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Reference

Reference works typically consist of brief selections of facts, data, or definitions, such as dictionaries. However, in today’s networked society, there are many other types of reference works online that can link you to key information. We have provided here links to key online reference works that specifically support Film Studies.

  • TIFF Film Reference Library: Available at no charge to students registered at TFS. All items are for Reference only and as such must be viewed or read on the premises. This library contains over 19,000 books, 100 magazine titles, approximately 2,000 scripts, a selection of about 11,000 film and television productions, more than 60,000 film production files, funding and industry contact information and directories as well as a large and varied selection of other materials, including 300,000 images, 11,000 posters and 6,000 soundtracks. Students may also reserve 1 advanced ticket for events. TIFF Bell Lightbox is located at Reitman Square on the north-west corner of King and John Streets (350 King Street West).

 

Online Magazines

  • Playback: Canada’s production, broadcasting and interactive media business news source, offering an intimate view of Gaming, TV, film and interactive industry events, trends, and resources. May be accessed using a school computer only – No login necessary.
  • Variety: The show-business daily. Offers headlines, statistics, and reviews.

 

Databases

  • Academy Awards Database: The Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2013 (86th) Academy Awards, presented on March 2, 2014.
  • Academy Awards Acceptance Speech Database: This database contains more than 1,400 transcripts of onstage acceptance speeches given by Academy Award winners and acceptors. Many records include video clips. The database is a work in progress; additional speeches will be added as they become available.
  • European Film Gateway: The EFG Portal gives you quick access to hundreds of thousands of film historical documents as preserved in European film archives and cinémathèques: photos, posters, programmes, periodicals, censorship documents, rare feature and documentary films, newsreels and other materials. Targeted at scientific researchers and the interested public alike, the EFG offers a look at and behind the scenes of filmmaking in Europe from the early days until today.
  • Internet Movie Database (IMD): This database lists many film genres and has collected films by type. There is also a list of the top 10 films by genre according to Internet Movie Database (IMDb) users.
  • The Media History Project: Promotes “the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels.” Includes an excellent timeline of media history covering art, music, television, the Internet, and video games from pre-history to today, along with an article archive on media resources.

 

Directories & Web Portals

  • CinemaSpot: CinemaSpot.com is a free information resource center that simplifies the search for top movie-related resources on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by our editorial team and organized into intuitive categories that make it easy to find reviews, showtimes, video release dates, award-winners, trivia, history, quotes, celebrity gossip, industry resources and more.
  • Film Festivals: This is categorized, searchable film festivals from around the world. Listings in our film festival database is free, you may add / modify your film festival listings by using the links on the left. We reserve the right to refuse any submission. Every submission is pending approval. 
  • Fonebook: Premier directory for the film, video, and digital community across Canada.
  • ThreatreCanada: On theatrecanada.com you will find a list of over 450 Canadian live theatres. Geographically arranged for easy navigation, you have access to contact information, schedules, productions, box office numbers, ticket information and much more. 

Streaming Services

Sometimes it can be challenging to identify specific movies, TV, and documentaries for writing assignments, so we have provided a list of resources available for review and analysis. There are many streaming services available now. We’ve provided a list of some that are freely accessible, as well as Fee-based services.

  Free Streaming Services
  • CBC Gem:Freely accessible in Canada.  This is a freely available service to all Canadians including TV, Film, Documentaries. CBC Gem provides primarily Canadian content with some British content (e.g., Luther) and US content (e.g., Portlandia) included. They do offer a ‘commercial free’ experience but it involves a service fee. CBC GEM also includes content under the CBC’s Canadian Reflections site.
  • CTV Throwback & Movies: Freely accessible, TV and Film. CTV has recently made a selection of TV and films available, including some classic films such as Lawrence of Arabia, and On the Waterfront.
  • Folkstreams.net: A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites.
  • HiBrow: Discover hundreds of videos curated by some of the world’s most exceptional talent. Browse the categories to find performances, concerts, plays, rehearsals, interviews, gallery tours, and documentaries. Each art form has its subsections listed in the drop down menus and all the videos have accompanying text highlighting the artists involved and putting their work in context. Each curator has their own page and accompanying videos.
  • National Film Board: Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. Over 2,000 NFB productions can be streamed online, at the NFB.ca Screening Room as well as via partnerships with the world’s leading video portals, while the NFB’s growing family of apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV delivers the experience of cinema to Canadians everywhere.
  Subscription Streaming Services

  • Amazon Prime Video: This is an Individual Subscription service, costs $7.99 Canadian per month; contains TV, Film, Documentary, including original productions such as Treadstone, Hunters, Fleabag, along with films such as Rocketman, John Wick and more. Amazon Prime Video is a free service for those who have an Amazon Prime delivery account.

