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Old February 17th, 2005, 06:03 PM   #1
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Gotta give props to Mike Curtis of "HD For Indies" fame for pointing out this site:

Tools and Utilities For Filmmakers -- check out all the useful stuff in there and bookmark it immediately!
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Old February 17th, 2005, 09:40 PM   #2
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Good stuff Chris.

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I've made this a sticky thread so we can keep one database of any resources for indie filmmaking that we find. Please add anything you think is worthy. Please keep off topic posts and meta-posts to a minimum (or I'll klenze them) so we can keep this an easy thread to read for any new visitors.

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Old February 18th, 2005, 07:51 AM   #3
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Script writing:
http://www.scriptsales.com/
http://wordplayer.com/
http://www.writemovies.com/

Movie scripts:
http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm
http://www.scriptcrawler.net/ (script search engein)
http://www.script-o-rama.com/snazzy/dircut.html
http://simplyscripts.com/
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Old February 18th, 2005, 08:10 AM   #4
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THE film festival submission site (almost every film fest is using them now):
http://www.withoutabox.com


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Old February 22nd, 2005, 12:28 AM   #5
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filmsound.org - more information than you ever wanted to know about sound for film.

sagindie.com - actor's guild site for indie filmmakers

shootingpeople.org - indie film community board for people based in London or New York

monstrous.com - a place to research things monstrous

ifp.org - independent film p... ???

scottspears.net - indie film tips, techniques, video tutorials, and articles

storyteller.net - a place to delve into traditional storytelling
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Old March 17th, 2005, 10:34 AM   #6
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The Amateur Movie Portal contains hundreds of categorized, searchable links to indie resources including...

General Tips & Tricks
Screenwriting
Do-it-yourself gear
Lighting
Sound
Visual Effects

And much more.
You can even add your own links.
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Old March 18th, 2005, 11:25 PM   #7
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I've learned that www.imdb.com is a great way to check out (and even verify) potential fellow filmmakers to help out. In this industry, there are few serious people, plenty of talkers and a couple of strange ones. I ran into a strange one recently, hence me posting this.

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Old March 19th, 2005, 06:44 AM   #8
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Hey Heath, I was looking at all the search options on IMDB. Is there a certain way you searched that allowed for "Location" etc? If so, can you point me to the page? They have 4-5 different searches, but none are giving me a "Location" search!

Thanks..
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Old March 19th, 2005, 10:16 AM   #9
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This may help, Murph.

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Old March 19th, 2005, 01:48 PM   #10
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www.moviebytes.com

Excellent resource for screenwriters. They have a screenwriting contest rating system that is very comprehensive. They also regularly publish interviews with screenwriters who have just landed their first sale.
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Old March 19th, 2005, 06:18 PM   #11
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Heath, exactly! Thanks..
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Old March 24th, 2005, 03:09 PM   #12
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Old April 1st, 2005, 03:40 PM   #13
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned http://www.sonnyboo.com yet?
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Old April 1st, 2005, 03:57 PM   #14
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<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Yannetta : Why hasn't anyone mentioned http://www.sonnyboo.com yet? -->>>

We were waiting for you to post it.

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Old April 23rd, 2005, 02:25 PM   #15
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Work with people you know, or know of. A friend of mine and I (and a crew) got burned. Or at least have a rock-solid contract.

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