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After years of enjoying after meeting drinks at Casablanca's and
Redline
in Cambridge and enjoying a refreshing
MoonShot Beer
HSSW Members have found a new meeting haunt!
Kinsale Irish Pub
(sure and they have fine
Guinness
on tap)
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The Massachusetts Film
Office is gone but not forgotten. Try
The Massachusetts Film Bureau
instead
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and watch for the new kids on the
lets-help-folks-make-movies-and-TV-shows-in-Massachusetts block
The Massachusetts Sports
and
Entertainment
(formerly "film")
Commission
Now run by
Nick Paleologos
(Hey, maybe
now
they'll finally build that soundstage in Charlestown - or maybe not...
the hatfield/mccoy thing between the bureau and the commission has supposedly
been
"settled" ... okay that may be too strong a term... stay tuned... )
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and there's
Boston Screen Partners
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speaking of Charlestown - check out the Irish Gangsta project
Townies
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Actually, if you're working in Beantown or planning to, check out
The City of Boston Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events Film Office
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Which is not to be confused with
Boston Bureau Productions
An independent live television and video production facility.
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The Boston Video Production Discussion Group
is a great place to network, learn and maybe have some fun too.
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But wait, there's even more groups organized to help! Like
Central Productions
a non profit support organization for local filmmakers.
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and speaking of non-profits - check out
Art Venture Funding
which is dedicated to funding the arts in New England!
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If you live around Boston and you've made a short film you could show it
online at
FilmBoston
- the strange thing about FilmBoston &
VisualBoston
? They take you to the
same site
! (good names & interesting concept, tho)
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Like 'Because of Winn-Dixie', 'Holes' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia'? They
were produced by
Walden Media
of Boston
- And there's the
Boston Motion Picture Awards
(Because One Good Film Deserves Another)... hmmm... does that make sense?
This is a competition, not a festival - the brainchild of the folks at
7 Fluid Oz. Productons LLP
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and speaking of specialty film festivals...
The Boston Bike Film Festival
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and for science fiction & fantasy film fans there's
Cauldron Con
and
The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival
celebrated its 31st anneversary in 2006
- And there's The Newburyport Film Festival
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and NIEVA has ... not quite a festival but an important event:
The Sign Language Film Showcase
at the Orpheum Theater, Foxboro MA in January 2006 featuring the first ever
computer graphics cartoon in sign language!
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The Independent Film Festival of Boston
is another great venue.
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- and there are still a few production companies like
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HSSW member Francine Pellegrino's
Pellegrino Productions
- and Chad Stewart's Princebury Productions - producers of "The Board Room"
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and member Geva Patz's company
Mindgame Films
will host several of his shorts (once he gets the kinks out...)
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J P Ouellette's
Yankee Classic Pictures
- or
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Robbins Entertainment
is gone - Mitch made "Next Stop Wonderland" and did a lot for New England films and gave a lot of people their start - his company will be missed - but
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Robert Patton-Spruill's
Filmshack
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Cathartic Filmworks
(makers of 'Dirt Boy' and 'Orphan' - check out clips on their website - or
better yet - buy a dvd!!
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Liquid Lunch Productions
is busy making features and shorts - and hosting a
Movie and Martinis Night
(or is that Martini and Movies?...)
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RA Vision
, Raouf Zaki's company, is busy as ever
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Tom Snyder Productions
is still going strong
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and watch for
Angel/Devil Productions
(they'll get the site going soon...!)
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Dream Alley Pictures
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Just south of Boston
Marc Brown Studios
produces the great PBS/WGBH cartoon series "Arthur"
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and another local show
The Pantom Gourmet
!
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And further south in Holbrook is
Living Reel Productions
is making docs and a whole lot more!
and a new Boston TV series for the Discovery Network
The Chorus
!