  • Apple TV +: A new streaming service recently launched by Apple, including original content.

  • CBS All Access: This is an individual subscription, US based, costs $5.99, including CBS TV and Sports. It offers original content, content newly aired on CBS. This includes shows like Star Trek: Discovery, Live Sports (football), NCIS, Survivor, etc.

  • Crave TV: This is an individual subscription, Canadian based, costs $9.99 per month, which includes TV, Film, Documentary, a variety of content. This is a Canadian subscription video on demand service owned by Bell Media. This includes many dramas such as The Sopranos, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Although some HBO content is included, current & complete HBO content costs an additional fee.

  • Disney +: Individual Subscription, $8.99, Disney owned Film & TV. This offers an impressive library of high-quality shows and movies in a featured-filled video streaming package. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by The Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney Television, with the service advertising content from Disney’s Marvel, National Geographic, Pixar, and Star Wars brands in particular.

  • Netflix: Individual Subscription, $13.99 CND; TV, Film, Documentaries, Animation, etc. Netflix’s large collection of TV shows and movies, including critically acclaimed originals, make it one of the best video streaming services to date.

  Purchase & Rent Film, TV, & Documentaries

Beat Sheets & Outlines

The following resources provide support for identifying different strategies for creating “Beat Sheets” and “outlines” for TV and Film writing.

  Beat Sheets & Structure
  • Save the Cat Examples: The homepage of Snyder’s Save the Cat beat structure provides specific examples of how to review a screenplay.
  Treatments Provincial
  • Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario): The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) is a hub for the graphic design community, promoting knowledge sharing, continuous learning, research, advocacy, and mentorship. We work to establish professional standards, best practices and innovative thinking within our industry and beyond.
  • Interactive Ontario: Interactive Ontario’s mandate is to promote the interests of its members and to enlist the support of government and private sector partners with a vested interest in the growth of the digital media content industry.
  • Ontario Media Development Corporation, (OMDC), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport is the central catalyst for the province’s cultural media cluster including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing and music industries.
Canadian
  • Canadian Interactive Alliance Interactive Canadienne: The Canadian Interactive Alliance / L ‘Alliance Interactive Canadienne (CIAIC) is a not-for-profit trade association formed in 2005 to serve as the voice of Canada’s interactive digital media industry.
  • Society of Graphic Designers of Canada: The GDC has been Canada’s national certification body for graphic and communication designers since 1956, establishing professional standards and actively regulating professional conduct. The GDC is a member-based organization of design professionals, educators, administrators, students and affiliates in communications, marketing, media and design-related fields. Our members come together to advance the profession, grow professionally, mentor each other, show off their work, and enjoy the camaraderie.
United States & International
  • American Institute of Graphic Artists: Founded in 1914 as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design and is now known simply as “AIGA, the professional association for design.”
  • International Council of Graphic Design Associations: Icograda is a world body for professional design. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, member-based network of independent organisations and stakeholders working within the multidisciplinary scope of design. Founded in 1963, Icograda actively promotes the value of design practice, thinking, education, research and policy, representing more than 200 organisations in 67 countries and regions globally.

Finding Scripts

There are many ways to find scripts for TV and Film online. We’ve provided some of the most popular options.

