:$30 Film School

{{Short description|Book by Michael W. Dean}}

$30 Film School is a book written by Michael W. Dean on how to make films on a limited budget,{{cite news | url=http://www.microfilmmaker.com/reviews/Issue7/$30film.html | title=review: $30 Film School | work=Microfilmmaker Magazine | accessdate=10 September 2010 | last=Morgan | first=Kari Ann}} and is part of the $30 School book series{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/digitalvideohack00paul_0 | url-access=registration | quote=$30 Film School. | title=Digital video hacks | publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc. | last=Paul | first=Joshua | series=O'Reilly's Hacks Series | year=2005 | edition=illustrated | page=x | isbn=0-596-00946-1}} which includes $30 Music School{{cite book | title=$30 Music School | publisher=Muska & Lipman | last=Dean | first=Michael W. | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-59200-171-2}} and $30 Writing School.{{cite book | title=$30 Writing School | publisher=Thomson Course Technology | last=Dean | first=Michael W. | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-59200-486-7}} Like the other books of this series, $30 Film School advocates a start-to-finish DIY ethic, and includes interviews with professionals in the given field, as well as a CD or DVD of extras.

The second edition was released in March 2006,{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/30filmschool0000dean | title=$30 Film School (2nd edition) | publisher=Muska & Lipman | last=Dean | first=Michael W. | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-59863-189-0}} and included a DVD featuring software, tutorials, and 14 short films by graduates of the first edition. The book is used in college and university media courses on filmmaking, such as Humanistinen Ammattikorkeakoulu (university of applied sciences) in Finland,{{cite web | archive-date=19 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719210356/http://www.humak.edu/user/markha02/Computers.pdf | df=dmy-all | url=http://www.humak.edu/user/markha02/Computers.pdf | title=course curriculae | work=Humanistinen Ammattikorkeakoulu | accessdate=11 September 2010 | language=Finnish | url-status=dead}}

It was reported that at age 9, and by following instructions in the book, filmmaker Emma Kenney created the film The New Girl in Town which was shown at New Jersey International Film Festival.{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6827919.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153252/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6827919.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 15, 2011 | title=Hollywood biteback | work=The Sunday Times | date=September 13, 2009 | accessdate=11 September 2010 | last=Harlow | first=John}}