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ONE11 Productions a/k/a
The Indie Group
is on Comcast Cable in Boston - channel 23
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Diginovations
is active in Concord MA
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as is the nature video production company
Brownbag Productions
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next door in Carlisle is
Mass Appeal Music
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and
Bootleg Productions
is just down the road in Sudbury (check out
Larry The Movie
too)
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take a look at what
Jodom Pictures
is up to
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Lost Jockey Productions
is in Boston and is making the feature film "Aerodynamics"
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Andrew Potter Productions
is sharing the art of storytelling through digital media production
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Silente Media
is in Boston
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Red Tree Productions
is making commercials and has offices in Boston & New York
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Tower Hill Entertainment
has offices in New York,
Boston
, Minneapolis and Los Angeles
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Need an infomercial (and who doesn't) try
ITV Direct
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Harborside Films
(another company that's been too busy to finish their website!^)
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And there is
The Filmshack
Director Robert Patton Spruell's production company
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Scout Productions
once was located in Boston - Brighton, to be specific - but has, alas moved
to NYC & LA - come back we miss you!!
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or
Saint Aire Productions
comprised of HSSW founder Laura Bernieri, Christy Scott Cashman, Steve and
Mike Cerrone
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Rhinoceros Productions
- Monte Young and HSSW member D R Fraquarson's production company website is
back! - read about
Gavin's Way
- and
Billy Todd's War
and their upcoming projects !!
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HSSW Member Andrew Arthur's company
Earthhart Productions LTD
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HSSW member Kathy Fitzgerald's
Poverti Productions
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Lyve Media Productions
is in Boston
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Chaos Pictures
is in Hanover MA
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Check out
Ten Days In December: One Elf's Account of the Revolution.
by HSSW member David Bratton
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and new member
Phil Ferriere
's website
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or
Fireball Roberts Race To Live
by HSSW member Josh Davidson
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or Kristine Ocho's
Windigo Productions
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or
Wendy Lebron
's website
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Novelist
Emily Costello
has a website (and a cute picture of her!^)
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And check out HSSW member, actor and all around great guy
Alex Daunis
' web page and his latest project
TV I DO
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Looking for a DP? How about HSSW member
Paul Falcone
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First off, if you're a kid, or have ever been one, you have to check out the
Kids Rule
Production of the joyful fantasy
The Adventures of Space Baby and Mental Man
(or take a look at the commercial/industrial arm
Heartbeat Media
or Rex Dean's
Photography
Website (proving you can never have too many websites.....)
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Tippingpoint Labs
is a full service market & design agency - including video & streaming
media creation/production - and more.
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There's
Nick Weiss
and his film
Free Samples
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Village Chief Productions
is making a feature "
Not The One
"
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A disturbing new trend in websites - not telling where a prodco or film is
located - the makers of
Raiders of the Lost Shaker Of Salt
are located in Massachusetts... maybe - pretty sure, but...
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Way out in Milford there's
Random Foo Pictures
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Road Rambler
Films is staying busy
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Uncommon Productions
has offices in LA - and Waltham and produced the incredible film
Racing Against The Clock
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Ambrica Productions
is also in Waltham
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and another HSSW alum A J Dimculangan has started
Mystic River Films
in Waltham - and check out their
Ultimate Blues
project
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OxRock Productions
(Waltham, of course) bills itself as 'The Next Generation of Cinema"
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Not the next generation of cinema but still in Waltham and using video to help
sell homes is
New England Moves
(that's "moves" not "movies"....!^)
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Need editing? Try
Neotron Design
(and for references check out
www.linkedin.com
)
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Moody Street Pictures
is in Waltham too
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and
Shields Media Productions
is in... hey they have a 781 area code phone number
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Ya gotta love
'Ol Bait Shop Productions
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Up the road a piece in Medford (pronounced 'meffahd') is
Pixievision Films
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Also in Medford,
D C Video
(who completed a direct-to-video narrative feature
"The Sleepwalker"
in 2005).
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And the commercial/industrial video production company
mBlaze
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Up the road in Malden is
Eagles Path Productions
and
Malden Access Television
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Whiplash TV
had shows on cable TV in Lowell, Boston, Cambridge (?) and ... Portland
Oregon?!? - but sadly now the site is gone...
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and Methuen is close to Boston - check out
The Silva Screen
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In North Attleboro there's
Imageiconent
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Killswitch Media
has a 978 area code so it's outside of Boston but not too far out...
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And where is
Boston Productions
located? Norwood, MA of course...
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and
Mill City Media
is in Lowell (a/k/a Mill City)
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TQM Teleproductions LLC
is in Boston
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CineKing Studios
is in Roxbury
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check out locally produced
Cheddar DVD
Video Magazine
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The
Boston Film Festival
is still going strong
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The Boston Jewish Film Festival
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And there's a new film festival in Beantown -
Zoinks
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check out The
CHLOTRUDIS
Society For Indpendent Film
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But check out
The Roxbury Film Festival
!
