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Organizations | |
www.aivf.org | Association of Independent Video and Film Makers. Great information source for the low budget independent filmmaker. |
www.afionline.org | American Film Institute, a center for archives, film studies, and film education. |
www.bfi.org.uk | British Film Institute. Archives, publications and screenings. |
www.cilect.org | CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision) is the Brussels-based organization of international film schools, and it always has an interesting range of special projects going. |
www.cinematography.com | Professional motion picture camera people, news, and resources. |
www.facets.org | Facets Cinémathèque has 35,000 films of every kind for sale on tape or DVD. A helpful and knowledgeable organization with a passion for international and minority interest movies. Be sure to check that they have the tape you want in the format you can play. Consider banishing compatibility problems by getting a VHS international player, such as the AIWA HV MX-100, which will play any VHS PAL, SECAM, or NTSC format through any television set. When you want to record it will also convert NTSC to PAL or vice versa. |
www.focalpress.com | Focal Press Web site for the newest books on media. |
www.lcweb.loc.gov | Library of Congress. |
www.soc.org | Society of Camera Operators site, information, booklists and links to other professional societies around the world. |
www.ufva.org | University Film and Video Association, an organization for North American screen educators. |
www.wga.org | Writers Guild of America site. |
Informational Databases | |
www.allmovie.com | Another large movie database. |
www.boxofficeguru.com | Box office and other statistics. |
www.cineweb.com | Cineweb is a film production resource. |
www.megahitmovies.com | Analysis of hits, scene by scene script analyses, agents, contests, magazines, resources. |
www.us.imdb.com | Gargantuan movie database that enables every imaginable kind of production research, down to the careers of obscure technicians. |
Screenwriting Resources | |
www.cinestory.com | Screenwriters' resource. |
www.newcenturywriter.org | New Century writer awards. |
www.screenplay.com | Screenwriting software download site. |
www.screenstyle.com | Screenplay software center. |
www.screenwriting.com | Screenwriters' resource with many links. |
www.screenwritingexpo.com | Annual screenwriting exposition. |
www.scriptsales.com | Columns, books, advice, contests, examples, agencies, links. |
www.writersstore.com | Everything for writers including software. |
Periodicals | |
www.backstage.com | Backstage magazine. |
www.dv.com | Digital Video magazine. Excellent for software and equipment reviews and for keeping up to date with developments in the digital world. |
www.filmlinc.com | Film Comment magazine. |
www.theasc.com/magazine | American Cinematographer. |
www.variety.com | Variety, the show business oracle. Get ready to learn a whole new vocabulary. |
www.videomaker.com | Videomaker Magazine. Lots of good basic information. |