Friday, July 30, 2010

Yola.com - Free web hosting

Yola.com is another free web hosting site that provides easy-to-use design templates.   They feature under thier free service banner-free hosting with unlimited bandwidth.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

A brilliant satire on the formula used in movie trailers (and Hollywood story structure).


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Final Cut Pro Level 1 Study Materials

Susan Smith of Edinburg High School has study materials available on her school's website for passing the Final Cut Pro Level 1 exam.

Revised Link 9/24/10

Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Smalls Street Sounds - Free sound effects

An interesting new site for free sound effects for use in films. Check out The Smalls Street Sounds project.

This is The Smalls Street Sounds, the next generation sound collaboration. We thought you might like to listen to sounds from across the United States, and maybe upload some yourself? The Smalls Street Sounds is open to filmmakers, musicians, artists and anyone with a little inspiration. Record and upload sounds from where you live, or just come here to listen and travel in your imagination. When you’re ready, download sounds to provide inspiration and audio for your own short film. Anything is possible.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Music Clearance Guidelines

The website clearance.com has a page on how to get clearance for a song you may want in your video. Another pages explains Public Domain. It also has a useful list of clearance terms.

Friday, April 23, 2010

4filmmaking.com - Online Filmmaking Textbook

4filmmaking.com a "Film School Online" is a site with lots of free filmmaking information. The design of the website is not very appealing and it is loaded with ads, but the content is quite good. It can make a fine online textbook. Its focus is more on low budget filmmaking, which is different from the television focus found on the excellent cybercollege.com website.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Irish Moving Image Arts Curriculum

The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission website called Creative Learning in the Digital Age. It supports their high school level examination in the Moving Image Arts. Among the resources are 48 pages of film lesson plans.