Making a Winning Short

Download or read book Making a Winning Short written by Edmond Levy and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a Winning Short is the first book to give hands-on instruction on how to write, direct, edit, and produce a fictional short in film or video. Edmond Levy guides the beginning filmmaker step-by-step through the stages of making a short: writing the script (from developing the idea to fine-tuning the final draft), launching production, casting, and working with the actors, working with the crew, directing the camera, editing, and other aspects of post-production. He devotes a separate chapter to Hi-8 video and gives a list of short-film festivals, both domestic and international.