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Essential Links for students of Media
Pacific Film and Television Commission - The Queensland Government's organisation Film and Television incentives program for local and overseas film makers. Includes information about funding for new film makers.
QPIX Site QPIX is Queensland's peak screen resource organisation.
Australian Film Commission - The Federal Government organisation that provides services to Australian and overseas film makers. Includes information on funding.
Australian Film Finance Corporation - Federal government organisation that invests in Australian film production.
The National Film and Sound Archive. This site has information about the history, role and resources available through the organisation.
The Australian Broadcasting Authority's site with information about the role of the organisation.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification's Site.
Urban Cinefile. An excellent Australian Cinema online Film magazine.
SBS The Special Broadcasting Service site.
ABC The Australian Broadcasting Corporation site.
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
A very interesting site featuring an enormous collection of ephemeral (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films.
http://www.acro.edu.au/
The Australian Creative Resources Online site features audio, video, and still images that can be used freely and legally for creating digital art or for educational purposes
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/keywords/copyright/
A site that showcases and analyzes strategies to use media as creative tools with excellent information about creative commons, copyright and Fair Use.
http://www.creativecommons.org.au/
The home of Creative Commons information in Australia
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
A humorous mash-up of Disney films describing copyright principles created by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University.
http://www.finncragg.com
Finn Cragg is multimedia production and publishing studio, based in Perth, Western Australia that researches and develops unique educational resources for digital storytelling, movie making, multimedia and media mashing.
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
A database of Creative Commons audio
http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en
The Google Advanced search engine that allows students to search for material based on usage rights.
http://www.openflix.com/
A directory of films thought to be in the public domain
http://pdmdb.org/
A easy to use searchable database of public domain films
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/
A very useful guide to copyright issues affecting Australian Schools.
http://www.totalrecut.com/
A website hosting mash up videos, material for use, competitions and a community or media remixers
Practical Based Sites
A free and interactive production course suitable for FTVNM students through to teritary level
A series of vodcasts covering most area of production. Thank you to Brett Hitchens for the heads-up!
A US based site featuring media made by young people. The resource section provides free and not-so-free guides and activities
A free educational and resource website for all forms of electronic media. Very practical!
Part of a Canadian site titles SchoolNet News Network with some excellent tips for student journalists
Essential Links for Teachers of Media
Australia
Metro Magazine Site - The site that accompanies ATOM's publications - Screen Education and Metro Magazine.
Education resources at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image - The world's most progressive centre for the moving image.
UK
The Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media conducts innovative research on media texts, industries and audiences, with a particular focus on media education and young people both as consumers and producers of media.
Media Ed - For teachers, students and anyone else who's interested in media and moving image education in primary, secondary, further and informal education.
Long Road Media - in particular check out the student produced videos in the iCritique section.
The English and Media Centre - supporting the teaching of English and Media.
Canada
The Media Awareness Network - An excellent Canadian site about Media Education.
U.S.
MEDIA LITERACY CLEARINGHOUSE A site from the U.S. with a great number of links to Media Education related information.
Center For Media Literacy - Comprehensive site of the U.S. organisation dedicated to media education.
International
The Magic Network: Media Activities and Good Ideas by, for and with Children, hosted by Unicef. Check out this fantastic website that features heaps of great stuff about media education and children. | 