PAUL HARDY

The glowing colours and immediacy of pastels make them an ideal medium with which to interpret light, highlights and shadows. Using a few basic techniques, Paul demonstrates how simple it is to create light in all its glory with a series of easy-to-follow demonstrations: sunlight on a landscape, reflected light in a seascape, evening light and shade in a townscape. With subtle uses of vibrant and luminous colours, he creates a series of paintings full of life, interest and appeal.

So you want to make a film? Its the only way to get into the film industry. No ones going to let you play with the kind of money it takes to make a feature film until youve already proven yourself by making a great short film. You can do that at film school - if you can afford to go to film school. If you cant, then youre going to have to make your films without money. Youre going to have to film on a microbudget - like Shane Meadows, who made Wheres The Money, Ronnie? before TwentyFourSeven, and Guy Ritchie, who made The Hard Case before Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.With the technology available today, its easier than ever to make a short film without the benefits of funding, but digital cameras and editing systems are only part of the story. The most important thing is you, the film-maker. This Pocket Essential gives you all the information you need to put together a short film production - from first idea to script to planning to casting to locations to shooting to editing to distribution.