Make Your Own Damn Movie Secrets of a Renegade Director

A Guerrilla Film School Textbook From America's Legendary Renegade Filmmaker Sick of all the cookie-cutter plots in Hollywood films? Do you walk out of the movie theater and say, "I can do better than that," but don't know how? Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger, says, Make your own damn movie! Make Your Own Damn Movie! packs three decades of cinematic know-how into one fantastic book that shows how to take your truly independent vision from conception to completion! Make Your Own Damn Movie! is a hilarious yet informative crash course in filmmaking, written for anyone who's ever wanted to make movies but didn't know how! Using real-life examples from Kaufman's own thirty years in the business, Make Your Own Damn Movie! illustrates step-by-step: * Financing! (That's Getting Money) * Scriptwriting! * Budgeting! * Getting Cast and Crew for No Money! * Pre-Production! * Production! * Post-Production! (That's Finishing the Movie...See, You're Learning Already!) * Marketing Your Own Damn Movie! Using the World-Famous "Troma System" of Filmmaking and Marketing-Which has brought you films like The Toxic Avenger, Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical, and Kevin Costner in Sizzle Beach U.S.A.-you'll be making your own damn movie in no time. In typical Troma fashion, Make Your Own Damn Movie! is both informative and entertaining. So whether you want to learn how to make movies or read about how Kaufman convinces actors and actresses to get naked for little or no money, Make Your Own Damn Movie! is the book for you!Kaufman, Lloyd is the author of 'Make Your Own Damn Movie Secrets of a Renegade Director', published 2003 under ISBN 9780312288648 and ISBN 0312288646.