Filmmaking, the definitive resource for filmmakers, blows the doors off the secretive film industry and shows you how to adapt the Hollywood system for your production. Full of thousands of tips, tricks, and techniques from Emmy-winning director Jason Tomaric, Filmmaking systematically takes you through every step of how to produce a successful movie - from developing a marketable idea through selling your completed movie. Whether you're on a budget of $500 or $50 million, Filmmaking reveals some of Hollywood's best-kept secrets. Make your movie and do it right. The companion site includes:Over 30 minutes of high-quality video tutorials featuring over a dozen working Hollywood professionalsIndustry-standard forms and contracts you can use for your productionSample scripts, storyboards, schedules, call sheets, contracts, letters from the producer, camera logs, and press kits 45-minute video that takes you inside the movie that launched Jason's career. 3,000 extras, 48 locations, 650 visual effects-all made from his parent's basement for $25,000. If an aspiring filmmaker has just one book on the shelf, it should be this one. Filmmaking is the most authoritative work on the entire process of making a movie. Through clear writing and hundreds of illustrations, Tomaric shows readers how to take Hollywood-tested techniques and apply them to their own film, regardless of budget. [It can be done! Tomaric got his start by making an award-winning film for $2,000 in his native Ohio.] By contrast, many competing books arent written by industry pros and cover shoddy techniques. The books release is tied to the November launch of FilmSkills.com, an ambitious online film school and joint venture between Tomaric and Focal Press/Elsevier. The book will benefit from a major publicity campaign to filmmakers and film schools.