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A Guide to Free Resources for Filmmakers
Last Updated: 17/03/06 This guide aims to collate some of the more useful sites and software available to filmmakers on the internet. Check back for updates. film making advice / film making resources / production forms / software
BBC Four Interviews - Filmmakers - Audio interviews with filmmakers from Steven Spielberg to Alfred Hitchcock. BBC Four Interviews - Actors - Audio interviews with actors including Judi Dench, Dennis Hopper and Alan Bates. Netribution Interviews - interviews with filmmakers and actors including Darren Aronofsky, John Boorman, Steven Daldry, Michael Winterbottom, Christopher Eccleston and David Morrissey. Essays on Filmmaking by Bill Olson. The Girls' Room - Some good tips on low budget shooting. TFN Fanfilms Tutorials - Some good essays and advice including lighting for CGI sequences. Shooting People - Wideshot - Interviews with new filmmakers. www.cyberfilmschool.com/ - It does exactly what it says on the tin, but without being patronising. Breaking into Documentary Filmmaking - Good essay from Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker William Gazecki. Lights, Camera, Bankroll! - Good Guardian online article about raising film finance.
Project X - Project X is a unique resource for film-makers who wish to explore all aspects of digital technology for cinema; digital production, post production and exhibition. www.exposure.co.uk - Good resource site for film makers. Need to blow holes in your cast or bleed them to death? See the Eejits Guide to Film Making on how to do it well on the cheap. Netribution - A huge information resource for film makers. Now live again. New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting - Guides to production in New York, weather information and other valuable resources.
North Carolina School of the Arts - Huge range of production forms including actor release, safety hazard report, location release etc. Cast
Contact Sheet
(Excel-based) Crew
Contact Sheet
(Excel-based) Scene
Breakdown Sheet
(Excel-based) Setup
Scheduling Sheet
(Excel-based) Continuity
Synopsis One- Line Form
(Excel-based) Daily
Continuity Log (Excel-based) Daily
Editors Log
(Excel-based) Daily
Progress Report
(Excel-based) Script
Supervisor Notes
(Excel-based) Blackfish films - has a few free productions forms to download.
Audacity - Superb, fully-functioned free sound editor. Ideal for creating and editing podcasts. Protools - Free audio editing software Bullfrog Scheduler software download (can export PDF or HTML files)
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