The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide

Name: The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780240824154
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A Down & Dirty DV Production

By Anthony Artis

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The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide by Anthony Artis is a practical manual for aspiring documentary filmmakers eager to create compelling films with limited time, budget, and experience. This updated second edition expands on the guerrilla filmmaking approach, offering guidance on using DSLR cameras, lighting techniques, postproduction, and distribution in the digital age. Packed with over 500 full-colour illustrations, useful tips, and expert advice, it covers essential topics such as fundraising, lens selection, international shooting, 4K format, mobile filming, and more. A companion website provides video tutorials, storyboards, equipment guides, and checklists to support your filmmaking journey.
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This guide is ideal for beginner to intermediate filmmakers, especially those interested in documentary work who want to maximise their creativity and production value on a tight budget. It is suitable for students, independent filmmakers, and anyone keen on hands-on, practical advice for shooting documentaries with minimal resources.

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Description

To anyone who wants to make a doc but doesn’t have a lot of time, money, or experience, Anthony Artis says: "It’s time to get down and dirty!"—a filmmaking mentality that teaches you how to be creative with your resources and do more with less.

Written by a guerrilla filmmaker for guerrilla filmmakers, this all new edition of a bestselling classic doesn’t just tell you, it shows you how to make your projects better, faster, and cheaper and has been updated to include:

Fresh coverage of DSLR cameras, new lighting gear, visual storytelling, postproduction techniques, and distribution in an online era.
500+ full colour illustrations, timesaving tips, and practical input from filmmakers that you can immediately apply to your own projects.
New sections on fundraising, choosing lenses, shooting internationally, the 4K format, shooting on iPhones, previsualization, wireless microphones, dolly and slider shots, staging remote interviews, transcripts, and more.
This bonus website (www.focalpress.com/cw/artis) features video and audio tutorials, storyboards, releases, equipment guides, and checklists.

Hustle up a winning documentary crew and choose the right equipment for the job. Learn to shoot more polished, professional-looking footage and interviews on any budget, any camera, any time.

Plan through all the obstacles, avoid common filmmaking pitfalls and tighten your lighting, audio, and visual storytelling skills before you hit the streets. The hotly anticipated second edition of The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide will help you do all this and more!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780240824154

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 May 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Focal Press

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 500 Halftones, color

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1034g

Pages: 400

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Anthony Artis Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Anthony Q. Artis is a 20-year veteran of the film and TV industry whose features and TV shows have screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the IFP Market, Slamdance, and Cinequest, as well as on MTV and the Independent Film Channel. He has worked professionally in positions as diverse as producer, gaffer, and cinematographer, and survived more low-budget shoots than he cares to admit. He remains an active filmmaker, Adjunct Professor of film and TV at NYU and is the author of the bestselling Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide (2007), The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide (2010) and numerous filmmaking courses on Lynda.com.