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HOLLYWOOD ON $5,000, $10,000, OR $25,000 A DAY
The Survival Guide for Low-Budget Filmmakers
Philip Gaines and David J. Rhodes, 225 pages, 51/2x81/2, 1-879505-16-9, $10.95 paper
“This book goes to the heart of the matter, where few others about low-budget moviemaking have dared to go before. That might sound like the narration for a real B-movie trailer, but in this case, it’s all true. I’m not sure the inside information in this book should be handed out so glibly, but if you’re planning to try your hand at a low-budget picture, you must buy this book, right after you buy mine.”
— Roger Corman, producer/director and author of How I Made a Hundred Movies in
Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime
 
   
 

Low-budget filmmakers need to stretch every dollar to the maximum. This no-hold-barred book reveals insiders’ secrets of how to beg, borrow, and steal whatever you don’t have the money to buy.

Among the many cost-cutting techniques that Gaines and Rhodes offer are ways to option and acquire scripts for free, how to get union actors to work for less than scale, and how to rent equipment and secure locations for nothing. These and many other essential budget-stretchers—from basic organizing principles to specific pre-production, production and post-production tips—are discussed with reference to films that succeeded (and prospered) through the use of such “secret” techniques.

Anyone thinking about producing a movie with a budget between $50,000 and $750,000 will find this book a necessity.
Philip Gaines produced his first feature, Night Terror, for $32,000; his first most recent feature, Outlanders, cost slightly more than $3.5 million. He has produced over a dozen other feature films as well as documentaries for PBS and music videos.

David J, Rhodes has won several awards for his short film Crystal Night. He has worked as a director of photography on several features and has appeared as a guest lecturer on film production at numerous universities.
 
 
   
 
   
 
     
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