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Resources

LOCAL RESOURCES

PDXCC is a great place to keep up to date on film, theater, music, and other events in the portland area.

North West Film Center is the portlands school of film.
A good place to find great and a space for auditions.
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Oregon Media Network is the local socal network site for oregon base filmmakers.

OMPA Oregon Media Producers Assoicantion.

OREGON FILM is the Oregon State film office website.

SCRIPT WRITING

If you’ve done any script writing before than you probably know about Final Draft. However, you probably don’t know about free options that might help you cut your over head and make it easier to wrote in groups.

Zhura is a free web that makes it easy to share your works publicly or just with friends. They are also working on making it easier for multiple people to work on one script at the same time. Plus, being how the software is all web based all your scripts are saved for you on their servers. They save all your versions. So going back to an older draft is a piece of cake.

Celtx is a free to use open source project based out of Australia. It is cross platform and does not just focus on writing your script. You can import drawings, pictures, movies, and audio files to attach to your characters and/or locations to help you present or visualize your project. There are also some tools to help you plan out your shoot. Plus, they offer free space on their server so you can upload your script for easy back up and file sharing.

PLOTBOT is another free online web base script writing website based out of California. Its a trim script writing tool that has everything you need to write a script.

DISTRIBUTION

IndieFlix is a unique film distribution company that strives to empower un-established independent filmmakers to make money off of major online film distributors. Though they are selective about which movies they accept (it should be an “official selection” at a film festival), it is free to apply and if your film is chosen you retain all rights. Indieflix will market your film to their own users as well as to sites like Hulu and Netflix in return for a 30 percent commission. Recently, Indieflix has branched into social networking-powered marketing and educational distribution.

Creative Space a free online publishing tools and Community that can help you complete and sell your work.
Distribute on Amazon.com, your own website, and other retailers without setup fees or inventory.

IndieGoGo is an online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent film happen. The platform provides filmmakers the tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion, while enabling the audience to discover and connect directly with filmmakers and the causes they support.

“I know Lance Weiler who founded the workbookproject and many of the contributors personally. They are all very talented and have great integrity. I am also a huge fan of IndieGoGo and I think it is a great place for filmmakers to start when seeking funding.

Kickstarter.com Is a site that will help you raise money to pay for your creative projects. It has an odd twist where in you declare the amount of money you want to raise and set the amount of time you want to raise it in. If you make it before your deadline you get the money. If you come short of your deadline all the money get returned to the contributors.

TUTORIALS

Creative cow is a great place for forums, tutorials, and industry news. They have some great tips and tricks for many software titles. They are also a great resource for answers to those odd little problems that arise in every project.

.Video Copilot Products is a great place to finds stock footage and effects for cheap. There are also tons of After Effects tutorials you can watch for free.

Video Apex Is a another great place for After effects tutorials.

VisualFXtuts Is a big resource for finding out how to do cool things on a wide selection of software titles.

Creative Workflow Hacks Is a site that is centered around work flow tips for Final Cut Pro user. One artical that I have found to be very help full is his ‘How to use FCPToAE’ which is a script he wrote that makes it easy to move FCP time lines into After Effects.

Computer arts is an online magazine base out of the UK that posts tons of Howto’s on photoshop, illustrator, flash, and more. All with a focus on design and the web. A very good place to check out from time to time.

WorkBookProject is one the most reliable, current and informative site on the internet for filmmakers. It’s contributors are some of the most successful DIY filmmakers and experts in the industry. WorkBookProject is dedicated to supporting filmmakers and providing ways to build, engage and maintain an audience. Interviews, audience building tools, and how-to’s. They are always on the look out for new tools, projects, events, and services.