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The
Boston Latino International Film Festival
"Bridging Communities Through Movies"
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Or the
Boston International Deaf Film Festival
.
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Look into
The Color Film Collaborative
too!
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and don't forget the
Women In Film & Video
New England
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The
Newbury Film Series
is Supporting Emerging Filmmakers too
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And a new org set up to make sure stuff gets seen
A D F
(a/k/a Attention Deficit Films (I love that name!^)
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Ummm.... what were we doing again? Oh well - Do You Like Mysteries? How
about
Baker Street Productions
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Anybody else remember "Park Street Under"? Well there's a new sitcom in town!
The Six Fifty Seven
They're "Putting The Comedy Back In The Situation"
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And not to be outdone Boston University is producing it's own sitcom
readallaboutit
!
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Richard Faymonville's production company website
Gallowglass Films has gone missing - then again he has been busy making movies!
And another hssw member Brian Anderson's latest
project
- his syndicated comic strip Dog Eat Doug (and don't forget to check out his
scary stuff
too)
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Does "We're pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking in New England"
intrigue you? Check out
Mindbeside Studios
- check out the website for their new film
"Our Fellow Countrymen"
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and check out their feature
The Killing Hand
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Flipside Films
is in Worcester
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CQ4 Picturs is making
Sides
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And
Open Road Films
is looking for their next project/screenplay!
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Take One Films
is having fun
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High Hat Films
is up and running
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Rigged Productions
is shooting "Losing It" summer '05 in Woods Hole
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Just to be different, if you're in the market for some health food/healthcare
products, suppport our own
Rocket Woman
Nanette Skiba
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and to stay different, remember the movie "Stuck On You"?
okay... remember the toys the boys were playing with? okay rent the
movie and look... back already? good - they're called
zero blasters
- go get your very own!
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On the other hand if you're looking for health care videos contact
Aquarius Health Care Media
in Sherborn MA
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Bill Miller Films
is also in Sherborn
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Arabian Productions
is making shorts/historicals and more - check them out!
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Need to read or like to write? Check out the great Boston (area) online
literary gem (despite the name)
Pulplit
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Cast Party
has several projects in the works and is located on the web and in or about
Milton - I think... maybe.
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Phoenix Rising Films
out of Fall River is making a series "Cricket Snapper - Based on true
story of a man who goes to a Quincy dominatrix only to die of a heart
attack."
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In Rumford RI
Devlo Media
Film & Video Production
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Waking Media
does commercials (and they worked on
Free Samples
) - it is a small world
- and they have a great links page too.
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Newbridge Productions
provides video services
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Finger Frame Pictures
is in Somerville
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as is
The Skillman Video Group
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and
Blue Sky Red
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But if you're looking for a good entertainment lawyer, check out
Janice Pieroni
(and check out her new website at
http://www.storyartsmanagement.com/
)
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or
John Ives
!
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Or
Vinca
Jarrett
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and Kneerim & Williams at
Fish & Richardson
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National Video Reporters, Inc.
has offices in Boston & Woburn (which is also the office of
Stream Productions
Also in Woburn - corporate video producer
Mad Dash
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And if you need an errors and omissions report contact Anne Marie Murphy at
Eastern Script Services
.
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How about a production photographer? Try
Mikki Ansin
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or
Matthew McKee
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or
Clair Folger
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or
Noah David Smith
who isn't just a photographer, he's a DP!
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The official Mass Ave Film Festival Web Site is gone - again - maybe it'll pop
up somewhere soon
For a laff (or two) check out
The Boston International Comedy
and Movie
Festival
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Meanwhile, here's a link to
The Independent Film Festival of Boston
The Boston Film & Video Foundation is gone but folks still can stay in
touch by subscribing to bostonfilm@yahoogroups.com
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BUT The Boston Educational Film & Video Association
Here
!
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And there's
The Filmmakers Collaborative
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The Bernard Toale Gallery
located at 450 Harrison Avenue in Boston's South End hosts The
Filmmaker's Workshop, allowing rough cuts of some great docs to be
showcased!
