Cinematography
"Community, Education, News & Resources for CInematographers"
Forums on various subjects such as "Lighting", "Gripping", "Visual Effects CInematography", "Grading, DI and Telecine" as well as a Marketplace.
"The aim of CML is to promote the free exchange of ideas amongst fellow cinematography professionals. Participants in these discussions are Cinematographers and their crew as well as representatives of all the main manufacturing and rental film & video/digital companies."
Articles, news and podcasts from the ASC
Blog, news and articles from the BSC
A modern master answers questions and gives many insights in a forum setting
Podcasts on cinematography moderated by The American Society of Cinematographers
"Cinevenger is about looking at the photography of a film and peeling back the layers of visual meaning that have been created both consciously and unconsciously by the filmmakers. This is done from two perspectives: looking at the photography of previously released films, and also examining the efforts of cinematographers photographing films currently in production."
Blog with interesting articles by Alexander Ballinger, "a movie historian who specialises in film noir and the study of motion picture cinematography."
A blog that serves as "a reference site for cinematographers, matte painters, artists, photographers and filmmakers".
Lots of frames from various films
"Beautiful stills from beautiful films". Thousands of still frames from hundreds of films. Indexed by cinematographer, by director, by film name and by year.
Up & coming Melbourne-based cinematographer Matthew Scott maintains this blog which caught my eye with this article on Roger Deakins' cinematography on "Prisoners"
Filmmaking
A guide to film analysis from Yale.
"The Guide is broken into six parts corresponding to the major divisions within cinema technique and film studies. These major divisions are further broken down into sections, subsections and definitions for terms. The final Part (Analysis) offers basic examples of how to analyze two film sequences."
Includes a section on cinematography that is very camera and shot structure centric.
"1000 Frames of Hitchcock" is an attempt to reduce each of the 52 available major Hitchcock films down to just 1000 frames. The aim of the project is to create a library of images which can be used to illustrate blog posts, web articles and reviews, etc."
A blog run by a storyboard artist from Dreamworks Animation. Links to interviews, websites, other blogs and a large collection of stills from a wide variety of films.
"No Film School is a resource for all things filmmaking. We post the latest tutorials, interviews, short films, and gear news to help all of us become better filmmakers — “no film school” required."
A guide to film analysis from Yale.
"The Guide is broken into six parts corresponding to the major divisions within cinema technique and film studies. These major divisions are further broken down into sections, subsections and definitions for terms. The final Part (Analysis) offers basic examples of how to analyze two film sequences."
Includes a section on cinematography that is very camera and shot structure centric.
"1000 Frames of Hitchcock" is an attempt to reduce each of the 52 available major Hitchcock films down to just 1000 frames. The aim of the project is to create a library of images which can be used to illustrate blog posts, web articles and reviews, etc."
A blog run by a storyboard artist from Dreamworks Animation. Links to interviews, websites, other blogs and a large collection of stills from a wide variety of films.
"No Film School is a resource for all things filmmaking. We post the latest tutorials, interviews, short films, and gear news to help all of us become better filmmakers — “no film school” required."
Vintage Visual Effects
Interesting blog site with articles on subjects such as "Golden Era special fx", and links to other intriguing sites, for example "Model Ships in the Cinema" and production designer/artist Paul Lasaine's blog, amongst others.
