Worlds Best Video Web Sites

Not only can you see great videos at Instant Films but it is a brilliant concept and a wonderful ongoing contest and exhibition of film making skills. Check it out.

This is a great resource for Independent film and video makers. IndieTalk is a free community for independent filmmakers. You can post messages to the forum, chat, rate films posted by fellow members, or just browse the extensive knowledge base of posts

If you are into science fiction and fan films, you got to check out the SuperTeam web site. Superteam are the first people to have made a Stargate fan film. "Call it a Stargate" The makers have made 4 episodes and are currently making a 5th. Despite only spending 30 pounds per episode put you off, these funny fan films have been shown at conventions, in magazines & websites and they have even had emails from the makers of the Real Stargate show saying how much they loved them. Superteam claims to be the world's first amateur film makers to have made 2 films at the same time, a normal version and a 3D version ( glasses needed) called "Starship Troopers Smoothnecks". They will be creating a Dungeons and Dragons Film based on the cartoon series - it's going to be the world first amateur film to be shot in live action and converted into a cartoon.

This is very interesting. Not our usual fare to spotlight, but if you are an independent film and video maker, or are just interested in how videos and short films get made, you got to check out "Inside Report" a streaming news show that gives you the inside scoop on the independent film scene in the UK. Check it out.

Wine& Dine Web TV is the Internet’s first and only website dedicated to authentic streaming videos featuring all aspects of the fine wine and dining experience. Watching these videos will make you hungry. Entertaining, enlightening and educational – Wine & Dine WebTv videos are intended to provide the viewer with a wide array of useful information from a variety of relevant topics.

This is a very interesting site especially if you are intrigued by the possibility of transmitting live video and audio from a model rocket to the ground? Check out the l Aussie RocketCam

Are you funny? Do you have some goofy and strange friends? Do at least some of your family and friends also think you are funny? Then pick up a camcorder, practice your lines a few times, and make a funny video. When you are done, create a web site and put your videos there. Check out these bunch of guys from Poway, California and their SyndicateMovies site. You also see their latest attempt at musical comedy - I Think I've Had Enough - a goofy interpretation of Depeche Mode's classic "Just Can't Get Enough."

Not all video web sites are created and maintained by professional video producers and film makers; or businesses in the trade. Many people use their personal web sites as a home for their personal videos and movies. Check out this site - hosted in England, the GillianG Video Collection is a collection of Gillian's travel videos from around the world as well as some personal and video club projects. This site demonstrates another great way individuals can use the net and video to share their experiences with their friends, their families and the rest of the world.

This is a wonderfully designed site that is a lot of fun. Perfect for adults and kids. We are talking about the Turtle Tv Network. Picture this, parodies of classic movies, television, and pop culture. Now picture them with turtles as the stars. Their videos and website have both been finalists in a growing number of interactive and Film and video Festivals including Newport Beach Film Fest, South By Southwest Interactive Festival, and they took home a Platinum award for our videos at WorldFest in Houston. My favorite is "The One with The Matrix". Outstanding production value and technique. In addition, they offer funny shockwave games and other content of interest to kids and families. Good stuff.

* Film Maker Special - promote your film or independent movie/video web site for just $150 for three months! You get two banners located on some of Internet Video Magazine's most visited pages.

Sometimes we are running forward so fast we forget to look where we are going and smack! - We hit brick walls. Such is the reason we must all sometimes stop and smell the roses and reflect upon what is really important in life. Check out the InspiringThots site (short for inspiring thoughts). Created by Kwek (LastName) Sing Cher (First Names). who lives in Singapore - be sure to read the about us section which is an inspiration in itself. Please enjoy the site but also be sure to drop a buck or two in the pay pal offering so that it may continue.

Not all streaming videos or short films need to have meaning or to convey a message or even to be all that interesting or entertaining. Check out the PointLess TV web site - this wonderfully designed site features a bunch of well made but "pointless" videos. Pointless TV is a great place to go to see some free and somewhat funny, online videos and play some online games. It's also the official website for Pointless TV, a sporadically-aired public access show out of Wisconsin. It's impressive what these guys were able to accomplish on a small budget. Now, if someone could just get them a writer or a box of plots...

