The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap (Peachpit) (Paperback)
by Stu Maschwitz
ISBN: 0321413644

Price: USD 31.49
50 used & new available from USD 27.25

Summary

A guide to doing things with your indie film that all other books tell you not to do. You will learn the basics of color correction, the basics of safely using guns, the basics of story, more than the basics of production value, and much more. [Continue reading Book Review: The DV Rebel’s Guide …]

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Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by Linda Seger
ISBN: 0573699216

Price: USD 10.15
78 used & new available from USD 4.09

Summary

Dr. Linda Seger, a professional script consultant, breaks down the three act structure. She tells you how to rewrite your good script and make it great. The first few chapters help you write the first draft. [Continue reading Book Review: Making a Good Script Great …]

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Kyle Prohaska from Praise Pictures has some very good points to make about networking. First he talks about networking philosophy, and then discusses networking resources.

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Blastwave FX is offering a free sample pack of 68 effects from their 40 sound effects libraries. The samples are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Unported license, which basically means you can use them for anything you like if you give credit to Blastwave.

It’s a pretty good pack. Probably the best sound effect is a trailer title whoosh, which is really hard to find for free. Highly recommended!

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This is really more of a chuckle than anything else. During the Super Bowl, I saw a trailer for Dreamworks’ new Monsters vs. Aliens movie. Well, one of the monsters is a big blue blob who proclaims that his name is, of all things, Bob! You think they watched iSundae II?

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