Media College. Free tutorials, references, resources, and forums on electronic media production. There are lessons on "Video", "Audio", "Photography", "Graphics", "Computer", "Internet", and "Equipment" There are a number of free downloads, including a "Talent Release Form", "TV Production Application with Budget Summary", and "US Copyright Application Form PA" under Forms, in the "Downloads" link at the top of the page. Visitors with questions for other electronic media production workers can go to "Forums", at the top of the page, to become involved with a community of like-minded individuals.

New Media - Free Courses Online. The BBC provides guides and modules that, in some cases is technical, there are many that provide basic operating procedures on basic media production for TV, Radio, and Broadcast Technology. Students will benefit from the sage advice contained within these various modules.

Vimeo Video School A fun place for anyone to learn how to make better videos. Start by browsing our Vimeo Lessons, or find specific video tutorials created by other members.

Video Guide: Video production is no easy feat. If an individual is not familiar with the appropriate video technology, the taping session may be a waste of time. It is wise to do some research on getting clean camera shots, angles, and movements. As well, most audio-video equipment is expensive. Using the equipment improperly could damage the products whether it be a camera, microphone, or lighting structure. Most people do not realize how much time, equipment, and money go into a professional camera shoot. To gain some knowledge in the video field browse this resource to get a better idea of what to expect.

What is A Storyboard? Once a concept or script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book. This visual guide suggest ideas for making an effective storyboard. Source: Women and Technology.

Digital Filmmaking for Teens. Authors Pete Shaner and Gerald Everett Jones.You don’t have to invest a small fortune, own expensive gear, and employ an army of technicians to create a movie. Today’s high-tech tools will fit in your backpack and don’t require the financial backing of a major movie studio, making this the first generation in the history of moviemaking that doesn’t have to beg for big bucks to put its stories on the screen. “Digital Filmmaking for Teens” emphasizes Hollywood–style moviemaking, the way the pros do it. You’ll learn how to tell your story on a budget, using tips from industry veterans. Not sure where to start? No problem. You’ll cover each step—from developing your idea and writing a script to planning for production, shooting, and editing. “Digital Filmmaking for Teens” includes an amazing DVD packed with advice, instructional videos, and examples. Review. Source: Premier Press, Paperback, Bk&CD edition, Published December 2004, 237 pages, ISBN 1592006035.

Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts. Authors Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols. Teens, more than any other demographic group, are being assaulted by a never ending stream of media junk food. This hip and irreverent basic guide book to the filmmaking craft empowers teens to stop consuming and start creating quality work with step-by-step instructions on writing, producing, directing, and distributing short film or video projects. Today, a teen with a camera and a vision; tomorrow, the next Speilberg? Review. Source:Michael Wiese Productions (April 25, 2005) 192 pages, 140 photos and original illustrations
ISBN: 1932907041

The Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers. A detailed production guide that takes you step-by-step through the filmmaking process from story concept to completed film. The manual includes tips from the experts, hands-on exercise, an 8-week filming schedule and more! Note you must fill-out a form that ask for name and e-mail address. Check with parent or teacher before downloading. Once registered you can then select the chapters from the manual that you wish to print. Source: The Film Foundation Download.

Making Movies Make Sense. A unique Mac/PC CD-ROM that will help children and young people to understand film language.The effect of camera, sound, light, color and editing are clearly explained using dozens of specially shot stills, video and audio clips. How-to sections link theory and practice, and the 'Making a film' section describes how to go about planning, shooting and editing a film.

Making Real-Life Videos. In his new book Making Real-Life Videos, filmmaker and media educator Matthew Williams offers a complete overview of documentary filmmaking. Designed for people who have little or no experience using digital video, it can be used by children, teens, and adults. What is a documentary aside from its ability to document real people and events? "The raw footage usually captures reality," says Williams, "but once it is assembled or edited together with sound effects, narration, music, text, and other visual representation, it becomes manipulated into something else. That something else is called a documentary."
     Beginning with a complete overview of documentary filmmaking, Williams teaches step-by-step instructions on how to create exciting personal documentaries including basic production concepts and processes.
      Chapters cover: Planning and shooting a documentary - Writing treatments - Interviewing tips - Shooting voiceover - Storyboarding - Writing and shooting dramatizations - Editing and postproduction - Camera movement, angles, and operation - Working with audio. Allworth Press.
ISBN number is 1581154151.

The Young Filmmakers Club: Video Camera Techniques." This 25 minute color video introduces the digital video camera and explains how to use it. Logan O'Brien instructs step-by-step camera selection, camera operation, framing and camera movement.  An emphasis is placed on how the camera becomes part of the visual storytelling process.

Girl Director A How-To Guide for the First-Time, Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker. Chock-full of fascinating photographs and colorful directives, Andrea Richards's GIRL DIRECTOR is an instruction manual, history lesson, scrapbook, and celebration of women and film rolled into one. Director and cinephile Andrea Richards all but hands the reader a camera as she raucously paves the way for young women to make their own films. Sharing tales of the coolest femme filmmakers from history and recounting advice from the best women directors now in the business, Richards explains step by step how anyone can make a film using a standard video camera. Covering such topics as screenwriting, storyboards, set design, editing, distribution, Claymation, music videos, film festivals, and the digital revolution, GIRL DIRECTOR is a must-have handbook for the aspiring auteur of any age. Paperback, 121 pages
Published April 1st 2005 by Ten Speed Press
ISBN 1580086756 (ISBN13: 9781580086752)

AbiWord. This is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.

Open Office. The leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers.

Gimp: Photo Editing Software. GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems.

Audacity. A free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

HyperEngine-AV. Video editing software is now free, complete with full source code. Users can capture, arrange, edit and process video, audio and text in a free-form, trackless document, to create movies and slide shows

VirtualDub. A video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

HyperEngine-AV. Video editing software is now free, complete with full source code. Users can capture, arrange, edit and process video, audio and text in a free-form, trackless document, to create movies and slide shows

Inkscape. An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format

NVU. A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.