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Scott Haskin
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Scott Haskin
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So you want to get into the amazing world of film composition! Getting started is one of the biggest challenges. This book offers many suggestions that could help you find your path to great success. Where do you start? What kind of equipment might you need? How do you meet people that will help you? What other skills might you need to have apart from the ability to write beautiful music?
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Long before Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled through time in a flying DeLorean, director Robert Zemeckis and his friend and writing partner Bob Gale worked tirelessly to break into the industry with a hit. For the first time ever, the story of how these two young filmmakers struck lightning is being told by those who witnessed it. We Don't Need Roads includes original interviews with Zemeckis, Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Huey Lewis, and over 50 others who contributed to one of the most popular and profitable film trilogies of all time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great for fans - good for others.
- By Pete Johns on 06-25-15
By: Caseen Gaines
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Make Noise
- A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling
- By: Eric Nuzum
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Make Noise brings all the wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking that any individual or business needs to make a successful podcast. He identifies core principles - such as create empathetically, i.e., think like the audience listens, and stay focused on what’s unique to you and what you have to say. He helps listeners come up with a “Ten Word Description” that will guide them throughout the creative process and then gets into how-tos - how to develop character, story, voice, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, thought provoking.
- By William Scott on 09-05-20
By: Eric Nuzum
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Ditch the Pitch
- By: Steve Yastrow
- Narrated by: Steve Yastrow
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 210
In today's world, customers don't want to hear sales pitches, but many salespeople still rely on them. In this breakthrough audiobook, Steve Yastrow, founder of a successful business strategy consulting firm, asks us to throw out everything we've been taught about pitching to customers. His advice: "Tear up your sales pitch and instead improvise persuasive conversations."
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2 out of 5 stars
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A bad strawman pitch on why pitching doesn't work
- By Jeff Gibbard on 01-09-21
By: Steve Yastrow
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Producer to Producer
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-Budget Independent Film Producing
- By: Maureen A. Ryan
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
This is a comprehensive bible to low-budget film production for emerging and professional producers. Structured to guide the listener through production meetings, every aspect of the film-production process is outlined in detail. Invaluable checklists - which begin 12 weeks before shooting and continue through principal (and secondary) photography and postproduction - keep the filmmaker on track and on target.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Famastic Resource - Get the Hard Copy
- By Kathleen on 04-12-21
By: Maureen A. Ryan