Are you into playing video games? On your computer or on a console? Do you like watching video commercials? The TV ads created to make you want to run out and spend your hard earned cash on the latest, hottest and sickest video game? Well check out this site - it has over 1170 commercials from all over the world for Nintendo, PlayStation, X-Box and many more. If you are into gaming, you got to check out this site.

IblueTV is dedicated to bringing you live the Internet Video revolution. They are simulcasting the new program "DropFrame"on KBDI (PBS). Dropframe profiles the latest films, documentaries, and artist productions in the Rocky Mountain Region. Go to the schedule section and click on it. There is a lot of other great programming to pick from as well. some great. This Week's Schedule

Looking for classic comedy and humor segments from your favorite films, movies and TV shows? Check out ClassicComedy.Net. They feature hundreds of comedy video clips to download. These include Monty Python, Laurel & Hardy, Benny Hill, and British performers like Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine and Frankie Howard.

You can click on their "free clips" to watch their collection of short preview clips you can download and send to friends. Click on "long clips" for the higher quality ones you can keep to play on your computer. These cost about $2 to $3 each.

Hypnotic.com is a real find!. It features internet video of various lengths and type s- award winning comedies, animations, action, documentary and even an experimental category. This is an extremely impressive site with quality content. It requires you to register as a member but it is well worth it.

Catatonic Films Online Filmfest - Showcasing the *best* independent and underground films and screenplays in the world! In addition, they provide chats and resources for up and coming video makers.
- http://www.catatonicfilms.com

You are getting sleepy......Hypnosis can be powerful...and fun. Check out the Hypnotized.TV web site to see a hundred or so stage hypnosis video clips. This is a member site and it will cost about $10 to check them all out. There are a couple you can watch for free to see if you want to join. The stage performances are saved as small 2.5 MB MPEGs for easy downloading.

MIX Festival - check out winning films from the four previous online film festivals. MIX is the longest running Lesbian and Gay film festival in New York and a premier international venue for experimental media. To find out more about The Online Queer DigiFest please contact MIX at: info@mixnyc.org.

DiVx - DiVx is going up against Microsoft, Real and Apple in the battle of the Internet video viewers and compression technologies. DiVx uses a special MPEG-4 based compression technology to squeeze full length

Have you ever visited Cloud10 TV? In just a few years, Cloud 10 Entertainment (the portal

that is all about making people laugh) has moved into the ranks of the most popular entertainment sites on the Internet. At first glance, Cloud10.org may seem questionable, and to some, a bit risqué, but Cloud 10 is much more than that. Cloud 10 started from nothing, just a smart guy (Mike Baker) with a pen and a few pieces of paper, and later a Pentium 120 with a whopping 16 megs of ram. From original Flash cartoons, to hilarious in-house videos, to music/Photoshop/Flash contests, to informative technical advice, Cloud 10 has grown at an astonishing rate. . The site is currently tied into hundreds of other sites, sharing traffic with musicians, techies, cartoonists, comedians, digital artists, news portals and so on. Click here for the Cloud 10 TV shows and videos. WARNING: this site includes links to adult materials.

A new site to check out for great TV commercials is www.funnymovies.net. This Netherlands based web site offers a very nice collection of mostly European commercials with a definite funny and sexy edge. You'll need to download and install a special "SuperFast Downloader" program. Click here for more TV commercial sites.

Do you want to use the Internet to advertise your own business and skills? Check out the Jim Show web site and see how this entertainer is using the web to and web video to promote himself. Its pretty cool.

Are you a QuickTime or Apple fan? - check out the best of QuickTime video. There are links to hundreds of different sites. I recommend visiting the Recreation, New Media and the Cubic VR Gallery features and Internet videos down to smaller sizes at higher quality levels. Check it out. Download and install the DiVx player; try out a few of the free movies and content on the web site. This is not true streaming media but it is really cool and looks great. According to DiVX, over 1.5 million copies have already been downloaded from their web site.

Warner Bros FilmFest - even the big guys recognize the value of short internet videos. In the Film Festival section you will find several outstanding and high quality shorts created by leading Hollywood directors and actors, including "Angel in a Red Dress" by Zalman King, the master of high end "family" porno. On this site you will find a variety of funny short films, as well as a direct link to AtomFilms.

VirtueTV - a very slick and very impressive site. Designed to market their production and compression services, Virtue hosts a wide range of cutting edge videos including experimental, animation, sci-fi and music videos. There is also a library of sports, lifestyle, and film interviews, as well as links to ongoing online video programs. This site is a nine on the ten scale for unique and quality Internet productions.

