DV References and Web Links

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Film magazine subscriptions

Video / broadcast magazine subscriptions

Planning Your Project

American Film Institute (AFI)  www.afi.com

*Egri, Lajos, The Art of Dramatic Writing (New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1960)  Art of Dramatic Writing

Film Independent (FIND) formerly Independent Feature Project Los Angeles  www.filmindpendent.org

Filmmakers Alliance  www.filmmakersalliance.com

Footage [documentary]  www.footage.net

*Hunter, Lew, Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (New York: Perigee/Penguin Putnam, 1995)  Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Serial)

Independent Feature Project (NYC) www.ifp.org

International Documentary Association (IDA)  www.documentary.org

Media Access Project [free-speech issues]  www.mediaaccess.org

Media Communications Association International [formerly ITVA, corporate communicators]  www.mca-i.org

RE: Vision Effects, Inc. [animation]  www.revisionfx.com

*Rees, A. L., A History of Experimental Film and Video(London: British Film Institute, 1999)  A History of Experimental Film and Video

*Seger, Linda, The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film (New York: Henry Holt, 1992)  The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and...

*Squires, Malcolm, Video Camcorder School: A Practical Guide to Making Great Home Videos (Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 1992)  Video Camcorder School: A Practical...

Tvcameramen.com  www.tvcameramen.com/index.html

Utz, Dr. Peter, "How-To Info and Books for Videographers" http://videoexpert.home.att.net/index.htm

Writers Guild of America  www.wga.org

Inktip.com [[writer-to-producer script mart]  www.inktip.com

DV Technology and the Camcorder

*Billups, Scott, Digital Moviemaking (2nd Edition, Studio City: Michael Weise Productions, 2003)  Digital Moviemaking: All the Skills,...

*Collier, Maxie D., Digital Video Filmmaker's Handbook (Hollywood: ifilm Publishing/Lone Eagle, 2001)  The IFILM Digital Video Filmmaker's...

Foveon, Inc. [advanced CMOS chips]  www.foveon.com

Grotta, Sally Weiner, "Anatomy of a Digital Camera: Image Sensors," ExtremeTech, June 12, 2001, Ziff Davis Media Inc.  www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,15465,00.asp

*Silbergleid, Michael and Mark J. Pescatore, A Guide to Digital Television, Third Edition (New York, United Entertainment Media, 2002)  The Guide To Digital Television, second...

VCDHelp.com [digital format comparisions]  www.vcdhelp.com/comparison.htm

Williamson, Glen A., "Television" www.williamson-labs.com/480_tv.htm

Using Your Camcorder Like a Pro

American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)  www.theasc.com

B-Roll.net: The Television Photography Website  http://b-roll.net

*Hall, Conrad L., Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (Los Angeles: Image Entertainment, 1993)  Visions of Light: The Art of...

Johnson, Bruce A., "Camera Accessories," Digital Video Magazine, April, 2002  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2002/johnson0402

Kapoor, Dave, "Filters for Digital Cameras," Spectra Cine, Inc., "Determining the ASA/ISO Rating or Exposure Index of a Video Camera" http://spectracine.com/determiningtheexposureindexo.htm

P+S Technik [cinema lens adapters]  www.pstechnik.de ; www.35digital.com

Reichman, Michael, "The Luminous Landscape: The Understanding Series" www.luminous-landscape.com

Sony Electronics Inc., HDTV Production: Arrival of a 24-Frame Progressive Scan HDTV Production System Implications for Program Origination (Park Ridge: Sony, 2001)

Shots and Shot Plans

*Block, Bruce A., The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media (Boston: Focal Press, 2001)  The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure...

