CMS 4410 outside links and resources

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iMovie Support: This page provides links to tutorials for editing program we use in the class.
iDVD Support: This page provides links to tutorials for DVD-creation program we use in the class.

XL1S instruction manual: This is the instruction manual for the class's large camera, in PDF format. The customer support page offers addition links and information specific to this model.
ZR-70MC instruction manual: This is the instruction manual for the smaller, "dwarf" cameras, in PDF format. The customer support page offers addition links and information specific to this model.

Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers: Based in New York.
Dr. Bonner's film links: Virginia Bonner, film professor at Clayton State, maintains a list of film-related links for her CMS 2100 Introduction to Film class.
CampusMovieFest: This is the Web site for a Atlanta-wide student film competition begun in 2003.
Whittaker: This site--which is one of our course textbooks--offers great tutorials on the basics of television production. We will use their "Creative Shutter Control Using Shutter Speeds" and "Lighting Ratios" pages in class.
IMAGE: Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc.: This organization sponsors Atlanta's leading independent film festival.
Internet Movie Database: A great source for details about individual (mostly Hollywood) films.
Production Consultants and Equipment: PC&E is one of the largest camera and equipment rental houses in the Atlanta area.
Urban Media Makers: This Atlanta-based organization sponsors festivals, competitions, networking, etc.
Withoutabox.com: This Internet-based service allows filmmakers to research and apply to more than 1000 independent film festivals, including the Atlanta Film Festival.

Atomfilms.com: An example of the growing power of the Internet to change the way movies are distributed, this advertising-supported site streams short independent films.
Buyindies.com: This site provides a database and sales channel for independent filmmakers. You can, for example, buy the movies produced and directed by Newton and Gaspard here.
iFilms.com: This advertising-supported site allows viewers to watch short films. Their Short Films section is devoted to independents.
Face to Face: A project of the Independent Television Service, Face to Face is a great example of the blurring of moving-image and interactive media. Among other honors, the site won the 2003 SXSW interactive art award for Educational Resources.
Microcinema.com: Another good promoter and distributor of independent films. Their DVD store is called Blackchair.
Undergroundfilm.org: One of the best streaming sites for independent short films.
YouTube.com: Now owned by Google, YouTube is the most popular video sharing site on the Web. It's popularity is changing expections about what the Web will become, as video finally takes its place among the convergent media distributed through the Internet.