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Filmmaking
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Cinema: How Are Hollywood Films Made? 
 A basic overview of the components of movie-making including screenwriting, directing, producing, acting, and editing. There is some brief information about the blacklisting that occurred in the 1950's in the film industry. Related resources are provided. From Annenberg Media. http://www.learner.org/interactives/cinema/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Writing Last updated Dec 9, 2007 Fine Cut Films
Beginner level instruction on writing, shooting, and editing for television and film. Clearly written and illustrated, with the occasional bit of humor about the realities of production. Good glossary. http://www.finecutfilms.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Television Last updated Apr 30, 2002 Glossary of Film Terms
More than 700 definitions of film terms arranged topically and alphabetically. From a filmmaker. http://homepage.newschool.edu/~schlemoj/film_courses/glossary_of_film_terms/ Topics: Dictionaries, Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Apr 25, 2007 Gone With the Wind Online Exhibit
An online exhibition telling the story of the planning and making of one of the most popular films in American history. The search for the actress who would portray Scarlett O'Hara, how the costumes and make-up were selected, and the struggle to purchase the rights to the book are told using images, memos, and other primary sources. From the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/web/gwtw/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Holidays & Observances, Literature: Fiction, Nonfiction by Genre, Recreation Last updated Jan 16, 2008 Independent Film Channel (IFC)
Site of a TV channel "dedicated to presenting independent film, unedited and commercially uninterrupted 24 hours a day." Includes news, interviews, a broadcast schedule, and more. Searchable. http://www.ifc.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Media, Recreation, Television Last updated Aug 24, 2008 Independent Television Service (ITVS)
ITVS presents award-winning documentaries, dramas, and series on public television with a special commitment to "programming [that] reflects voices and visions of underrepresented communities and addresses the needs of underserved audiences, particularly minorities and children." This site includes information about ITVS-supported television programs, including video clips. Search and browse for current or past television programs. http://itvs.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Television Last updated Jul 22, 2005 indieWIRE
This "virtual Daily Variety of the independent film scene" is a good place to go for news articles, movie reviews, festival information, and industry interviews relating to film/television production. http://www.indiewire.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Magazines, Recreation Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Masters of Cinema
This site focuses on DVD releases of international film titles from directors such as Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Werner Herzog, Yasujiro Ozu, and Andrei Tarkovsky. Includes articles, lists of upcoming releases, and links to sites about specific directors and other film and DVD resources. http://www.mastersofcinema.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated May 19, 2004 Movie Mistakes
Lists mistakes in thousands of films. Includes factual and continuity errors, plot holes, scenes with visible movie-making equipment, and more. Also features mistakes in TV shows. Searchable and browsable. http://www.moviemistakes.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Jan 1, 2005 Reel Life Stories
Online companion to exhibit that traces "the evolution of documentary film and filmmaking over the course of the past century." Contains an essay on the origins of documentary film and a chronology; lists of San Francisco Bay Area independent documentary filmmakers, videos about documentaries, and Academy Award winning documentaries; and quotes. Includes photographs, film stills, images of related artifacts, links to distributors, and a bibliography. From the Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reellife/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Smoke Free Movies
Explores "tobacco product placements and pay-offs in movies." Includes lists of studios, producers, directors, and actors and actresses who frequently use cigarettes in films, and current films featuring smoking. Also features tobacco industry documents, a bibliography of selected research on smoking in the movies, public and private statements from tobacco executives, and proposed solutions. From the University of California, San Francisco. http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Aug 16, 2003 Sundance Institute
Complete information on the programs and festivals at this highly graphic home of the Sundance Film Festival . Information on the film festivals goes back to 1990. The site also includes a searchable film database containing cast and synopses of over 1,600 films - every feature, documentary, and short shown at the Festival from 1985 to the current year. Institute programs include: feature films; international; theatre; Native American; composers; and writers. http://www.sundance.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated May 16, 2005 Tales From the Public Domain: Bound by Law?
A comic book-style presentation that explores "the impacts of intellectual property on creativity -- specifically, documentary film." Follow the heroine as she "navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. ... Bound By Law reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture." From the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University Law School. http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Intellectual Property Last updated Apr 4, 2006 |
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