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Hello SP creatives!

Thanks for reading.

I just thought I'd put some feelers out there - would anyone be up for attending a little meet-up if I organized one ? Somewhere in centr…

Definitely would love to meet up.

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I'm looking for someone to create a teaser poster for my new horror film 'Eject'. Its currently in post production but would love to drum up some excitement for the film…

A few, do you have any work/links to show?

Hello,

I'm a newly qualified steadicam op based in London looking to gain some more experience. I have access to rigs but would need euipment rental and transport covered.

I'm …

Hi Stephen!
I'm hoping to do a shoot in a week or two when the snow returns for a series I'll be putting on Amazon Prime.
I need a camera man, but some shots will need a steady c…

Just interested to see if anyone had ever attempted/ successfully filmed at the Bathing Ponds. Were there lots of stipulations? Was it expensive? Any other comments? We're interes…

Thank you everyone who's commented!

Marlom - thanks for the contact details, tips on insurance (I presume like the rest of LDN locations they'll want the minimum of 5M PL), and …

Hi!

I am currently in the edit on a short documentary about the rise of an up and coming band based in Brighton. It is an independent film we are hoping to submit to festivals.

…

Good idea, Malcolm.

Hi,

Large dark space (maybe a large garage?) needed for 4 - 6 hours for some tests. I'm filming a projection screen, hence the need for a large dark space.

There's no money for …

Perhaps a crypt in a local church.

Here you go http://www.zvork.fr/vls/?lang=en

Limited, but I actually had a real world use for this earlier today, and it works!

The emphasis is on original. Preferred thriller, horror or surrealistic with dark humor.
My last short has won over 20 different awards in prestigious festivals, including Sitges,…

I have one screenplay called NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, which may fit your description. Please contact me - writer / director Nicholas Prosser at e-mail nicholas.prosser@gmail.com

There's a lot of advice out there. Much of it is not so good.

But here's a resourse created by Geoff Boyle that's solid:
https://cmltests.net/Cinematography-Lessons.html

Any o…

Hi!
I'm a Yorkshire based writer and director looking for a producer who'd be interested in working with me on bringing a feature (or two!) to life.
I've recently completed a sho…

Hi Gregory, you may find the best way to find collaborators is by posting the opportunities into Production > Get People. This way you can dd more details about the films and a…

Hey All,

I'm looking to gain more experience from directors on set and would love to shadow a drama director for a couple of weeks. I wondered if anyone has done this before and …

Thank you Nicholas for your helpful comments I really appreciate it! Makon

I haven't listened myself, but SP members might like to be aware of a R4 series discussing film crew duties.

Five episodes are currently available online.

Quirke's Cast and Crew…

Thanks for sharing, Alwyne.

would like to hear from people who have good information or first hand experience

Hi Robert,

I worked as a tutor on one of their Easter courses maybe 5 years ago. If you'd like more info please contact me directly via the message system?

Cheers,

Jamie

As you know this is the first season of our new international horror short film festival, and we are looking for anyone in the press, bloggers, vloggers, twitterati, online theatr…

I am looking for script coverage for a six part drama screenplay series I've written and revised.

The aim would be for that coverage to confirm additional next stage revisions o…

Hi Ricardo - I'd be happy to help - can you email more detals to glyn@storiesintolight.co.uk?
regards, Glyn

One of the many things on my "to do list" is to finally get a website done. But other than putting a showreel up, I don't know what other things should go on a website for a freel…

Try to build the website like you would edit a story. Try to guide the user through the content and not to distract him from too many features. I think this is the main advice I c…

Not receiving newsletters and no response from SP?

Helen,

I unchecked and rechecked last night and received a newsletter this morning so looks like things are back to normal.

Thanks for looking into this for me.

I'm in the process of budgeting a 45" spec commercial. How much would a fair daily rate be for a colourist?
Please consider I'm not providing kit, the job is supposed to be done i…

You can easily pay North of £400/day for a colourist plus suite hire. I would suggest going down to your favourite facility and getting them to quote for wet hire which might be …

Hey Shooters,

We’ve noticed recently a number of posts into the Ask and Discuss forums from people looking for collaborators or scripts. This is all BRILLIANT. And exactly what w…

Belt and braces! The community discuss and ask sections can also be used to direct interested parties to the additional and more detailed Production pages.

There's more to the r…

Hi, can shooters advise on where best to crowd fund given the many platforms on the net? We are looking to crowd fund a few of our projects. They range from sci-fi, to comedy, to …

Hi John, that's a great idea that we'll definitely look into. Thanks, Molly

Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know about this Film Festival I am involved with...

It gives us great pleasure to welcome the inaugural White Elephant Film Festival, …

Hi Thomas,

This sounds great. I'd recommend adding the festival to the 'Events' section of SP, that way it will be in the calendar and we can post it into the Bulletins. https://…

Hey Shooters,

We’ve noticed recently a number of posts into the Ask and Discuss forums from people looking for collaborators or scripts. This is all BRILLIANT. And exactly what w…

On the contrary, some paying customers of Shooting People appreciate the open-ended requests for collaboration and offers of collaboration that people freely post in Ask and Discu…

Hi Good Shooting People,

I am wanting to learn more about film financing as I am looking to secure finances for some film projects.

Has anyone got any knowledge of good courses …

Hi Christian, I would recommend the Raindance online courses - the producers series is good value, moneyball for film, Simon Hunters courses are very very real and hands on...
Th…

Welcome to deprofundis we have a new horror film festival, we accept horror films up to 30 mins long, inc international, submit if you have anything here is the new link for our…

great thank you Helen, just posted x

I’ve been editing off my regular storage drives which can be really slow. I need to get an 8TB fast system for editing a feature doc. Is it G Raid ? Are there particular specs I…

Thanks all for advice and info. My iMac has Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3. It's a Retina 4K, late 2015 iMac currently running on OS High Sierra V 10.13.6; processor 3.1GHz ICi5 . 16GB m…