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"Hollywood's greatest Film Course" as taught by Dov S-S Simens is now available on 16 audio cassettes!
Why spend more, waste time, and learn less? USC, UCLA & NYU film schools cost $20,000-$80,000, take 2-4 years and dispense only theory.
Now, the critically acclaimed CRASH-COURSE is on 16 audio cassettes so that you don't have to wait for the course to come to you, but you can literally attend film school whenever you want and wherever you are!

16 hours on audio cassette. Only $289!!
listen to Dov's overview:

"Listened to Dov on HFI tapes... Immediately shot Resevoir Dogs" -Quentin Tarantino

"Dov's class is the best two days of film education I ever had." -Spike Lee

Filmmaking

How to physically shoot a feature
Screenwriting The proven low-budget script formula
Directing The 4 directional "musts"
Actors Getting professional actors for $75/day  
Pre-Production The single "absolute must"
Budgeting The tricks and simplified approach
Unions & Guilds The unknown "Secrets" 
Scheduling The 10 most important factors
Film Stock $5,000 buys all your 35mm Stock
Film Labs $10,000 is all they charge
Cameras $4,000 gets you everything
Permits and Insurance  The cheapest way to go
Guerilla Filmmaking  The actual how-to facts
Credit Card Producing Shooting with plastic
Cost-Cutting Over 50 "no-budget" shooting tricks
Publicity How to make your film into a cult classic
Marketing How to get all the studios to call you
Distributors What "is" and "isn't" negotiable
Foreign Sales  The key to getting a foreign agent  
Film Markets  Which 3 to attend
Film Festivals   How to be an "Award-Winning Filmmaker" 
Cable Which networks buy from independents
Home-Video  Maximizing your cassette sales 

INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING:
Producing without studios

PUBLICITY & MARKETING:
Selling The Film

PRE -PRODUCTION PLANNING:
& Preparing for an efficient shoot
FILM MARKETS:
Foriegn sales & pre-selling
SCREENPLAY:
Securing & writing the great script
THE CABLE INDUSTRY:
The exploding market
GUILDS & UNIONS:
Working with and without them
THE HOME VIDEO INDUSTRY
The billion dollar universe
THE SHOOT & THE CREW:
Hiring the best
THE DISTRIBUTION DEAL
Securing a theatrical agreement
DIRECTING
The art and craft
FILMMAKERS GAMEPLAN
Producing and selling your first feature profitably
PRODUCTION
Shooting the film
FILM SCHEDULING
Preparing a production board & organizing your shoot
POST PRODUCTION
Finishing the film
PLUS...
200 Page Producer's Workbook & Syllabus, Director's Diploma and Graduation Certificate.
BUDGETS:
Producing features for $5,000 to $5,000,000
 

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