Famous Frames, Inc. [storyboard artists]  www.famousframes.com

*St. John Marner, Terence, Film Design (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1974)  Film Design

Storyboard Quick! [software]  www.storyboardartist.com

Lighting for DV

Airstar Space Lighting  www.airstar-light.com

B&H Photo-Video Pro Audio Corp. www.bhphotovideo.com

Birns & Sawyer, Inc. [rentals]  www.birnsandsawyer.com

Clairmont Camera Film & Digital [rentals]  www.clairmont.com

Kino Flo Lighting Systems  www.kinoflo.com

Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Inc.  www.lowel.com

Mole-Richardson  www.mole.com

Paskal Lighting [rentals]  www.paskal.com

Studio 1, Article Index  www.studio1store.com/articles.htm

Studio Depot  www.studiodepot.com

Sound on the Set

Audio-Technica U.S., Inc., "Resolving Interference Problems" www.audiotechnica.com/using/wireless/advanced/resolve.html

Audio-Technica, U.S., Inc., "Setting Up Wireless Microphone Audio" www.audiotechnica.com/using/wireless/basics/setup.html

Audio-Technica U.S., Inc., "Using Multiple [Wireless] Systems" www.audiotechnica.com/using/wireless/advanced/multi.html

Internet Newsgroup (Audio Professionals), "rec.audio.pro FAQ" www.vex.net/~pcook/RecAudioPro/index.html

Rose, Jay, "Big Mistakes," Digital Video Magazine, July, 2002

Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co., KG [mics]  www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/icm.nsf

Shure, Inc., "Shure Model FP33 User Guide" www.shure.com/pdf/userguides/guides_audiomixers/fp33_en.pdf

Tech Target, "Whatis.com Definition: Jam Sync" http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213624,00.html

Preproduction

Academy Players Directory [casting guide]  www.playersdirectory.com

Casting Society of America (CSA)  www.castingsociety.com

*Daniels, Bill, David Leedy, and Steven D. Sills, Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's (Creative) Accounting Practices (Los Angeles: Silman-James 1998)  Movie Money: Understanding Hollywood's...

*Donaldson, Michael C., Mimi Donaldson, and David Frohnmayer Negotiating for Dummies® (New York: Wiley, 1996)  Negotiating For Dummies®

Filmmaker.com [forms and tips]  www.filmmaker.com

*Gaines, Philip and David J. Rhodes, Hollywood on $5,000, $10,000, or $25,000 a Day: The Survival Guide for Low-Budget Filmmakers (Los Angeles: Silman-James, 1994)  Hollywood on $5,000, $10,000, or $25,000...

*Goodell, Gregory, Independent Feature Film Production: A Complete Guide from Concept to Distribution (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982)  Independent Feature Film Production: A...

Independent Feature Project, "Make Your Movie" www.ifp.org/nav/makeyourmovie.php

*Maier, Robert G., Location Scouting and Management Handbook (Boston: Focal Press, 1994)  Location Scouting and Management...

Producers Guild of America  www.producersguild.com

*Rodriguez, Robert, Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player (New York: Plume/E. P. Dutton, 1996)  Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a...

*Schmidt, Rick, Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices: How to Write, Produce, Direct, Film, Edit, and Promote a Feature-Length Film for Less than $10,000 (New York: Penguin/Viking, 1988)  Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices:...

Scriptdude.com [production software]  www.scriptdude.com

*Singleton, Ralph, Film Scheduling: Or, How Long Will It Take to Shoot Your Movie? (Hollywood: Lone Eagle, 1991)  Film Scheduling: Or, How Long Will It...

*Vogel, Harold L., Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide to Financial Analysis, 5th Edition (Cambridge Univ., 2001)  Entertainment Industry Economics: A...

On the Set

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)  www.aftra.org

Crew Net  www.crewnet.net

Digital Cinema: A creativeplanet Community  www.digitalcinemamag.com

*Directors, The: The Essential DVD Collection (Los Angeles: Fox Lorber, 2001)  The Directors - The Essential DVD...

