Here are some useful links and info for young filmmakers
Please feel free to contact us with any useful links you would like to share with other young filmmakers.
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Royalty Free music
Music is an essential part in creating your film. Here are some useful links to royalty free music, remember to check the licensing requirements ie. crediting the creator of the music in your film.
Kevin McLeod (www.incompetech.com) has a huge library of free to use music just make sure to credit him in your film.
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
Moby has also shared a selection from his catalogue for use in not for profit films, you will need an account to download and use his music.
Royalty free tracks for your production from 90cent!
Sound FX
Another vital tool in creating your film.
Freesound.org has a massive catalogue of everything from blood curdling screams to doors banging. You will need an account to download from this site and remember to check the different licensing/attribution requirements of each effect.
You can find out more about attribution here http://freesound.org/help/faq/#licenses-1
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Filmmaking guides and advice
Advice from Fresh Veteran Donal Foreman
Making Movies: A guide for young filmmakers
The Film Foundation: Making Movies, a guide for young filmmakers
Some advice from a Fresh veteran Sean Murphy!
Film Ireland: 10 tips for young directors.
Great guides from the National Youth Film Festival in the UK great for schools and groups
Filmmaking tips from young Filmmakers around the world
Filmmaking tips from Fresh entrant Sean Thomas
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Apps
A cool series of apps from our friends at Celtx
As part of our 2014 festival we ran an animation workshop in Ogonnelloe National School in county Clare.
The workshop hosted by Jekino saw the students create stop motion animations over the course of a couple of hours in the classroom. Here are the results Jekino Animations
The films were created entirly on ipads using free software Stop Motion Studio and imovie.
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Preparing your film for festivals
Most festivals require you to submit a snyopsis or tagline along with your film here's a helpful article on how to write one from our friends at Sundance.
Submitting your film online? You want to ensure you are sending the best file quality possible while not eating up all of your bandwitdth uploading a huge file. Start by exporting your film from your editing programme to the highest quality possible.
There are a few free programmes you can use to compress your file with little quality loss.
Handbrake for MAC and PC here is a video on how to use it.
MPEG Streamclip for MAC and PC here is a video on how to use it.
Choosing a still to represent your film is also important as this will be the one visual representation for your film in brochures and online.
Make sure to choose an image that you feel captures something important from your film, a character, an emotion.
Make sure the image is high contrast and clear so it will print well in black and white as well as colour.
