<P><EM>Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Fifth Edition</EM> is the definitive book on the subject for the serious film student or beginning filmmaker. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both the producer and director, and clearly explains how their separate roles must work together to create a successful short film or video. Through extensive examples from award-winning shorts and insightful interviews, you will learn about common challenges the filmmakers encountered during each step of filmmaking process-from preproduction to production, postproduction, and distribution-and the techniques they used to overcome them.</P><P>In celebrating this book''s twentieth anniversary, this edition has been updated to include:</P><UL><UL><P><LI>Two all-new, in-depth cases studies of esteemed short films-<I>Memory Lane</I> and the Academy Award-winning <I>God of Love </LI><P></P></I><P><LI>A revised chapter progression that reinforces the signi