Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television [Paperback]

Five keys to creating authentic, distinctive work, whether you are a student, professional or simply love making films on your own
ForCreative Filmmaking from the Inside Out,three professors at the renowned University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television interviewed fifteen outstanding filmmakers, then distilled their insights into the Five I's of creativity. Learn how to:

• Uncover your unique creative voice (Introspection)
• Work from real-life observations and experience (Inquiry)
• Draw on your nonconscious wells of creativity (Intuition)
• Strengthen your creative collaborations (Interaction)
• Communicate at the deepest level with your audience (Impact)

This comprehensive approach provides practical exercises that will enrich and transform your work, whether you are looking for a story idea, lighting a set, editing a scene or selecting a music cue.
The participating filmmakers, who have collectively won or been nominated for 39 Oscars and 27 Emmys, are:
Anthony Minghella, writer-director(The English Patient);Kimberly Peirce, writer-director(Boys Don't Cry);John Lasseter, writer-director-producer(Toy Story);John Wells, writer-producer(ER);Hanif Kureishi, writer(My Beautiful Laundrette);Pamela Douglas, writer(Between Mother and Daughter);Renee Tajima-Peña, director-producer(My America...or, Honk If You Love Buddha);Ismail Merchant, producer(The Remains of the Day);Jeannine Oppewall, production designer(L.A. Confidential);Conrad L. Hall, cinematographer(American Beauty);Kathy Baker, actor(Picket Fences);Walter Murch, sound designer-editor(Apocalypse Now);Lisa Fruchtman, editor(The Right Stuff);Kate Amend, editor(Into the Arms of Strangers);and James Newton Howard, composer(The Sixth Sense).Carroll Hodge, Jed DannenbaumandDoe Mayerare professionallƒO