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The Portable Film School: Everything You'd Learn in Film School

by D.B. Gilles · 2005

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The Portable Film Schoolis a private tutorial from an instructor at one of the nation's most prestigious film schools. D.B. Gilles explains the fundamental skills and techniques of screenwriting and making a short film arming you with the two calling cards you'll need to break into Hollywood - without having spent the tuition or a minute in a classroom.

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