Moby Film Music [FreshDV]- This is super cool. Moby has a website that lets you download his music and use it for free in independent and non-profit films. If you’re making a commercial film, you can easily apply for a website. It’d be great to see more composers do this (hint hint Philip Glass).
The 12 [...]

Florida Green Production Plan - Tips on how to make your production environmentally friendly.
Cinematographer Job Description - Just in case you weren’t sure, a list of responsibilities for the cinematographer.
Avid ScriptSync demo - As much as I don’t like Avid, this is pretty awesome. You can import your script and Avid analyzes the dialogue and [...]

15 Must-Have Freeware Programs for Filmmakers [Digital Filmmaking Blog] - Free is always good, and this list covers all stages of production. If the software can do what the descriptions say, this is some amazing freeware.
Music Video Cliches [Coudal] - Read this.
It’s Getting Hot In Here: Scranton Style - Someone has way too much time [...]

Lighting for High Definition (HD) - Lighting for HD definitely makes life easier for experienced professionals, but I wonder if this will hurt those just starting out. Will we soon become dependent on what the monitor tells us and forget (or never learn) how to take light readings or determine contrast ratios?
How to Be Creative [...]

The 6 Myths Of Creativity [lifehack.org] - This article busts some creativity myths, such as time pressure fuels creativity and competition beats collaboration.
In our diary study, people often thought they were most creative when they were working under severe deadline pressure. But the 12,000 aggregate days that we studied showed just the opposite: People were [...]

Build a C-Stand [FreshDV] - This $30 DIY C-stand isn’t the most portable of things, but it beats the standard $200 model and is probably just as useful.
Meaning in Motion: Ken Burns and His ‘Effect’ [Editblog] - Nice tips on when to use the effect and how to use it effectively.
The Vatican Film List - [...]

king’s college circle - Find out how to make the image to the left. Could probably be adapted for After Effects.
Quid Pro Quo - Great post about helping other people out in order to call in favors later on - the favor bank. This is what Film School is all about, because we’re all going [...]

“You’ve Got to Be a Citizen of the World” - I was a guest blogger over at Carolina Flicks, where I wrote about my interview experience at North Carolina School of the Arts with some thoughts on film schools in general.
Virtual Sets for Virtually No Budget - More innovative uses of a green soundstage.
Will [...]

OWL Music Search
- The idea behind this service is you upload a song, mark the section you like, and then OWL searches through a database of songs and tries to find similar music that’s under the Creative Commons license. I gave it a shot with Cubicles and it returned some alright results. I think it’s [...]

Sonnyboo’s Free Downloads - The only place where I could find the Film Festival Laurel Leaves. Also has FBI warning, color bars, storyboard templates, paper work, and more.
Shooting for the Web - Nice list of tips of things you can do during production to help keep your file size low in post.
Connection, Conflict, and Clues [...]