Film & Video
This guide concentrate on sites which would be useful in the studying or making of films. Promotional sites for individual films, especially American independent productions, can be very informative and often include interviews with the film makers, cast and crew. Such sites can be found using search engines like Yahoo.
Starting Points
Bibliographies
University of Berkeley’s site has lots of film bibliographies and links. It includes extensive bibliographies of film noir, the war in Vietnam in the movies, particular directors, and much, much more.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/
MRC/FilmBibMenu.html
http://www.mrc/FilmBibMenu.html
The Internet Movie Database
The internet movie database is the classic film reference site. It has cast and credits information for more than 170,000 films, plus links to fan based and critical material.
http://uk.imdb.com
MCS: The media and communication studies site
British-based media and communications gateway from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Useful links for film studies, including articles, film journals, and newsgroups.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Functions/mcs.html
Organisations
The British Film Commission
This is an industry orientated body dedicated to the promotion of film making as an industry in the UK. Their home page has lots of contacts, information and addresses to this end.
http://www.britfilmcom.co.uk
The British Film Institute
Official bfi website. Includes links to the bfi national library and it's online catalogue.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/home.htm
The British Universities Film & Video Council
The BUFVC promotes the production, study, and use of film and related media in Higher Education and research. The Photography section has links to sites on early film and the Moving Image Gateway (MIG) collects together sites related to moving images and sound.
http://www.bufvc.ac.uk
Film Council
The Film Council is the newly formed strategic agency responsible for developing the film industry in the UK. The site contains details on funding available for both training and film production.
http://www.filmcouncil.org.uk/home
New Producers Alliance
A forum and focus for new talent within the British Film Industry.
http://www.npa.org.uk/
Shooting people
Subscribe to this UK email network for a daily newsletter of filmmakers questions and answers.
http://www.shootingpeople.org/
Skillset
The National Training Organisation for Broadcast, Film, Video, and Interactive Media. The site contains careers and training information in the audio visual industries and has a section aimed at college students.
http://www.skillset.org/
Selected Sites
Academic Info : Film Studies Gateway
Gateway to educational resources for film studies.
http://www.academicinfo.net/film.html
Alfred Hitchcock
The MacGuffin, a scholarly site dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock.
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/news-home_c.html
Brief Encounters
Brief Encounters - Bristol's annual celebration of the short film - is the leading competitive short film festival in the UK. The site contains information on last year’s event and how to enter your film into the Brief Encounters 9th International Short Film Festival in October 2003.
http://www.brief-encounters.org.uk/
Exposure
Exposure’s web site has advice and links for young film makers.
http://www.exposure.co.uk/
Film Festivals
http://www.filmfestivals.com/
Guardian Unlimited: Film
News, reviews and in-depth features.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/
MovieMail
MovieMail is a UK based video and DVD mail order company. They can supply any film currently in print in the UK and users of the site have access to a database of what’s in print.
http://www.moviem.co.uk/
Scripts
The site for film and television scripts is Drew’s Script-o-rama. Other script sites mostly hijack this one. Download shooting scripts and transcripts. Links to sites useful to screenwriters.
http://www.script-o-rama.com/
E-Journals
Bright Lights Film Journal
A lively and thought provoking film studies site.
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/
Framework online
Online version of the cinema and media journal, read the latest issue, and an archive of past articles is soon to be available.
http://www.frameworkonline.com/index2.htm
Images
Online film magazine, fuses popular and academic critical approaches.
http://www.imagesjournal.com/index.html
Senses of Cinema
Australian e-journal devoted to serious and eclectic discussion of cinema.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/
Nominated Resources
Web sites and other web-based resources nominated by users of this site will be posted here.
Lux
Lux is a new not-for-profit organisation established to promote and support artists' moving image work both in the UK and internationally. The site contains information on the Lux collection and projects and has a useful online resources section.
http://www.lux.org.uk/