TV Broadcasting School in a major Station or Studio
Your school is a TV station or video studio in your town!
Your teacher is a working pro who trains you one-on-one!
No experience required!
Part-time, nights, weekends.
Train around your current job!




"Mike Croos has been hired on to do Sound for our upcoming feature film projects. He is the second Entertainment Connection student to be trained and successfully employed here."
-- Dwight Adair,
Granite House,
Austin, TX




"Your student Donna Keller survived when we threw her in the trenches on Gus Van Sant's current project, so we decided to hire her on our production staff."
-- Theresa,
Lions Gate Pictures,
New York, NY








"Shannon Roy was hired on last month to do computer animation and special effects."
-- Vision Art,
Los Angeles, CA




"College courses CANNOT give a student the real world experience that Entertainment Connection provides."
-- Damon Alberts,
Center City Film,
Philadelphia, PA








"Your On-the-Job aspect for training students is by far a better way to go than traditional college or film school."
-- Theresa,
Lions Gate Pictures,
New York, NY




"Teresa Bryant spent her first day of training working with the location manager for John Singleton's upcoming feature."
-- Dixon/Caine Productions,
Los Angeles, CA








"Entertainment Connection provides more practical training in at least half the time, with a 100% higher job placement rate than conventional schools."
-- Steve Chapralis, M.A.,
Vocational Rehab Counselor




"You proved to us that you do land people jobs!"
-- Steven E. Scott,
Vocational Rehabilitation








"Only 3 months into your course, Shayna Webber's interest in casting actors for features has paid off. I have hired her to work full time in our Casting office."
-- Alyson Horn Casting,
Los Angeles, CA




"The experience that your students get on a real movie set is the only way to learn the business."
-- Mark Gerard,
Paramount Pictures,
Hollywood, CA








"Shannon Roy was hired on last month to do computer animation and special effects."
-- Vision Art,
Los Angeles, CA




"College courses CANNOT give a student the real world experience that Entertainment Connection provides."
-- Damon Alberts,
Center City Film,
Philadelphia, PA








"On my first day I was introduced to Chazz Palminteri and Jennifer Tilly. Four months into the program I was hired to work on the set!"
-- Sean Chou,
Student,
Newman Tooley Productions




"I wish I had heard of you before I went off to film school."
-- David Miller,
New Line Cinema,
New York, NY








"Thanks for providing us two very qualified interns, both of whom are now working in the industry"
-- Damon Alberts,
Center City Film,
Philadelphia, PA




"Your On-the-Job aspect for training students is by far a better way to go than traditional college or film school."
-- Theresa,
Lions Gate Pictures,
New York, NY





Supplies and Suppliers

9mm Special Effects: custom theatrical lenses and fangs

Apotheosis Pictures Productions: an independent film production company and the developers of the ScreenForge screenwriting software for Microsoft Word. ScreenForge is the best and most affordable screenplay formatting software available for MS Word, and a viable alternative to the much more expensive stand-alone screenwriting programs

Artbeats Digital Film Library: a leading provider of royalty-free stock footage for broadcast, desktop video, and multimedia. Most of the footage is sourced from 35mm film. The clips are delivered as D1 NTSC or PAL resolution QuickTime movies. Content includes pyrotechnic effects, water, backgrounds, aerials, establishments, landscapes, and more

Beginners Guide To DV Production: a 4-hour VHS tutorial on digital video moviemaking

Breaking Into Film: by author Kenna McHugh, a director, producer, writer, actress, and public relations professional who lives and works in California. You'll learn why the film industry is exploding, what kinds of jobs there are in the industry, who the major (and not-so-major) employers are, and much more

BroadcastVideo.com: equipment maintenance, production rentals, pro equipment sales, brokerage and leasing

CTEX provides CD replication, CD duplication, CD-ROM replication, CD-ROM duplication, & cassette duplication for credit card cdr, mini-cds, and software developers

DigiEffects: digital effects tools for video and film professionals, artists, Web designers and hobbyists; for use in video presentations, films, Web sites and printed publications. Creators of CineLook ("Make your video look like film!")

DVGear: designs, sells and supports customized turnkey video editing workstations as well as web video encoding systems and servers for a variety of production types

Dysart Agency: Learn modeling and acting and how to get into the business with our videos, audio tapes and manuals for children and adults. You can become confident and self assured as you study at home or in the studio. Always be and look the best!

Evertz Microsystems: a growing Canadian high-tech company and a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of film production, post production and telecommunications equipment for the video, film, television broadcast and telecommunications industry

Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices: In clear, step-by-step instructions, award-winning independent filmmaker Rick Schmidt takes you on a guided tour, from start to finish

Film Emporium: 24-hour purchase and sales center, offering raw stock, video and insurance

FilmmakingBooks.com: a site dedicated to resources for film students, independent filmmakers and film buffs wanting to learn more about filmmaking and the business of Hollywood

Filmtools: tools, books, supplies and equipment for the motion picture professional

First Light Video: your best source for Media Arts training videos. If you are interested in television, motion picture, or music production, as an artist or behind the scenes as a craft person, you will find videos here that are informational and instructional

