Apple takes an old idea and makes it their own...

You may have heard of the 24 hour film festival. Well, now Apple brings us the Insomnia Film Festival, another instant movie contest. Unfortunately it's only for High School and College students. But it should be a lot of fun. A lot of tiring fun!

Scholarships for Film Students

A great little collection of college funding for kids who are interested in making movies.

Fresh Films

Another List - This One From Self-Reliant Filmmaking

A lovely low cost list of helpful software. Consider it a buffet for the fall semester - what will you take back to your table?
21 Mac Shareware Applications for Filmmakers

The Documentary Project

The Documentary Project
was a beautiful program for refugee youth in New York. They have put together this website to document their process

Some Phenomenal Resources

Read/WriteWeb has published the most amazing list at
Filmmaker's Tool Kit: Creating a Movie with Web 2.0

It's actually a much better article than I thought it would be. Instead of the same old list of craigslist-myspace-blogger there's links to everything from Backstage for casting to Storyboarding Software to how to FindSounds when your editing.

Overall, a great list of helpful resources for us and our students.

Special Effects on the Cheap

A great DIY how to Make (and Use) Your Own Green Screen
over at MacLife. Not only do they give a step by step for planning and building the background, but they also go through the post-production.

Looks like a great classroom project...

Lesson planning for teachers, Mac style

Planbook is an innovative software tool that helps you to do your lesson planning on your Mac. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) gives it a good review, but what I noticed (and liked) about it was the ability to attach files inside the software. So, for example, I can link that 'Camera Basics' handout for Monday's class in the plan - instead of trying to figure out where to paste it in my MS Word document.