Special Links

• Splice Here - Information and commentary from editor Steven Cohen. An essential resource.
• Inner-City Filmmakers
• Guild of British Film and Television Editors

Organizations

• American Cinema Editors
• Motion Picture Editors Guild
• American Society of Cinematographers
• Directors Guild of America
• Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
• Motion Picture Sound Editors
• Screen Actors Guild
• Film and Television Action Committee
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• International Cinematographers Guild - Technical articles and interviews, e.g. experiments in emulsion manipulation. Includes American Society of Telecine Colorists
• IFP - Independent Feature Project
• NAB - National Association of Broadcasters
• National Film Board of Canada
• National Film Preservation
• Sundance Institute

Vendors

• Avid
• Final Cut Pro
• Lightworks
• Digidesign
• Discreet
• Creative Media Partners - Avid reseller
• Keycode Media - Avid reseller
  

Instruction / Reference

• Video Symphony - Avid, ProTools classes at all levels.
• Moviola
• Avid Knowledgebase
• Avid Tips and Techniques
• Alan’s Tech Page – Numerous Avid technical issues explained (24 fps EDLs, Pulldown, Telecine)
• Cinematographer.com – Numerous production and post discussion groups and articles
• EditorsNet - One of a family of sites, including 2-Pop, Cinematographer, Digital Cinema, Design In Motion and VFX Pro. News, technical info. and discussion groups.
• Non Linear Gear Links – Links to many post sites. Not always up to date.
• RefDesk – Useful reference site for dictionaries, news, etc.
• CheckHD - Digital Terms and Definitions
• Digidesign User Conference
• Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors
• 3D Labs
• The Art of Avid Editing

Sound Tips and techniques

• A very informed article on getting good production and post sound.
• Production Sound Essentials article
• Links for production and post in many countries.
• Dolby - explanation and technical reference
• DTS Online - technical info
• Film Sound Design - Sound Theory. Appears to be a rich resource loaded with articles byWalter Murch, and other preeminent sound artists as well as technical glossaries and links to free sound effects.
• SoundtrackCollector - get info on current and past sound track releases.
• SoundtrackNet

Sound Services

• Ascent Media
• Danetracks Inc.
• Modern Music
• Skywalker Sound
• Soundelux
• Sonic Magic
• Technicolor Sound Services (Echo, Hollywood, Weddington)
• Todd-AO (Burbank, Hollywood, Radford, Vine St., West)
• Westwind Media
• Wilshire Stages

Stock Footage

• Blue Sky
• Sony Stock Footage
• Blacklight Films
• Getty Images
• Webmovie.com has a listing of Stock Footage Suppliers
• LA411.com has a listing of Stock Footage Suppliers
• Kemps Film and Video Production Services Handbook Online, has a list of stock houses; if there are not web links, there is contact information:

Music / SFX On Line

• Sound Ideas
• MusicMoz – articles on music
• Dmoz – Links to Sound and Music files.
• Sound Dogs – Sound Effects Library on line

Editing Equipment Rental

• Electric Picture Solutions
• Runway
• Moviola
• Digital Symphony
• L.A. Digital Post
• Motion Picture Enterprises, Inc.

Post

• Digital Film Tree
• Big Time Picture Company
• Encore Hollywood
• IO Film
• LaserPacific Media
• Matchframe Video
• Modern VideoFilm
• The Post Group
• Post Logic Studios
• Technicolor Creative Services
• Technicolor DI

Studio Facilities

• Buena Vista Post
• Fox Studios Post
• Paramount Studios
• Sony Post
• Universal Operations
• Warner Bros. Post

Labs

• CFI
• Cinesite
• Crest National
• Deluxe Laboratories
• Efilm
• Fotokem
• Pacific Title
• Rainmaker
• Technicolor

Misc

• Voicebank.net – Actor voices samples for casting on line.
• Lightning Media
• Cyber Film School - good links, interesting curiosity
• IMAX
• Iwerks
• L.A. 411

Publications

• The Hollywood Reporter
• Below The Line News
• L.A. 411
• Filmmaker Magazine - Articles, Reviews and Interviews
• Millimeter Magazine – links with a useful Resource Guide

On Line Storage

• iStorage
• X Drive
• Media.net

History

• DW Griffith - download clips
• Inventing Entertainment: Thomas Edison’s Early Work

VFX

• Area 51
• Digital Domain
• HimAni Productions
• Industrial Light and Magic
• Riot
• Sony Pictures Imagework