{"product_id":"9780809318568","title":"I Wake up Screening!: Everything You Need to Know about Making Independent Films Including a Thousand Reasons Not To","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank D. Gilroy is a compulsive diarist who wrote \u003ci\u003eI Wake Up Screening! \u003c\/i\u003ewhile he made four independent feature films—each accorded three stars in Leonard Maltin’s \u003ci\u003eTV Movies and Video Guide\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea total investment of two million dollars (for all four films!).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese intimate logs of the making of \u003ci\u003eDesperate Characters, Once in Paris, The Gig, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Luckiest Man in the World \u003c\/i\u003eshow clearly that a film school that doesn’t include in its curriculum discussions of negotiating with the Teamsters and of raising money as independent producers is leaving out vital parts of the filmmaking process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Gilroy wrote the scripts, raised the money, assembled the production team, directed, opened each of the four films, and even ventured into the murky world of distribution, \u003ci\u003eI Wake Up Screening! \u003c\/i\u003eis a vast repository of information about filmmaking in general and independent filmmaking in particular. It is not recommended, however, for anyone who wishes to preserve a fairy-tale notion about feature filmmaking. When Gilroy first considered publishing these logs, his wife encouraged him. \"Do it,\" she said. \"If it stops one person from following in your footsteps, it will be worthwhile.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020507922672,"sku":"9780809318568","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780809318568_p0.gif?v=1763739630","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809318568","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}