Micro-Budget Methods of Cinematic Storytelling: A Practical Guide to Making Narrative Media with Minimal Means

This accessible handbook is a practical guide to the the concepts and techniques of micro-budget, cinematic storytelling. It’s written to be useful and efficient, packed with lessons, examples and practices from the Author’s extensive filmmaking experience and decades of teaching students all over the world.

Jake Mahaffy’s micro-budget, self-made films have screened around the world at film festivals and independent venues such as Venice (winning the Orizzonti Best Film Prize/2015, 2012, 2016), Sundance (2004/05/06/08/09/15), SXSW (winning the Narrative Grand Jury Prize/2008, 2016), Rotterdam, Leeds, AFI, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Moscow, Ljubljana, Boston MFA, MoMA (NY) and many others. He founded, developed and led filmmaking programs at several universities as an Associate Professor and has mentored and consulted on projects around the world.