We’ve long felt that there are bits and bobs of information scattered across the internet, included across BFI NETWORK’s own Film Hub websites that get a bit buried or forgotten. While we cannot claim that is a fully comprehensive directory of all the links you will ever need to either make a film, or kickstart a career in film, the hope is that we’ve created a one-stop-shop of some of the most useful guides, toolkits, masterclasses, podcasts and websites that either we’ve had a hand in making, or that we can wholeheartedly recommend.
SCREENWRITING
- 🎧 Podcast // Script Notes
- 🎧 Podcast // Script Apart
- 🎧 Podcast // Thinking About Writing
- 🎧 Podcast // The Screenwriting Life
- 🎧 Podcast // In Writing (It’s all kinds of writing, and all kinds of helpful!)
- 🎧 Podcast // How I Write
- 📖 Film Hub South West: Demystifying the role of a screenwriter
- 📖 Phillip Shelley a.k.a. Script Consultant’s blog
- 📖 John Yorke’s blog
- 📖 Go Into The Story
GENERAL FILMMAKING
- ▶Film London’s BFI NETWORK Shorts School
- ▶ Sundance Co//ab Video Library
- ▶ BFI Film Academy Labs: YouTube Playlist
- ▶ Thomas Flight’s YouTube channel
- ▶ The New York Times’ Anatomy of a Scene
- 🎧 Podcast // Team Deakins
- 🎧 Podcast // No Film School
- 🎧 Podcast // IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast
- 🎧 Podcast // The Director’s Cut
- 🎧 Podcast // Film at Lincoln Center Podcast
- 🎧 Podcast // The A24 Podcast
- 🎧 BAFTA’s SoundCloud // includes their Screenwriting Lecture Series
- ▶ BBC Inside Cinema // 100+ video essays on film
- 📖 Vimeo’s Blog
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 💡 Shot Deck // high-res movie image
- 💡 Film-Grab // movie screenshots
- ▶ Every Frame a Painting // YouTube channel
- ▶ In Depth Cine // YouTube Channel
- 📖 Flickside Blog
- 🎧 The Cinematography Podcast
CREWING UP
- 🤝 Our crew directory (pending)
- 🤝 BAFTA Crew
- 🤝 The TriForce Creative Network
- 🤝 Look Beyond The List
- 🤝 Shooting People
FESTIVAL STRATEGY
- ▶ BFI Film Academy Lab: What comes after the festival circuit?
- 💷 British Council Travel Grants (to attend a festival with your short film)
- 📖 Short of the Week: Your Short Film Release
JOBS / OPPORTUNITIES
- 💷 Independent Cinema Office Jobs Board
- 💷 Creative Access
- 💷 Arts Jobs
- 💡 BBC Writersroom Opportunities Page
- 📖 ScreenSkills Freelance Toolkit
- 💡 Depict’s 90-Second Short Film Competition
- 💷 Follow Rowan Woods on Twitter (she often lists the latest film job alerts)
OTHER
- 🔧 DCP-o-matic // Free open-source DCP conversion
Resource list compiled by Nicole Davis and Jake Cunningham
Photo by Alfons Morales on Unsplash