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New Book By Michael P. Connelly Could Bring Down The Cost Of Making Hollywood Movies

Michael P. Connelly has written a book in which he explains exactly how to make a quality movie with very little money, and the impact could mean that Hollywood films will be made for a lot less money in the future.

Independent filmmaker Michael P. Connelly has written a book that describes in detail how anyone with a dream to make a movie can make their dream come true. "How To Make a Movie with a Very, Very, Low Budget" is a collection of stories from Connelly's life as an independent filmmaker who just would not take no for an answer.

Connelly has blazed a trail through the cracks of the Hollywood filmmaking system, and with this book he is telling all the other independent filmmakers of the world to follow his lead. He has learned how to circumvent the Hollywood system to get films made with very little money, and he wants to tell all aspiring filmmakers how he did it.

Connelly talks about how his latest film was quite a challenge, mostly due to the extremely small budget. It cost him $20,000 of his own money. The film looks like it cost a lot more to make because of Connelly's passion for filmmaking, his talent and knowledge of how to navigate the independent film industry. Michael says that he never doubted he would ever finish the film that he wrote, directed, produced, starred in and animated (to name only a few credits).

The film, "Angst And The Ice Age," combines stop-motion creatures with live actors, in the spirit of the original King Kong movie (Connelly's favorite film of all time). He has been making stop-motion/live action films ever since he saw the original King Kong at the impressionable age of ten. The making of this film is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for Connelly. It inspired him to write the book and hopes that everyone who ever had a dream to make a movie will read it and learn how to make their film vision a reality.

Advances in technology, communications and printing have made the process of film production a lot cheaper than it used to be, and now the playing field has been leveled. "How To Make a Movie with a Very, Very, Low Budget" is a player's manual for any aspiring filmmaker who wants to get in the game. The book is a beckoning call to all those who have a dream to make a movie. Connelly wants to tell the world that "the door to the dream factory is now open, and all dream makers are welcome."

About Michael P. Connelly

Michael P. Connelly is an author, artist and independent filmmaker who works outside the Hollywood system with very little money for project funding. He grew up in the West San Fernando Valley area of California, about twenty five minutes from Hollywood. Connelly is a CSUN film school graduate, multi-faceted artist and award-winning filmmaker who won the "Silver Award" in the short film category at Houston Worldfest in 1998, the same category whose list of past winners includes Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.

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