Art and War of Directing Student, Low & No Budget Movies

This is a very practical advice book for directors, actors, writers, and producers that would self-describe as being "new" through "intermediate" in the world of independent filmmaking with an eye to a career in the wild world of entertainment.

Art and War of Directing Student, Low & No Budget Movies includes two sections, one with 66 lessons and the other with 21 guideposts, that will help you accomplish making your own student, low or no-budget film.

For those concentrating on acting, there are some inspirational stories "from the trenches" and the writer's insights into topics such as headshots, resumes, monologues, body art, and the sometimes controversial topics of "should I join the Union?" and even the sticky subject of "Fi-Core."

This primer for creating and participating in independent films, television & web-series also cross-references several other books and resources in the various aspects of entertainment that readers will find useful in their creative journey.

About the author
Having made film and video projects since High School, Mike Messier is an 81 Award-Winning producer, screenwriter, director, playwright, script consultant, and TV host. Mike is also the creator of the Avalonia Festival of Short Films etc. avaloniafestival.com

Mike's screenplayFight or Play Basketball won First Prize in the New England Story category of the Rhode Island International Film Festival among several other notable accolades. The novel version of Fight or Play Basketball is now available on Amazon.

Mike’s knowledge of Boxing came in handy in his role as script consultant on Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story, in which Mike wrote many of the voiceovers as spoken by hip-hop icon Dr. Dre.

Mike’s other books include A Distance from Avalon: when the dying and the dead reunite andBad Girls with Good Tattoos; both are also available on Amazon.

Mike won a Best Actor award from The Alternative Film Festival for his portrayal of Jean La Croix Distance in Seduction of Distance, a short film that serves as a proof of concept video for the screenplay version of A Distance from Avalon. Many of Mike's projectscan be enjoyed on 1 Man and a Camera Films YouTube Channel and 1 Artist Mike Messier YouTube Channel.