Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade DirectorLloyd Kaufman, the writer/producer/director of such cult-classic films as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'Em High, and Tromeo and Juliet, offers a guide to movie-making unlike any other available anywhere. In 25 years, Kaufman, along with partner Michael Herz, has built Troma Studios up from a company struggling to find its voice in a field crowded with competitors to its current--and legendary--status as a lone survivor, a bastion of true cinematic independence, and the world's greatest collection of camp on film. |
Contents
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Getting Your Budget by Any Means Necessary or Why Kidneys Come in Pairs | 27 |
500 Useless Screenwriting Books Boiled Down to One Short Chapter | 29 |
I Was a Troma Screenwriter | 35 |
Meet Your Future VictimsHiring the Crew | 39 |
The Tom Sawyer Theory of Hiring Production Assistants | 43 |
The Troma Historical Recreation Society Proudly Presents Dachau In Poughkeepsie Trent Haaga on Accomodations | 149 |
Theres No Such Thing as Bad Publicity Unless Youre Filming an AfricanAmerican Being Dragged to His Death Behind a Pickup Truck | 159 |
Welcome to Your Nightmare The First 24 Hours of Production | 166 |
The Myth of Eating Properly | 174 |
SoundThe One Thing You Are Most Likely to Fuck Up | 182 |
All I Need To Know About Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger Quite Literally | 187 |
Stunts and Special EffectsHow to Simulate a Violent Death and Stay Out of Jail | 192 |
Tromas EZ Bake Special Effects Recipes for Boys and Girls | 210 |
Dumpster Diving for Fun and Profit | 66 |
Viddy Well Little Brother | 74 |
Get Your Wimmen Nekkid and Other Invaluable Casting Tips | 77 |
I Was a Troma Actor or How I Flushed a Promising and Lucrative Computer Career Straight Down the Crapper | 82 |
Fire Truck Love | 87 |
PreproductionThe Key to Your Future Therapy | 98 |
Covering Your Ass Both Metaphorically and Literally | 112 |
Regarding Backup PlansWherein Lloyd Rejects a Perfectly Good Backup Plan Only to in the End Use It to Great Success or The Midget Story | 117 |
How to See the Inside of a Courtroom | 123 |
LocationsShooting in Society Without Completely Pissing off the Locals | 135 |
Fix It in Post Wherein OnceSolid Relationships of Trust Respect and Mutual Admiration Degenerate into Bickering and Pointless NameCalling | 217 |
Razor Blades Tape and Suicide Attempts Editing the OldFashioned Way | 221 |
The Dark Mysterious Realm of the Associate Editor | 234 |
Marketing Publicity and DistributionWhoring Yourself Out for Your Art Yet Again | 257 |
SemiLegal Ways to Get Noticed at Festivals | 270 |
Planet Cannes | 280 |
Doin Time for Independent Cinema | 286 |
EpilogueThe Big Emotional Spielberg Ending | 303 |
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Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director Lloyd Kaufman,Adam Jahnke,Trent Haaga No preview available - 2003 |