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Website Review Archive

A collection of links to reviews of various filmmaking resource websites. Enjoy.

Filmmaking Websites Reviewed on Making the Movie Blog

• EffectsPortal.net - indie-centric practical and digital effect tutorials
• HD for Indies - A blog exploring the possibilities of high-def technology, on the cheap
• Free Paperwork - from Dependent Films and Sonnyboo
• King Kong Production Diary - making the new Peter Jackson movie
• Google Video - Video Upload Program
• Ingmar Bergman - Face to Face
• 60 Second Story - outlet for minute movies
• Movies Calendar - interactive release date calendar
• Wikibooks Movie Making Manual
• stephenschleicher.com - Blog with 100+ filmmaking tutorials
• 3D Buzz - tips and tutorials for creating 3D animations
• FilmHelp - Grek Pak's indie filmmaking advice and tips
• Prosper.com - P2P loans... for film funding?
• Max and Courtney Make Monsters - d.i.y. monster makeup
• Film-career.com - articles about how to break in and the basics of various movie jobs
• FiveSprockets.com - social networking meets filmmaking

Web Movie Distribution

• Brightcove (main site review)
• Brightcove (unofficial guide)
• KeepVid - save web videos

Diversions

• Morgan Spurlock's Blog - the guy behind hit documentary Super Size Me
• Query Letters I Love - bad query letters
• Cinemorgue - who died how and at whose hands in what movie
• Movie Poop Scene Database
• The Movie Sounds Page
• PostSecret
• Personal Movie Logs
• Badmovies.org
• Star Wars Title Crawl Maker

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