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4 unusual facts about Guerrilla filmmaking


Guerrilla filmmaking

No permits were secured (or sought) for the ultra-low-budget documentary, which was funded through the sale of used books at the book stand during shooting and a small grant from the Playboy Foundation.

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The advent of digital cameras and home computer editing systems such as Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Premiere are a contributing factor to the increase in guerrilla filmmaking.

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Mists (Derivas) directed and produced by Portuguese filmmaker Ricardo Costa, premiered at 60th Venice Film Festival, 2003, and released in New York at the Quad Cinema in 2011, is a radical example of this practice.

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Lloyd Kaufman has written the books All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger and Make Your Own Damn Movie! which outline his philosophy of quick and inexpensive independent film.



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