Fletcher Chicago: renting and selling a large inventory of video, lighting, camera support, and audio equipment. Their rental equipment is all purchased new and is well maintained

Future Micro Technology: a full 3D graphic, animation, cad, cam, post production, non-linear digital video editing, and audio recording solution provider

Glidecam: a wide variety of camera stabilizers (camera stabilization systems) for use with motion picture cameras, video cameras, and video camcorders

GTH Electronics: manufacture and sell their "ACE" professional/consumer digital (4:2:2) world standards converter and video processor, both with full red/green/blue white balance correction, colour shift and many other useful features

Halloween Productions: building the industry's best haunted houses, animations, 3-D attractions, special effects and sets. They also operate haunted houses in the St. Louis, MO. area which are known world wide as some of the best

HB Group, Incorporated: a full-service video production equipment rental house, offering HDCAM 1080i/24p, Betacam SX and SP, DVCAM and Digital Betacam cameras, VTRs, accessories, audio, lighting, staging, monitors, presentation display and projection, as well as non linear editing facilities and factory trained technical service and support

H&R Productions, Inc.: camera, sound, and lighting. One-stop shopping for the independent filmmaker, at the right price

Hyperionics: creators of screen capture, HyperSnap-DX, HyperCam and other software

Job Training 4 Money Employment Opportunities, Invest a little Earn a Lot, Purchase the CD Rom Training Package

Job Training USA Recruiting and Training in Auto Sales, Jobs in Auto Sales, Training people to be High paying Professionals in Auto Sales, Back to the Basics with CD Rom Training.

Lighting By Design: Australasian leader in gobo technology (high temperature "slides" for powerful permanent projections) and exclusive manufacturer of Beacon full-colour images in Australasia

Lowing Light :servicing central Michigan selling, serviceing and renting quality film production products

Mindstar Productions: makers of Cinergy 2000(tm) software, which brings unsurpassed power and control to today's motion picture set. It is the first integrated production management system that can store information from the earliest stages of pre-production to the editing room

MPS Studios: established in 1979, they specialize in motion picture equipment, studio rental, grip and producer services

Mobile Production Service, Inc.: motion picture equipment and studio rental

Motion Media: buy, sell and trade used film equipment

Multimedia Image Group: offering quality workmanship from their team of artists, actors and programmers with individual talent and experience dating back to the 1970s

NEBTEK: providing digital video assist, remote head rentals and 24/30 frame playback.ÊThey are also proud to introduceÊaffordable, quality, LCD professional monitors that cater toÊthe film and TV industry

New Unique Videos: a stock footage library of contemporary and archival images from around the world

Pacific Camera Cars Ltd.: providing the best possible insert vehicles, process trailers, tow-dollies, crane bases, and related equipment

Page 2 Stage: a word processor designed expressly for people writing screenplays, scripts, and plays. It provides numerous features needed by screenwriters not found in standard word processors

Power Production Software: breakthrough products for creating, formatting and presenting storyboards, whether your medium is film, video, DVD or the internet, and whether you can draw or not!

Prop Archives: movie props and wardrobe for sale from your favorite films. Celebrity-worn costumes and items used onscreen in top hollywood movies and TV shows. Member of the MPA (Movie Props Association)

Prop A Scene: a directory of prop suppliers and makers to the film and television industry, theatre, exhibitions and photography, based in the UK

Production Advantage, Inc.: national and international sales of hardware, lighting, rigging, scenic material, soft goods, sound equipment, and expendables to all aspects of the entertainment industry

Professional Sound Services: a professional audio equipment sales/rental/service company in New York City that services the film/video/TV industries. They offer great deals, student discounts, and free advice

PSTX Production Systems: specializing in media technology equipment sales, installation, service and support. They offer complete media design services, production services and presentation technology training

Reel Exchange: giving both filmmakers and film collectors a place to buy, sell or exchange used items. All ads are free to place

Reel Movie FX: screen-used movie props and costumes from a variety of movies, from all genres

Gregg Simpson Contemporary Art Rentals: landscapes, abstracts, surrealism, '60s pop and more for film and television

Sound FX Shop: professional, broadcast-quality, fully-edited, full-bandwith sound effects; organised in easy-to-understand categories. Audition on-line or download for evaluation, then buy just the sounds you need

The Source Shop: selling studio lighting and grip equipment, expendables, camera accessories, extreme weather gear, crew gear and other accessories


Special Effect Supply
: providing hard-to-find information and materials to special effects artists and other craftspersons throughout the world; includes nearly 20M of articles and product information

Strong Spotlight: high-performance spotlights and motion picture projection light sources

Trew Audio: equipment and accessories for the professional audio engineer or location sound mixer

TV Specialists Inc.: TV, VCR, and camcorder sales, rentals and service

Video Expert: how-to info and books for videographers

Wheels For Movies: central registry for all privately owned vehicles 20 years old or older whose owners would like to offer to rent them to the movie industry for use as picture cars (background objects)

The Wildform Video Library: royalty free video clips for Web designers, Flash developers, CD-ROM creators and video professionals; available in downloadable Web video formats and broadcast-quality videotape

Zio Audiomedia: developers of professional software for studio applications driving high-end Digital Audio Workstations and RS-422 recorders and dubbers


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