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  www.iatse.org

Jeffords, Bob, Jeffords' Rules and Regulations, Directors Guild of America  www.dga.org

*Ohio, Denise, Five Essential Steps in Digital Video: A DV Moviemaker's Tricks of the Trade (Indianapolis: Que, 2001)  The Five Essential Steps in Digital Video

National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET)/Communications Workers of America (CWA)  www.nabetcwa.org

Rose, Jay, "The Wrong Line," Digital Video Magazine, June, 2002  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2002/rose0602

Screen Actors Guild  www.sag.org

In the Cutting Room

Adobe Premiere [training]  www.adobe.com/products/premiere/training.html

American Cinema Editors (ACE)  www.ace-filmeditors.org

Apple Final Cut Pro [training]  www.apple.com/finalcutpro/training.html

Automatic Duck [NLE import/export tools]  www.automaticduck.com

Avid [training]  www.avid.com/training/index.html

Capria, Frank, "Software NLEs," Digital Video Magazine, May, 2002

Dvcreators.net [training]  www.dvcreators.net

Foto Search Footage Stock  www.fotosearch.com

*Ondattje, Michael, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (New York: Knopf, 2002)  The Conversations: Walter Murch and the...

Sonic Foundry [media software]  www.sonicfoundry.com

Sony Vegas [NLE] http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/

*Wilson, Michael Henry (dir.), A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Burbank: Miramax, 1995)  A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese...

Polishing Sound and Imagery

Allied Post Audio (Santa Monica, CA) www.AlliedPost.com

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) [music licensing]  www.ascap.com

Averbuch, Nir [composer]  www.muzikhead.com

Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) [music licensing]  www.bmi.com

Carlsson, Sven E., "Sound Design of Star Wars" www.filmsound.org/starwars

Charly [music licensing]  www.licensemusic.com

DeWolfe Music [library]  www.dewolfemusic.com

Dolby Laboratories Inc.[Surround Sound and noise reduction] www.dolby.com

Film Music Magazine  www.filmmusicmag.com

Frederick, Paul [composer]  http://home.earthlink.net/~pfrederick2/

Hullfish, Steve, "Color Correction Plug-Ins," Digital Video Magazine, January, 2002  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2002/hullfish_colorcorrex_sb_0102; "Color Correction Techniques," Digital Video Magazine, February, 2002  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2002/hullfish_colorcorrex2_0202; "Fundamentals of Color-Correction," Digital Video Magazine, January, 2002  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2002/hullfish_colorcorrex_0102

Jackman, John, "Creating Broadcast Legal Stills," Digital Video Magazine, December, 2001  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2001/jackman_legalstills_pt1_1201

Last Frontier Footage www.lastfrontierfootage.com

Opus 1 Music Library  www.opus1musiclibrary.com

Recording Industry of America (RIAA)  www.riaa.org

Rose, Jay, "Welcome to the Digital Playroom!" www.dplay.com/index.html

Rose, Jay, "Sounds of the Silver Screen: How to Make Digital Video Sound Like Film," Digital Video Magazine, May, 2001  www.dv.com/print_me.jhtml?LookupId=/xml/feature/2001/rose0501

SmartSound Software [music software tools, library]  www.smartsound.com

Synchro Arts VocALign [sound sync software]  www.synchroarts.co.uk

Distribution and E-Publishing

Advanced Media Technologies, Inc.[DVD Pressing] www.amtone.com

Alexander & Associates, "Cable Homes Decline in Major Restructuring of Home Entertainment Delivery Media," March 1, 2002  www.alexassoc.com/video/PRMar12002.shtml

American Film Marketing Association (AFMA)  www.afma.com

Arri [ArriLaser film recorder]  www.arri.com

Atom Films [e-distributor]  atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home

Box office results  www.the-numbers.com/movies

*Campbell, Russell, Photographic Theory for the Motion Picture Cameraman (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1980)  Photographic Theory for the Motion...

