What is Lights. Camera. Help. and what film resources can you help my nonprofit with?
Lights. Camera. Help. is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to encouraging other nonprofit and cause-driven organizations to use film and video to tell their stories. We do this through our education and volunteer match programs, screenings and an annual film festival. This is our always updating filmmaking resource page. Enjoy!
Our Resources
Storytelling
Coming Soon!
Editing Programs
Animoto - Photos into Video (free Pro accounts for Causes)
Picnik - Photo Editing
Pixlr - Photo Editing
Photos/Images
Getty Images - Low Cost
Flickr Creative Commons Search - Free
Our Favorite Top 7 image search engines - Free
Video Clips
Getty Video Clips - Low Cost
Getty Creative Footage - Low Cost
Archive.org - Low Cost
Music/Audio
Lights. Camera. Help. + Frog Music Program - Low Cost
American Cancer Society Creative Commons Music - Free
Jamendo Music - Free
CC Mixter Music - Free
Moby Gratis Music - Free
Archive.org - Public Domain/Free
Need something Darker? : ) Remix NIN - Free
Vimeo- Find, discover and license high quality music for your videos
Human Beings
(We have worked with all the folks on the list below personally and enjoyed it!)
Name of Video Company: MoStories // Mo Scarpelli
website: moscarpelli.com
Twitter: @moscarpelli
Facebook: facebook.com/mostories
email:
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phone number: 573.864.9659
Twitter Resources
Simply search using twitter.com and the hashtag #NPVideo and #LCH
Great Twitter Chat about Video here - Storify
Other Nonprofit Video Resources
HubSpots guide to Filmmaking on Social Media
Our Lights. Camera. Help. Classes. Offered all year long.
How to use Animoto for your nonprofit
Desiging Video Program for Youth - From TechSoup
Can I trust the YouTube and Facebook Video ULA? - From TechSoup
The Video Camera and the Activist - Older From TechSoup
