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Boston Area Web Sites

And a couple more local films to watch for ....

Some film and video service, supplies and equipment sites (which I hope to add to soon)

  • Need a pro video camera fixed? Contact Broadcast Video
  • Rule Broadcast Systems, Inc.
  • Donlin Teleproduction Engineering, LTD
  • Crimson Tech
  • Fast Lights Lighting & Grip
  • ScreenLight and Grip
  • Kaye Lites
  • Talamas Broadcast Equipment
  • Hunt's Phote & Video
  • Macie Video Service
  • Amvona sells tripods & backgrounds
  • CrewStar
  • High Output
  • Boston Camera
  • The Camera Company has been hosting the anual Pro Video Show since 1990
  • Video Transfer
  • National Boston
  • Cramer Productions
  • Need voice over talent or sound effects? Contact The Narration Station
  • Need voice over production? Contact High Energy Production
  • Or Chart Productions or Soundtrack (who also do post production sound for film & television )
  • and if you're looking for an indie, foreign or cult video or DVD - try The Video Underground in Hyde Park
  • For your online videotape purchases you can't do better than Tape Resources ! They have the best tape prices and customer service too.
  • And for a "complete" list of movies shot in and around Massachusetts...

    Wicked Good Guide to Mass. Movies  and then try Boston Movie Tours and visit Boston's really important places (you know, the ones made famous in film!^)

    And for everything else in and around Boston, try

    And some great film related web sites around the world....

  • The West Hartford Screenwriters at the West Hartford Public Library - an excellent writers group.
  • Connecticut has a film office - which you can find here (check out the list of indie films shot in CT - why can't Massachusetts help the indie film scene like that?!!)
  • In Vermont thre's Bird Girl Productions and they're working a really important doc - check them out! and donate if you can!
  • The Providence Film Commission website is out of commission   (too bad, it was a really great site)
  • and now the Rhode Island Film Office is gone too, Here's the closest thing to a RI Film website (* sigh *)
  • If you're in Providence, check out the The Cable Car Cinema's Picture Start Film Series
  • and The Perishable Theater which, along with traditional and non-traditional theater shows the occasional film short.
  • Meanwhile, The Providence Film Collaborative is making shorts
  • and Providence Pictures is making great docs
  • And The Bullseye Creative Group is in Bristol RI
  • The Community Writers Association (a RI writer's group - whose website is gone)
  • But Moondrop Studios is in Rhode Island
  • but Timberwolf Entertainment is making feature films (are there any timberwolves in RI?)
  • For those west of Boston but east of LA, there's the Berkshire Writers Room
  • And they're making movies in western MA too! (okay, partly VT, but what the heck - check out 7 to 10 Days
  • and there's The Lokota Den in Webster MA
  • Penfield Productions is in Agawam
  • as is Movie Memories
  • and Beardmore Video is busy too
  • The Maine Film Office
  • And in development down east Hell At 30 Below
  • And while you're 'down east' check out Mystical Media Productions
  • Avid Technology (I know, they're in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, which is hardly around the world from Boston)
  • and in Marlboro, Massachusetts, there is Media 100
  • Edgewood Studios is doing good and doing well in Vermont
  • The Nantucket Film Fesitival (just off the coast)
  • And speaking of 'just off the coast' - check out The Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival
  • and at the end of the Cape there's the Provincetown Film Festival
  • And don't forget the Newport Film Festival
  • and The Global Lens a/k/a The Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • scrivere per il cinema (the Italian site had a link back to Harvard Square Scriptwriters which was out of date for years (like I should talk) and now it's gone)
  • Northampton Film Festival 
  • The Northern Lights Documentary Film Festival
  • (again, just down the road, not even out of the state, actually...)
  • and then there's the Woods Hole film festival...
  • The New Hampshire Film Festival
  • and from New Hampshire the film Southbounder an Indie film from '08 - well received by www.filmstew.com - and Variety magazine too - check it out
  • and check out the New Hampshire Film & Television Office
  • And while you're in New Hampshire, check out Su-City Pictures East and Susan Kouguell's book "The Savvy Screenwriter" (better yet, check it out on line).
  • BrainAche Productions is in Dover NH
  • And guess what... the "new film fest" - the Cripple Creek Film Festival website is gone, as is their sponsor, Aspin Leaf Promotions (and it isn't even in New England!)
  • In Maine there's Silver Screen Dreams and City Psychic ( definitely worth a look!)
  • and Mass.Illusions (A premire special effects house once located in Lennox Massachusetts, but then moved to Alameda, California) is no longer located at their old website
  • U Mass- Amherst Program in Film Studies
  • Viewfinder   - covers all of New England
  • The Stock Footage Co-op    wesbsite is gone - too bad! What a great concept!
  • but Stock Pix - is another place to look for pictures
  • The British Film Institute
  • and the Kansas City Scriptwriters website is gone... or it's moved - or... who knows?!
  • The London Screenwriters' Workshop
  • For music The Music Licensing Library an online resource with information on licensing film, TV and video game production music.
  • And The Screenwritign Garage in North Hollywood can be found on the web here (they offer donations supported classes and help from industry professionals to budding screenwriters - check 'em out)
  • And if you're interested in more than just writing scripts - check out IndieClub and Micro Cinema
  • And United Independent Media UIM is not only a portal designed to inform visitors about the world of independent film it is the destination for great films produced by independent filmmakers. Sure that's a big promise - but go check 'em out!
  • And for World Effect - check out the The New England Film Movement (and feel free to join in
  • and for an entertainment network out of Sherwood Oaks check out ZDT Entertainment Network
  • And do I even need to point out that the much touted Massachusetts movie fund (www.moviefund.com - don't bother trying - the website is gone) didn't get funded, and the teamsters backed M.O.V.I.E. group website is gone (seems their fearless leader, Mr. Cashman , is otherwise engaged) but if you ever see a sound stage in Charlestown, let me know...
  • Take a look at Mr. Buckethead - This is what film is all about... maybe.
  • And if it ain't, well - here's a link to a funny video (be patient - its an 8.5 meg mpg file on free host site w/low bandwidth)
  • Like folk music? Check out Songstreet Productions or Club Passim
  • And Finally.... in a catagory by itself, The Writer's Room of Boston celebrates it's 15th anniversary in 2004 - Hey! They've been around almost as long as us!! And more links are coming soon - promise!

    Thing you might want to make movies?? The try The 48 Hour Film Project or Film Challenge