The Films of Rick Schmidt 1975-2015 (From the Author of Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices Extreme DV).

For all those indie filmmakers who wonder about jumping into the feature filmmaking pond here's an exciting catalog of movies that Schmidt made by hook or crook--26 no/low-budget features in 40 years. Budgets range right down to $39 for the DV movie THE HIGDEN MAN (see FOREWORD). What matters is that if filmmaking is your dream hopefully this HOW-TO BOOK with numerous Director's Statements by Rick on the struggles to produce IMPROV features will form a basis for your future efforts (if HE can do it so can U!). By examining the various one-page movie entries in this BIG-PRINT DELUXE EDITION also reading Schmidt's Director's Statements about the making of and equating that information to TRAILERS and FREE FULL MOVIES the reader should get a sense of Schmidt's creative priorities. His improv approach to actors/non-actors on-the-spot story-telling editorial exploration and the nuts and bolts of no/low-budget producing should begin to make sense. After all his fully-improv' $15000 'Sundance' feature Morgan's Cake is pretty good proof of the pudding. Here's what the film critic from THE NEW YORK TIMES had to say about the movie: Made on a shoestring - and a very small shoestring at that the $15000 budget recommended by Rick Schmidt in his book ''Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices'' - Mr. Schmidt's ''Morgan's Cake'' is a deadpan unpretentious delight.--Janet Maslin. Hopefully the take-away from Schmidt's used-car filmmaking book is that ANYONE CAN BECOME A SUCCESSFUL INDIE FEATURE FILMMAKER. With DV/digital moviemaking equipment-many features here were shot in DV--artists can now make their movies with affordable HD cameras or phones shooting 4K video and complete the storytelling process with inexpensive editing apps. With determination you can start to compile your own catalog of completed works hopefully earning a trip to Park City/Sundance and beyond. Good Luck