Putting the Pieces Together: The Graffiti Model for Indie Filmmaking

by Quality of Life Crew and Benjamin Morgan

Want to see what do-it-yourself filmmaking is all about?

Benjamin Morgan did, so he made the low-budget, scraped together film Quality of Life. Shot on location in San Francisco's Mission District, the movie sheds light on a clandestine graffiti subculture, telling an authentic and gripping story of two young graffiti writers whose friendship and lives unravel after they get arrested. Morgan's book delves into how he and his crew...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933368462
• ISBN13: 9781933368467
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Soft Skull
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Decent view of the making of an underground film

This is an on-the-scenes tale of making an underground film of the graffiti subculture. It could be quite useful to anyone contemplating a low (or near zero) budget film, documentary or drama. It isn't especially well written, or comprehensive in "how-to-make-your-movie," but that isn't what the intent is either. Expect a story of the making of this particular film and obtain your own insights from it, and it's a worthwhile book.