Resources
Find below some very useful link to understand more in depth the film-making process as well as many tips and tools to make the job cheaper or easier.
general link:
amazing ressource for UK film-makers:
not free but a good tool well used in the film community:
British film commission
British film counil
for culture and more ressources the brilliant BFI
-Script-writing
softwares
BBC writing room
creative exercices
the morning page and more
the blank page and more
more on the fun side but still usefull
more serious stuff here
Pitching!
-pre-production
organisation tool
datpuls or evernote work as well
pinterest and google doc are also very useful free websites.
-production
Film riot: DIY film youtube channel
indymogul: DIY film youtube channel
this link explane quite simply how a lens work, with pictures to show the result.
this video for the light
and another lesson on light
watch this and remember that rules are made to be broken.
-sound
-postproduction
editing, nothing better than a bit of wikipedia sometime
nice and illustrated
editing and comedy
grading
free software
not so basic
some more tips
sound
film riot tips
more technical
-music
contact composers and artist for autorisation,
personal favorite
or
and
-festival and distribution
exports:
for 90% of cases do a H264 mp4 with acc sound
for anything else google it.
After this, no excuses
not to make tones of amazing films!