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Online
Digital Video
- UA DV
- Digital video works by University of Alabama students.
- AdCritic.com
- Enormous archive of television commercials.
- AlwaysI
- Short and feature films. Charges a fee for access.
- Atom Films
- DV and animated shorts.
- 1st Films
- Created to allow photographers and filmmakers to showcase their work.
- Green Line TV
- Student film and video showcase, featuring comedy, news, and short
films.
- IFilm
- DV in categories of "Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Erotica,
Experimental, Gay & Lesbian, Reality, Sci-Fi, Spoof."
- iNetFilm
- Short and feature films.
- MinuteMovies
- "Very independent" short films.
- Shockwave.com
- DV, animation and games using Macromedia Shockwave (built with Flash
and Director).
- Yahoo!
DV Listing
- Various DV showcases.
- Yahoo! Movies Online Shorts
Directory
- A guide to short films on the Web.
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Production
Companies
- Buena Vista
- Walt Disney productions.
- Universal
- Includes Universal Pictures, and MCA Home Entertainment.
- MGM
- Paramount Pictures
- Films, television, and news.
- Warner Brothers
- Films, TV shows (e.g., ER), music, etc.
Broadcast
TV Networks (U.S.)
- ABC
- CBS
- Fox
- NBC
- PBS
- WB
Cable
TV Networks
- A&E - Arts and Entertainment
Network
- All News Channel
- American Movie Classics (AMC)
- Black Entertainment Television
Networks
- BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
- C-SPAN
- CNBC
- CNN (Cable News Network)
- Comedy Central
- Discovery
- Finnish TV Channels
- HBO
- Independent Film Channel
- Lifetime Television
- Movie Channel
- MSNBC
- MTV
- MuchMusic Canada
- Canada's first 24-hour, all video music channel. See also MuchMusic
USA.
- Nickelodeon
- See also Nick at Nite's
TV Land, Nickelodeon Australia
and Nickelodeon UK
- Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion
- For science fiction, fantasy, horror and science fact.
- Showtime
- Sundance
- Affiliated with Robert Redford's Sundance Festival.
- Turner
- TBS - Turner Broadcasting
System's "superstation"
- TNT - Turner Network Television
- Turner Classic Movies
- University of Alabama Center for
Public Television
- USA Network
- VH1
- See also VH-1derland - the German
Music TV channel VH-1.
- Weather Channel
Festivals
and Competitions
- Big Muddy Film Festival
- Provides independent film and video makers with an opportunity to
present works that challenge the traditional boundaries of the visual
media. Hosted by Film Alternatives and Southern Illinois University.
- Chicago International
Film Festival
- The CIFF also maintains its own Film
Festival Directory of several dozen Web pages devoted to film festivals.
- [NEXTFRAME]
Festival List
- A listing of student-friendly festivals--originally compiled
by the University Film and Video Association.
Screenwriting
and Scripts
- Drew's Scripts-O-Rama
- An index of movie and television scripts available on the Internet.
- The Internet
Screenwriter's Network
- Charles
Deemer's Screenwriters Resource
- Nuts & bolts info, from dramatic structure to format to marketing;
film databases; movie reviews; eclectic stuff from Godzilla to Hitchcock;
tips from the pros on the craft and business of screenwriting
- Monty
Python Sketch Scripts
- The Television Transcript
Project
- They're not scripts, exactly, but these transcriptions of TV shows
are still useful to researchers and fans. Transcribed shows include
Cybill, EastEnders, The Larry Sanders Show, Northern Exposure, Seinfeld,
Xena: Warrior Princess.
Trade
Magazines
- Entertainment Weekly
- Stictly speaking, EW is not a trade mag, but it does include
news about the film and television industries--including weekly box
office figures and TV ratings.
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Significant portions of this Web site (e.g., box office grosses)
are only available for a fee.
- Variety
- Venerable chronicle of the entertainment industries. Includes film/TV
reviews, current box
office grosses (i.e., films' earnings in the U.S.) and an amusing
dictionary of Variety
slang.
Professional
Organizations
- American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
- Union for U.S. TV actors.
- American Film Marketing Association
- Trade association of 130 independent motion picture and television
production and distribution companies.
- Directors' Guild of America (DGA)
- Union for U.S. film/TV directors. Assistant Directors Training Program,
DGA Magazine interviews, how to contact the DGA, more.
- International Television Association
(ITVA)
- An association for video, multimedia and film professionals.
- Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
- Union for U.S. film actors.
- Writers Guild of America (WGA)
- Union for screenwriters (film and TV).
TV
Regulation
- Federal Communications Commission
- National Association of Broadcasters
Lists,
Databases, Archives, Etc.
- "I
Saw It On TV": A Guide to Broadcast and Cable Programming Sources
- Compiled by Corinne Smith. Information on where to find materials
seen on television.
- TV NET
- Collection of information on U.S. TV networks/stations
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