LibGuides: Full Sail DC3 Digital Resources: Video Production

Quick Links

Academy Originals Videos and photos about filmmaking from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
BAFTA Guru British Academy of Film and Television Arts. From the website: A hub for inspirational career advice from the very best in film, games and television.
Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America is a labor organization that represents the creative and economic rights of directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, documentaries, news, sports and new media.
Rising Voices In collaboration with Lena Waither, Hillman Grad Productions, Ventureland, and 271 Films, this program aims to discover, invest in and amplify stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers and storytellers.

Social Media Content Creation Tools

The following links are examples of the many tools available for content creation. Many of them are free to use; others will offer both free options and paid plans.

Adobe Express Free online photo and design tools
All Hashtag Tool for generating hashtags for social media posts.
Audacity Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software.
Canva Graphic design space with templates and build-from-scratch options.
Google Analytics Get a complete understanding of your customers across devices and platforms. Google Analytics gives you the tools, free of charge, to understand the customer journey and improve marketing ROI.
Google Trends What's being searched right now.
Pinterest Trends A tool that tracks the popularity of different terms on Pinterest. However, it goes a step further by showing what is visually appealing now versus two months or even ten years ago. Numerous filters for focused content research.

Other Resources Of Interest

Color Palette Generators

The following color palette generators allow you to upload your own images to generate color palettes from the image.

100 Brilliant Color Combinations Pre-selected color combinations to create mood and attraction in design.
Canva Color Palette Generator Use your own image to generate a color palette.
Color Palette FX Select a photo from your device to create a color palette. Then click a color swatch to view color name and values.
Pictaculous - A Color Palette Generator Uses PNG, TIF and JPG images only. Files no larger than 500K.

Color Theory & Color Pickers

Need to select colors? The following links explore color theory and provide tools for choosing colors.

Adobe Color Wheel - Color Schemes Adobe resource to create, explore, and save color themes using a color wheel.
Color Picker Includes a color scheme generator.
Color Theory Tutorial and tips on using color in design from Canva.
HTML Color Codes Includes color harmonies, shades, tones, and tints.
W3 Schools Color Picker HTML Color Picker

Online Websites & Blogs

A number of these have material for sell but also lots of free resources.

101 Free Resources for Screenwriters: Screencraft.org post.
Anatomy of a Scene: New York Times' "Weekly videos in which directors comment on the craft of movie-making."
Go Into Story: "Named Best of the Best Scriptwriting Website by Writer's Digest."
Internet Movie Database: "The world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content."
Internet Movie Script Database: "The world's largest movie script database"
Letterboxd: "A social network for sharing your taste in film."
Oscars.org Screenwriting Resources
Roger Ebert dot com: "The world’s preeminent destination for movie criticism, commentary and community."
Rotten Tomatoes: "Rotten Tomatoes and the Tomatometer score are the world’s most trusted recommendation resources for quality entertainment."
Save the Cat: Based on Blake Snyder's popular books
Script: Writer's Digest' source for script writing articles and resources.
Simply Scripts: Searchable directory of downloadable scripts. Includes television, radio, anime, and unproduced scripts and screenplays.
The Writer's Guild of America West: Resources for the professional screenwriter.

Music & Sound Effects Collections

BBC Sound Effects This link opens in a new window These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
Sound effects used for commercial purposes must be purchased under a separate license.
Europeana This link opens in a new window We share and promote European cultural heritage to be used and enjoyed by everyone for learning, for work, or just for fun. Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material. Why? To inspire and inform fresh perspectives and open conversations about our history and culture. To share and enjoy our rich cultural heritage. To use it to create new things. We give you access to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe. Discover artworks, books, music, and videos on art, newspapers, archaeology, fashion, science, sport, and much more.
Free Music Archive This link opens in a new window Free Music Archive (FMA) offers free access to open licensed, original music by independent artists around the world.
Freesound This link opens in a new window Freesound is a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds. Browse, download and share sounds.
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library This link opens in a new window The world's public domain music. Includes scores and recordings.
Mixkit This link opens in a new window Royalty free video, stock music and sound effects.
National Jukebox This link opens in a new window The National Jukebox features more than 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1900 and 1925. Searchable by artist, song, lyricist, genre, composer, year and place.
Roulette Archive This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of nearly 4,000 concert listings with historic audio, video, posters, photos, press, and ephemera, Roulette’s archive is an unparalleled repository of avant-garde music and interdisciplinary performance from New York’s “downtown” scene dating to 1978.