Filmmaking & Festivals

Festival Websites

Inside Film - Good list of film festivals from around the world (also has news and other film festival info)

Indiewire - Indie Film info including festival list from around the world

Film Festival Source - List of Film Festivals around the world

Film Festivals Site - List of Film festivals from around the world

General Filmmaking

Visual Effects Tips For Production - For those planning a project using visual effects, read this article as it has a lot of common sense tips that filmmakers should know before starting filming.

BBC Masterclass - comments, tips and tricks from the BBC on film & programme making

Exposure - great UK resource for new filmmakers

The Complete Eejits Guide To Filmmaking - Exposures beginners site with good tips

NewEnglandFilm - has some articles on film-making (budgeting, funding your film, selling films to the studios, etc, US based)

Filmmaking.net - has some good articles on the craft

Filmmaking.com - has info on new films plus some good links to other filmmaking resources

Filmmakers Software Site - free software for all those filmmaking management needs (budgeting, call sheets, cast/crew lists, travel sheets, etc)

Script Writing

Resources for writers - website has tips, tricks and even free scripting software

Script Secrets Good info for scriptwriting (check out their articles page)

Creative Cow Screenwriting - has some good articles to help with screenwriting, check it out!!!!

Online character development book - help to create interesting characters with this handy online tool

Simply Scripts - searches a large number of online script sources to give you movie, TV and even unreleased scripts to look at

Scriptorama - another site with scripts from films and TV shows which you can download to read

Cinematography

American Cinematographer magazine - For the camera operators and DOPs out there. Has some articles online.

Arriflex technical info - tech info on film cameras

Shooting tips - from the Exposure site

Lighting Tips (by Tom Musto)

Sound Recording and Post

Sound Speed Movie - great articles on sound recording techniques (from sound designing to boom operating, worth a look of youre into audio)