Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies
It’s like taking a Master Class in screenwriting … all in one book!
Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.
"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."—Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond
The book covers (among other topics):
• Academy-Award Winner
Dan Futterman •
(“Capote”) • on writing real stories
Tom DiCillio •
(“Living In Oblivion”) • on turning a short into a feature
Kasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou”) • on writing for a different time period
George Romero •
(“Martin”) • on writing horror on a budget
Rebecca Miller •
(“Personal Velocity”) • on adapting short stories
Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) • on adaptations
• Academy-Award Nominee
Whit Stillman •
(“Metropolitan”) • on cheap ways to make it look expensive
Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) • on making your writing spontaneous
Alex Cox •
(“Repo Man”) • on scaling the script to meet a budget
Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) • on writing history on a budget
Bob Clark •
(“Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”) • on mixing humor and horror
And more!
This is the book for anyone who’s serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!
