FILM RESOURCE LINKS Chapter 2: American Film Institute http://www.afi.

com/ The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national organization dedicated to advancing and preserving film, television, and other forms of the moving image. AFI's programs promote innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting, preserving, and redefining this art form. Canadian Motion Pictures Distributors Association http://www.cmpda.org/ The Canadian affiliate of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serves as the voice and advocate of the major U.S. studios whose distribution divisions market feature films, prime-time entertainment programming for television and pay TV, and prerecorded videocassettes in Canada. Motion Picture Association of America http://www.mpaa.org/home.html The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video, and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Variety Magazine http://www.variety.com/ Recognized and respected throughout the world of show business, Variety is the premier source of entertainment news. Since 1905, the most influential leaders in the industry have turned to Variety for timely, credible, and straightforward news and analysisinformation vital to their professions. Major Hollywood Film Studios and Distributors Walt Disney Pictures Distribution Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Universal Studios Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Independent and Alternative Film Distributors Anchor Bay Entertainment http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com/ Anchor Bay Entertainment is dedicated to releasing outstanding films and committed to detail, and it utilizes the finest elements in bringing film to the home video market with an especially diverse line of international horror and cult cinema. Criterion Collection http://www.criterionco.com/ The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning original supplements. IFC Films http://www.ifcfilms.com/ Launched in 2000, IFC Films "is dedicated to realizing the visions of independent filmmakers without compromise and is a dedicated ground for nurturing these visions." The company releases ten to twelve films per year. Past IFC films have includedTadpole, Boys Don't Cry, Monsoon Wedding, and the Oscar-nominated blockbusters Y Tu Mam Tambin and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Kino International http://www.kino.com

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Kino distributes films to the big screen as well as for home use. This Web site has sections on new film releases as well as Kino videos and DVDs. Milestone Films http://www.milestonefilms.com Milestone distributes an extensive selection of foreign, classic, independent, and documentary films and videos. The site has information about the films and videos and some essays and trivia questions. Troma Studios http://www.troma.com/ Independent production company specializing in horror and cult movies such as The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High. Zeitgeist Films http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com Zeitgeist Films distributes many independent and international films for public showing. This site also lists CD soundtracks and DVDs of films distributed by Zeitgeist. You can search for films by director or browse through the section of recent releases.

Film Festivals The Cannes Film Festival http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html Each spring, Cannes, France, hosts one of the world's most influential film festivals. Information on the films featured at Cannes can be found in the "Press Conference" section of this Web site, where you can click on a title or director's name for more information. Chicago International Children's Film Festival http://www.cicff.org The CICFF is North America's largest children's film festival. This site includes information on volunteering and interning at the festival as well as information for educators and media professionals. The CICFF is open to applicants. Filmfestival.com http://www.filmfestivals.com This site is an all-inclusive guide to every film festival in the world. You can search by country, festival, or film title. The site also offers a newsletter and many links. Sundance Film Festival http://sundance.org/ The Sundance Film Festival is one of the world's most famous festivals. Its Web site introduces the festival itself and the programs it offers (for example, the Native American Program, the Writers Fellowship Program, and the Documentary Film Program). The Sundance site also has information on the Sundance partnership with UCLA for an archive of independent films. Telluride Film Festival http://www.telluridefilmfestival.com The Telluride Film Festival prides itself on being indie and unhyped. The site has many pictures of past festivals (including some of famous visitors), an entry form, and links to earlier festival programs. Facets Multi-Media http://www.facets.org Rent, buy, and learn about a huge number of movies on videotape and DVD on this well known site. Take part in contests and receive e-mail updates, too.

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Yale Film Analysis Guide: Mise-en-Scene http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/Mise-en-scene.htm The Film Analysis Guide was developed to meet the needs of faculty and students at Yale who are interested in becoming familiar with the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema. Film Analysis: Visual Style http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations.htm Visual examples of aspects of mise-en-scne including lighting and cinematography from a course Web site by Jeremy Butler. Film Costume Gallery http://www.costumegallery.com/period.html An extensive gallery of film costumes from various Hollywood films. German Expressionism http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/expressionism1.jsp Article and resources on German Expressionisma style known for its distorted and expressionistic mise-en-scne.

Chapter 4: Yale Film Analysis Guide: Cinematography http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/cinematography.htm The Film Analysis Guide was developed to meet the needs of faculty and students at Yale who are interested in becoming familiar with the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema. The American Society of Cinematographers http://www.theasc.com/ The American Society of Cinematographers is not a labor union or guild but an educational, cultural, and professional organization. Membership is possible by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography with distinguished credits in the industry. Also includes information about American Cinematographer magazine. American Widescreen Museum http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/index.htm Billed as the Internets largest film technology resource, including extensive information about widescreen and color film technologies. The British Society of Cinematographers http://www.bscine.com/ Web site for the British Society of Cinematographers, which was formed in 1949 and based on the American Society of Cinematographers. The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography http://www.precinemahistory.net/ An illustrated chronological history of the development of motion pictures. Kodak http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/glossary/glossaryContentsText.shtml A glossary of photographic terms from the Eastman Kodak Web site.

