The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook
The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook
by Atharva Inamdar
The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook is a film & visual media book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Film Analysis. An exploration of cinema, visual storytelling, and the art of communicating through moving images. Film writing bridges the gap between watching and understanding. Written in 2022 and published in 2023 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 30,015 words across approximately 120 pages.
The film analysis focus gives this book a specific angle within the broader film & visual media genre, offering readers a targeted exploration of ideas and themes that matter within this space.
Reading Experience
At 30,015 words across roughly 120 pages, this one runs about 2.5 hours of reading time. Long enough to dig into its subject properly, short enough that it does not lose you along the way. For film & visual media, this length tends to work well — room to develop ideas without padding.
About the Author
The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook comes from 2022, during the years when over 1,500 books had no platform. Amazon had shut the door. Draft2Digital said they were "a small company for small authors." The writing never stopped — Atharva was 25 and still producing film & visual media work with no clear path to publication. Film and visual media writing from someone who thinks about storytelling across every possible format and medium.
Publication History
The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook was published on September 23rd, 2023, one of 19 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Completed in 2022 and published the following year, The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook had a short gap between writing and release. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-096-5. 2023 saw 120 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
The Indie Filmmaker's Handbook is one of 12 books in the film & visual media category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other film & visual media titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The film analysis focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-096-5
- Year Written
- 2022