Writing about Film
The internet is an excellent resource for information about films; you will find details of just about every film ever released and the pages are being continually updated. However, a lot of these entries take the form of listings, giving you only brief and superficial information. For the purposes of your course you will need to dig a little deeper...
Internet Movie Database
By far the most comprehensive movie site on the internet - you should start research into any movie or person here.
Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from imdb.com.
Search provided by The Internet Movie Database. To put a search on your web site, click here.
Industry News
It's a good idea to browse through these on at least a weekly basis, just to keep yourself up-to-date with latest developments
Movie Reviews
You will need to spend time searching for specific films, but the following online-publications often contain useful material
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http://www.filmweek.co.uk/New%20Pages/Review%20Archive.htm (more recent titles only).
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http://www.nytoday.com/movies (news and recent reviews)
Movies in General
These sites are a good starting point for general information, and can provide useful pointers to other, more specific sites. They cover virtually every movie ever made between them, but you will have to look elsewhere for the sort of in-depth analysis you need to be reading.
- http://us.imdb.com/
- http://movies.yahoo.com/ (often contains a link to useful productions notes/press releases for more recent movies)
- http://www.allmovie.com/
- http://www.mrqe.com/
- http://filmsound.studienet.org/ (although these articles focus on sound they offer some excellent insights)
- http://www.film.com/index.html (watch out for some useful interviews and articles)
Academic Writing
These are online film publications containing many useful articles. They are constantly being updated, and you will have to search through to find pieces that are particularly relevant to your work.
- http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/index.html
- http://www.cinematographer.com/studio/index.htm
- http://www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/yahnke/film/Default.htm
- http://www.uta.edu/huma/enculturation/issues.html
- http://www.imagesjournal.com/index.html
- http://members.aol.com/Filmthis1/Page26.html
Elsewhere on This Site
You will find pages on this site devoted to individual films. More are being added all the time, so keep checking back.
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