"If you want to make feature films, there are no jobs and no openings except the ones you make for yourself. Kids at film festivals tell me, 'I want to become a movie director' and I tell them, 'That's your first mistake -- to word it that way. Say, 'I am a movie director.' Give yourself the title. No one else will. Then go off and make your movie.'" -- Roger Ebert                 NEWS (06/01/03): The JVC HD10U & GRHD1 (below) are finally here - world's first consumer HDTV 16:9 widescreen camcorders! Read a review.                                NEWS (05/09/03): Panasonic's new AG-DVX100 is the first ever consumer video camera capable of recording at 24 fps progressive scan (24P) in 16:9 widescreen, similar to film. Read the review. Find your volunteer actors and crew at: http://www.indieaccess.ca/hiring/index.php Order rare and hard-to-find film equipment from http://markertek.com/ Register your screenplay at: http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/script.html Study whole movie scripts online at http://www.movie-page.com/movie_scripts.htm Learn about Copyright at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_main-e.html Independent Film Canada http://independentfilmcanada.com/ Beg for discounts at Cinequip White equipment rentals http://cinequip.ca/ "So what if my telephone is turned off again at home? Or my electricity is shut off? Or my credit cards canceled? If you don't bet, you don't have a chance to win. It's so silly in life not to pursue the highest possible thing you can imagine, even if you run the risk of losing it all, because if you don't pursue it you've lost anyway. You can't be an artist and be safe." -- Francis Ford Coppola "You have to get lucky at some point, but you can only get lucky if you are still on the road, and for each of us that road, that journey is of a different length. The thing is to keep doing it and doing it, any way you can." -- Lawrence Kasdan Browse a Canadian directory of film services and facilities http://www.mymediabiz.com/media411/ Find the lowest price for your videocamera at: www.pricegrabber.com Master the fine art of Hollywood bashing at: http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/fv/index.htm Hollywood North Magazine, about the inner workings of Canada's entertainment industry: http://hnmag.com/ "Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." Josh Billings "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." Henry David Thoreau Cyber Film School, the filmmaking website http://www.cyberfilmschool.com/ Exposure, the internet resource for young, low-budget filmmakers http://www.exposure.co.uk/index.html When you're done, distribute your short on the 'Net http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home/ Actor's Resource for Basic Technique http://thunder.prohosting.com/~jez/ For more filmmaking links, click here Back to Main Page  "Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness." -- Montagne
				"It takes self-confidence, perseverance, and a kind of ruthless determination to become a film director. You have to be able to impose your will on large numbers of other people -- on those who do not want to finance your film, on those who do not want to act in it, on those who do not want to be your crew or follow your directions, on those who do not want to distribute it, and eventually on those who do not want to exhibit it, praise it, or attend it." -- Roger Ebert
				"It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by sixty million for something you're not." -- Albert Brooks		"If you're going to take a job to live on, make sure it's a job that is really unpleasant. That way, you won't ever get seduced into thinking, 'Gee, I really want to park cars all my life.' That helps keep you on track. If you hate what you're doing every day, it reminds you of what you want to do." -- Lawrence Kasdan