Included in this email is the press release for my new filmmaking book "Just Shoot It!". I wrote an empowering book to give filmmakers a film education, plus the missing piece of the puzzle in current filmmaking books..."How to take action and be successful in making their films." Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions please contact me at curtis@filmschoolnow.com.

Best wishes,

Curtis Kessinger

Press Release – For Immediate Distribution
NEW BOOK EDUCATES AND MOTIVATES FILMMAKERS TO SUCCEED IN MAKING FILMS
Independent Filmmaker Curtis Kessinger announces the release of his book “Just Shoot It! A Complete Guide to Filmmaking From Script to Screen.” Available online through filmschoolnow.com, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Also available at Samuel French Bookstore in Hollywood and by order from most bookstores.

Los Angeles, CA June 19, 2007 – The number one reason people don’t succeed in making their films is they don’t know how to succeed…they
don’t know how to plan and take action. It’s not because of a lack of money or technical skills. Knowledge is not power until you know how to use that knowledge and make things happen. Finally, a book that gives them everything they need…a film school education plus the motivation and success skills to accomplish anything they desire. The time is now to make your films.

“JUST SHOOT IT!” is a fresh new look at filmmaking that is designed to give filmmakers what they need to succeed. The book has a wealth of detailed, professional-level technical information on filmmaking from start to finish, but it is more than a how-to technical book. The chapter on the “Principles of Success” is priceless. The entire message flowing throughout this book is that you can make your films. The days of simply dreaming about it are long gone. The only thing holding you back is you!

“I know the struggles filmmakers must overcome to write, cast, finance, shoot, and edit their own films in order to get them made,” says author Curtis Kessinger. “I wanted to give filmmakers a film school education, complete with shooting exercises, and motivate them to succeed in making their films.”

Topics in “JUST SHOOT IT!” include:
* Principles of Success
* The Audience
* Screenwriting
* Budgets, Contracts & Schedules
* Casting
* Insurance, Permits, Locations
* Shooting Plan
* Pacing
* Directing
* Cinematography: camera lenses, shots, shooting techniques, angles, camera and subject movement, frame balance, continuity and lighting
* Sound
* Editing
* …and much, much more!

Read what filmmakers are saying about “Just Shoot It!”

I wish I had the book “Just Shoot It!” before starting my first feature. A definite recommend for anyone looking for a comprehensive, reader-friendly book that breaks down the filmmaking process from A to Z.

Nnegest Likké - Writer/Director “Phat Girlz”


I read a number of so-called "Getting Started" books only to find that they were either dull or difficult to understand." Finding "Just Shoot It!" was like someone opened a window. It's not just a comprehensive reference of everything you need to know, it's written in a simple straight-forward manner that is also breezy and witty. Don't make a movie without reading this book.

John Nolte - Writer/Director “Beautiful Loser”

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The best overall film book I have read. Curtis’ positive, uncluttered, empowering message is combined with the practical and
technical information you need to become a successful filmmaker. He peels back the notion that you have to be connected or know someone in power to make a great film. “Just Shoot It!” will inspire you. No matter how small your budget; no matter how simple your equipment; his message brightly illuminates the road to making the film of your dreams, the one the world will respond to.

Cindy Jones - Writer/Director


"Just Shoot It!" is written with the true passion of an independent filmmaker willing to let others learn from his own experience and help them cut to the chase. It will not only serve budding filmmakers as a primer on what will help them assemble their first film, but it is so infused with the power of positive thinking that the encouraging words will cheer would-be filmmakers on to successfully completing projects and realizing that they are, in fact, now filmmakers. You are what you do, so if you want to be a filmmaker, just shoot it!

Demetrio Cuzzocrea - Award Winning Documentarian/Actor/Screenwriter
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About the Author: Curtis Kessinger is an independent filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Curtis has worked almost every job on a set and seen or made every mistake possible in his 15 years of working on independent films. He wrote, produced and directed two of his own films and has two in development. He poured the experience of many people into this book to provide the independent filmmaker with everything they need to make their films themselves.

Book information:

Title: JUST SHOOT IT! A Complete Guide to Filmmaking From Script to Screen
Author: Curtis Kessinger
Publisher: Blue Heron Publications
ISBN 10: 0-9777279-0-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-9777279-0-2
6” x 9”, paperback, 207 pp., $23.95

Contact Curtis for additional information. E-Mail: curtis@filmschoolnow.com
Website: www.filmschoolnow.com