Breaking into Showbiz: The Complete Guide to Finding Work in Movies and Television Plr Ebook

Table of Contents

1 SO YOU WANNA MAKE MOVIES… 5
2 HOLLYWOOD STORIES.. 7
SETH MACFARLANE 7
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ 8
LLOYD KAUFMAN 9
3 CHOOSING YOUR FIELD.. 10
WRITING 11
ART 12
4 LEARN BY DOING.. 14
ONE A DAY 14
DO WHAT YOU WILL DO 15
FIND A COLLABORATOR 15
5 MAKING YOUR DEMO REEL.. 16
WHAT’S A DEMO REEL? 16
MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIE 16
6 THE NEW NETWORKING.. 19
PUT YOUR DEMO REEL ONLINE 19
SUBMIT YOUR WORK! 19
MAKE FRIENDS! 20
7 SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION.. 22
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SELF PROMOTION 22
A LOOK AT LIL’ WAYNE 23
IMPROVING YOUR VISIBILITY 24
8 DOING FAVORS… 26
BE HUMBLE 26
BE HELPFUL 26
BE GRACIOUS 27
9 MAKING YOUR WAY OUTSIDE OF L.A… 28
INTERNET! 29
10 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS: SELF DISTRIBUTION 30
THE DOOR IS WIDE OPEN 30
FOR COMPOSERS 31
FOR FILMMAKERS 31
WEB TV 33

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SO YOU WANNA MAKE MOVIES…

…Or a television program. Well here’s the first thing you need to know…

It IS Possible!

Believe it or not, it is entirely possible to get into film and television no matter who you are, no matter your background, no matter where you live or what you do for a living or what you’re good at or… Well, what we’re saying is anyone can get there.

It seems impossible, it seems like, no matter what you do, it takes the sort of luck you’d need to win the lottery, it seems like it’s just plain not going to happen, but… well, put it this way: SOMEBODY has to make movies and television, right?

Yes, it’s easier if you’re lucky, it’s easier if you’re Francis Ford Coppola’s son, it’s easier if your family is rich enough to finance your movies for you, but in the end, the Martin Scorseses of the world, the Greg Nicoteros, even the Roger Cormans, they don’t become legends of directing or movie makeup and effects or producing by simply getting lucky. They had the will, the passion and the talent to create truly spectacular films (or in Corman’s case, some truly spectacular films and a lot of marketable junk).

So, somebody has to make movies and television, and if you want to put the work in, if you want to study the art of film (and the business and marketing side, while you’re at it) and learn your craft, then that somebody could be you.

It all comes down to taking your far off, pie in the sky dream, and turning it into something practical and pragmatic: A Plan.