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      Cheap Movie Tricks: How to Shoot a Short Film for Under $2,000

      By Rickey Bird

      Copyright © 2017 Rickey Bird.

      Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

      Cover Design: Rickey Bird

      Layout & Design: Roberto Nunez

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      Library of Congress Cataloging:

      Name: Rickey Bird

      Cheap Movie Tricks: How to Shoot a Film for Less Than $2,000

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017906610

      ISBN: (paperback) 978-1-63353-543-5, (ebook) 978-1-63353-544-2

      BISAC category code PER004010 PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production

      Printed in the United States of America

      Dedicated to the strongest woman I know

      Anita Catherine Vivo-Williams

      I love you always Grammy

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       Introduction to Short Films

       Big Tricks, Small Packages

       Chapter One

       Starting Your Film Project

       Chapter Two

       Stories That Don’t Suck

       Chapter Three

       No Room for Crappy Scripts

       Chapter Four

       What to Do with Your $2,000?

       Chapter Five

       This Movie Needs Style!

       Chapter Six

       Hey, You Look Like a Star!

       Chapter Seven

       Action! (Almost)

       Chapter Eight

       Monsters, Guns, Blood. Oh My!

       Chapter Nine

       Shoot Days

       Chapter Ten

       The Experience of Sensory Detail

       Chapter Eleven

       What Did You Do to My Movie?

       Chapter Twelve

       Your Marketing Matters

       Chapter Thirteen

       Time for Some Reel Tests!

       Chapter Fourteen

       Film Festivals

       Chapter Fifteen

       Getting a Feature Deal

       The Bonus Chapter

       How to Film a KILL SCENE

      Introduction to Short Films

      Big Tricks, Small Packages

      Hey, you, with the camera. Yeah, you—the aspiring filmmaker. We’ve been watching you, trying to get your attention for a while now. Want to know something?

      We believe in you.

      That’s right. You probably didn’t realize this, but we know you’re a little lost right now, not knowing how to use that camera, attempting to figure out what kind of story to tell, planning a budget (that you don’t have) for set, makeup, actors, editing, sound and light. You’ve really created an unreachable fantasy. Anyway, listen up. You can make quality indie short films. You really can.

      For starters, you need to get your butt off the couch. Uh oh. You’re not on the couch? You’re locked in a closet? You’re actually sitting in the dark thinking your movie dreams might be over? Is it that bad? Stop this nonsense.

      Quit crying about not having a $25,000 budget for that short film you always wanted to make about two psycho lovers, or the one about that zombie who can live without his head while wandering aimlessly through Hollywood searching for it. You don’t need that much money to pull it off. And no more whining. A film school degree is not the only thing that will help you hone those indie filmmaking skills you desperately need to grow.

      Got

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