"Mahaffy has staked out a quiet reputation as one of our most accomplished and necessary independent auteurs." Filmmaker Magazine "A must-read for all writer-directors, whether you're about to make your first short or have already directed three features. This book is written by a low-budget warrior who's been to the front lines and returned full of battle-born insight and strategic concepts that can't be found in any other book." Mike Ryan, Producer (Junebug, The Turin Horse, Fay Grim, The Comedy, Old Joy, Choke, ...
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"Mahaffy has staked out a quiet reputation as one of our most accomplished and necessary independent auteurs." Filmmaker Magazine "A must-read for all writer-directors, whether you're about to make your first short or have already directed three features. This book is written by a low-budget warrior who's been to the front lines and returned full of battle-born insight and strategic concepts that can't be found in any other book." Mike Ryan, Producer (Junebug, The Turin Horse, Fay Grim, The Comedy, Old Joy, Choke, Palindromes) "Jake Mahaffy is one of very, very few people I'd trust to write this book. Unlike most writers who hawk their filmmaking philosophies, he's actually put extraordinary work up on the screen. And unlike most legit filmmakers (who tend to be a little insane), he's got the patience and trust to communicate clearly what he's learned over his decades in the microbudget trenches. I envy the next generation of artists having this book as a resource and inspiration..." Andrew Bujalski, Director (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Computer Chess, Results, There There) "For years Jake Mahaffy has forged very unique paths to making modest in scale but high form works of World Cinema... Lucky for those eager to make films, Jake has thoughtfully detailed his approach in a way that is both very structured and open to filmmaker's for their own use. Mahaffy gets into the core principles of his approach, backed up with a broad set of references that illustrate how others have used similar tactics to make great films with limited means." Michael Bowes, Oscar-winning Producer (American Fiction, John and the Hole, Rubberneck, Far From Afghanistan) "... Mahaffy has created multiple shorts and features that are distinctive, with powerful stories told in a way that is truly independent. He has turned limited resources into his unique style and poetry, you don't forget his imagery. Plus he has taught filmmaking for decades, so why not learn low budget filmmaking straight from the source?"Mike Plante, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival "Mahaffy has put into words things that I didn't know how to express and provided simple tools I can't believe I overlooked. I've not read another book on filmmaking that's both accessible and profoundly rich." Gabe McCauley, Director of the Emmy-winning series Reconnecting Roots
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JoeT
Oct 30, 2008
Good Deal
The book was good. Had some markings. Both the CDs were included.
GubbiKiMaa
May 16, 2007
Worth the money - If you are a novice
The book is easy to follow and lays out its explanations extremely well over the first seven chapters. So well infact that I actually read some of the stuff that was not required reading in it and quite enjoyed myself and learnt something. The practice problems are tricky and the Case Studies complicated but not beyond ones scope. The second half of the book covers slightly simpler content but one or two chapters are not as well written and here the case studies become killers. But if you live through these couple the book then proceeds to acquit itself well through the rest of the content. Do not expect to find any of the solutions for the problems online - some kind of copyright restriction prevents posting of any of the solutions. The text is accompanied by two CDs. The first disc covers example problems and has complementary premium solver and crystal ball software. The second disc is Microsoft project - which is used only in one chapter. All in all this is a good text book one that you will buy, use and hang onto at the end of the course. Easier to understand than other books that cover similar material, I definitely recommend the book.
