More than just another how-to manual relating to the independent film industry, in this book, Zen Filmmaker Scott Shaw, guides the reader towards understanding the deeper philosophical, psychological, and metaphysical realms of filmmaking via piercing articles and essays that detail not only his own experiences in the film industry but the interactions he has encountered via the actions and understandings of others. From this, the reader who desires to gain a deeper understanding of what the filmmaking process truly entails will be presented with facts known only to someone who has been an active filmmaker for over thirty years. From this book both the novice and the experienced filmmaker may gain new insight into what actually takes place in the film industry and what to expect during casting sessions, filming on the set, creating in the editing room, as well as what may occur from the audience once a film has been completed and released. Reveling and compelling this book provides the thinking filmmaker with essential and insightful information provided nowhere else.