* Cameras (both for photography and for film making)
* Computer
* Books: New Media Art (Mark Tribe), Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Roland Barthes).
* Artists: Blu: Creates graffiti art videos, John O’Connoll: Creative moving images
* cd-r recordable CD’s for film making conversion
FILM MAKING SOFTWARE SUCH AS:
* Alternative to Final Cut - Premiere Pro free download
* Another alternative to Final Cut - Cinelerra
* Tupi (formerly KTooN) for the design and creation of 2D animation
* Windows Movie Maker: free video editing software by Microsoft
* Audacity: free multi-track audio editor & recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems
* FreeSound: website providing a library of free sound effects
OTHER USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES:
* No Film School: (plus you get a free PDF of The DSLR Cinematography Guide upon subscription)
* Internet Archive: non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more
* Ubuweb: large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material
Photo editing software such as:
* Adobe photoshop is a leading graphics editing program
* Alternative to Adobe photoshop - Gimp (works on Mac, PC and Linux), Pixlr, Picasa (now Google Photos) free download
* Alternative to Adobe Illustrator - Inkscape free download
* Alternative to Google sketchUp – Autocad free trial download
* 3DS MAX (3D modeling animation and rendering software)
* Alternative to 3DS MAX – Blender free download
* Alternative to Adobe after effects - Cinepaint free download
* Retouch Pro: Described as “a web community for retouchers”. It holds contests in retouching.
We were advised to watch a documentary, The Genius of Photography, which can be viewed here.