As student filmmakers ourselves, we've run across many tools that have made our work easier and more successful. Check out the following information and best of luck to you in your own film endevours.
These links are all meant to be extremely informative/ helpful in their content. If you find dead links or have any good ones to submit please let us know.
| Special
Effects |
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| Themonsterlab.com | Professional SFX makeup forum/ tutorials |
| Detonationfilms.com | Free video of high quality uncompressed explosions |
| Matthawkins.co.uk | Sounds/ tutorials/ and SFX recipes (sugar glass) |
| Exposure.co.uk | How to make a "Blood Sprayer" |
| Unitednuclear.com | How to make Smoke Bombs |
| Animation
& 3D |
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| 3dcafe.com | Free 3d models |
| Suurland.com | Detailed vehicle technical blueprints for CG modeling |
| Hiviz.com | Slowed down reference pictures of things exploding |
| Digital-tutors.com | CG tutorials for newbie-expert (Maya/ photoshop/ zbrush) |
| Wings3d.com | Free 3d Modeler (Great for beginners) |
| Bitpress.com | Slowed down reference movies of things exploding |
| 3dtotal.com | Daily updates/ articles/ tutorials regarding 3d effects |
| Flashkit.com | "Macromedia Flash" tutorials and links |
| Animateclay.com | resource for clay animation (weekly update) |
| Rondexter.com | Technical info on how to film/work with stop motion |
| ABC.net | Basic Tutorials on Stop Motion SFX and simple 3d |
| Legal
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| Creativecommons.org | Information regarding Creative Commons copyright |
| Pdinfo.com | Information regarding music and the Public Domain |
| Copyright Law '05 | Up to date information on copyrights and public domain in the United States. |
| Chillingeffects.org | So you're being sued for copyright infringement... |
| Production
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| Wrigleyvideo.com | Many beginners Adobe Premiere tutorials |
| Rondexter.com | Ton of technical info from a pro (all aspects of filmaking) |
| Music
& Sound Effects |
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| Opsound.org | Free Open Source Music |
| Archive.org | Free uncompressed Public Domain music/ video/ photo |
| Sounddogs.com | Sells tons of sound effects (Lower Quality Free Samples) |
| Classicalmiidi's | Hundreds of "classical" songs in Midi format. |
| freeplaymusic.com | Tons of free* good music (*read terms of service) |
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Equipment
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| Jorenclark.com | TONS of do it yourself equipment tutorials and experience |
Film
Sites |
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| Studentfilms.com | Great collection of streaming student films, and extensive community forums |
| UndergroundFilm.org | Streaming films and music in other-than-mainstream format |
| Channel101.com | Monthly contest to create a 5 minute TV show |
| 10secondclub.net | Monthly contest judging 10 second CG animations |
| Other |
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| Conceptart.org | a forum of incredible professional conceptual artwork |
| Coolhomepages.com | Collection of some of the web's best design |
| Gettyone.com | Stock Photo/ Video for sale (Free Samples!) |
| Corbis.com | Stock Photo for sale (Free Samples!) |
| Archive.org | Free uncompressed Public Domain music/ video/ photo |
| Dafont.com | Best resource for all kinds of free Fonts |
| Videohelp.com | Everything ever about transfering video/ making dvd's |
| Journeyed.com | Huge discounts on software for students |
A small collection of templates, programs, forms, and images for filmmakers.
| Budget | Budget
Template (pdf) |
| Storyboard | Storyboard
Template (pdf) |
| Edit Log | Edit Log Template (pdf) |
| Field Tape Log | Field Tape Log Template (pdf) |
| Location Scouting | Location Scouting Log (pdf) |
| Location Contract | Location Contract Form (pdf) |
| Personal Release | Personal Release Form (pdf) |
| Music Release | Music Release Form (pdf) |
| Compensation Contract | Funding Contract Form (zipped Word doc) |
| Script | Script Maker (zipped Word doc) |
| Daily Call Sheet | Daily Cast Necessities Log (pdf) |
| Teleprompting | Vid Prompter (zipped pc prog) |
| SMPTE | Color Bars (gif) |
These files have been collected for the convenience of student filmmakers, the owners of the site claim no ownership to any program, file, or image. Users install programs at own risk. If you own any of these items let us know and we'll credit you/remove the file. Enjoy.
please direct your questions and correspondence to burlybuff@hotmail.com
