You don't need to go to university to make films, and 161 Secrets for a New Filmmaker offers you 161 practical strategies to make your films a world-changing experience!

This book suggests solutions to overcome the small and big crises of filmmaking: from how to finish (or start...) your script, how to deal with jealous actors, abandoned lovers, rebellious crews, furious landlords, and the angriest investors, to what you should do when you finally complete your film.

This book is a valuable guide. Veteran film school instructors, Camille Landau and Tiare White, draw from their own experiences and those of other filmmakers to show you how to make a film on your own terms, regardless of who or what stands in your way.

Filled with lively anecdotes, warm humor, and healthy common sense, it includes, among other things, the following sections:

• How to hold meetings with ten-year-olds to discuss your script
• With shyness, you achieve nothing / Which shyness leads nowhere
• What are the wonders of duct tape
• How to invent your own fame
• What are the ten responses to the question 'Are you done?'
• Don't fall in love with a member of your cast or crew (but if you do...)

[Excerpt from a text on the publisher's website]