MovieMaker Magazine Releases List of the 50 Best Websites for Moviemakers

Living in such a technologically advanced age, it is no surprise that today’s moviemakers are relying more than ever on the Internet for tips, advice and even an audience. In addition to the ever-popular sites of YouTube and Internet Movie Database, MovieMaker Magazine’s 2008 list of the 50 Best Websites for Moviemakers has a little something for everyone.  Screenwriters looking for inspiration can check out Drew’s Script-O-Rama and the Internet Movie Script Database. Actors and casting directors can browse The Actors Pages and Backstage for casting calls and talent profiles. Directors and editors in need of the perfect music can search the libraries of FirstCom Music and Sir Groovy. And even the unemployed have a chance with the career sites Entertainment Careers.net and Film Staff.

Rounding out the 2008 list are Association of Talent Agents, Call Box, CreateSpace, The D-Word, Digital Juice, Dvolver, Eyespot, Film Budget, Film Festivals.com, Film Specific, FilmTools, Global Image Works, Gotham Writers’ Workshop, HTMarket.com, Independent Filmmaker Contracts, IndiePix, IndieShares, IndieFilms, iStockphoto, Mandy.com, MovieMaker Magazine, Non Stop Music, Omnimusic, ProductionHub, Rumblefish, ScreenStyle, Script Fixer, Shooting On Location, Shutterstock Footage, 615 Music, SmartFlix, Spiritual Cinema Circle, Studio Daily, Undergroundfilm.com, Video100.com, Vimeo, Whorepresents?com, Withoutabox and The Writers Store.

Additional highlights of The Future of Moviemaking 2008 issue include a cover interview with notoriously independent director Robert Rodriguez, plus an interview with “rising star” Josh Brolin, who talks of his short film X and his role in Oliver Stone’s President Bush biopic W; writer-directors Jonathan Levine and Bryan Bertino write how they made their hit films The Wackness and The Strangers respectively; and inquiring minds can find 15 movies that were made ahead of their time.

For 15 years MovieMaker has featured insight into the marquee cinema names of today, the giants of yesterday and the trendsetters of tomorrow, all in a glossy full-color package designed to entertain as well as instruct. MovieMaker’s editorial focuses on the art and business of making movies and is always geared not only to movie industry insiders but also to all fans of quality motion pictures.

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