The Film Director's Guide to Principal Photography

The Film Director's Guide to Principal Photography is a very concise, yet comprehensive tutorial that covers everything you need to know to make your first movie on film and distribute it to the public. Chapters cover elements of the great script; directing actors on the set; the entire production process (a typical shooting day); the art and craft of cinematography; the film camera by Panavision, Arriflex, and Aaton; specific film stocks and corresponding lighting schemes; the proper use of filters and gels; the properties of lenses; different shots, angles, camera moves and effects; production scheduling; and postproduction (editing on your laptop, film festivals, and distribution).

The guide comes complete with links to budgeting forms, screenplays, script breakdown sheets, camera report forms, a daily editor's log, and call sheets. Plus tons of many other free resources available to you on the web. If you want to learn how to shoot a low budget film ON FILM in a professional and organized process, this is the only guide you'll need to get yourself over that technical learning curve.