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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.

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.

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.

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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