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DVD D'Mystified - everything you need to know before starting to make your own DVD movies Perils & Pitfalls of Making Indie Movies Important Pro Tips for Scouting Locations The Truth about Robert Rodriquez - tips about low budget film making Shoot for the Edit - Hints from a Pro Get Ready to Edit Your Digital Video Production - Edit Like a Pro Online Film and Video Festivals - Get Your Work Seen Real World Editing Tips - How to Edit Your Digital Video Production Save Your Camcorder by Doing Time Code Burns How To Make DVD Movies -
Free Places to Host Your Movies How to put Your Short Film on the Net The 1-2-3 Guide to Creating Your Own Internet Movies and Videos
Money, Contracts and Financial Issues Business Tips- How a Good Partner Can Make Your life and Business Work Much Better - by cyber-duchess Roxane Batson Sell Your Video & Creative Content by joint venturing with other professionals Get Paid for Your Work - A Primer for Video Professionals How NOT to get scammed and flim-flammed - a guide for independent film makers. Panasonic Filmmaking Grant Program Mobile Movies: the Market for Short Videos on Small Screens - from DataCom Research Company Film Making Grants from Amaze Films Importance of Contracts for Independent & Low Budget Movie Makers
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Music and Sound Audio Tools for Video Editing - by Doug Dixon - These applications provide useful answers for video editors, whether or not you are an audio expert. SmartSound's new Indie Film Music Pack gives independent filmmakers the creative flexibility and control to get a powerful, professional-quality music score for a small cost. Priced at just $499, it includes the SmartSound Sonicfire Pro software and a choice of any 25 royalty-free tracks from SmartSound's library of more than 1,200 cuts. Sonicfire Pro helps filmmakers tailor the tracks to fit the exact length and mood needed to score a scene. And because the tracks are royalty-free, the rights are cleared from festival screenings to theatrical or DVD releases. more How to Get Music for Your Indie Film How to do Voice-Overs - Professional Tips & Techniques XLR Adapter boxes enable you to use pro mikes with your camcorder ASCAP Guide to How to Acquire Music For Films All About Public Domain Music Music Rights Nightmares by Greg Pak 11 Most Asked Questions about Licensing Music Free Music for your Film
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Trends, News and Opinions SmartSound's new Indie Film Music Pack gives independent filmmakers the creative flexibility and control to get a powerful, professional-quality music score for a small cost. Priced at just $499, it includes the SmartSound Sonicfire Pro software and a choice of any 25 royalty-free tracks from SmartSound's library of more than 1,200 cuts. Sonicfire Pro helps filmmakers tailor the tracks to fit the exact length and mood needed to score a scene. And because the tracks are royalty-free, the rights are cleared from festival screenings to theatrical or DVD releases.
Canon finally rolled out their first High Definition video camera, the XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder. It comes with a 20x HD video zoom lens with Superior Canon Optics that provides broadcasters with a low-cost 1080i resolution option for ENG, Documentary or Reality TV production. Filmmakers will also appreciate the extensive Cine controls and 24 Frame rate option the XL H1 camcorder offers. Canon's "professional jackpack" features include uncompressed digital HD-SDI output for seamless integration into broadcast studios or high-quality image transfer to non-linear editing systems. The Genlock feature allows movie sets to easily synchronize camera settings across multiple camcorders and SMPTE time-codes in-and-out allow for streamlined tape and edit management. more
Are you using an online video locker to store your video? Do you record your favorite broadcast or cable shows and wish you had access to them whenever or wherever you wanted to use them? Are you running out of disk space because your digital video recordings are so large? Online storage locker may be the solution. more Free Internet Broadcasting Software and Tools Enable Independent Video for the Information Age - by Dave Childers of www.scvi.net Interested in Fiber to the Home and what it may mean for you and the Video Industry? Check out this white paper from WSN TV Changing the Picture - the Transition to eCinema - from Optibase High Speed Internet, Michael Moore and Fiber to the Home - It's all about Freedom. Playerless Video and Audio Streaming - the next step for rich multimedia? In September, 2003, award-winning filmmaker John Fucile was arrested for selling DVDs of his own work on the streets of Manhattan. Read the article from BrainTrustDV
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Q&A with 3ivx Founder Jan Devos All about MPEGIF and MPEG's latest news at NAB 2004 4Video News - What's New in Internet Video - Inside Scoops and Cool News H.264 Video prepares MPEG-4 for Prime Time - from StreamingMedia.com Real Networks - The History & Future by 4Video How to Market Your Creative Professional Content by Roxane Batson, Chairman WSNTV Don't Become a Film School Drop-out - a film by Peter John Ross Are you a Video Blogger? - the latest trend in online video Patently Absurd? Streaming Users face Acacia Patent Fight by DanRayburn How will fiber change the online education market Net Video News from 4Video Digital Rights & Wrongs - Who Gets to Copy What? Fiber to the Home - The Holy Grail for Internet Content Providers Video On Demand Can Save the Academy Awards Navigating the New Dynamics of DVD Authoring & DVD Publishing Are you a fan of Triumph the Insult Dog? Are you familiar with NBC's battle to remove Triumph from fan sites? Check out this article by 4Video Executive Interview - Jonathan Blank - CEO of Wildform
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Writing and Scripting Advice to the First Time Writer/Director - Focus on your story and cut what is not essential BEFORE you start shooting Great Writing & Filmmaking Links from SimplyScripts.com Compression and Codecs Are you thinking of getting into high definition video? Checkout this tutorial from Microsoft about how to produce a high definition Windows Media file Wildform announced the release of the Flix Flash Video Exporter Component for Windows that enables many existing video applications to export Wildform’s high quality FLV and SWF Flash video formats The File Interchange Handbook - The authoritative work on file formats for global film and television Compression and Streaming Importance of Bandwidth Review of Canopus ProCoder Review of Discreet Cleaner for Macintosh Review of Discreet cleaner XL for Windows All About DivX for video compression
Books and Instructional Materials The FILE INTERCHANGE HANDBOOK is a must-have reference for every film and video professional moving to computer based production and distribution. It is the only book that gives a complete scrutiny and breakdown of all file formats for the transfer of images, sound and metadata.
