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Fast, Cheap & Under Control

Fast, Cheap Filmmaking Books, Book 1

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Fast, Cheap & Under Control

By: John Gaspard
Narrated by: John Gaspard
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About this listen

Dying to make a feature? Learn from the pros!

It’s like taking a master class in moviemaking…all in one audiobook!

  • Jonathan Demme: The value of cameos.
  • John Sayles: Writing to your resources.
  • Peter Bogdanovich: Long, continuous takes.
  • John Cassavetes: Reshoots.
  • Steven Soderbergh: Rehearsals.
  • George Romero: Casting.
  • Kevin Smith: Skipping film school.
  • Jon Favreau: Creating an emotional connection.
  • Richard Linklater: Poverty breeds creativity.
  • David Lynch: Kill your darlings.
  • Ron Howard: Pre-production planning.
  • John Carpenter: Going low-tech.
  • Robert Rodriguez: Sound thinking.

And more!

Learn the tricks and pitfalls of low-budget filmmaking from 33 successful independent films and the filmmakers who created them. Includes never before published interviews with low-budget mavericks such as Steven Soderbergh, Roger Corman, Jon Favreau, Henry Jaglom, and many more.

Learn the lessons from such classics as Clerks, Night of the Living Dead, Swingers, Open Water, El Mariachi, Slacker, The Blair Witch Project, Eraserhead, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Dark Star, Return of the Secaucus Seven, The Little Shop of Horrors, Caged Heat and Targets.

Are you dying to make a movie? This is the one audiobook that can help you make it a reality.

©2012 John Gaspard (P)2023 John Gaspard Direction & Production Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV

Critic reviews

"We never put out an actual textbook for the Corman School of Filmmaking, but if we did, it would be Fast, Cheap and Under Control." (Roger Corman, producer)

"This terrific little book explains how to make every penny count on the often-arduous journey from script to screen." (John Carpenter, director of Halloween, Starman, Escape from New York)

"A helpful and funny guide for beginners and professionals alike." (Jonathan Demme, director, Silence of the Lambs)
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