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Chapter
1 - Industry overview
- General references and education
- Organisations and Institutions
- Trade papers
- Industry news online
- Industry reviews and statistics
- A little bit of producing philosophy too.
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Chapter
2 - Legal stuff
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Chapter
3 - Partners
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Chapter
4 - Jobs
- This chapter gives basic information
about structure and ideology of movie industry. Still the last paragraph
makes emphasis on the producing in this industry.
In the current stage, there are basically materials about the U.S. and Europe, but eventually Asian materials should be added later.
Links to
General references and a bit of education
Internet
Movie Database The best overall
database on movies, including plot summaries, cast and crew lists, awards,
and more.
http://www.imdb.com/
CineMediaThe
Internet's largest film and media directory" offers 20,000 links to film,
television, and radio industry resources.
http://www.cinemedia.org
Oscar.com:
The Official Academy Awards Site Read about the
history of the Oscars and keep up with news about this annual awards event.
http://www.oscar.com/
The
Annenberg/CPB Project. A little
bit simplist, but interesting for general education.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/cinema/
Organisations
and Institutions
Motion Picture Association of America
http://www.mpaa.org/about/index.htm
Filmmakers Companies
database
http://www.filmmaker.com/producing/
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter
Le Film Francais
Internet Movie Database Studio Brief I don't know how they do it, but their news comes sometimes first.
http://us.imdb.com/StudioBrief/
Industry
reviews and statistics
MPAA's Worldwide Market Research Department. US ECONOMIC REVIEW, containing non-confidential industry statistics
http://www.mpaa.org/useconomicreview/
The Micro-Budget Movement & the Digital Revolution Wisdom from Next Wave Films’ Peter Broderick by P. Broderick, J. Bachar, S. Noegel, G. Wing, and C. Zack
http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/30/broderick/index.html
Desktop
Moviemaking:
An Overview by Michael Phillips. Digital moviemaking didn't take
off until 1992, but now about 80 percent of Hollywood movies are edited
digitally. As costs come down, the indies are beginning to catch up.
http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/27/desktop/index.html
Demystifying
Deliverables by Paul Tarantino
You’re finished with your film and you think you’ve really accomplished
something. You have. But don’t gloat until you’re sure your movie is completely
deliverable. Here’s a checklist.
http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/30/deliver/index.html
DISTRIBUTION
PATTERNS MOVIEMAKING ADVICE FROM DOV S-S SIMENS AMERICA'S #1 FILM INSTRUCTOR
http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/25/mrholly/index.html
- Copyright, where to find location
clearances, how to deal with professional guilds etc. If you ever consider
filmmaking as a part of your professional life, then you have to know all
the legal stuff. Even if you have enough money to pay all the lawers you
want, it's not enough.
Entertainment
law resources by Mark Litwak
http://www.marklitwak.com/
MPAA
Legislation sources
http://www.mpaa.org/legislation/
- Looking for financial help? Where
to rent your equipment? What about laboratories?
This chapter is for you when you start your production. Starting from fond raising to the samples of budgets and call sheet, you can find it here.
Producers
source Addresses of companies, industry events, joblisting
http://www.producers-source.com/
Chapman/Leanard
Studio Equipment, Inc..
http://www.chapman-leonard.com/
"Indiefilms
grants and founations list Only for members
http://www.indiefilms.com/tsr-grn.htm
"Indiefilms"
investors list Only for members
http://www.indiefilms.com/tsr-inv.htm
Filmmakers
Homepage production document samples
(budget, call sheet, script breakdown etc.)
http://www.filmmaker.com/files/
- This is really straight forward.
Let's get something done.
"Indiefilms"
agents list Only for members
http://www.indiefilms.com/tsr-agn.htm
Producers
source Addresses of companies, industry events, joblisting
http://www.producers-source.com/
