Girl Director: A How-to Guide for the First-Time Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker - Softcover

Richards, Andrea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580086756 ISBN 13: 9781580086752

Publisher: Ten Speed Press, 2005

Synopsis

Chock-full of fascinating photographs and colorful directives, GIRL DIRECTOR is an instruction manual, history lesson, scrapbook, and celebration of women and film rolled into one. Director and cinephile Andrea Richards all but hands the reader a camera as she raucously paves the way for young women to make their own films. Sharing tales of the coolest femme filmmakers from history and recounting advice from the best women directors now in the business, Richards explains step by step how anyone can make a film using a standard video camera. Covering such topics as screenwriting, storyboards, set design, editing, distribution, Claymation, music videos, film festivals, and the digital revolution, GIRL DIRECTOR is a must-have handbook for the aspiring auteur of any age.A guide to do-it-yourself filmmaking from a female perspective, featuring accessible expert advice and a hip history of women in film.A must-have reference (and an excellent gift) for tweens, teens, adults, or anyone interested in making movies.Includes specifics on the who, what, where, and how of making low-budget videos and films.

About this title

About the Author

ANDREA RICHARDS is a writer and unabashedly amateur film-maker living in Los Angeles. Richards has written, directed, and produced four short films that have screened at various international festivals and has contributed to publications such as Bitch, Los Angeles Magazine, LA Weekly, and SOMA, and to the anthology Bare Your Soul.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580086756
• ISBN 13: 9781580086752
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128