The Filmmaker's Workshop
is a project of
The Center For Independent DOCUMENTARY
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Anyone else remember The Boston Computer Society? No? Well, it's a long time
gone - but there is
The Boston Avid Users Group
and
Boston Final Cut Pro User's Group
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And for Teens there's the
Burt Woods School
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In Newport, RI (and around the country) there's
Kid Filmmakers
! Eleyne Austen Sharp is taking movie making to kids around the country.
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and the
John Robert Powers
School System
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And
New England Film & Video Magazine
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and need I add... The Mass Media Alliance is gone too
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but
IMAGINE News
is still going strong
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as is
NEED
(a/k/a New England Entertainment Digest)
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SMPTE/NE Newsletter
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Mandy's Film & Television Directory - Massachusetts
is still here
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but the U.S. Creative Directory is not
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Harvard Film Archives - the the best movies in Boston
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Lunchpail Productions
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Echo Bridge Productions is gone! Barbara and Dave where are you??!! - they
made a great indie film
Landfall
a rough cut of which premiered at an HSSW meeting at Harvard University
some years back - I loved the film and the
Landfall IMDB Link
are the last active links I
could find.
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and another website bites the dust... Double Diamond Productions is no more
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Matrix Video
has a page up and running
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The
Allen | Roche
Group
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Site Productions
,a collection of videos
highlighting the beauty of New England (now why didn't
I
think of that!)
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And if you need stock footage of New England, try
New England Stock Footage
, of course!
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If you need stock photographs of New England check out the
Fotosearch Stock Photography and Footage New England Section
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Modulus Studio
is making shorts (& other stuff)
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Echo Bridge
LLC in Needham is into distribution
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C S Associates
in Watertown has provided International documentary distribution since 1980
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Boston also has another online film distributor
Motionflicks
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Mindscape Pictures
is making movies and selling them from their website - visit their site and
support this local group of artists and filmmakers!
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Watch for
Element Productions
shows
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And
Clark Pond Associates
is producing a TV show too.
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Speaking of TV - check out the
W C A C
the Waltham (where else?) Public Access Cable TV Channel - and Concord there's
C C TV
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More 'local' cable stations...
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New England Sports Network
, Comcast Cable's
cn8
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Music, docs and more - oh my! Try
The Charles River Media Group
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Blind Dog Films
is Laurel Chiten's production company
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6Media Group
specializes in video and photography for musicians
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Music Lane Studios
is in Newton and is producing a movie with Metropolitan Pictures
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Struggle
an action movie
made
in Boston
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Pony Trouble
is a 'cult' film (their description, not mine) and certainly one of the
stranger pieces to come out of blue blood Boston - check it out. The producers
had a
Screenplay contest
which they posted on
Boston's Craigslist
Another Underground Media company in Boston
Ketcha Brick Productions
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Olive Barrel Productions
is making shorts in Boston
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Catfish Productions
is producing
Cape Con
on Cape Cod (and around Boston)
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Cobweb Films
is just off theCape (in Mattapoisett I think)
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While you're on the cape, try some fishing with Michael and
Cape Cod Flying Fish
(and watch for his fishing videos and/or TV show!^)
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Mooncusser Films LLC
has offices in Boston and on Cape Cod (
Cape Cod Video Production Services
)
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On the north shore? Watch for the production of
The House Of Usher
(hey Lloyd Kaufmann got his start w/this story!^)
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Also on the north shore - in Gloucester, actually
Going Going Productions
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Up Revere way Door Eleven Productions produced
Duality
The Movie
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Benthic Blue Productions
is making documentaries in Braintree (along with commercials, industrials, and
some great underwater videography - and shorts and feature films too!^)
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Shining Light Productions
is making docs in Chestnut Hill
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And for documentary distribution check out
Fanlight Productions
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Ask Labs
is making documentaries
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Julie Mallozzi Productions
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Magic Hour Communications
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Firewire Films
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Catzilla Productions
is an independent film and video production company in Massachusetts (it says
so on their website)
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Tube Media Productions
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Point Productions
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JetPak Productions
(creators of
Filmmakers Podcasts
)
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Lubin Productions
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Robert Gilmore & Associates
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Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc.