 

Free Sites

  • 8Flix: Contains free, downloadable scripts for movies and television series, many of them Netflix productions.
  • Actor Point: Offers full-text film scripts — largely draft versions — free to use for teaching and education purposes. Listed by genre and title.
  • BBC Script Library: Includes PDF format for scripts of BBC radio, television, and film productions. Adobe Acrobat needed for display.
  • Daily Scripts: This is a very basic, no frills, site providing PDF copies of scripts for film and TV. They have a wide selection, 
  • Horror Layer: Covering a variety of genre overlapping with Horror, this site provides many options for exploring the Horror genre.
  • Internet movie Script Database: This site claims to be the largest resource. New releases are on the front page. Users can search, browse alphabetically or by genre.
  • Joblo’s Movie Screenplays: Includes more than 1300 film scripts in varying versions (second draft, final shooting draft, etc.). Titles can be browsed alphabetically. Search box searches Google, not limited to the site itself.
  • SciFi Scripts: Another basic site for identifying scripts, this one is dedicated to science fiction scripts.
  • Screenplay Database: Contains shooting scripts, drafts and revised screenplays for a number of popular films as well as links to more information about the films via Amazon and IMDB.
  • Simply Scripts: Welcome to Simply Scripts – links to hundreds of downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced and radio shows.
  • Script Download Links: Links to 150+ scripts made available by studios and production companies, mostly recent films.
  • Script-o-rama: This website contains numerous screenplays in various stages of development. It also contains shooting scripts and early drafts.

 

TV Specific

  • TV Writing (THE BEST COLLECTION. check the homepage for the latest additions)
  • Script Reader Pro (ten great scripts in five categories: drama, comedy, action/adventure, thriller, horror)

 

Purchase Options

  • Amazon: Amazon has a variety of scripts for both film and TV. This includes entire seasons of key TV shows, such as the Sopranos or Downton Abbey, and published “shooting scripts” of films with detailed information containing not only the script, but interviews with Directors in some cases.
  • Script City: They sell screenplays that have been produced, but not scripts in development. The scripts are all photocopies of the original draft. All screenplays sold are for educational purposes only.

Screenwriting Format & Structure

In this section we provide links to key supports for Screen Writing Mechanics and formatting, such as the Hollywood Standard which is a helpful book for formatting your screenplay.

 

Screenplay Writing & Formatting

Key Books

  • Hollywood Standard: The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script.

 

Key Websites

  • Screenplay Format Guide: Provides examples of all the key screenwriting strategies, such a scene headings, montages, etc.
  • Screenwriting Terms & Film Making Terminology: This comprehensive glossary is provided as a reference for novices learning the craft of screenwriting or professionals with a limited understanding of film-financing and production terminology.

Screenwriting Software

In this section we provide screenwriting software options.

 

Purchase Based

  • Causality Story Sequencer: Causality is a new kind of writing app where you develop your story visually, giving you an incredible overview of even very complex stories.
  • Celtx: This offers a monthly cost to access the software.
  • Final Draft: Final Draft is considered an Industry standard and a very versatile option.
  • Hardware 2 (Mac Only): This is a multipurpose tool for novels, comic books, papers, blog posts, and screenwriters.
  • Movie Magic Screenwriter: Award-winning software for writing screenplays, stage plays, teleplays, musicals, comic books, novels, short stories and more.
  • Slugline: Although this is considered ‘free’ for Mac users, there is an upgrade of 50 dollars for what they call “unlimited writing upgrade”.
  • Writer Duet: Screenwriting software for outlining, collaborating, and many other features.

 

Free Software

  • Trelby: Trelby is simple, fast and elegantly laid out to make screenwriting simple. It is infinitely configurable.

Career Information

The following section includes links to an array of information related to the film industry.

