Table Of ContentNew ForewordTo the ReaderProloguePart One: ProductionChapter 1: The Humanities of FilmChapter 2: The Total FilmmakerChapter 3: The Money ManChapter 4: Script and WriterChapter 5: ActorsChapter 6: The Million-Dollar HugChapter 7: Preproduction ChoresChapter 8: The CrewChapter 9: HomeworkChapter 10: Filming It!Part Two: Post-productionChapter 11: EditingChapter 12: Music and DubbingChapter 13: Distribution and ExploitationChapter 14: Other Filmmakers, Other FilmsPart Three: ComedyChapter 15: Laughs Are Our ThingChapter 16: The Visuals of ComedyChapter 17: The ComediansKind of a Wrap
SynopsisThis classic 1971 book The Total FilmMaker was originally written based on 480 hours of Jerry Lewis' lectures at the University of Southern California School of Cinema. His then-students included aspiring young filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. From script to postproduction, it covers the complete arc of filmmaking as taught by one of the first and most original writer/director/producer/actors in Hollywood. Now, fifty years later, the Jerry lewis estate and MWP are teaming up to release this classic book to the world., This classic volume puts you front row center for the legendary USC Film School lectures. Book jacket., This new 50th anniversary edition of the classic 1971 book The Total FilmMaker is now being released by the Jerry Lewis Estate and Michael Wiese Productions with all-new, never-before-seen photos of Jerry on set and with his family and friends, and a new foreword by Leonard Maltin.The Total FilmMaker was originally written and based on over 480 hours of Jerry's guest lecture series at USC Film School in 1966, where his then-students included aspiring young filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. From script to postproduction, it covers the complete arc of filmmaking as taught by one of the first and most original writer/director/producer/actors in Hollywood., The Total FilmMaker was originally written and based on over 480 hours of Jerry's guest lecture series at USC Film School in 1966, where his then-students included aspiring young filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. From script to postproduction, it covers the complete arc of filmmaking as taught by one of the first and most original writer/director/producer/actors in Hollywood. Now, fifty years later, the Jerry lewis estate and MWP are teaming up to release this classic book to the world., This new 50th anniversary edition of the classic 1971 book The Total FilmMaker is now being released by the Jerry Lewis Estate and Michael Wiese Productions with all-new, never-before-seen photos of Jerry on set and with his family and friends, and a new foreword by Leonard Maltin. The Total FilmMaker was originally written and based on over 480 hours of Jerry's guest lecture series at USC Film School in 1966, where his then-students included aspiring young filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. From script to postproduction, it covers the complete arc of filmmaking as taught by one of the first and most original writer/director/producer/actors in Hollywood.