Celco [film recorders]  www.celco.com

Cineon [laser film recorder]  www.cineon.com

Coolidge, Martha, President, DGA, letter quoted in Bob Baker, "Who Can Edit a Movie? Directors Guild Files Suit," Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2002

Disc Makers [DVD duplication hardware] www.discmakers.com

Digital Film Group [film transfer] www.digitalfilmgroup.com

Duart [film transfers and lab]  www.duart.com

DVD Copy Control Association (DVDCCA)  www.dvdcca.org

DVFilm [film transfers], "Top Ten Most Commonly Asked Questions" www.dvfilm.com/faq.htm

Eastman Kodak Company, "Motion Picture Printing" www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/support/h1/printingP.shtml

E-Film [film transfers]  www.efilm.com

EVS [HD compression technology]  www.evs.tv

Film Festivals [listing]  www.filmfestivals.com

FotoKem [film transfers and lab]  www.fotokem.com

Internet Movie Database  www.imdb.com

JVC D-ILA [digital projection]  www.jvcdig.com/technology.htm

*Lancaster, Kurt and Cynthia Conti, Building a Home Movie Studio and Getting Your Films Online (New York: Billboard Books/Watson-Guptill, 2001)  Building a Home Movie Studio & Getting...

Lasergraphics, Inc. [film transfer] www.lasergraphics.com

Leunig, Sheila M., Esq., "Will Your Web-Based Business Benefit from the Digital Millenium Copyright Act?" www.witi.org/wire/feature/sleunig/index.shtml

Macrovision [APS copy protection license for DVDs]  www.macrovision.com

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  www.mpaa.org

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)  www.nab.org

Rimage [DVD duplication equipment]  www.rimage.com

*Rose, M. J. and Angela Adair-Hoy, How to Publish and Promote Online (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001)  How To Publish and Promote Online

Streitfeld, David, "The Cultural Anarchist vs. the Hollywood Police State," Los Angeles Times Magazine, September 22, 2002

Swiss Effects [film transfers]  www.swisseffects.ch

U.S. Library of Congress [copyright information and forms], www.copyright.gov; "Executive Summary Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 104 Report" www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_executive.html

Wilkinson, Jim and Bruce Devlin, "The Material Exchange Format (MXF) and Its Application," SMPTE Journal, September, 2002

Without a Box, Inc. [film festival submission service]  www.withoutabox.com

Future of DV Technology

Texas Instruments DLP [digital projection]  www.dlp.com

Eastman Kodak Company, The Future of Cinema: Leaders of the Entertainment Industry Share Their Views of Tomorrow (Los Angeles: Eastman Kodak, 2000)

Eastman Kodak Company, The Future of Filmmaking (Los Angeles: Eastman Kodak, 2000)

Lucasfilm, Ltd., "Star Wars II: The Next Generation of Digital," June 10, 2002  www.starwars.com/episode-ii/news/2002/06/news20020610.html

Digital Video Technology in Depth

Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC)  www.atsc.org

EZ Keyboard Products [NLE keyboards]  www.postop.com/SelectEZproduct.htm www.Bella-USA.com

Hecht, Marvin, "Hecht's HDTV Links" www.geocities.com/marvin_hecht/hdtv.html

Long, Ben, "Digital Video 101: Choosing the Right Video Format," September 6, 2000  www.creativepro.com/story/feature/8455.html

*Murray, James D. and William D. vanRyper, Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastapol, Calif., May 1996)  Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

Poynton, Charles, "Color Links" www.poynton.com

"Professional Digital Video Tape Recorder Comparison" http://kensystem.com/kensys/vtr.htm

Rule Broadcast Systems, "Tech Tips: All Digital Video Is NOT Created Equal" www.rule.com/techtip.cfm?techtipID=19#top

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) www.smpte.org

Sony Corporation, "Guidance of Sony Semiconductor Data Sheet" www.sony.co.jp/~semicon/english

Wilt, Adam J., "The DV, DVCAM, & DVCPRO Formats" www.adamwilt.com/DV.html