10 Minute Film School - Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncXG_TYWVLA&feature=related

10 Minute Film School - Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPbgqjOutXA&list=UU7exyoWtD5BfrLspciWK58g&feature=plcp

Film terms glossary

http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms3.html

Production software

http://celtx.com/index.html

This software enables you to write scripts in the correct format, create storyboards etc. There are plenty of tutorials on Youtube such as this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviVPD_YRZg

Copyright Free Music

Copyright free sites (Note: not all music is free to download from copyright free sites – there are download fees)
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound
http://www.shockwave-sound.com/
http://audiojungle.net/
http://www.musicmediatracks.com/?gclid=CK6V-r7ZiJgCFUse3god7XQJCw
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html
http://freeplaymusic.com/ (free downloads)
http://www.trackline.com/acatalog/Tracks.html
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/documentary-general-production.html
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/Samples_and_Loops/
www.freesound.org (free music)
http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html (teacher needs to register for this one)
Free Sound Effects from PartnersInRhyme.com:
http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it
http://www.jamendo.com/en http://www.jamendo.com/en
http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com/
http://www.acoustica.com/sounds.html
http://www.alcljudprod.se/english/ljud.php
Many, many more sites are available just ‘Google’ ‘copyright free music audio download’ or ‘free audio editor software’

National Schools Film week

A reminder that a trip to see "Never Let Me Go" in Canterbury is taking place on Wednesday, 19th October. Please see me if you need a letter.

Medway Media Conference

Hopefully some of you will be making 'genre' films for this event!

http://www.chathamgirlsgrammar.medway.sch.uk/content/medway-media-conference-2011

Blast

Blast supports creative works by young people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/

wjecstudentspace

This site has examples of other students' work, from WJEC.

http://www.youtube.com/user/wjecstudentspace

Film Dictionary

I like this site because it has good examples for most of the film terms used.


http://www.filmsite.org/filmterms.html

Scriptsmart

Helps you to create professional looking scripts.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/index.shtml

Tools for filmmakers

This site has lots of downloadable content for active filmmakers.


http://dependentfilms.net/files.html

Open Office

Open Office is an alternative to Microsoft Office.  Its advantage for your prsentation is that you can use most video formats with it, which you can't do with Powerpoint.  It's free too!


http://www.openoffice.org/

The British Film Institute

http://www.bfi.org.uk/

UK Film Council

Now dead, but there's still useful information here.


http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/

Research guidance PDF

Please see me to save this file.  It's a bit big to copy and paste on to the blog.  It has lots of examples of possible research topics and shows you the format for the presentation script and the annotated catalogue.

The small-scale research project

The project is designed to develop research skills. It will be based on focus film making appropriate reference to at least two other related films.

Candidates will establish an area of investigation that relates the chosen

focus film to one of the following frameworks:

• star/performer

• genre

• auteur (in its broadest sense)

• social, political and cultural studies

• gender issues

• ethnicity

• institution

• technology

Candidates will be required to carry out a small-scale research project.

WJEC Film Studies specification and other useful documents

http://www.wjec.co.uk/index.php?subject=54&level=21&list=docs