Videos to Check Out! 

​Useful links to bookmark:
IMDB - Internet Movie Database - info and reviews on all films ever
Rotten Tomatoes - current reviews of films
Film Note Index - film theory notes
Local Theatres: Princess Cinemas on Princess and King, Apollo Cinema on Ontario St., Imagine Cinemas on Frederick St., Galaxy at Conestoga Mall, Landmark Cinemas on The Boardwalk, and Landmark Cinemas on Gateway Park Dr.  - Homework: GO TO MOVIES!!
Some Viewing Suggestions - for holidays, weekends, and summer!

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Cinefix - lists of films explained
​Film Courage (FC) - experts talk about scriptwriting
Lessons from the Screenplay (LS) - excellent look at how films work
The Discarded Image (TDI) - detailed analysis of specific scenes
RocketJump Film School (RJFM) - technical advice
​The Film Guy (TFG) - critiques of filmmaking
Now You See It (NYSI) - discussion of technique
Channel Criswell (CC) - video essays and reviews
After Hours - debates about random things noticed in movies
No Film School - video lessons about filmmaking - series on Hitchcock
Indy Mogul (IM) - tips on making films
Film Riot (FR) - tips and tricks
​Nerdwriter1 - interesting perspective on films
Just Write - writing tips and things to notice in films
Every Frame a Painting (EFaP) - framing shots  
You can also check out Master Classes in screenwriting, directing, acting
and New York Times' Anatomy of a Scene series
and listen to Karina Longworth's podcasts about film
Crash Course Videos in Filmmaking

 Short Films that Work:
Charlie Awards Winners (videos from 1972 to today)
About Making Short Films (9 min guide)
12 early shorts by famous directors
Gift (4:36 min.)
Over the Garden Wall (a series of 10-12 min cartoons)
The Big Shave ( 5 min - Scorsese - gruesome warning!!) 
The Present (5 min)
​Borrowed Time (6 min  - Pixar)
Curmudgeons (15 min - Danny Devito)
Doodle Bug (3 min - Christopher Nolan)
How They Got There (2.5 min - Spike Jonze)
The Black Hole (2.5 min - Williams & Sansom)
Post-It Love (3 min - Si & Ad)
Sign Language (5 min - Fellows & Sharp)
I'll Wait for the Next One (3.5 min - Orreindy)
​Creature Comforts (5 min - Nick Park)
Coen Brothers short (5 min with Steve Buscemi)
Don Hertzfeldt's channel (award winning cartoons)
Clio car commercial (2 min heartfelt story)
Shorts Made into Features (list with videos)
or Don't Work (5 min, $100,000 music video, sorta)
KCI June 2017 films: here, here, and here
Charlie Awards - Top 10 - April 2019 
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Film Techniques and Technology:
- the effect of editing (Elf recut - 2 min)
- really fun illusion done with editing (5 min)
- the importance of experimenting in editing (LS -  13m)
- Obiwan Remembers the Truth (cutaways - 2 min)
- tricks to looking professional (5 min IM)
-  gestures, eye movements, and sound (15 min Cinefix) 
- impact of blocking and camera angle (17 min Cinefix)
- using framing to make relationships (13 min CC)
- tips on blocking a scene (FilmScene article)
- how Edgar Wright does comedy (8 min EFaP)
- repeating scenes to create character (14 min Cinefix)
- tricks like reverse shots to avoid danger (6 min FR)
- shot set ups (6 min RJFS)*
- best long takes (8 min Cinefix)
- use of slow motion (5 min TDI)
- camera movements creating story (12 min Cinefix) 
- cuts and transitions 101 (12 min RJFS)*
- 5 cool transitions (6 min KCI's own Zach Ramelan)
- close ups and long shots (3 min TFG)
- limits to long shots (6 min NYSI)
​- breaking the fourth wall (8 min NYSI)
- lateral character movement (7 min NYSI)
- holding shots and cutting short (10 min Cinefix)
- editing tips ​(3 min IM)
- editing: creating the 'oh f**k' moment (8 min RJFS)
​- editing as storytelling (22 min CC)
- sound tips (18 min Basic Filmmaker)
- sound tech tip (32 min Indie Film Hustle)
- sound EQ tips (No Film School article)
- worldbuilding in animation (10 min)
- best title sequences (15 min CineFix)
- using film titles creatively (8 min NerdWriter1)
- breaking the line (180 degree rule) 
- great end credits (8 min CineFix)
- how BBC makes great animal vids (9 min) 
- green screen example (6 min James Corden)
- a bit about copyright law (12 min Hank Green)

