Rating: - THE REEL/REAL DEAL ON HOLLYWOOD
Wanna produce, direct or write a movie? Buy Dov's book. Period. This 400+ volume should cost $100,000 dollars on the open market, 'cos that's what it's worth, in valuable information alone. You've all heard how film schools like USC, UCLA, NYU all teach film theory? They do. And it's a waste of time, unless you wanna teach theory or study theory in Hollywood.

If you wanna make movies, forget those $80,000-dollar film schools, take Dov's 2-day course, and start your career in film producing, directing, shooting, lighting, writing, selling, dealing, financing, etc.

If you can't do your own film after taking his seminar or reading this gem, then stick with your day job and tell everyone you "tried."

Dov's book, FROM REEL TO DEAL, is transcribed from his seminars, so it sounds VERY conversational, like he's sitting right in front of you, while you kick back in a comfy wingback chair, and he's showing you everything you need to succeed in Hollywood. It feels like your own private lecture, and it's not the typical college lecture, either. This man stimulates, drives, energizes, empowers. He shows and he tells.

What's most important in Dov's book is that he cuts to the chase and leaves out the film-school theory. This is a practical approach to film making, from A to Z and beyond that jumps right into (abbreviated list):
1. Producers: who they are, what they do, how they do it
2. Indie vs. Studios: which one are you? Do you have the money to write those 38 different checks during preproduction, production and postproduction?
3. The SCRIPT: it's gotta be great! Dov shows you the formula all the A-list scripters use, the TOP SECRET one with all the plot highs and lows that stimulate an audience
4. Registering and Copyrighting your work: you only need it if you're going to court. Just make the movie!
5. Forming your own production company: set up an LLC, get partners, option scripts, etc.
6. Financing: call on those wealthy dentists in town, the ones who donate to the ballet, theatre, symphony. They don't get back anything from those entities, do they? Tell them how they'll make a mint from financing your movie. If not dentists, call lawyers, other doctors, wealthy grandmas!
7. Budgets: what it REALLY costs to make a movie in Hollywood! I mean, the REAL DEAL here. How much producers, directors and actors get paid for each type of budget; how much film stock costs; how much the belwo-the-line talent costs, etc.
8. Equipment and Film: how to get the best deals with a little haggling, and how to get them to help you find a great crew.
9. Sound and Lighting: finding the best sound and lighting technicians, with their own equipment, and what to look for in each type of worker
10. Directing: a crash course in how to talk with and move those "movable props" called actors
11. Production Crew: how to find the best, hire them for cheap, feed them well, treat them like gold, and have them do the best jobs for you
12. Postproduction: picture editing, sound editing, music score, ADR, Foley, mix, M&E and opticals
13. Filmmaking, from A to Z: how to do a low-budget medium-budget, and a high-budget movie; how to maximize your resources
14. Publicity and Film Festivals: how to get your movie seen by the Who's Who of Hollywood and the World
15. Distribution: who they are, what they do, how they do it, and how to get the best deal from them
16. The Game Plan: a. get the script; b. get the $$$; c. hire great people; d. publicity (trades); e. get ready to shoot; f. more publicity . . . and read this great book to find out more!

Quentin Tarentino, Robert Rodriguez, Guy Ritchie et al. all took Dov's course and launched their careers! Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Michael Jackson et al. took Dov's course and enhanced their careers.

Are these people much different from you? If you have talent and drive and energy, you can do it. Dov's book shows you how.

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