Welcome to the Internet's first film festival. Every day viewers vote for their favorite shorts in seven categories. New films are added each month, and there are new winners every minute- This festival never ends! Your vote determines which films remain on the site, while less popular films will be periodically replaced with new entries. Categories include animation, documentary, experimental, "made for the net", comedy and the ever popular, one minute shorts. They are actively looking for new material.

You need to check out this site. Based in Europe, GetOutThere features a wide range of videos and films, as well as other types of multimedia projects. One of the spotlighted projects is Crutch, an 8 minute B/W film. Very moody and mysterious. This film is a QuickTime file which needs to be downloaded to your computer before you can watch it. Even with a fast broadband connection, downloading the 14 MB file may take awhile but it is worth it. getoutthere.com is a platform for creative expression set up to encourage musicians, film-makers, writers and photographers to promote themselves and their work using the web. Partnerships are continually being built and judges hand-picked by the getoutthere team, to enable your work to be seen, heard and noticed by the right people each month. getoutthere’s goal is to help you make the most out of your creativity, and get work.

American Memory Film Collections - part of the Library of Congress, this site boasts a very nice selection of historical, educational and documentary videos that can be downloaded or streamed for free. Check out the video page for details.

Is Burt dead? Has he been murdered? Who done it? Check out the ReelScoopNews web site and follow the ongoing investigation and video clips to find out the fate of actor Burt Young, who has appeared in over 120 feature films and more than 100 television episodes. He was nominated for an academy award for his portrayal of "Paulie" the brother-in-law in the "Rocky" movie saga and has recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award for film acting in Capri, Italy. Most recently, Mr. Young was featured on HBO's series "Sopranos". You figure it out...

SingleReel is a free web hosting site where anyone can post personal, advertising and promotional videos as well as creative short films, movies and animations. Almost anything goes except for adult material, pornography or videos that may offend. Now that there are over a thousand clips on the site, it is definitely worth checking out. As you guess, the quality varies immensely from boring home videos to well produced video productions complete with plot, editing and special effects.

It's only ten seconds long. Check out "Opera" being featured on MTV's new MPEG US web site that enables anyone to create and submit their own 10 second long music video. MTV supplies the music and the web space, you supply the genius and video! Click here for more info about MTV's MPEG US. Right now, there are just a few films on the site but there should many more in the near future.

BritShorts - this is a GREAT site. In additional to hosting a variety of classy and award-winning short videos and movies, it also includes links to movies hosted by the British Film Institute, London International Film School, Jameson Irish Whiskey and St. Lukes. This site also includes information about various programs, schools and contests, including the Nike Young Director's contest.

120 Seconds - Bite Sized Entertainment - this site is very hard to describe and needs to be experienced. The video clips and content run the gamut from silly to thought-provoking. Oddly enough, most of the content is way over 120 seconds in length. I keep visiting this site over and over trying to figure just what they are trying to do...maybe you can help me... Check out their Digital Film Festival and watch the finalists in the Narrative, Animation, Music, Experimental and Documentary categories.

Do you like to collect cool little videos and share them with your friends? Check out some of the great video clips hosted on the Funny Videos page of Charlie Tubble's Little House of Humor. These are all MPEG videos that you can download to your computer, regardless of connection speed, and play over and over. Check out "Catch The Tree", It's better than Fear Factor, better than Survivor and a lot shorter. Also check some of the other videos including Stinky Monkey and the best beer commercial ever, "Twist to Open".

Are you just starting out creating and posting your own Internet videos and movies? Are you a bit intimidated by the overall high quality of most streaming media sites and the productions they are hosting? Well, then check out the Funny Movies web site and see what you can do with just a little imagination and basic video production and editing gear. None of these very short movies will ever win an Oscar, Emmy, or any award at all, but they are fun and serve to show that even beginners can get a foothold in the world of Internet video.

Here is an exceptional find. The Ingredient X Entertainment web site features a great mix of entertaining videos, animations and multimedia productions. It is easy to spend hours and hours here watching these. Most are very short and are streamed in a QuickTime format. These range from well produced and funny spec ads to introspective animations and cartoons. Some are some are pretty dark and moody. This is one site that has to be visited and put on your favorites list.

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