For those of you following filmmaking stuff, you know that I have been working on an awesome and comprehensive filmmaking book for quite some time.
I am pleased to announce that the filmmaking book is almost complete. (Update – the book is complete and available here.)
One of the biggest challenges I had was coming up with a title. Thankfully one of our Filmmaking Stuff readers wrote me on the Filmmaking Stuff facebook wall: “How about: Filmmaking Stuff-The Book.”
While the idea seemed simple, the more I thought about it – the more I realized this was the correct course of action! First of all, most of you know me (or you do now) and secondly, if you didn't know about Filmmaking Stuff, after reading the book you will. I look at this as a win-win for our growing community.
The next step was coming up with a synopsis. I had something written down, but my friend, screenwriter Jurgen Wolff took my crappy writing and cleaned it up a bit. As a result, the following sums up the book pretty well:
“The future of filmmaking is not Hollywood. It's the thousands of independent filmmakers empowered by the digital revolution. This book shows them how to write the script, use crowdfunding to raise the money, make the journey from screenplay to screen, distribute the movie, and build an audience anxious to see their next one.”
Once I had the content, the title and the synopsis, the next task was creating a preliminary cover design. For this, I chose the famed graphic artist, Ian Hannin.
As a sneak peek, I have included the current iteration of our cover design. You can tell that the cover is based on the aesthetics of the filmmaking stuff site – which is intentional brand consistency.
Right now I am awaiting some quotes from some VIP filmmaker types. I have reached out the usual suspects. And I am eager to get this book into YOUR hands.
With that said, the book is almost ready for the presses. I will initially release it as a hard cover book that you can order through Amazon and other retailers.
Then later, you will be able to grab a copy on your kindle. If you want to be the first to know about the book, make sure you sign up for the Filmmaking Stuff mailing list.
Anyway, happy filmmaking!
(Super excited to get this Filmmaking Book into YOUR hands!)
