Commando Tactics for Digital Filmmakers

In his signature book, award-winning television producer-director-writer & documentary filmmaker, Craig D. Forrest, provides a wealth of valuable production insights - a field manual of sorts - that include strategies, wisdom, tips and tactics meant to inspire your next digital film or video shoot to be truly professional, organized and effective. Craig's sage advice - both successes and failures - is drawn from a professional career of extensive world travel, diverse media projects and dangerous overseas assignments for leading networks, channels, agencies and groups scattered across the globe.Chapters include Story, Directing, Communication, Planning, Decision-Making, Clients/Talent, Interviewing, Camera, Sound, Lighting, Budget, Editing, Travel, Culture, Teamwork and Taboos. Each chapter also features insider knowledge provided by famous directors, savvy creative talent and notable filmmakers. Whether you’re a novice or pro, their practical wisdom alone adds invaluable insight to a filmmaking book designed to be a production benchmark.

Craig D. Forrest is the Owner/Producer of Windsock Films and an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has directed in & traveled to 144 countries shooting on 6 continents. He earned a Doctor of Fine Arts in Redemptive Filmmaking from Kingdom Seminary, an M.A. in Film Studies from Chapman University and a B.Sc. in Theology from Bethany University. Most recently, Craig has served as an Adjunct Professor of Media Production at Pepperdine University.