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Original Post from Fred W
Most recent response from Molly Cowderoy
Best place to find editing or possibly ad/music video directing low paid work/collaboration?

I am looking for any kind of editing work, or directing work when it comes to in particular promo or music video directing. Any advice around this would be amazing.
I am also wil…

3 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi Fred. Just want to make sure that you are aware of the Production > Get Work section of the SP website. There you can browse lots of projects to collaborate on. Good luck

Original Post from Angela Gourley
Most recent response from Dorothy Iskrzynska
Producer looking for a 1st AD

Producer looking for a 1st AD for a shoot in Glasgow, all travel expenses etc paid but with top ARRI equipment and crew, very high production values and a BAFTA screening. If you…

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi Angela,

the best place to find crew would be within >Production > Get People as Shooters tend to be most active there when looking for work/projects.

Thanks,
Dorothy

Original Post from Rob Howgate
Looking to film in a Prison Cell (could be at magistrates court, police station etc.)

Hi there,

I'm helping to produce a low budget feature and one of the script's scenes involves filming in a police station hallway and in a cell. Has anyone had experience of film…

7 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Thanks all, appreciate the feedback. Birmingham looks the best bet due to location but all replies gratefully received. Keep shooting!

Original Post from Nat Nollid
Most recent response from Michael Lebor
WHO ELSE IS FED UP WITH THE "B" WORD?

No, I don't mean boobs or babes or bums or bonking or bestiality, I mean Brexit! I have stopped listening to news etc. Like most Brits, I just want the lousy stuck up, millionaire…

2 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Um probably not going to find your target audience here Nat, this isn't Romford. We don't want Rees-Mogg or Farage (the stuck up millionaire politicians) to implement anything oth…

Original Post from Matteo Palmas
Most recent response from Michael Lebor
3 min scripts wanted!

I am entering the MOMENT INVITATIONAL Film Competition as a director and I am looking for a 3 mins script (max.)

The rules:
The film must be shot on a phone.
It must be under 3 m…

5 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

What's the deadline Matteo?

Original Post from Ira Putilova
Free Colour Grading for short projects

Hi! My name is Ira, I'm a documentary filmmaker and editor. Last year I started doing colour grading aiming to learn to do it at professional level. I'm not a complete beginner bu…

4 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi! Thanx for your response. I'm based in London and I do grading in Davinci Resolve 15. Please, send me email if you have further questions and to see my showreel. Thanx!

Original Post from Mark Jepson
Most recent response from Michael Lebor
Film Festivals - worth the hassle? Please take the survey!

Hi, I need your help!

If you have made a short or a feature in the last 5 years that you have submitted to film festivals I'd be grateful for your insights.

Please take the sho…

12 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Vasco this gets a like, retweet and follow. Very well written.

I disagree about your last line... for professionals film festivals give exposure and can build an audience. I've s…

Original Post from david rogers
Most recent response from Matteo Valentini
Director looking for their first feature film

Hi - I've directed pop promos and produced Shorts in the past, but I'm now looking to concentrate my efforts into my first feature. This year. Please send me your scripts! (Yes,…

3 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi David,

I just sent you an email with my project Tank Dust.
If you feel the project is suitable for you, don’t hesitate to get back to me.

Kind Regards,

Matteo Valentini
Scre…

Original Post from Lewis Coates
Free Script Editing

Hi Shooters!

I'm a writer and producer that is currently developing and producing a few short films and TV pilots. I have studied scriptwriting and script analysis and would love…

6 years, 8 months ago
Original Post from Alexandra Queen
Looking for a composer for my silent short film!!

Dear Shooters.

According to your useful feedback regarding my film, I would like to grab the opportunity and seek help from anyone who would be interested in composing a piece of…

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Dear Shooters.

The role for a Composer has been filled.

Thank you very much for your response.

Alexandra!!!

Original Post from Craig Coole
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Looking to hire studio space for editing low budget feature in London

Hi,

I'm looking for a studio space for me and a director to finish off working on a low budget feature for between 6-8 weeks somewhere close to central London. We have kit and do…

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

I'll PM you, might be more than you want to spend, but it's a good space

Original Post from Meredith Bond
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Best ways to gain experience in music video production?

Hi All,

As a freelance videographer and photographer, music video production is something I would like to specialise in. However, it proves to be incredibly difficult!

Since gra…

4 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Oops - back to the actual question ;-) Be a runner for anything, talk to camera and electrical depts, they might take a trainee for a video, then you're in the right place to net…

Original Post from Kate Williamson
Submission Deadline: The Shortest Nights

Got a new short film?

