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Other filmmakers with as little money, as little time, and just as many pressures as you'll be facing have achieved remarkable feats in low-budget filmmaking. They overcame the same problems, and some that you could never have imagined. And now their lessons are available to you, thanks to low-budget guru John Gaspard. Each of the nearly three dozen low-budget classics examined in this book offer a handful of indispensable how-tos, from stretching your production dollars and making your movie stand out from the pack to developing a unique story, from getting great performances out of your actors when you have limited time and money to establishing your reputation as an indie filmmaker. It includes revealing new interviews with such low-budget mavericks as Steven Soderbergh (""Sex, Lies, and Videotape""), Roger Corman (""The Little Shop of Horrors""), Jon Favreau (""Swingers""), Henry Jaglom (""Festival in Cannes""), Daniel Myrick (""The Blair Witch Project""), Bob Odenkirk (""Melvin Goes to Dinner""), Barbara Steele (""Caged Heat""), L.M. Kit Carson (""David Holzman's Diary""), Alan Cumming (""The Anniversary Party""), and more. Learn how to achieve remarkable feats in low-budget filmmaking. It is full of examples from low-budget classics.

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"""But for director wannabes, dont miss the nifty, user-friendly Fast, Cheap, and Under Control: Lessons from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time. Filmmakers with big dreams but small pocketbooks will welcome the helpful hints from the directors behind cult classics such as David Lynchs Eraserhead and Richard Linklaters Slacker...Fast, Cheap and Under Control is a reminder that creative necessity, rather than lavish budgets, can also produce art."" - www.encoremag.com ""Gaspard ends with a list of 69 quick-hit lessons...One lesson in particular is inspiration for any enterprising filmmaker: ""Get past the notion that you're trying to make a movie. There is no try. You either do it or you don't. So do it."" - www.publishersweekly.com A perfect companion for the aspiring filmmaker, filled with filmmaking anecdotes by some of the most respected independent filmmakers around. Reading this book is like having a conversation with your favorite directors, with first-hand, practical examples of what it takes to be a filmmaker. Josef Steiff, Author, The Complete Idiots Guide to Independent Filmmaking Fast, Cheap and Under Control is not only a wonderfully written presentation of the essential rules for making low-budget films, its also a book filled with riveting stories of how a wildly diverse group of filmmakers, with very little money and an abundance of passion, determination, and courage, got their movies on the screen. Michael Hauge, Hollywood Script Consultant; Author, Writing Screenplays That Sell"

But for director wannabes, dont miss the nifty, user-friendly Fast, Cheap, and Under Control: Lessons from the Greatest Low-Budget Movies of All Time. Filmmakers with big dreams but small pocketbooks will welcome the helpful hints from the directors behind cult classics such as David Lynchs Eraserhead and Richard Linklaters Slacker...Fast, Cheap and Under Control is a reminder that creative necessity, rather than lavish budgets, can also produce art. - www.encoremag.com Gaspard ends with a list of 69 quick-hit lessons...One lesson in particular is inspiration for any enterprising filmmaker: Get past the notion that you're trying to make a movie. There is no try. You either do it or you don't. So do it. - www.publishersweekly.com A perfect companion for the aspiring filmmaker, filled with filmmaking anecdotes by some of the most respected independent filmmakers around. Reading this book is like having a conversation with your favorite directors, with first-hand, practical examples of what it takes to be a filmmaker. Josef Steiff, Author, The Complete Idiots Guide to Independent Filmmaking Fast, Cheap and Under Control is not only a wonderfully written presentation of the essential rules for making low-budget films, its also a book filled with riveting stories of how a wildly diverse group of filmmakers, with very little money and an abundance of passion, determination, and courage, got their movies on the screen. Michael Hauge, Hollywood Script Consultant; Author, Writing Screenplays That Sell

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Gaspard was in filmmaking for 20 years, as a writer, director and producer.

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