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FESTIVALS | SPECIAL EFFECTS | ANIMATION & 3D | LEGAL | PRODUCTION
MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS | EQUIPMENT | FILM SITES | OTHER

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Other Local Festivals
Fallbrook Film Festival	Short and Feature Length films with guest speakers, workshops and awards
Escondido Youth Media Festival	Elementary and Middle School films from Escondido School District
San Diego Film Festival	Professional level festival with 5 nights of premieres, parties and content.
Temecula Valley Film & Music Festival	Several nights of feature length premieres and activities
California Student Media Festival	Student and Education themed festival
Comic-Con Film Festival	Genre related films judged by industry professionals
3C Media Festival	Locally produced festival catering to student work

Special Effects
Detonationfilms.com	Free video of high quality uncompressed explosions
Matthawkins.co.uk	Sounds/ tutorials/ and SFX recipes (sugar glass)
Unitednuclear.com	How to make Smoke Bombs

Animation & 3D
VideoCopilot.com	After Effects / 3dMax motion graphics tutorials
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)
ABC.net	Basic Tutorials on Stop Motion SFX and simple 3d

 

Legal
Creativecommons.org	Information regarding Creative Commons copyright
Pdinfo.com	Information regarding music and the Public Domain
Copyright Law	Up to date information on copyrights and public domain in the United States.
Chillingeffects.org	So you're being sued for copyright infringement...

 

Production
Rondexter.com	Ton of technical info from a pro (all aspects of filmaking)
Vimeo.com/videoschool	Beginners videos on production

 

Music & Sound Effects
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)

 

Equipment

 

Film Sites
Studentfilms.com	Extensive community forums
Vimeo.com	A more professionally oriented Youtube
Channel101.com	Monthly contest to create a 5 minute TV show (18+)

 

Other
Conceptart.org	a forum of incredible professional conceptual artwork
Coolhomepages.com	Collection of some of the web's best design
istockphoto.com	Stock Photo/ Video for sale (Free Samples!)
Shutterstock.com	Stock Photo/ Video for sale (Free Samples!)
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

STUDENT FILMMAKING DOWNLOADS

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. We do not guarantee the legality of any form/paperwork. If you own any of these items let us know and we'll credit you/remove the file. Enjoy.

Budget	Budget Template (pdf) Excel Spreadsheet (zip)
Storyboard	Storyboard Template (pdf) Storyboard Tools (zipped pc prog)
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)
"Green Band" Trailer Card (SOURCE)	Photoshop File (psd) Image Only (png)

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