Here are some useful, esoteric, and fun links to film, tape, and digital sites and organizations. Please feel free to email with more that you find helpful or just plain fun.

Academies and Institutes
www.afi.com - American Film Institute
www.emmys.com - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
www.oscars.org - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Dictionaries and Glossaries
desktopvideo.about.com - Useful dictionary for desktop video editing on your computer
www.dilettantesdictionary.com - Audio terminology in these digital days
www.dvdrhelp.com/glossary - Excellent dissection of digital video terms
www.fotokem.com - A glossary of film, video, and editing terms from Fotokem lab in LA
www.grassvalleygroup.com - GVG’s glossary of video, digital, effect, and engineering terms
homepage.newschool.edu - New Yorker Joel Schlemowitz's one man film glossary
www.jamesarnett.com - Guide book for guerilla filmmakers
www.tech-notes.tv - Glossary of broadcast terms

Digital Cinema
www.digitalcinemasolutions.org
www.dlp.com

Digital Editing Web sites
www.2-pop.com
www.adobe.com
www.avid.com
www.creativecow.net
www.dvfilmmaker.com
www.friendsofed.com - Books, links.
www.info.apple.com - Macintosh's Final Cut Pro Web site
www.lwks.com - Lightworks Web site
www.media100.com
www.nonlinear4.com - Many excellent links to gear, info, and articles
www.quantel.com
www.picturesolutions.com
www.pinnaclesys.com
www.uemedia.com
www.zerocut.com - An editor’s helpful Avid tips and technical papers
enews.primediabusiness.comt - Bob Turner's astute analysis of current editing tools and trends

DVD authoring
www.dvdcreation.com - Go here to get step-by-step instructions on how to author a DVD on your home computer
www.dvdhelp.us - Provides free tutorials, a glossary, FAQs, and a multi topic forum for getting your questions answered regarding DVD authoring and VCD conversion
www.bealecorner.com

Editors on Editing
www.filmmakingbooks.com - Web site with popular books on editing

Film Grants
www.fromtheheartproductions.com - Film grants, workshops, and consultations offered by Carole Dean, a successful filmmaker who thrives on helping low budget and independent filmmakers realize their movies

Guilds, Organizations, and Unions
www.ace-filmeditors.org - A.C.E. American Cinema Editors
asianamericanfilm.com - This jam packed site exists in its own words “to build an engaged, involved, active, and excited audience for Asian American films”
www.asianfilm.org - AFF Asian Film Foundation
www.cinewomen.org
www.documentary.org - IDA - International Documentary Association
www.ifp.org - IFP - Independent Feature Production
www.editorsguild.com - Motion Picture and Videotape Editors Guild
www.nabet.com
www.wif.org - Women in Film.

History and Theory
www.marblehead.net - Find out more about the art of foley and its inventor
www.city-net.com/~fodder/edit/moviola.html - Learn more about the Moviola’s history and inventor
www.cybercollege.com - Covers a range of subjects from the technical to the historical about film and television
www.filmmakermagazine.com - Timely articles on all areas of filmmaking

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