Anyone can make a brief film, right? Simply grab some close friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before getting approved to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe screened short film submissions at Sundance for five years, and is an award-winning brief filmmaker in her own right. So she knows something or two about how not to make a brief film. From the first draft of the script to casting, creation, editing and enhancing, and distribution, that is your one-stop primer for breaking in to the business. Featuring interviews with a lot of today’s most talented writers, companies, and directors, as well as revealing stories (e.g., what to do when the skinhead crack addict nearby begins screaming obscenities as soon as you contact ‘actions’) in the sets of her own short films, Roberta walks you through the minefield of errors that an aspiring filmmaker can make–so you do not have to make sure they are yourself.