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The movie industry started with home movies. Now, 100-plus years later, technology has come full circle and once again the film industry is drawing product from people like you and me, working in our home.
At the Great Home Movie School we take you through the process of making great home movies (or great movies at home). It doesn't matter if it's a video of a birthday party or a full length feature film, the techniques are the same. We seek to provide you with a simple series of steps to make your films look great.
New Audio Books for the Film and Video Maker.
The first book is free.
I have been making movies and teaching filmmaking for decades. Over the past few years I created a series of recorded books on various topics for directors. In an effort to get this information to more people, I am giving away the first book in the series for free.
The free book is called "Before You Shoot: A Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Prep," by Director and Cinematographer Jeffrey Seckendorf. It discusses and describes a simple, elegant system to prep any film or video project. This book will give you an organized method to prep and will guide you through each step.
To listen to Chapter 1 of "Before You Shoot,"
[ Click here! ](http://www.OneOnOneFilmTraining.com/mp3/Before_You_Shoot_Chap_01.mp3)
The most valuable commodity any director or producer has is time. Every part of film and video production must be geared to give the director the most amount of time to do the job. Every element of prep relates back to working in a way that gives you the most time to do each task, be it as complicated as blocking a huge scene or as seemingly simple as reading a script.
All prep, regardless of whether it is for film or video, narrative or documentary, commercial or music video, starts with the written material. The book discusses what to read and how to read it so you use your time in the most efficient manner possible.
Integrating the story into your written notes allows you to communicate your ideas to those around you. "Before you Shoot" looks at the list of people who will collaborate with you on your movie and how you can prepare to communicate your ideas to those artists.
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This book, and the books that follow, emerged from the mission statement of One On One Film Training:
Explore filmmaking in an intense, individual environment. From prep through photography and post, One On One Film Training offers a private, comprehensive program in visual storytelling.
After mentoring and guiding thousands of filmmakers, I have learned exactly what filmmakers need to do to start a project, and that's what this book is about: techniques for story boards and shot lists, testing, working with vendors, how to collect reference material. This book tells you how to do all this work as you create a prep schedule and then stick to it.
All of this is the core of great film and video making. The preparation creates a solid foundation for every project, but it's amazing how many people never learn to prep correctly. I've seen directors show up on set, or to a meeting, with shoe boxes filled with notes and no idea what to say. Be organized. That's what this book is about.
My goal as a film educator is to help people become better, more prepared directors, and that's why this book is going out the door for free. The rest of the series you'll have to buy, but this one is critical
