Movie Birthday Parties for Kids: How to direct, produce and premier your child's very own feature film!

by Shelley Frost

Children's birthday parties of today are more than just servings of cake and ice cream. For children who love the limelight; relish pretend play; or just love to entertain an audience, a movie birthday party could be just the cake for this year's birthday activity. Movie Birthday Parties for Kids is a parents guide on how to easily produce, direct and premier their childs very own movie starring the birthday party girl or boy and all their party guests. With simple, straightforward instructions, tips and how-to's this book will inspire parents to confidently pick up their video cameras to shoot an entertaining feature film. Making a movie is fun, creative and a great family project. From choosing movie shoot locations to finding perfect costumes, to applying extravagant make-up, the real fun begins once the Director calls "Quiet on the set!" Acting has never been this much fun for kids because their performances are captured on video, edited and burned onto DVD's that will last them a lifetime. Movie scripts for kids that work hand-in-hand with this book are available at the Make-A-Movie Studios movie scripts www.makeamovievideo.com

32 pages, Paperback

Published December 18, 2012

About the author

Shelley Frost is a co-founder of the non-profit Center for Animal Protection & Education (CAPE) and the founder and past director of the Animal Film Festival. She is the author of several books including HER KING THE CON: How an Online Love Affair Led to Near Disaster, KIDS GUIDE TO MOVIE MAKING, YOUR ADOPTED DOG: Everything You Need to Know About Rescuing and Caring for a Best Friend in Need, co-authored with Katerina Lorenzatos Makris (The Lyons Press, 2007), THROW LIKE A GIRL: Discovering the Body, Mind & Spirit of the Athlete in You, (Beyond Words, 2000), ARNIE CATCHES A COLD (Mascot Books, 2015), KIDS GUIDE TO MOVIE MAKING, (Createspace, 2011)

While promoting her books and films, Shelley has been a guest on Oprah, Dateline NBC, Evening Magazine, The Tammy Faye Show, Crook & Chase, Caryl & Marilyn (The Mommies); The Gayle King Show; The Joannie Greggains radio show and the Karel radio show and many more. Shelley has been profiled in PEOPLE Magazine.

She has given lectures in Belmont, New York and Chicago to audiences of teens interested in sports.