  • ACTRA Toronto (List of Agents): The agencies listed here are members of the Entertainment Industry Coalition (EIC), a self-regulating group of talent and modelling agencies. Please note, be certain that you fully understand and are comfortable with any business contract before signing.
  • Bell Media: You will see a variety of positions available across Canada, such as creative writing for radio, camera editor, etc.
  • CBC’s Independent Producers Info : CBC Television is open for business. They want your ideas, your creativity, your passion and your pitches. This site tells you how to work with them, what they’re looking for, and how to pitch to them.
  • Cineplex: Part-time and corporate jobs opportunities.
  • CORUS Entertainment: Corus Entertainment is one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies.
  • CPAC: Involved in broadcasting or want to be? Into Canadian politics and public affairs? Then we’d like to hear from you. CPAC offers challenging careers in a unique national public affairs broadcasting environment.
  • The Creative Group 2016 Salary Guide: Salary data for more than 120 creative positions, an overview of the current hiring environment, skills that are in demand, and more. Toronto is included..
  • Mandy.com: mandy.com is your comprehensive guide to independent film/tv production resources. We have a detailed directory of 100,000+ production companies, film makers, production crews and equipment.
  • MediaJobSearchCanada: Dedicated to helping Canadians search for media related jobs and companies across Canada.
  • Mr. X Inc.: Mr. X Inc. is comprised of a unique and gifted team of artists, filmmakers and programmers devoted to the art, craft and technology of visual story telling. Our talented staff, committed to quality above all else, has achieved some of the most original and photo-realistic visual effects and animation seen on film to date. If you have the imagination, talent and drive, then Mr. X is looking for you.
  • National Film Board of Canada: The NFB is not only a creative, stimulating and innovative place to work, it’s also a first-rate employer that offers excellent working conditions while recognizing that its staff plays an essential role in its success.
  • NOW: NOW is Toronto’s weekly news and entertainment voice, published every Thursday.
  • OUAT Media: Ouat Media [pronounced “what”] is an Academy Award® winning film sales and distribution company, providing high-profile and award-winning short form – and now feature film and television – content from the world’s top emerging filmmakers for all international platforms.
  • PlaybackMagazine: is Canada’s production, broadcasting and interactive media destination, offering an intimate view of industry events, trends, and innovations.
  • Radio Canada: Whether on air or behind the scenes, working with us means joining an organization that encourages innovation and creativity. You could be part of a dynamic team that thrives on making connections and telling the stories that are important to all Canadians.
  • Rogers Media: Our media brands are powerhouses that define the media landscape. Work with the best in the industry by becoming part of the top talent that works on our publications and broadcast properties.
  • Women in Film and Television (WIFT) : Founded in 1984, WIFT-T is a member-based organization of women and men working in screen-based media that supports the development and advancement of women in the industry.
  • WorkinCulture : Our Mission is to support the people who work in the cultural sector through life-long career development and business skills training.

Open Access Journals & eBooks

The following resources are open access free resources. The Open Access movement champions free, authoritative resources for academic achievement. Even though there are now high-quality resources available in Open-Access, you must always be critical in the assessment of any resource. Our goal is to post resources here that are primarily scholarly in nature as opposed to non-peer reviewed magazine articles and news.

Ebook Collections 

  • Oapen (Arts): Oapen provides access to many different open access ebooks, including at least 60 titles on TV, Film & radio.

