About the Book:
So you want to make a documentary, but think you don't have a lot of time, money, or experience? It's time to get down and dirty! Down and dirty is a filmmaking mindset. It's the mentality that forces you to be creative with your resources. It's about doing more with less.
Get started NOW with this book and DVD set. The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide is a one-stop shop written by a guerrilla filmmaker, for guerrilla filmmakers. You will learn how to make your project better, faster, and cheaper. The pages are crammed with full-color tutorials, tips from the pros, resources, checklists and charts, making it easy to find what you need fast.
What people say:
"The key to Artis' style is his instant accessibility. He strives to give daunting, complicated technical and aesthetic concepts total and immediate clarity…. he's as attentive to the subjective, intangible aspects of filmmaking (such as working with crews and interview subjects) as he is to the objective, technical ones…. Most of this information is as applicable to fiction filmmakers as documentarians, making Artis' book a handy guide for a wide range of beginning independent directors and cameramen." — American Cinematographer
"Anthony Artis' The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide is a good primer for the entry-level documentary filmmaker, presented in a breezy, down-to-earth vernacular style." — Thomas White, for Documentary Magazine
"I vouch for this book…extremely helpful for the newborn documentary filmmaker." — Albert Maysles, Grey Gardens
"The book is a very easy, straightforward read with plenty of graphics to demonstrate proper and improper techniques…. It is also extremely user friendly in its layout…. [It] will be helpful to you for many, many years to come." — Microfilmmaker Magazine
"The book has a luxury presentation that makes you feel like a successful filmmaker — or that you soon will be — from the word go…. Carried out in full colour, which makes a relief from too many academic tomes, its 296 pages are chock-a-block with very useful illustrations. But the clincher seem to be the DVD which is all part of the package. You're a filmmaker, after all. A visual artist. Why would you want to spend all your time reading when you can be watching and learning." — British Film Magazine
"Anthony Artis has consolidated years of practical, professional experience into the quintessential blueprint for documentary filmmakers. I have used the techniques in this book on my documentary and narrative film projects, knowing that budget should never stop a filmmaker from seeing his or her vision through. I highly recommend this book if you want to turn your limitations into assets. Now shut up and shoot!" — Pete Chatmon, Writer/Producer/Director, PREMIUM and 761st
"Plain and simple, nuts and bolts on making documentary films. It's told in a conversational manner with no wasted or minced words and most importantly no BS! Few books of this type would mention how important it is to take care of your crew and how that can dramatically improve the outcome of your film. Definitely told from an insiders point of view with useful and practical info that won't go over your head." — Cliff Charles, DP, When the Levees Broke
About the Author:
Anthony Artis is a 15-year veteran of the film and TV industry whose features and shows have been screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the IFP Feature Market, Slamdance, and on MTV. He is the manager of the Film and TV Production Center at New York University's renowned film school.