The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking

From Preproduction to Festivals and Distribution

Dan Mirvish

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317289869
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

In The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, celebrated Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish offers a rich exploration of the process and culture of making low-budget, independent films. Once labelled a "cheerful subversive" by The New York Times, Mirvish shares his unfiltered pragmatic approach to scriptwriting, casting, directing, producing, managing a crew, post-production, navigating the film festival circuit, distributing your film, dealing with piracy and building a career. Readers will learn how to game the Hollywood system to their advantage, get their films accepted by respected festivals without going broke, and utilize a broad range of media and tactics to promote and distribute their work. A companion website features behind-the-scenes interviews and footage from Dan's films, and much more.

• Learn everything you need to know to make, promote, and distribute your independent films, with time-tested lessons and practical advice on scriptwriting, casting and directing A-list actors, financing, producing, managing a crew, editing in post, creating visual effects on a budget, and successuflly navigating the film festival circuit
• Find out what it takes to become a true "cheerful subversive" and adopt new and innovative approaches to producing your films, discover hidden loopholes in the Hollywood system and festival scene, take advantage of a broad range of media formats to promote and distribute your indie films, and generally make bold moves in service of your creative work, all while staying flexible enough to pivot at a moment's notice

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• An extensive companion website features in-depth interviews with filmmakers, more than an hour of behind-the-scenes footage from Dan Mirvish's films, festival resources, and much more

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Index

1. 311 139
2. 48-Hour Film Festival 130

1. About Schmidt 90
2. Abrams, JJ 32, 127, 200
3. Academy Awards see Oscars
4. Accountant, The 196
5. ADR (automated dialogue replacement) 58
6. Adventureland 162
7. Adweek 182
8. Affleck, Ben 167
9. AFI Film Festival 82, 163
10. After Sunset 131
11. Agrajante, Juan 107
12. Aliens 2
13. Allen, Woody 5–6, 32, 59, 68, 83
14. Alpha 184
15. Alpha1 73
16. Altman, Dana xvii, 21–2, 43, 48, 119, 140, 157–8, 160, 171
17. Altman, Kathryn 22
18. Altman, Robert 6, 11, 21–3, 48, 51, 56, 58–9, 65, 83, 89, 97, 158, 160
19. Alverson, Rick 181
20. Amazing Race 44
21. American Airlines 114–15
22. American Film Institute (AFI) 82
23. American Hardcore 20
24. American Kickboxer II xvi, 45–7, 86, 107, 123, 208
25. American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 69, 82, 186
26. Andersen, Arthur 214–15
27. Anderson, Andy “Oslo” 78–9
28. Anderson, Jill 22, 82, 90,
29. Anderson, Paul Thomas 72
30. Anderson, Wes 72, 97
31. Andrade, Javier 74
32. Apatow, Judd 72
33. Apocalypse Now 136
34. Arkin, Alan 21
35. Aronofsky, Darren 44
36. Arrested Development 202
37. Arteta, Miguel 197
38. Artis, Anthony xvii
39. Astérix au...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Getting Started
• Shooting the Movie
• Finishing with Abandon
• Festing in Style
• Distributing and Beyond
• Epilogue
• Index