Useful Internet sites for Video

[kevinmeyer]

Maybe this can become a sticky?

I thought we could start a thread of useful video websites, I'll kick off with my favourites that I visit regularly:

www.videomaker.com - go to the magazine section, they have all the articles from the magazine from 1995! Lots of articles on camera techniques, editting, lighting, sound, directing, scriptwriting - pretty much everything you can think of in the DV world.

www.microfilmaker.com - full of interesting articles, product reviews, film critiques, and diy stuff.

www.videocopilot.net - great video tutorials for after effects, some really amazing stuff.

www.fxhome.com - video tutorial and effects for fxhomes software products like effectslab compositelab (newer version of AlamDV).

www.hv20.com - ha, ha, had to mention it! A great forum for probably the worlds greatest little HDV cam!

Any others?

[sonu2c]

Here's couple i got try em see if they help

http://www.freshdv.com/

http://forums.creativecow.net/

http://www.4filmmaking.com/

http://www.1000dollarfilm.com/

http://prolost.blogspot.com/

http://www.macvideo.tv/video-material/

http://www.blinklist.com/tag/filmmaking/

Get lotta my stuff from these guys sometimes third party softwares are half price

http://www.digitaljuice.com



Last one i havn't tried but if anybody tried it please share the information on it if its worth it or not.

http://www.internetmarketingforfilmmakers.com/

[MichaelRubinstein]

RubyFilmz.com - a indie film blog that I run, promotes film makers films, reviews, interviews, and upcomming news in the indie world.

FilmFo.com - it's youtube for filmmakers, please upload all your footage, test videos,short films and any other film related clips.

[Rich]

Sites I frequently visit and do not appear to be listed yet. Will try and get some better descriptions as needed:

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/ - CamcorderInfo
http://www.pana3ccduser.com/ - Panasonic 3CCD User
http://www.camcorderuser.net/ - The Camcorder User Network
http://www.acidplanet.com/tools/8packs/ acidplanet - free 8packs
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/default.asp - Sony Software Forums
http://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/index.php - jetdv.com Edward Troxel Vegas Site
http://www.dmnforums.com/ - DMN Forums home of the Worldwide Users Groups
http://www.videohelp.com/ - videohelp.com
http://www.SonyHDVinfo.com - SonyHDVinfo.com
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/ - SimplyDV
http://www.dvinfo.net/ - DVinfo.net
http://forums.afterdawn.com/ - after dawn
http://www.videoforums.co.uk/ - videoforums.co.uk
http://forum.digital-digest.com/ - forum.digital-digest

Rich

[gheekay]

thank you for sharing internet video provider.... it helps me alot

[oddmanil]

http://forums.creativecow.net/forum/sonyvegas

[Dleo]

Thought I could ad some here, but You guys thought of everything...

Jeez!!!!!!!!!!

[PeterC]

Here are some other great forums I visit besides the ones already listed:

http://www.steadicamforum.com/forums/ - Steadicam / Stabilizers Forum
http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/ - Home Built Stabilizers - Just like it sounds, great for the DIYer
http://dvxuser.com - DVXUser - Great DIY section, too

[PeterC]

BTW, microfilmmaker.com is spelled with 2 m's

[MithrilFox]

Metacafe's Production School is actually a pretty cool place to check out tips on making and editing video.

http://www.metacafe.com/producercentral/school/

[Matt Greenfield]

www.indymogul.com - No one mentioned this one? Loads of fun and some useful information as well.
http://www.indiefilmpage.com - Great links
http://www.sonnyboo.com Some nice freebies here.
www.imdb.com - a great reference source, but if you're serious about film, it's well worth the cost to upgrade to the pro site. Includes access to casting calls, studio and agent information, industry forums and links to the hottest stories at Variety, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and dozens of genre specific sites like Twitch, AICN, etc.

[Karel Bata]

If you're planning to post your video anywhere (or want to post it everywhere!) you may well find my side-by-side comparisons page useful.

Alternatives to YouTube

[Fleshoff]

http://detonationfilms.com/

[thecoleinator]

homebuiltstabilizers.com very helpful when it comes to diy

[bmsweb]

what a great thread . . so many links

[No Handle]

I'd like to second a few of the ones mentioned above:


http://www.videocopilot.net/
http://forums.creativecow.net/
http://www.videomaker.com/
http://prolost.blogspot.com/
http://www.freshdv.com/
http://www.dvinfo.net/
http://dvxuser.com/

Here's some random stuff I got in my bookmarks:

http://www.directorsnotes.com/
http://www.artofthetitle.com/
http://www.motionspire.com/

Zines:
http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/
http://www.moviemaker.com/
http://www.moviemaker.com/producing/...2009_20090610/
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/

Bloggy:
http://fastcheapmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/
http://daily.greencine.com/
http://sex-in-a-sub.blogspot.com/
http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/category/filmmaking/
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2007/write-scene
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=2448
http://thedarksalon.blogspot.com/200...rd-method.html


Info + Tuts:
http://tvtropes.org/
http://provideocoalition.com/
http://takezer0.com/
http://thestorydepartment.com.au/
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...c-fox-and-more
http://www.noupe.com/adobe/40-adobe-...resources.html
http://www.layersmagazine.com/catego...s/aftereffects
http://ae.tutsplus.com/
http://www.diylife.com/2007/09/04/fi...gs-and-mounts/
http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/pu...ecordings.html

These are all pretty random, but if there are three I would recommend exploring in greater detail, they would be:

http://fastcheapmoviethoughts.blogspot.com/
http://www.directorsnotes.com/
http://tvtropes.org/

[Bob Sanders]

VASST (Video Audio Software Support Training)

http://vasst.com/Default.aspx

[Randy Malone]

Personally I like cinema5d and dvxuser. Oh and cheesycam.