9 Crewing 105
10 Locations 109
11 Casting 117
12 Sound Design 125
13 Music and Post-Production 129
14 Trade Unions 135
PART IV INTERVIEWS WITH FILMMAKERS
15 Daniel Mulloy 141
16 Jack Pizzey, Documentary Filmmaker 145
PART V SCRIPTS
17 Broken 151
18 Noise Control 171
19 G.M. 187
20 Room Eleven 205
21 Greta May—The Adaptation 227
PART VI USEFUL INFORMATION
22 Press Kit 253
23 Glossary of Film Terms 257
24 Film Festivals 265
25 Useful Addresses 269
Acknowledgements 273
List of Illustrations 275
Notes 279
Bibliography 283
Index 285
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