Selected Journal Titles 

  • Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media: Alphaville is a fully peer-reviewed online journal edited and published by staff, PhD and postdoctoral researchers in Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, Ireland. Alphaville offers a dynamic international forum open to the discussion of all aspects of film and screen media history, theory and criticism through multiple research methodologies and perspectives. It cultivates inspiring, cutting-edge research, and seeks work that displays a clear engagement with current debates and with methodological issues.
  • Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image: Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image is a refereed international publication published online by the Philosophy of Language Institute (Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon) (Please note, even if cover art of the journal is not visible, you can still click the hyperlink and access PDF content).
  • Didaskalia: Didaskalia (διδασκαλία) is the term used since ancient times to describe the work a playwright did to teach his chorus and actors the play. The official records of the dramatic festivals in Athens were the διδασκαλίαι. Didaskalia now furthers the scholarship of the ancient performance. Didaskalia is an English-language, online publication about the performance of Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music. We publish double blind, peer-reviewed scholarship on performance as well as reviews of the professional activity of artists and scholars who work on ancient drama.
  • Film Philosophy Journal: Film-Philosophy considers articles on any subject relating to film and philosophy. Film-Philosophy is interested in the ways in which films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. We particularly welcome articles that set up an active engagement between film studies and philosophy, thereby sustaining a thoughtful re-evaluation of key aspects of each discipline.
  • International Journal of Scottish Theatre & Screen: IJOSTS is an international interdisciplinary e-journal drawing contributions from a wide range of researchers and practitioners with an interest in past and present trends in contemporary theatre and screen in Scotland, practices of Scottish theatre and screen practitioners abroad, and representations of Scotland in theatre and on screen. The Journal’s mission is to publish papers on all aspects of theatre and screen arts in Scotland and on the (re) presentation of Scotland and Scottish theatre and screen arts internationally.
  • Movie—A Journal of Film Criticism: Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism is a refereed publication whose aim is to create a forum for the range of analysis, debate and discussion that only a journal devoted to a detailed film criticism can adequately provide. We are committed to publishing rigorous but accessible critical writing, at a variety of lengths, that is responsive to the detailed texture and artistry of film and television, old and new. We also welcome articles that illuminate concepts, analytical methods and questions in film aesthetics that are of significance to film criticism. The journal is published annually.
  • Papers of Surrealism: … is a web-based journal produced by the Centre for the Study of Surrealism and its Legacies. The journal welcomes a diversity of opinions and approaches and seeks to represent the breadth of academic disciplines engaged in the study of surrealism. It publishes original scholarly articles, translations, interviews, book and exhibition reviews as well as news and commentary. While principally serving the academic community, and subject to peer review, material published by Papers of Surrealism is intended to be accessible to interested non-specialist readers. The opinions expressed in this journal are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the editors.
  • Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies: The aim of this Journal is to become a focal point for research, debate and publication on all aspects of the study of audiences for cultural and media products and practices. The term ‘audience’ is used as widely as possible, and with no intended theoretical attachments. It therefore includes readers, listeners, viewers, whole body participants; and receptive and interactive modes of engagement. In what follows, the expression ‘audience research’ should be understood as a shorthand for the gamut of kinds of experience and relationship implied in the above.
  • Scope: Film and Television History, Theory and Criticism: Scope is a fully peer-reviewed online journal edited by staff and students in the Department of Culture, Film and Media and Institute for Screen Industries Research at the University of Nottingham. Scope provides a forum for discussion of all aspects of film and television history, theory and criticism.
  • Wide Screen: Wide Screen is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of cinema, television and new media. Every issue includes a range of work, ranging of academic essays to film and book reviews, interviews etc, bringing together a variety of people with their varied interests. From the very beginning, one of our primary aims was to create a resource that contributes to the growing practice of open-access to knowledge. This continues to be our firm political belief and our driving force.

Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards

  • These are additional supportive resources for film, including festivals, screenings and awards.

     

    Canadian

    • Diaspora Film Festiva: (IDFF) provides Toronto audiences with an opportunity to experience the cultural mosaic of the present world through the medium of cinema.
    • Hot Docs: Canadian International documentary film festival.
    • Toronto Fringe Festival: The Toronto Fringe is part of the “Fringe movement” – a worldwide network of indie theatre festivals. It’s a festival where anyone can put on any show, without having to pass through a jury – where theatre students can mount their first production outside of school, where emerging artists can get their big break, and where established artists can test out new work.
    • Toronto International Film Festival: TIFF is dedicated to presenting the best of international and Canadian cinema to film lovers. Our vision is to lead the world in creative and cultural discovery through the moving image. What began as a ten-day film festival has grown to embrace programming 365 days a year. TIFF offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, industry support and the chance to meet filmmakers from Canada and around the world.

Government Information & Copyright

Key to the Canadian Film industry includes knowledge of Government tax credits, copyright and other key information. 

 

Federal, Government of Canada

 

Ontario

  • Ontario Film & Tax Credit: The OFTTC is a refundable tax credit based upon eligible Ontario labour expenditures incurred by a qualifying production company with respect to an eligible Ontario production. The OFTTC is generally “harmonized” with the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.

 

Intellectual Property, Copyright, etc.

Associations, Agents, Boards, Councils

A major part of your professional career will include keeping updated on and participating in professional associations. Professional associations set benchmarks, link you to career resources, provide information on the latest developments. Other types of organizations may publish reports, newsletters, blogs, etc. that will assist you in career development and learning new skills.

 

Provincial

  • Ontario Media Development Commission OMDC: An agency of the Government of Ontario, Ontario Media Development Corporation supports the province’s creative economy by providing innovative programs, services and funding for the film & television; book & magazine publishing; interactive digital media & music industries.
  • TheatreOntario: Theatre Ontario is a charitable, not-for-profit association of professional, community, and educational theatre organizations and artists with a variety of Programs and Services and Resources available for you. Theatre Ontario develops and supports theatre practitioners across the province, by providing resources, networking, training and advocacy.
  • Women in Film and Television Toronto: A member-based organization of women and men working in screen-based media that supports the development and advancement of women in the industry.

