Commando Tactics for Digital Filmmakers

by Craig D. Forrest

Overview

In his signature book, award-winning television producer-director-writer & documentary filmmaker, Craig D. Forrest, provides a wealth of valuable production insights - a field manual of sorts - that include strategies, wisdom, tips and tactics meant to inspire your next digital film or video shoot to be truly professional, organized and effective.

Craig's sage advice - both successes and failures - is drawn from a professional career of extensive world travel, diverse media projects and dangerous overseas assignments for leading networks, channels, agencies and groups scattered across the globe.

Chapters include Story, Directing, Communication, Planning, Decision-Making, Clients/Talent, Interviewing, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Budget, Editing, Travel, Culture, Teamwork and Taboos. Each chapter also features insider knowledge provided by famous directors, savvy creative talent and notable filmmakers. Whether you're a novice or pro, their practical wisdom alone adds invaluable insight to a filmmaking book designed to be a production benchmark.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615495477
Publisher:	Windsock Press
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.55(d)
Age Range:	15 Years

About the Author

Craig D. Forrest is the Owner/Producer of Windsock Films and an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has directed in & traveled to 144 countries shooting on 6 continents. He earned a Doctor of Fine Arts in Redemptive Filmmaking from Kingdom Seminary, an M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University and a B.Sc. in Theology from Bethany University. Most recently, Craig has served as an Adjunct Professor of Media Production at Pepperdine University.