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Stand-Out Shorts: Shooting and Sharing Your Films Online ReviewI think Stand-Out Shorts would be ideal for the wannabe short digital movie creator who wants to share her movies on the web but needs inspiration, basic information, and the kind of encouragement and moral support one can find in some books (including this one). I find Stand-Out Shorts far less overwhelming that similarly themed books that appear to be written for professional or at least very serious amateur movie makers who have serious money to invest in equipment and movie production, yet it is not a dumbed-down thrown-together guide like so many of the books on digital movie making that I've seen in bookstores and on the web. Many of the digital movie making books I've seen seem to take it for granted that the videographer is going to own or invest in a camcorder costing a thousand and up. In the "Buying a Camera" chapter of Stand-Out Shorts, the author discusses mid-priced camcorders (e.g., a $500 camcorder is mid-priced) and even suggests using the video recording capabilities that are standard with many newer generation DSLRs.
"Making movies is no different than any other creative work," it says on the back cover, "don't wait to be told you're good enough, just pick up the camera and start!" That encapsulates the spirit of Russell Evans' book, and I cannot help but be reminded of Natalie Goldberg's popular book on writing, Writing Down the Bones. As Evans' says in the "Start Here" section on page xi, Stand-Out Shorts is "a distillation of the stuff you need to know, packed into a small space" (though at over 300 pages the book is not that small, and I want to add that it has a detailed index).
Evans' tone is positive, encouraging, inspiring, passionate, and soulful and he conveys what I read as sincere enthusiasm throughout the book (I get no sense of hype or BS from the guy). He is informative and clearly knows his stuff where digital movie making is concerned (and there's a lot to know, which is why it can quickly become overwhelming).
Publisher Focal Press (who consistently prints well-bound books on good quality paper and Stand-Out Shorts is no exception) has a companion website for the book that features 7 additional chapters, including 4 interviews (of an Oscar nominated short filmmaker, a producer, a short film festival director, and a documentarian). (Though Evans makes reference to another website for the book at double-you x 3 standoutshorts dot com, it doesn't appear to be up at the time of this writing.)
Highly recommended to anyone - no big budget or pricey equipment necessary - who wants to get started exploring making short movies and sharing them online.
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