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Yale Film Analysis Guide: Editing http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/editing.htm The Film Analysis Guide was developed to meet the needs of faculty and students at Yale who are interested in becoming familiar with the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema. The Edit Center http://www.theeditcenter.com/ The Edit Center, an Apple-Certified Final Cut Pro Training Center, offers film editing classes in New York City. At the heart of the Edit Center curriculum is the six-week Art of Editing course, which brings together independent filmmakers who need their films edited and beginning editors who need the chance to learn on a feature film. Keyframe.org http://www.keyframe.org/txt/notes This site includes the essays "Notes on Digital Film Editing," "What is the Digital Revolution," and "Match Frame and Jump Cut," plus many links, including some to digital movies on the Web. The Motion Picture Editors Guild http://www.editorsguild.com/ The Motion Picture Editors Guild is a national labor organization currently representing over six thousand freelance and staff postproduction professionals. Sergei Eisenstein http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/MEDA/classes/media110/Severson/eisenste.htm An informative Web site containing a biography, filmography, essays, and links on the director Sergei Eisenstein, known for his theories on montage editing. Chapter 6: Yale Film Analysis Guide: Sound http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/sound.htm The Film Analysis Guide was developed to meet the needs of faculty and students at Yale who are interested in becoming familiar with the vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema. Film Sound Theory http://filmsound.org/ A Web site dedicated to the art and analysis of film sound. Film Sound History http://www.mtsu.edu/~smpte/timeline.html The pyramid-shaped time line at this Web site offers film sound history from the pre-1920s to the 1990s. It also includes a matrix of film sound formats throughout time and film sound links. Walter Murch http://filmsound.org/murch/murch.htm Articles written by and interviews with famed film editor Walter Murch. Highly informative.

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Film & Narrative http://www.filmeducation.org/ Film education site which aims to encourage and promote the study of film and cinema within the UK National Curriculum. Image & Narrative http://www.imageandnarrative.be/ Online journal of visual narrative studies. Narrative Film http://www.jahsonic.com/NarrativeFilm.html Web page with definitions, essays, and links to resources on the narrative film tradition. Narratology http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/narratology/ Introductory Web site to the study of narrative and narrative theory. Narratological Film Analysis http://www.uni-koeln.de/~ame02/pppf.htm Guide to formal studies of film narrative. Chapter 8: Documentary and Ethnographic Film http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/documentarybib.html A bibliography of resources on documentary and ethnographic films from the University of California Berkeley Libraries.

Doc FilmsUniversity of Chicago http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/ Doc Films is on record with the Museum of Modern Art as the longest continuously running student film society in the nation. In 1932 students formed the organization, which was then known as the Documentary Film Group, projecting 16mm documentaries from the back of a crowded classroom.

Documentary Films.net http://www.documentaryfilms.net This site contains news and reviews of documentary films and information on resources for documentary filmmakers. You can use the Film Finder to locate hard-to-find documentary films. There are also links to official Web sites of many individual documentaries, information about documentaries on television, and interviews with documentarians.

Full Frame Documentary Festival http://www.fullframefest.org/ This is the Web site of Full Frame, which is recognized as the premier annual film festival dedicated to documentary films.

Errol Morris http://www.errolmorris.com Morriss official Web site includes storyboards for The Thin Blue Line, photos for Morriss films, reprinted film reviews, and a link to the site for his cable television show, First Person.

Les Blank http://www.lesblank.com/main.html Les Blank is an independent documentary filmmaker with his own production and distribution company, Flower Films. On this site, you can find a synopsis of every film he and his colleagues have made plus information on buying them.

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Maysles Films http://www.mayslesfilms.com This is the film production Web site for documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles. In the early 1960s, two brothers started a revolution in documentary filmmaking. Albert and his late brother David pioneered the method called direct cinema. Handheld cameras and lightweight sound equipment made possible an immediacy and spontaneity that led to an entirely new way of making films uniquely suited to nonfiction subjects. Their unique filmmaking approach continues to develop today through the techniques and talents of Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles, and their co-filmmakers.

