10,000 Miles to Go: An American Filmmaking Odyssey

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· Camerado Media · Narrated by Jason Rosette
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A must listen for any bootstrapping creative or entrepreneur!

10,000 Miles to Go: An American Filmmaking Odyssey focuses on the making of an award winning contemporary feature film, which was successfully bootstrapped against monumental odds with near-zero funding, yet which made its way to numerous international sales and broadcasts and a place in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC, films collection. From concept through worldwide international sales, 10,000 Miles to Go takes you through through the entire process - warts and all - stripping away the glamour of the movie business to reveal what it takes to bootstrap and execute an ambitious startup creative project with maximum impact on a minimal budget.

10,000 Miles to Go is a fascinating and insightful listen for all kinds of bootstrappers and entrepreneurs, whether working in media, business, creative fields, or tech startup areas! Told in a conversational and often humorous style, 10,000 Miles to Go is a real life chronicle and expression of what many of today's creative and entrepreneurial types - in all fields - will encounter as they pursue their own particular dreams, ambitions, and explorations.

With this audiobook you will learn:

  • How to understand the mindset and challenges of bootstrapping a project
  • How to use creativity and an asymmetrical ("guerilla") approach in place of money
  • How to overcome psychological barriers, fear, and doubt during the process
  • How to navigate the "realpolitik" behind a project's execution: the alliances, and the real dynamics of competition in the field
  • How to demystify the production process of a long form filmmaking venture
  • How to apply bootstrapping principles to your own business or project
  • How technological changes in any industry can have a massive impact on outcomes

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3.0
2 reviews
StockFootageMeister
03 September 2021
A down and dirty, non-glamorous account of putting together a major creative project (in this case, a feature film) with no funding or support. A must-listen for anyone bootstrapping a creative enterprise from the ground up - especially when there's no funding, or equipment, just a dream. I saw this book (book version) listed on a Top 20 Creative Bootstrapping book list, and decided to listen to the audiobook based on that alone. In this case, the subject is a filmmaker who explains how he put together a feature movie project with no funding and borrowed cameras. The 10,000 miles part comes from his quest for equipment across the United States (at the time, video editing was very expensive and he basically travelled around the country to wherever there was some studio time offered for free or cheap.
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