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Also in Cambridge (and documentaries too)
AHP
a/k/a Allie Humenuk Productions
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CPS Productions
is in Cambridge
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Nama Productions
is HQ'd in Somerville but shoots docs all over the world
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A Fine Image
, Cambridge, does wedding videos
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Loch Ness Productions
( the world's foremost producer of planetarium products )
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Hand Cranked Films
has some great shorts and their feature "War" screened at Edinburgh
International Film Festival
on Aug 27th & 29th of 2004
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Robotham Creative, Inc.
( creators of the award winning short "Desperate Measures" }
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Just to be different
Picture Park Productions
is located on Waltham Street in Boston (with offices in Santa Monica, Toronot
and
Elmhurst IL)
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Crazy East Coast Films
is making "IRISH ITALIAN BLOOD"
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Fred and Ted
Entertainment is (are?) located in Watertown and really are 'just plain
funny'. Check out their short
There Once Was a Man from Pawtucket
hosted by
Movieflix
(it's free but you have to register and a high speed connection helps)
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also in H20town -
Fablevision Studios
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and
Rampion Visual Production
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and
Mark Chapin Productions
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Remember 'Voyage of the Mimi'? You can thank
Peace River Studios
in Cambridge, MA for that great kid's tv series!
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Also in Cambridge,
Mooncusser Films LLC
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V P G Media
is making learning videos in Boston
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Magic Club Productions
is making shorts & more
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And
Pulse Media
is in Watertown
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Aisle 5 Entertainment
founded by
Guy McConnell
is busy busy busy with films like
"The Seer"
and projects like
The 2005 AISLE 5 SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
scheduled for late August
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Element Productions
-
Midnight Chimes Productions
- Funny shorts - not the kind you wear (and a URL,
www.bostonfilmnight.com
which, for now at least, links to their site)
Need music for your film or video? Contact the
Hermes Orchestra
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And contact
Seageer Video
If you're shooting underwater
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The Video Network
is in Ashland MA
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The Weisefilm Company
a site not updated since 1996 (
and I thought I was bad
!^)
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Plate Of Peas Productions
is in Lexington & making some great documentaries
-
speaking of great docs
Traces Of The Trade
"Producer/Director Katrina Browne tells the story of her forefathers, the
largest slave-trading family in U.S. history"
-
The Mass F/X site is gone - but Mike Savino's
Media House Films
is still up and running
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another good-bye ... Kestrel Video Productions website is down
-
LOTS of other video production companies....
-
Emerson College
-
and an emerson student David A. Cox - has a nifty website:
Coxie Films
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Stage Source
now has it's own website
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The Actor's Workshop
of Boston continues to provide training and services
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Boston Actors (and everyone else) can gather online at
Boston's Acting Scene
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The
Boston University Film amd Television website
moved - but I found it, and they have a multimedia magazine
Netcomtalk
- which deals w/journalism as well - check it out
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And check out
The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston Univeristy
(located at 282 Moody Street in Waltham - along with a more than a dozen film,
video & media companies). For those interested in working either behind the
camera or in editing, this is
the best
hands on production program there is!
and don't miss M I T's
Interactive Cinema Group
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or the
Department of Visual And Environmental Studies at Harvard
-
Alembic Cinema
is exploring the alchemy of filmmaking there too
-
or
The Film Studies Center
at Harvard University
-
& Check out the doc
Secondhand
by FSC Film Fellow Hanna Rose Shell and
Vanessa Bertozzi
-
post Hysteria Films
is making docs
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And here is the
Boston College Film Studies website
.
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But there is a new group in town...
the Television and Film Producers and Artists Association
-
New England Institute of Cinema Arts
established by HSSW's own
Lawrence Pruyne
Phd. and SVA Productions
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Boston Catholic Televison
-
Grub Street Writers
- a writer's workshop now located in Boston
- and there's the New England Screenwriter's Alliance a writer's workshop that's been around since 1997!
-
Script Sages
are writing, repping and generally helping scripts and movies get done in and
around Boston too.
-
Lorre Fritchy's
web site - and be sure to
check out her new site for her documentary on Sandy "Spin" Slade at
http://www.masterpeaceproductions.com
-
Global Trek Productions
is shooting a great new travel/vacation TV show in HD
-
WGBH TV
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Interested in the new? How about TV over the internet! Check out
Brightcove
- they're using the power of broadband to create new networks.
-
Meanwhile
Lycos
is streaming movies with chat rooms attached - check 'em out!!
