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Film and Filmmaking
Credible information dealing with Film studies or Filmmaking.
Film at SLCC
Databases from the Library
Web Resources
Videos, etc.
Books & Media
Writing Assistance
Gateway Website Resources
Cinematography.com
Perfessional motion picture camera people, news and resources. Forums, links, and information.
Internet Movie Database
This is the big one – includes information on most films, actors and television shows. Also, goofs, quotations, locations, etc. Some detailed information requires a subscription.
Rotten Tomatoes.com
A lot of film information. Provides more viewer's reviews than Internet Movie Database.
General Information Resources
Filmmaker Magazine
Magazine from The Gotham organization in NYC
Filmsite.org: Greatest Films
Lists of best major films by Tim Dirks, film historian, along with links to other lists by categories.
The Film Stage
Good commentary and interesting articles.
New York Times Movies
Movie page at the N.Y. Times site.
Variety : Film section
Film news or reviews from Variety.
FILM PRODUCTION
Art Departmental.com
About the production design side of filmmaking.
Behind the Lens
Real items on filmmaking from a blog for camera assistants: the Black and Blue.
Director's Cut Podcast
From The Director's Guild of America on how recent films were made.
Production Hub
Helps you put a film crew together.
Tips for Successful Micro-budget production
2014 article from Indiewire.com.
More FILM REVIEWS on the Web
Metacritic
Review aggregator for movies, music, games, etc. Makes it easy to see summaries of many reviews in one place.
Roger Ebert's reviews
Site for Roger Ebert, famous reviewer. He died in 2013, but it continues with others.
Slant Magazine
Good reviews that come out quickly for new films.
Narrower Resources
Crew 101 from Backstage
Advice on getting a first production job.
The Daily Script
Database of movie and screenplay scripts in proper format.
Filmaker IQ
John Hess provides great tips, etc. with YouTube Videos.
Film Terms Glossary from Filmsite.Org
Terms commonly used in Cinema.
History of Film Timeline
Looking at major movements.
IndieWire
Independent Film : news, events, lists, reviews, etc.
Internet Movie Script Database
Another place to find movie scripts which can be sorted by genre and can be rated.
Women Make Movies
Support organization for women.
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