Chapter 9:

Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic European, Soviet, and Japanese film. Bright Lights Journal: Avant-Garde http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/experimental.html This page features articles from the Bright Lights film journal that are dedicated to experimental and avant-garde films. Flicker http://www.hi-beam.net Flicker is an extensive resource for experimental films and videos. The homepage reads: Here you will find films and videos that transgress the boundaries of the traditional viewing experience, challenge notions of physical perception and provide cutting edge alternatives to the media information technocracy.

Chapter 10:

Film Site: Genres http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html Contains breakdowns and information on movie genres as various forms or identifiable types, categories, classifications, or groups of films that are recurring and have similar, familiar, or instantly recognizable patterns, syntax, filmic techniques, or conventions. Screwball Comedy http://www.moderntimes.com/screwball/ A Web page dedicated to the subgenre of the screwball comedy. Includes filmography, bibliography, pictures, and essays. Film Noir http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm Web page from Images Journal containing pictures and articles dedicated to the film noir. History of Horror http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/horror.html Detailed Web site containing a chronology of horror films and related essays on important films. Gothic Italian Horror http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/infocus.htm

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Web page from Images Journal containing pictures and articles dedicated to the Italian Gothic horror movie. Hammer Films http://www.hammerfilms.com/ Web site for the famous British horror film studio Hammer Films.

Hollywood Musicals http://www.filmsite.org/musicalfilms.html This Web site details the history of the Hollywood musical genre. Science Fiction Flicks http://www.sciflicks.com/ Web site and database of science fiction cinema. Spaghetti Westerns http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus/spaghetti.htm Web page from Images Journal containing pictures and articles dedicated to the spaghetti western. The Western http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus.htm Web page from Images Journal containing pictures and articles dedicated to the western.

Chapter 11:

Association of Moving Image Archivists http://www.amianet.org/ Incorporated in 1991, AMIA was established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among those concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition, and use of moving image materials. American Film Institute http://www.afi.com/ The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national organization dedicated to advancing and preserving film, television, and other forms of the moving image. AFIs programs promote innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting, preserving, and redefining this art form. Classic Cinema http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/index.html A Web page dedicated to the classical period of Hollywood cinema including essays, filmographies, bibliographies, and online articles. Directors Guild of America http://www.dga.org/ The Directors Guild of America represents more than twelve thousand members working in the United States and abroad. Members creative work is represented in theatrical, industrial, educational, and documentary films and television, as well as videos and commercials. Early Cinema http://www.earlycinema.com/ Earlycinema.com aims to provide an introduction to the first decade of motion pictures and the developments that helped shape cinema as we know it today. Film Site: Film History http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html Contains a decade-by-decade and year-by-year breakdown of American film history.

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The German-Hollywood Connection http://www.germanhollywood.com/index.html A detailed and extensive Web site exploring the connections between German and Hollywood cinema and the German directors, writers, actors, and artists who have worked in Hollywood. Hollywood Film Stars http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue03/infocus.htm Web page from Images Journal containing pictures and articles dedicated to reflections on the Hollywood star system. Library of Congress Film Preservation http://www.loc.gov/film/arch.html In late 1996, the U.S. Congress passed landmark legislation creating the independent, nonprofit National Film Preservation Foundation, a public-private partnership to benefit the film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical societies, and similar institutions. Silent Era: The Silent Film Web site http://www.silentera.com/ Silent Era is an extensive Internet source of information on silent era films, people, and theaters.

Chapter 12:

Film as Social and Cultural History http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/film/socialhist.html Detailed Web site for exploring film history in relation to social and cultural issues. Upperstall.comIndian Cinema http://www.upperstall.com/home.html Upperstall.com offers lots of information on actors, films, and directors from India, ranging from the older Indian masterpieces to works of the present. German Cinema http://www.german-cinema.de/ This site offers information on German film festivals, recent trends in German cinema, statistics on all aspects of German cinema, and an archival database offering information on the German films presented in Kino magazine, including "The 100 Most Significant German Films." Jewishfilm.com http://www.jewishfilm.com Jewishfilm.com explains its mission as "to highlight notable films and videos of Jewish interest." The site organizes films by title, year, and subject matter, and includes various links. Library of African Cinema http://newsreel.org/main.asp This is the Web site for California Newsreel, a major distributor of African films and videos, both fictional and documentary. The site is organized in many ways, including by title, topic, country, director, and format. Facilitator guides are also available for many individual films (found under Resources). Race, Gender, Ethnicity http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/GenderMedia/ The University of Iowa Communication Studies Departments links to resources on issues related to race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality in the Media. The Global Film Initiative http://www.globalfilm.org/ The Global Film Initiative promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema and this Web site describes and gives information about a variety of recently released international films.

