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Brickfilm and Stop Motion Websites:
Brickfilmer's Guild - Online guild for brickfilmers
Brick à Brack - Brickfilming website with forums (French and English)
Bricks in Motion - Brickfilming website with forums
Brickfilms Wiki - The official Wiki for brickfilming
Brick Board - Brickfilming Forum (German)

SetBump - Brickfilming Blog (No new blogging since April 2018)
BrickVideo Studios - Brickfilming Studio
Minifigure Motion - Brickfilming Website
WMBF - Polish Brickfilming Site
Brickfilms on reddit - Brickfilming discussion on reddit
Brickfilm Day - Online Brickfilming Community 
Brickfilms - Brickfilming Forum​
Marvel Brickfilm Universe - Marvel brickfilming collective
​Innocuous Reviews - Brickfilm reviews
The Brickfilm Blog - Brickfilming Blog
The Brickfilmers Blog - Brickfilming Blog
BricksPerSecond - Brickfilming Blog
The Best of the Brick - LEGO Forum (French)
Brickfilming Wiki (Old)
Stop Motion Central - Stop Motion Site
The Brickflickers - Brickfilming Blog
StopMotionAnimation - Stop Motion Site
Stopmotion Explosion - Stop Motion Site with store for stopmotion kit products

Brickfilming Festivals:
Brickfilmer's Guild Film Festival - Registration begins around October
Brickworld Film Festival - Brickfilm Festival in USA (Chicago)
Steinerei - Brickfilm Festival in Germany
Cinebrick - Brickfilm Festival in Portugal
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Lego and other Plastic Building Toys:
LEGO
Mega Brands 
KRE-O
OYO Sports
K-Nex
Wonderland Industries Building Bricks

​Lego Resources:
BrickLink
​Atlanta Brick Co
LEGO IDEAS
Peeron
Brickset
Brickipedia
Brick City Depot
​1980 Something Space
Mecabricks - online platform focused on digital LEGO®

Brick Blogs or Magazines:
Brick Journal
Blocks
Ninja Brick
Brick Nerd
Republic66 Media - Home of Bricks and Bricks Culture
The Brick Show - Brick reviews and more
Republic 66 Media 
Eurobricks
BrickUltra.com
Groovebricks.com
​CazaBricks - Spanish language LEGO blog
Brick Fanatics
Brick Bender
The Brother's Brick
Lugnet 
Clone Army Buiders Guild
Master Builders

Brick Podcasts:
Brickfilmer's Guild Podcast - Brickfilming Podcast
The World of Brickfilms Podcast - Brickfilming Podcast
Frame100 Brickfilm Podcast - Brickfilming Podcast
Dangerous Brickz - Brickfilming Podcast
BrickFilmer Buddies - Brickfilming Podcast
The Brickfilm Panel - Brickfilming Podcast
Brick Talk by Cannon May - LEGO Podcast
All Sorted - A Podcast about LEGO

Brick Accessories:
Brick Warriors
Brickstix
Brickarms 
Phonetic Custom Printed Heads by Minifigs.ME
EclipseGrafx
Brickforge
Brickstorms
miniBIGS
Adopt-A-Brick.com
Brick Innovations

Miniture LED Lighting:
Brickstuff  
LifeLites

Custom Brick Products:
Minifigs.ME

Minifigures.com - Custom Minifigiures
FireStar Toys
Clone Army Customs 
From Bricks to Bothans
ME Models
Royal Brick Customs
Minifigures.com - Custom Minifigiures

Artifex Creation

Brickfilming Studios:
BrickVideo Studios 
Shatterpoint Entertainment
Bricknerd Studios

Cool LEGO Tumblr Accounts:
MindGame Studios
Matt's Brick Gallery

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Pre-Production
Writing:

Celtx - Cross Platform - Start to finish pre‑production software
Celtx Classic - Windows, Mac - Start to finish pre‑production software
LibreOffice - Cross Platform - Open source software suite
Microsoft Office Online - Cross Platform - Online document editor
OpenOffice - Cross Platform - Open source word document editor
Trelby - Cross Platform - Multiplatform screenwriting software
Notepad++ - Windows - Basic word document editor


Production
Webcam Capture:

Stopmotion Explosion - Cross platform frame capture software
Heron Animation - Cross platform frame capture software
Stopmotion Pro - Cross platform frame capture software
Stopmojo - Cross platform frame capture software
MonkeyJam - Windows - frame capture Software
Heliumfrog - Windows - Stop-motion frame capture Software
AnimatorDV Simple+ - Windows - Sstop-motion capture software.
FrameByFrame - Mac - Frame capture software for Mac.
FrameWorks - Linux - Frame capture software for Linux.
AnimaShooter Junior - Windows - Frame capture software

