Caution: Side Effects! After reading this book, I unbearably want to make your first film! If you have long dreamed of approaching the world of cinema, but the filming process seems so difficult and expensive, then this book will become your help-stick on the way to a directorial career. Let your first film be a short film! Vyacheslav Shiryaev and Dmitry Kotov will tell you in detail all the subtleties of working on the debut short meter: from finding an idea to post-production. - How to work with a script to keep the viewer on the hook for the whole film? - How to conduct acting tests and is it possible to grab a "star" for your picture? - How to competently build a shooting day and work on the set? - Where to get a budget and how to save on scenery? - How to draw storyboards and place light sources?