PRODUCING
RESOURCES
Producing
Sites
In addition to the
sites listed here, take a look at the producing
bibliography. If you have a film or are in preproduction,
look at some festivals
for submission.
General
Sites
www.filmmakers.com/stories/Producer.htm
Great place to start. This is a wonderfully comprehensive film site
with loads of resources. This is one of the best places to start. You
could spend a long time here and still not have exhausted the site.
Obviously, we start at the Producer page but it really has everything.
Trade
Organizations
A
good producer must be a good researcher. You should develop an appetite
for tracking trends in both the mainstream and indie industries. Knowing
where to get information is half the battle.
American
Film Marketing Association
Trade group representing independent production
companies and producers. Good data source. Some of it requires membership.
http://www.afma.com/
Association Independent
Commercial Producers
Trade group representing producers who make commercials, corporate
and educational films.
http://www.aicp.com/index.html
Box Office
Reports
http://www.k2nesoft.com/movies/boxoffice.html
http://www.boxoff.com/
http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/source.html
Movie Money &
Financing
Good research is just the start. Finding money is
one of the most difficult things a producer needs to know. Make sure
you understand the basics of film financing before you put your business
plan together.
http://www.moviemoney.com/
http://www.jimcheval.com/film/filmfin.html
Documentary
Film Sites
Documentary
Films .Net
Founded in 1998, this site "attempts to be the source for
viewers of documentary films". Includes links to over 200 documentary
film production companies and a linked list of documentary
distributors at http://www.documentaryfilms.net/filmmakers.htm
Documentary Films .Net, 2062 5th Ave, Marquette, KS 67464, 785.546.2376
http://www.documentaryfilms.net/
Center for
Independent Documentary
1608 Beacon Street, Waban, MA 02168, 508-528-7279
http://www.documentaries.org/
INETFILM.com
View some short documentaries…"our website is built to showcase
the artistry of independent filmmakers". Interesting site with entertainment
value.
http://www.inetfilm.com/movies/documentary/documentary.html
Chicago Media
Works
A documentary film production and editing company specializing in
multi-year collaborations with historians and anthropologists. Content
and hosting by Columbia's own, Peter Thompson. Includes some useful
templates for scripting and budgeting.
http://www.chicagomediaworks.com/index.html
International
Documentary Association
Non-profit association, founded in 1982 to raise public consciousness
of the documentary's importance.
With almost 2500 members in 50 countries, it is the only organization
in the United States focusing solely on documentaries and documentarians.
International Documentary Association, 1201 W. 5th St., Suite M320 Los
Angeles, CA 90017-1461 USA, 213.534.3600
http://www.documentary.org/
CineMedia
"The Internet's largest film and media directory"
http://www.cinemedia.org/welcomes/you.html
Chicago Filmmakers
Media arts organization in Chicago catering to indie filmmakers.
Also has an interesting line-up of screenings.
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
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GUILDS
This site will lead you to a variety of guilds
and associations
And here are some direct sites to guilds:
Editors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
Writers Guild
Directors Guild
American Society of Cinematographers
International Cinematographers
Guild
Job
Sites
The Film, TV, & Commercial Employment Network
http://www.employnow.com/
ShowBizJobs.Com
http://showbizjobs.com/
EntertainmentCareers.Net
Entertainment jobs, internships and career information
http://www.entertainmentcareers.net/
IFILMpro.Com
Job board, movie industry data and gossip. Occasionaly useful but
not that often.
http://www.ifilmpro.com
The Maslow Group
Mostly DC and mid-Atlantic region
http://www.maslowmedia.com
Good
general sites leading to - who knows.....
Cinema Spot
you need to dig deep but give
it ten minutes or so, you might find something
Reel Dirt
good job site too
Tools for Producers:
Entertainment Partners is the latest owner of Movie Magic
Budgeting and Scheduling as well as some other production management
tools. If you want to be a UPM, an AD or a line -producer you will eventually
have to get this software.
http://www.entertainmentpartners.com/index_nflash.asp
Creative
Planet has all sorts of tracking tools for development, talent and production.
Expensive and not worth it for producers just starting out - but good
to know about. Download the demos to get familair with it.
http://www.creativeplanet.com
The Australian Film
Commission is a great site to help you put proposal together including
many downloadable documents. The budget templates put cast below-the-line
but it's in Excel so if you're handy with it or know someone who is,
you can move this category where it belongs in US budgeting.
http://www.afc.gov.au/funding/prepapp/default.aspx
Final Draft. One
of two industry standard screenwriting programs. All screenwriters need
to have this one on hand.
http://www.finaldraft.com/
Screenplay System's
Movie Magic Screenwriter. One of two industry standard screenwriting
programs. Screenplay Systems no longer owns Budgeting or
Scheduling.
http://www.screenplay.com/products/mmscreenwriter/
Sites
featuring independent issues:
The Independent Feature Project
is a must for indie filmmakers. Join while you are a student. Chapters
in Chicago, LA, New York, Minneapolis, Miami and Seattle. Membership
is by chapter.
http://www.ifp.org
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. Publishers of The
Independent and other terrific resources, AIVF is also an arts
and media advocacy organization. Most activities are based in NYC but
they have developed strong local Salons in many locations. (This has
not caught on in Chicago for some reason).
http://www.aivf.org
Try
regional film groups/offices for specific locations like:
Local Locations:
Chicago Film
office
http://www.cityofchicago.org/SpecialEvents/FilmOffice/
Illinois Film
Office
Site includes Illinois Commercial Production Guide.
Illinois Film Office, 100 West Randolph Street, Suite 3-400,
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312/814-3600
http://www.filmillinois.state.il.us/filmhome.htm
NewEnglandFilm.
com
A good example of a regional site. NewEnglandFilm.com is the premier
online resource and magazine for local film and video professionals
-- the jobs listed include work in the New England area including Boston,
Providence, etc.
http://www.newenglandfilm.com/jobs.htm
Don't forget international
connections.
http://www.afci.org/index2.asp
http://www.producers.masterguide.com/globalmedia/commissions.html
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US,
state and city government State
and Local Government on the Net:
Good directory site
for state and city govt sites.
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
FIRSTGOV
"FirstGov — the first-ever government website to provide the public
with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources"
http://www.firstgov.gov/
FEDSTATS
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical
information available to the public from the Federal Government
http://www.fedstats.gov
And don't forgot
the greatest resource at Columbia College Chicago - The Library:
http://www.lib.colum.edu/
Check out the listing of free magazine and newspaper databases you can
search. Don't be afraid to go to the library and make friends with a
reference librarian.
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