The late deadline for 'The Shortest Nights' is coming up fast!

Inspired by the longest day of the year, The Shortest Nights takes place over an entire da…

6 years, 8 months ago
Original Post from RATCHET
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Looking for a specific type of hotel/ hotel car park in or around London - any suggestions?

Hi,

I'm currently looking for a location and hoped someone out there might have a few suggestions.

The location in the script is a seedy/cheap hotel with a car park out the fron…

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Ha! A London hotel with parking, with an empty car park, cheap...that's going to be tough. How about places like schools which have very clearly defined hours and plenty of hard…

Original Post from Lydia WHEATLEY
Most recent response from David Kitchen
Short Film distribution company up for sale

Short Film Distribution company "Fabulosis FIlms" is available for sale.

Fabulosis Films is one of the few short film distributors in England and Europe. We have contacts with a…

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Have messaged you

Original Post from Justin Wildridge
Most recent response from Chryssanthi Kouri
Composers: how do you choose?

With a genuine sense of curiosity, I'd like to know how you as a director or producer finally select your composer?
I've worked successfully in the industry for a number of years…

6 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

@Justin Wildridge Like George said the creative freedom is within parameters. Usually directors know what style or genre of music they want for their film early on, based on what …

Original Post from Lydia WHEATLEY
I'm selling my Film Distribution company

Short Film Distribution company "Fabulosis FIlms" is available for sale.

Fabulosis Films is one of the few short film distributors in England and Europe. We have contacts with a…

6 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hello, For anyone who is interested, please send me an email to discuss. Please only get in touch if you are ready to purchase a company. No time wasters please.

Original Post from Philip Davidson
Most recent response from Marlom Tander
Literary/Film Agent UK

Film/Literary agent. Can any recommend a suitable agent? I have written a very high concept novel, which will become a series. I will be pitching it at Cannes as a feature. I want…

3 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

The logic was for GENRE fiction. the agents also said that the rules for LITERARY novels were different - a good book could get published stand alone by an unknown author.

But I …

Original Post from Philip Davidson
Most recent response from Ray Brady
Hi Concept feature

Initially I need a film and literary agebt. It was originally a film script. I converted it to a novel. Looking now for a good agent, later colaberation. Any suggestions?

1 response, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi, I'm interested in reading either the film script or the novel, but would it be possible to PM a synopsis or outline of the script first though please?
Many thanks
Kindest rega…

Original Post from Gracie Porter
Most recent response from Madis Malgand
DVD/Blue Ray or DCP

Hi there, Anyone know a production house able to make DVD/Blue Ray and potentially a DCP for Feature Film? London based and reasonably priced. Thank you! :)

3 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

We can get all these done at very good rate, plus you'll get -10% discount as a member of Shooting People!
We are based in Central London (Kings Cross /Russell Square area). www.e…

Original Post from Alex Churchyard
Most recent response from Barry Ryerson
Bad dubbing...

We want to emulate bad dubbing often seen in Italian horror movies - but also seen in many English language films as well. The Editor (2014) was a Canadian film that managed to do…

6 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Great, let us know if you get what you're after.

Original Post from Philip Davidson
Film/Literary agent. Can any recommend a suitable agent? I have written a very high concept novel, …

Film/Literary agent. Can any recommend a suitable agent? I have written a very high concept novel, which will become a series. I will be pitching it at Cannes as a feature. I want…

6 years, 8 months ago
Original Post from Bartek Sozanski
Agency/agent for writer/director

Hi,
Could you recommend an agent/agency for a writer/director that accepts emerging filmmakers? My new short film will be screened at the BFI and I'd like to seize the opportunity…

6 years, 8 months ago
Original Post from Giulio Gobbetti
Most recent response from Mark Brindle
Subtitling as an Ethical Issue - How to Subtitle Caribbean Patois?

Hello! Here I am, once again, asking for advice.

For the last year or so I've been working on a documentary that my co-director and I shot in the Caribbean. We are now approachin…

6 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

I did some finishing work and subtitles last year on an Indie UK gangster feature film which had similar issues in terms of slang and some non-English swear words (mostly mixed Pu…

Original Post from Stuart Heaney
London based Editor lookng for next moves

Looking for opportunities to up my credits for my next showreel.

Open to various short-form projects: music videos, shorts, docs, social media, advertising - my only criteria is…

6 responses, most recent 6 years, 8 months ago.

Hi Molly, thanks a lot for thoughtfully pointing that out. I'm checking in there.

Hey Tim, I'm London-based. Nice to meet you on here. Good luck, hope you find some great projec…