 

Canadian

  • ACF – Audio Cine Film: Audio Ciné Films Inc. is one of the largest non-theatrical (markets outside commercial theatres) film rights representative in Canada, with exclusive rights to one of the largest film libraries available. We manage copyrights related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios we exclusively represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow all types of organisations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian Copyright Act.
  • ACTRA: ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) is the union of more than 22,000 professional performers working in English-language recorded media in Canada including TV, film, radio and digital media.
  • BravoFACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent): Is a Canadian fund established in 1995 to fund the creation of Canadian arts-based short films and videos. Exclusive source for Canadian short films and HD movies, watch full documentaries, comedies, live action and animation film.
  • CAEA: Canadian Actors’ Equity Association represents professional artists including performers (actors, singers, dancers), directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers, engaged in theatre, opera and dance in English Canada.
  • Canadian Media Association: Canada’s leading trade association for independent producers works on behalf of members to promote and stimulate the Canadian production industry. Their goal is to ensure the continued success of Canada’s independent production sector and a future for Canadian content.
  • Copyright Board of Canada: The Board is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works, when the administration of such copyright is entrusted to a collective-administration society. The Board also has the right to supervise agreements between users and licensing bodies and issues licences when the copyright owner cannot be located.
  • Playwright’s Guild of Canada: Playwrights Guild of Canada is a registered national arts service association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.
  • Theatre Canada: Theatre Canada’s mission is supporting Canadian professional live theatre (and promoting it worldwide) dedicated to providing the finest talent in quality theatre plays of outstanding literature to enrich Canadian cultural life. 

 

United States & International

  • American Film Institute: AFI provides leadership in film, television and digital media and is dedicated to initiatives that engage the past, the present and the future of the moving image arts.
  • American Society of Cinematographers: The American Society of Cinematographers is a non-profit association dedicated to advancing the art of filmmaking. Since its charter in 1919, the ASC has been committed to educating aspiring filmmakers and others about the art and craft of cinematography; it accomplishes this by publishing the internationally renowned magazine American Cinematographer and the venerable American Cinematographer Manual, through seminars at schools and industry events, and via one-on-one mentoring.
  • British Film Institute: The BFI was founded in 1933. We are a charity governed by a Royal Charter. We combine cultural, creative and industrial roles, bringing together the BFI National Archive and BFI Reuben Library, film distribution, exhibition and education at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, publishing and festivals.
  • Korean Film Biz Zone: Established in 1973, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is a special organization entrusted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sector of Republic of Korea. KOFIC aims to support and promote Korean films through various means. The organization is composed of nine commissioners, including one full-time chairman and 8 committee members appointed by the Ministry of Culture in order to discuss and decide on the main policies related to Korean films.
  • SIBMAS: Since 1954, SIBMAS has been the International Network of Cultural Heritage in the Performing Arts. There have conference papers which can be accessed from this section: SIBMAS Conference Papers.
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.

Broadcast Journalism

This page provides resources and examples of the various components of Broadcast Journalism including information on news, commercials, PSA’s, etc.

 

Commercials

 

News & Journalism

  • J-Source (The Canadian Journalism Project): At J-Source, we endeavour to publish material written and researched from points of view not always represented in the media landscape. Emerging writers from diverse backgrounds are highly encouraged to submit. 
  • Journalists’ ToolBox: As newsrooms and resources shrink, the Toolbox plays an important role in providing journalists, students, academics and others reliable resources for reporting, editing and verifying complex stories.
  • Tools for Reporters: It’s a tough and a fast-moving time for journalists. Luckily, digital upheaval also means a whole universe of tools and techniques are out there to make your reporting easier, faster, harder, smarter.
  • Nieman Lab: We want to help reporters and editors adjust to their online labors; we want to help traditional news organizations find a way to survive; we want to help the new crop of startups that will complement — or supplant — them.
  • Poynter: Founded in 1975, Poynter is an inspirational place but also a practical one, connecting the varied crafts of journalism to its higher mission and purpose. We bring together Poynter faculty and industry experts to explore the intersection of journalism, technology and the public interest.

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