Geared to a global audience, this text will get you the information that you need to learn this brand-new technology. Upcoming industry trends are mapped out alongside technology standards in this complete guide.
Learn the purpose, functionality, and structure of each standard format with this single major reference on file interchange. This handbook is the one-stop resource you want for this essential technology. Get File Interchange Handbook : For professional images, audio and metadata from Amazon
Do you know how streaming video and video over IP really works? If you want to know, you should check out this new tome by Wes Simpson. Easy to read, this big books includes everything you will need to know to get up to speed on the current generation of IP video as well as what is coming next. more
If you are looking for a fast, visual way to learn Macromedia Flash 8 and create your interactive website, Macromedia Flash 8 On Demand is the book you need. Step-by-step instructions with accompanying 4-color visuals mean you'll spend less time reading and more time learning. You'll learn how you can easily integrate and add interactivity with tools, develop content using pre-built components and effectively improve authoring capabilities with custom extensions. more
In the new, full-color "iMovie HD and iDVD 5: The Missing Manual" , David Pogue explains iMovie's and IDVD5's big-ticket features and improvements as well as the finer points--the intriguing little enhancements that typically go unmentioned but, "taken together, will make a big difference in your moviemaking career. more
Do you need to create and make titles and graphic designs for your DVDs and videos? Do you need to create cool looking images and graphics for your video web site? You got to try out Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements is basically a light version of Photoshop that makes it much simpler to manage and master Photoshop's power without having to endure a complicated learning curve. "Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual" delivers beginning-to-advanced tools, tricks, and tips for improving photos, keeping them organized, and making top-notch prints and other creative projects. The book covers both Windows and Mac versions. more
The Instant Book series from CMP Books is designed to efficiently deliver the essential skills readers need in their video and audio projects - Instant ACID, Instant Surround Sound and Instant Boris Effects. more
Do you want to make money making video? The Essential Digital Video Handbook by Pete May is a very good high level introduction to what it takes to be successful making and selling commercial videos that make money. We are not talking abut artsy indie films, music videos or Hollywood blockbusters but down to earth commercial and industrial production. If you are just starting out, definitely check out this book. Lots of pictures, logically laid out and easy to understand. more
Make Animated Films on Your PC: "3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima" Check Out the Focal Easy Guide to Premiere Pro - by Tim Kolb "Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One" makes it easier to use Photoshop for Video The File Interchange Handbook - The authoritative work on file formats for global film and television You can talk like a film pro - The A to Z Guide to Film Terms is a pocket-sized movie phrase book that contains hundreds of the weird sounding terms and phrases used every day in the movie and film industry. Get the American Cinematographer Manual (8th Edition) from Amazon. No Film Maker can afford to be without it.
Get Your Movies Seen - Festivals, Contests and Online posting sites Free Web Hosting Inexpensive and Free Video Hosting Services Film and Video Festivals - Get Your Work Seen The 200 Best Video Web Sites - many of these are looking for videos and content The Internet Video Archives - videos, animations and movies If you are a film or video maker and you are considering creating a web site to promote your work, you got to check out Oren Shai's web site. Not only does he have a bunch of cool films, but the site organization and design is truly exceptional. Thinking of distributing your film via file sharing networks? Read this book first Production Links - for Independent Filmmakers, Videographers and all those for whom movie and video making is a career - Internet Video Magazine Hot Links Article Archive Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
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