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David Bordwell http://www.davidbordwell.net/ Web site of film scholar David Bordwell, which includes online essays and bibliography. Center for the Cognitive Study of Moving Images http://www.uca.edu/org/ccsmi/ CCSMI conducts workshops and symposia that facilitate and promote discussion of problems associated with moving images in the context of the findings and theoretical constructs of cognitive science, as well as related issues in art theory, philosophy, literary theory, and perceptual and cognitive psychology. It also carries out research specifically focused upon problems related to moving images and serves as a clearinghouse for information gained from the above activities. Film and Philosophy http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Founded in November 1996, Film-Philosophy is an international academic journal dedicated to reviewing film studies philosophically, philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema. The e-mail salon encourages discussion of related topics. The journal is published three times per year and is fully peer reviewed. Film Theory http://www.jahsonic.com/FilmTheory.html An introduction to film theory including definitions and links to resources. Illuminations: Critical Theory Web site http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/ Web site providing research resource for those interested in the Critical Theory project. Firmly based in Frankfurt School thought, this site maintains a collection of articles, excerpts, and chapters from many contemporary writers of and about Critical Theory. Additional submissions from graduate students and others are also available, as are links to other Web sites and related sources. The Forum for Movies and Mind http://www.cyberpsych.org/filmforum/ Web site for an international interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the psychoanalytic study of film. It provides opportunities for people interested in psychoanalysis and film to exchange ideas via screenings, conferences, and a magazine,Projections. Society for Cinema & Media Studies http://www.cmstudies.org/ Founded in 1959, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies is a professional organization of college and university educators, filmmakers, historians, critics, scholars, and others devoted to the study of the moving image. Chapter 14: Yale Library, Research Guide in Film Studies http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/film/ An introductory guide to conducting research in Film Studies at Yale University. It includes information about reference materials, Internet sites, and other special resources. Geared towards Yale University holdings but useful for all students. Magazines, Journals, Websites Cineaste http://www.cineaste.com Here you can read the cover stories from this major American film magazine, and abstracts for past and current articles are also available.

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Cinema Journal http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jcj.html This site contains abstracts from the academic publication Cinema Journal with essays covering a broad range of topics. Fade In http://www.fadeinmag.com Complete articles can be found here, along with interviews and stories from the sets of upcoming films. Film Comment http://filmlinc.com/fcm/fcm.htm The site includes illustrated articles from current and past issues of the important American film magazine Film Comment and a Web site search engine for film-related subjects. Film Threat http://www.filmthreat.com/ Film Threat was created in 1985. For over a decade Film Threat has covered cult films, underground shorts, alternative films, and independent features. Film Threats mission is to champion the increasingly popular explosion of independent and underground films. Filmmaker http://www.filmmakermagazine.com This Web site for Filmmaker: The Magazine of Independent Film offers insiders perspectives on the business and aesthetics of the independent film scene. The site includes many articles from the magazine and links for film resources and festivals. Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/ Web site for the Internet Movie Database, the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet. Movie Maker http://www.moviemaker.com Movie Makers Web site includes some articles that cannot be found in the magazine. Subject matter includes auteurs, editing, festivals, and screenwriting. Senses of Cinema http://www.sensesofcinema.com/ An online journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. The links section (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/links.html) has an extensive list of Internet resources including journals, magazines, film reviews, individual directors, and film festivals. Screening the Past http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/screeningthepast Each issue has a theme such as auteurism. The site has a convenient search engine for quick research. ScreenSite http://www.screensite.org/index.php ScreenSite facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students. Variety Magazine http://www.variety.com/ Recognized and respected throughout the world of show business, Variety is the premier source of entertainment news. Since 1905, the most influential leaders in the industry have turned to Variety for timely, credible, and straightforward news and analysisinformation vital to their professions. Wide Angle http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/wide_angle/indexold.html Wide Angle offers film scholarship focused mainly on one topic per issue looked at from a range of views. You can get brief abstracts here.

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Film Reviews Eber t & Roeper at the Movies http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html This site is like the TV show and newspaper articles but with audio and more selections. You can hear reviews of current movies and video movies. You can also use "search" to locate films by title, director, or actor. Film.com http://www.film.com/ This site features reviews, movie clips, recent news, articles, and a calendar of upcoming events. Films in Review http://www.filmsinreview.com Films in Review is the oldest American publication of film reviews. Essays and interviews can also be found on the site. Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com/lookup When you type in the title of a film, this database can bring up links to dozens or scores of complete movie reviews from across the world. Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com Distinguish the "fresh" from the "rotten" at this site devoted to reviewing films, rentals, and even critics. U.S. Catholic Bishops Movie Reviews http://www.usccb.org/movies/index.htm#weekly An agency of the United States Catholic Conference runs a weekly movie review line accessible via the telephone. This Web site provides the text of those reviews and archives of USCC movie reviews and family video reviews.

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