Scott Shaw

In the follow-up book to his best selling text, Zen Filmmaking, prolific Independent Filmmaker Scott Shaw takes the reader behind the scenes of Indie Filmmaking and teaches the secrets of how to make a feature film, documentary, or music video in the most refined and expedient manner possible. He also teaches the reader the tricks of how to make a No to Low-Budget feature film look like it has a High-Budget price tag. Shaw leads the reader through all aspects of filmmaking beginning with the screenplay, onto financing, casting, producing, directing, cinematography, and distribution. This book is full of insightful filmmaking techniques normally understood only by the advanced filmmakers. Plus, it presents numerous behind-the-scene stories of what occurs on indie film sets and how to make even the most trying of circumstances work to your advantage.

Zen Buddhism: The Pathway to Nirvana provides the reader with a complete overview of the history and evolution of Buddhism -- from the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha onto the modern day. It then provides a complete how-to for all of the various meditation techniques employed by Zen Buddhism. Finally, this book details how the practitioner of Zen may rise to the ultimate plateau of Nirvana. This book is a compelling work by one of the most respected authors in the field.

More than just another how-to manual relating to the independent film industry, in this book, Zen Filmmaker Scott Shaw, guides the reader towards understanding the deeper philosophical, psychological, and metaphysical realms of filmmaking via piercing articles and essays that detail not only his own experiences in the film industry but the interactions he has encountered via the actions and understandings of others. From this, the reader who desires to gain a deeper understanding of what the filmmaking process truly entails will be presented with facts known only to someone who has been an active filmmaker for over thirty years. From this book both the novice and the experienced filmmaker may gain new insight into what actually takes place in the film industry and what to expect during casting sessions, filming on the set, creating in the editing room, as well as what may occur from the audience once a film has been completed and released. This book provides the thinking filmmaker with essential and insightful information provided nowhere else.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 14.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 13.0. PART II. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

From the crowded streets and subways to the neon lights of the night onto the extensive street art and graffiti view the hidden realms of Hong Kong through the artistic lens of master photographer Scott Shaw.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 13.0. PART I. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

Developed by Scott Shaw, the primary premise of Zen Filmmaking is that no screenplay should be used in the creation of a film. There are no rules and no definitions. The spontaneous creative energy of the filmmaker is the only defining factor. This allows for a spiritually pure source of immediate inspiration to be the only guide in the filmmaking process. Thereby, leading the practitioner towards Cinematic Enlightenment. Within the pages of this book, Scott Shaw leads the reader through all of the elements of Zen Filmmaking-allowing one to emerge as a competent independent filmmaker, possessing all of the necessary skills to create a feature film, documentary, or music video in the easiest, most expedient, and enlightened manner possible. This book also takes the reader behind-the-scenes on several of Scott Shaw's feature films. This provides a unique insight into the filmmaking process while illustrating how to bypass many of the obstacles of filmmaking.

View Tokyo through the artistic lens of master photographer Scott Shaw.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 11.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

From the ancient passageways of the Old City to the extensive street art of Tel Aviv, view urban Israel through the artistic lens of master photographer Scott Shaw. This is Scott Shaw's second contribution to depicting Israel via his photographs. His first published work was titled, Israel in the Oblique.

The Thought Provoking writings presented in this book were originally published in the Scott Shaw Zen Blog 9.0. These writings discuss the realities of life, god, Zen, enlightenment, art, cinema, and existence in the way only Scott Shaw can present.

View Reykjavik, Iceland through the artistic lens of photographer Scott Shaw.