How to Shoot a Movie Guerilla-Style

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Tip 1 - Shooting Guerilla Style (At Your Own Risk): The 8 Tips You Need to Know

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Anna Dale | permalink

L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. Check out Kroll's blo
Tags: Filmmaker Toolkit: Production,Filmmaker Toolkit: Student Filmmakers

For further reading: http://www.indiewire.com/article/shooting-guerilla-style-at-your-own-risk-the-8-tips-you-need-to-know ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Steer Clear of the Pitfalls of Guerrilla Filmmaking

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by mehee | permalink

Chances are if you look back on the films you've created thus far in your career, the first ones were probably an assortment of run and gun guerrilla films. For those who are just starting out, though, the lack of planning, time, money, and resources can decrease the production value of your project fast, so knowing the issues that are sure to arise during production will help you make your film look better as well as maintain your sanity. Film Riot's Ryan Connolly shares some tips on how to bulletproof your run and gun projects. Check out the video after the break.

For further reading: http://nofilmschool.com/2013/10/steer-clear-of-pitfalls-of-guerrilla-filmmaking ^[2]

Tip 3 - How Guerilla Filmmaking Works - HowStuffWorks

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Bernard Francis | permalink

Guerilla filmmaking is a way to get around some of the costs associated with making movies. See how guerilla filmmaking works.
Tags: filmmaking on a budget, budget filmmaking, guerilla filmmaking

For further reading: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/guerilla-filmmaking.htm ^[3]

Tip 4 - Go Undercover With These 5 Guerrilla Filmmaking Tactics

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Celeron 370 | permalink

Guerrilla Filmmaking can be risky, but sometimes there's no choice. Here are some important planning tips that can help prevent disaster.
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For further reading: http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/go-undercover-with-these-5-guerrilla-filmmaking-tactics/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Want to shoot a movie guerrilla-style in a new city? The top 10 tips the Whatever, Linda team learned on location

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by 402blownstroker | permalink

We shot the exteriors for Whatever, Linda permit-less on the streets of New York and Brooklyn. And in similar fashion, we’ve recently returned from shooting the first leg of our feature film, The Definites, which is centred around the annual Art Basel festival in Miami. Here, then, is a list of 10 tips so that you too can shoot a film quasi-illegally in a foreign country! Aberrant Pictures: Where shooting awesome locations sans permit is a rite of passage…
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For further reading: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/want-to-shoot-a-movie-guerrilla-style-in-a-new-city-the-top-10-tips-the-whatever-linda-team-learned-on-location/article22094610/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - How to Build a guerilla-style camera dolly

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by johnny Cordova | permalink

MatttChapman shows you how to build a guerilla-style camera dolly to add to your filmmaking bag of tricks. This guerilla dolly is so simple, made with a rain gutter and cover from a local hardware store. This is ingenuity at its best. Don't spend a ton of money for a dolly to simply pan, build this rain gutter dolly! Check out his blog, ChappyShowcase.

For further reading: http://cinematography-howto.wonderhowto.com/how-to/build-guerilla-style-camera-dolly-284195/ ^[6]