Planning A Shoot
Here is the Shot List Template. It is view only. Make a copy for every project you shoot. Rename it and share it with me and your crew.
Toonboom Tutorials
Follow these tutorials in order. You will need to problem solve and look stuff up. This is a powerful program!
REsources for ARt Design Project
Costume Design Examples:
Here are a bunch of great COSTUME DESIGN SKETCHES (both for movies and for musicians).
The Den of Geek breaks down some of the BEST COSTUME DESIGNS.
Here are a bunch of great SET DESIGN SKETCHES.
Here is an article about hand vs. computer drawing.
Production Designer Anne Seibel talks about her work on Midnight in Paris.
Here is a references about GLADIATORS. If you click on the different links in the article, you will find some ancient Roman mosaics showing the different gladiators.
Here is an article about CLOTHING in ancient Rome.
Here is an article about a bunch of different clothing periods. Scroll to the ROMAN Section.
NEED HELP ON THE GLADIATOR SCHOOL? Check out these links?
Gladiator Schools of Rome.
Gladiator Life.
A gladiator school in Austria.
HERE is the link to the Art Design Documents.
Here are a bunch of great COSTUME DESIGN SKETCHES (both for movies and for musicians).
The Den of Geek breaks down some of the BEST COSTUME DESIGNS.
Here are a bunch of great SET DESIGN SKETCHES.
Here is an article about hand vs. computer drawing.
Production Designer Anne Seibel talks about her work on Midnight in Paris.
Here is a references about GLADIATORS. If you click on the different links in the article, you will find some ancient Roman mosaics showing the different gladiators.
Here is an article about CLOTHING in ancient Rome.
Here is an article about a bunch of different clothing periods. Scroll to the ROMAN Section.
NEED HELP ON THE GLADIATOR SCHOOL? Check out these links?
Gladiator Schools of Rome.
Gladiator Life.
A gladiator school in Austria.
HERE is the link to the Art Design Documents.
MakeUp Videos
Writers
Check out these resources for screenplay formatting.
Formatting a Screenplay as an Example PDF
Formatting a Screenplay Website
Check out these resources for examples of screenplays.
Rear Window (HTML)
12 Years a Slave (PDF)
Formatting a Screenplay as an Example PDF
Formatting a Screenplay Website
Check out these resources for examples of screenplays.
Rear Window (HTML)
12 Years a Slave (PDF)
Storyboard Artists
How to Draw a Storyboard (PDF)
Basics of Storyboarding from J. Todd Anderson
Storyboarding Tips from DreamWorks
Storyboard Template (PDF)
Basics of Storyboarding from J. Todd Anderson
Storyboarding Tips from DreamWorks
Storyboard Template (PDF)
Director and Assistant Directors
Film Directing Fundamentals (PDF). This file is big, but Chapter 5 is a good place to start.
I would also watch the videos for the Director of Photography.
I would also watch the videos for the Director of Photography.
Director of Photography, Camera Operators, Key Grip
Boom Operator and Sound Mixer
Editors
Any music and sound effects you choose must be ROYALTY FREE and/or Creative Commons Licensed for your commercial use. Check out these sites for music and sound effects.
Freesound.org
Freemusicarchive.org
909 Music – A Royalty-Free Music marketplace where video producers & music composers can collaborate; the site uses CC-licencing where a number of tracks can be used for free (with attribution).
Adobe Audition Sound FX & Music Loops – Over 20Gb of royalty free musical loops, stingers and sound FX all packed into labelled collections. Note: Requires an Adobe CC Subscription.
FMA – free music archive and CC licensed compositions.
GoSoundtrack – a creative collective of composers focused on music for media, released under Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning it’s free for both commercial & non-commercial use. Custom songs can be requested if you have a project that needs something special added to it.
OpenAir – An Impulse Response Library, under CC-licencing with an ‘Auralization map’ to search for a specific IR data to set reverb according to spatial/space. The library also includes Anechoic Data and resource software for generating acoustic data and utilising the data. Excellent for foley artists and sound designers.
Premium Beat – massive free sound effects pack for film and video trailers.
Producer’s Spot – Sound FX Pack, completely free for all projects, lots of guns/horror/zombie sounds, quality recordings. Also, plenty of free VST plugins, software, loops and other audio production tools
Sonnyboo – free resources including music for filmmakers.
SoundCloud – CC music, loops and sounds. Not all are shared and be careful to check the uploader owns the track before using.
World Hip Hop Beats – Creative Commons licensed instrumentals for educational and non-commercial use.
Youtube Audio Library –free music library for use on micro-budget projects.
ZapSplat – free Sound Library with over 7000 sound fx and foley files that can be used in both commercial and non-commercial works. This is worth bookmarking as the library is continually growing.
Freesound.org
Freemusicarchive.org
909 Music – A Royalty-Free Music marketplace where video producers & music composers can collaborate; the site uses CC-licencing where a number of tracks can be used for free (with attribution).
Adobe Audition Sound FX & Music Loops – Over 20Gb of royalty free musical loops, stingers and sound FX all packed into labelled collections. Note: Requires an Adobe CC Subscription.
FMA – free music archive and CC licensed compositions.
GoSoundtrack – a creative collective of composers focused on music for media, released under Creative Commons Attribution License, meaning it’s free for both commercial & non-commercial use. Custom songs can be requested if you have a project that needs something special added to it.
OpenAir – An Impulse Response Library, under CC-licencing with an ‘Auralization map’ to search for a specific IR data to set reverb according to spatial/space. The library also includes Anechoic Data and resource software for generating acoustic data and utilising the data. Excellent for foley artists and sound designers.
Premium Beat – massive free sound effects pack for film and video trailers.
Producer’s Spot – Sound FX Pack, completely free for all projects, lots of guns/horror/zombie sounds, quality recordings. Also, plenty of free VST plugins, software, loops and other audio production tools
Sonnyboo – free resources including music for filmmakers.
SoundCloud – CC music, loops and sounds. Not all are shared and be careful to check the uploader owns the track before using.
World Hip Hop Beats – Creative Commons licensed instrumentals for educational and non-commercial use.
Youtube Audio Library –free music library for use on micro-budget projects.
ZapSplat – free Sound Library with over 7000 sound fx and foley files that can be used in both commercial and non-commercial works. This is worth bookmarking as the library is continually growing.