-
and don't forget
Boston TV
Beantown's first local web tv station!! (okay I think they're the 1st)
-
and
Gotuit Media
The
New View
of Video On Demand
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Blackside, Inc.
-
Not to be confused with
Blackstripe Video
(makers of
School Of Horror
)
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KTTK Productions
is making a movie with the working title "Bay State"
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Collinge/Pickman Casting
-
The Harrison Project actor's workshop website is gone and so is BAMB (the
Boston Actor's
Message Board) - what has happened to all the great info based
websites??!!
-
but the
Actor's Workshop
is still in business
-
Peter Bezemes Casting
(
The Actors Institute
website takes you there too - as does
The Casting Company
website - proving once again you can never have too many arrows pointing
toward your target - or something like that..)
-
Boston Casting
-
Maura Tighe
Casting
-
Digital Casting
-
Between Gigs
Casting
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In Warwick Rhode Island there's
L D I Casting
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The Beacon Cinema Group
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Local Sightings
-
The Coolidge Corner Theater
(part of the
Beacon Cinema web site)
-
and in Arlington, MA there's
The Regent Theater
also in Arlington -
Movies On A Menu
focusing on DVD and movie memorabilia - and food - creating a 'movie café.' -
and check out their
blog
""
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And Don't forget The
Brattle Theater
-
Justin Locke Productions (
technically
not a film related web site, but the guy played the bass violin with the
Boston Pops
and has created a lot of great audio
tapes, films, videos, CDs and - just go check it out)
-
Storyteller
Patrick Fitzhugh's
The Legend of the Whydah
or
The Boston Audissey
are great fun and great examples of audio scripts.
-
Paul McNamee's website
- a Harvard Square Scriptwriter using the web to market his scripts!
-
And HSSW Member and stand up commedian
Bill Campbell
performs a gentle blend of comedy and theater - catch him (and a lot of other
great talent) at
Jimmy Tingle's
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You can still find
Marisa D'Vari's website
-
but Joan Noble Pinkham's
Web Site is... no more.
-
Paul Wagner
( a
very
funny guy - he was
in 'Next Stop Wonderland' and lots more)
-
General Films - making a couple
documentaries on beauty and birth order - their website is generally
missing....
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Deos CG - a computer graphics animation house that was into some cutting edge
stuff - their website is gone...
-
but there is
Project 450
in Boston
And a couple more local films to watch for ....
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My favorite Boston film, the brainchild of Laura Wilson, Roger Corman and
Cityscape Motion Pictures
-
and check out the doc
Shooting The Strangler's Wife
too.
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Domestic Bliss - it was a fun site while it lasted, but alas, 'tis
gone...
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Urban Relics - the film is fine but the website is gone
-
All The Rage - and another fine film with no webiste
-
There's a new film (& website)
The Legend Of Lucy Keyes
watch for it!
-
but HSSW's own Keith Johnson has a website for his film & production
company
Breaking Symetry
(Keith is an MIT Physics prof - read the site carefully, there will be a
test...)
-
Bangor Films
still has a website and they're still making movies - check out Little
Shots of Happiness, Shucking the Curve and The Trouble with Perpetual
Deja-Vu
-
Peter
Bohush's
web site - then
check out his
other
web site at
http://www.writerdirector.com/
(now why didn't I think of that URL?)
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This Town
was made in Boston by One Take Productions
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The Autumn Heart - a film I really loved - no longer has a website
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And as close as Miramax will let you link to the web site for
Next Stop Wondeland
Once
there, you'll have to find your own way through the Miramax web site....
good luck!
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And one of my all time favorites
A Midwife's Tale
now has a webiste! In fact, there aer several websites - check out
This one
and And AND keep an eye out for her latest project
Tupperware
(coming via the series
"American Experience"
to a PBS station near you .
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And the Eternal Embrace
Web site is gone, too
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but there's a
Shadow Glories
website and a
Hamzeh Mystique Films
is in Swampscott
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But there's a web site for the
Stone Walk
a pilgrimage in memory of the civilian casualties of war. What does
this have to do with film or video? Well I'll tell you - there is a
documentary made by Barry Schneier of
Preston Productions
(but it's not mentioned on the Stone Walk website) watch for the doc on PBS
and support the peace abby
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films that should have their own web pages: "Home Before Dark", and
"North End"!!!
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
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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