​​Screenwriting and Storyboarding:
Acts I, II, and III (11 min CineFix)
Dan Harmon's writing (8 min Just Write)
Defining an Act (15 min LS)
Storyboarding tips (8 min RJFS)
​Opening Shots Tell Us Everything (7 min NYSI)*
​Top 10 Opening Shots (9 min Cinefix)
Components of Act I (5 min TFG)
How to End a Movie (5 min NYSI)
20 Best Final Scenes (Screenrant)
Shapes of Stories (5 min Vonnegut video)
Blood Simple storyboarding
Rushmore - start at 7:22 storyboard
No Country for Old Men storyboard
Download Scriptwriting Template FREE
Developing Emotion in Film (23 min Cinefix)
Creating Emotional Scenes (17 min Cinefix)
15 Common Mistakes (17 min D4Darious)
Stephen King on Screenwriting (list)
​How to Improve your Writing (list)
​Story Structure (fabula/sujet) (16 m in Cinefix)
Don't underestimate audience: 2+2 (12 m LS)
Anatomy of a Scene (NYTimes videos)
Hitchcock on Suspense (5 min cartoon)
Whiplash and Black Swan (15 min LFTS)
Consider the order of shots (8 min Nerdwriter)
Intertextuality of Stranger Things (9 min JW)
The Importance of Tone (8 min ROFS)
Born Sexy Yesterday Trope (18 min PCD)
On Overanalyzing Films (8 min NYSI)

​Dialogue:
100 Iconic Movie Quotes (5 min Cinefix video)
How Should Characters Talk (6 min NYSI)
3 tips for better dialogue (list)
Notes on dialogue (5 min NYSI video)
​Design dialogue to reveal character (18 min CC)
10 Best Dialogues (14 min Cinefix)

Character Development: 
- best character arcs (14 min Cinefix)
- humanity in Miyazaki films (17 min CC)
- Self-Portrait: On Acting (10 Min Film4)
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Cinematography and Composition:
​10 Most Beautiful Films (10 min Cinefix)
Oscars for Cinematography (7 min)
Cinematography of Robert Yeoman (14 min Hansbauer)
Cinematography (5 min RJFS)*
Composition in Storytelling (16 min CC)*
Mise en Scène details (article with film clips)
Mise en Scene - 15 tips (Shohawk list)
What IS Mise-en-scène (IndieWire article)
Comedy shot as Drama (2 min. TrailerMix) 
10 best cinematographers (15 min CineFix)
Costume Design:
Edith Head on Audrey Hepburn (6 min.)
DIY Costume Squad - Predator (15 min.)

​Directors:
Self-Portrait: On Filmmaking (10 min Film 4)
10 Most Influential Directors (10 min Cinefix)
Advice from Master Filmmakers (16 min Antunes)
Directing Like Tarantino (8 min TFG)
Directing Like JJ Abrams (9 min TFG)
Directing like Wes Anderson (6 min TFG)
Directing like David Fincher (15 min TFG)
How to direct actors (five 7 min videos)
David Fincher's Blocking and Camerawork (15 min TFG)
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Breaking Into the Business:
8 Steps to Making a Great Pitch* 
Take risks! Filmmakers talk about making Distance on a tiny budget.
Mike Birbiglia's tips
Werner Herzog on creativity
Ten questions on making documentaries
Joe Swanberg's experiences and keynote speech and DIY Filmmaking
Neil Gaiman on a Non-Career in the Arts
ALSO, check out this book; it's got tons of helpful hints
How to distribute your feature film.
How to get your screenplay taken seriously. - Romany Malco
How to be a filmmaker - 60 min video of Mark Duplass at SXSW
Notes on self-distributing a film.
Making a movie on a small budget. (10 min video)
5 keys to learning how to be a filmmaker (NFS)
Michael Moore's story (a chapter of his book)
10 questions a producer will ask (Oak and Rumble list)
​AND you can take a film course from MIT online