Boats Animator - Windows frame capture software
iKITMovie - Windows frame capture software
iStopMotion - Macframe capture software

DigicamControl - Windows - DSLR capture software for Windows - FREE
Icarus Camera Control - Mac - DSLR capture software for Mac - FREE
FrameByFrame - Mac - Simple frame capture software for Mac - FREE

DSLR Capture:
Dragon Stopmotion - Cross platform frame capture software
DigicamControl - Windows - DSLR capture software for Windows
Icarus Camera Control - Mac - DSLR capture software for Mac
FrameByFrame - Mac - Simple frame capture software for Mac
FrameWorks - Linux - DSLR capture software for Linux


Audio Capture:
Audacity - Cross Platform - Multiplatform audio editing/mixing/recording software
Wavepad - Cross Platform - Multiplatform audio editing/mixing/recording software
GarageBand - Mac - Music recording/creation studio software
Ardour - Mac/Linux - Audio editing/mixing/recording software for mac and linux


Post-Production
Video Editing:

HitFilm Pro - Cross Platform editing and compositing
Hitfilm Express - Cross Platform  FREE- Video effects, compositing, and editing
Final Cut Pro - Editing Mac
Premiere Pro - Cross Platform editing
After Effects - Cross platform compositing
Lightworks - Cross platform - Multiplatform video editing software.
Avidemux - Cross platform - Basic video editing software.
Da Vinci Resolve 12 Lite - Windows/Mac - Color corrector and video editor.
Virtualdub - Windows - Basic editing software.
Windows Movie Maker - Windows - Very basic video editing software.
Framed - Mac - Image sequencer.
iMovie - Mac - Basic video editing software. Pre-installed on most macs
Kdenlive - Mac/Linux - Open Source video editor
OpenShot Video Editor - Cross Platform F
REE video editor
VEED - Online Video Editor


Image Editing
Imerge Pro - Photo Editing / Compositing Software

Affinity Photo - Photo Editing Software
Photoshop - Adobe CC Cloud Photo editor

Gimp - Cross Platform - Advanced image editor
InkScape - Cross Platform - Vector graphics editor
Paint.NET - Windows - Advanced image editor
Krita - Cross Platform - Digital Painting Software


Sound Editing
Audacity - Cross Platform - Multiplatform audio editing/mixing/recording software.
Wavepad - Cross Platform - Multiplatform audio editing/mixing/recording software.
MuseScore - Cross Platform - Music scoring.
Linux Multimedia Studio - Cross Platform - Music scoring.
GarageBand - Mac - Music recording/creation studio software.
                      -How to record with GargageBand article by Beginner Guitar HQ
Ardour - Mac/Linux - Audio editing/mixing/recording software for mac and linux.


Compositing:
Blender - Cross Platform - 3D modeling, animation, and compositing
Jahshaka - Cross Platform - Video compositing
Natron - Cross Platform - Node-based compositing
Da Vinci Resolve Lite - Windows - Color corrector and video editor
Fusion Lite - Windows - Node-based compositing
Cinegobs Keyer - Windows - Simple chroma keying
GlueFace - Windows - Minifigure facial animation
Wax - Windows - Simple video compositing and effects
Hitfilm Pro - Cross Plaform video effects, compositing, and editing
NUKE Non-commercial - Windows, Mac - Non-commercial compositing software


3D Modeling/Animation:
Blender - Cross Platform - 3D modeling, animation, and compositing
K-3D - Cross Platform - 3D modeling and animation
LeoCAD - Cross Platform - 3D LEGO brick builder
Sketchup - Windows/Mac - 3D modeling
BrickSmith - Mac - 3D LEGO brick builder


Cameras:
Quickcam Pro 9000 (Windows) 
Cannon T2i 

Tripods:
Standard Light Weight Tripod

Brick Conventions:
BrickCon
Brick Universe 
Brickworld
BrickFair LEGO Fan Expo
Bricks by the Bay
Brick Fest Live
Bricks LA
Bricks-N-Blocks, the LEGO and Brick Convention

Free Music:
Incompetech.com 
Audionautix.com
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Purple Planet Music
​YouTube Music Library
​Natentine Royalty Free Music
Videvo 

Sounds:
Brickfilmer's Guild Sound Library
Soundsnap
Youtube Audio Library
Freesound.org
​Free To Use Sounds
Videoblocks - subscription service
Record for All
Nature Sounds
Free sound Effects 
Partners in Rhyme 
Free Sound Effects.com
Pro Sound Effects
Sound Snap
Flash Kit
Brickfilms.com Sound FX
Videvo

Images:
Can Stock Photo
Free Stock Images
Fotosearch Stock Photography

Stock Footage:
Video Blocks
Detonation Films 
Videvo


Random Lego Info:
Painting Lego

Film and Video Resources:
SEATUP - Kids Guide to Making Movies
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