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Hi all, I'm relatively new to Birmingham and I'm trying to reach out to the local network. I'm looking to collaborate with Birmingham based directors on narrative or commercial pr…

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Dear Shooters,

I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last to announce the release to the world of yet another UK Indie Feature, now available to view absolutely free.

G…

Hi,
Enjoyed watching your film Norman and would encourage others to watch it too as well as taking the time to visit your website to get more background on the making of it. I sug…

I'm looking at BackersInfo they have a$75 option which would suit my campaign to raise funds to send my short film to festivals.

Does anyone have experience with them or other co…

The thing is though that a crowd funding campaign need not be exclusive to any singular platform. One might reach a percentage of a target budget on Kickstarter for example and th…

Hello all,

A long post but if you want a partial case study / distribution insight and
a free film to watch before it's official release, read on.

My name is Al Carretta. Sinc…

1K and twelve weeks from start of production to its premiere in Edinburgh, really quite amazing Al. I take my hat off to you, now to figure out how to get those show stopper momen…

Hello all,

Thankyou to those who have engaged in distribution discussions around 'Th'Dread Rattlin' in recent weeks. Rattlin' is my 13th indie feature since 2010. It's also my f…

Had the chance last night to watch for a second time Al, noticed a lot more especially with your interesting use of sound. Looking forward tto seeing your next one.
Many thanks R…

Email is getting worse, especially from males interested in the film industry (and business grads are even worse.) Even some actresses, who work with text for a living, have forg…

Thanks Paddy.

I often wonder how many people the production company hires directly. I see a lot of post-production, and even hair and make up these days, are being credited to c…

Hey guys!

I work as a freelance videographer, photographer, runner and production assistant looking to gain some more experience or work in the music video industry. Working in t…

Thank you all so much! your advice has been great.

Hi everyone! My name is Jose and I am a cinematographer who moved from Spain to London 2 years ago. Though I have my own company, we are doing mostly commercials and missed the cr…

I'm interested. Like your stuff :) Right now I am looking for collaborators to make a short film (still pre-pre-pre-pre-production... no budget in place and so on). Anyway, take a…

Hi everyone - I'm a director looking for a producer to team up with to help get a new short film off the ground. I'm an award winning director with a great track record and I'm lo…

Hi Karl,

If you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You can do…

Hi Shooting Peeps.

I made a three comedy shorts all based on true stories and would love to hear your thoughts.
What do you like? Don't like?
Best short? Worst short? And why?

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Thanks for watching. Amer is amazing and was happy to be completely silly.

I've been going through the agent lists. Many want to work local to them. Which may mean London. Or Los Angeles. Or even Scotland. (I set a novel in Scotland because I wanted…

I was hoping for advice regarding fundraising for a short film. It will be my second short film and the script has been well received. I am in the early stages of production and l…

Good job on the heads up, Paddy! Kieran - Paddy's right. We can put you in touch with Kickstarter direct if you're interested? Just drop us an email at help@shootingpeople.org wit…



6 months ago, I had an innocent little question about anamorphic lenses and posted a thread on Shooting People, from that one post, a very talented and experienced cinematograph…

Thanks Helen!
I'm happy to say the indiegogo page is starting to get contributions and I've entered some more festivals including Cinekink NYC, Aspen Shortsfest & Berlinale

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Dear Shooters, I have produced a sci-fi Shakespeare webseries called 'A Throne of Shadows' which is in three parts, but also makes up a short film of around 25 minutes. I am going…

That’s very helpful, thanks Glyn.

This is my first campaign and after posting on instagram and facebook, and asking other crew/cast members to share, I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Any good tips on running …

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I'm an experienced short film producer and director looking to share script feedback with other writers. In a world where feedback services are overpriced and of questionable val…

I'd suggest you check out script pitch. Some of the writers there ask for feedback (and there are good scripts to read.) If you're ready to pitch your script there, you can put …

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking for a good short film script.

Absolutely dyeing to get making something again. My previous films can be viewed here:

https://vimeo.com/286757452

Any …

Thanks to everyone who has been sending over scripts. Brilliant work out there.

Still reading through them all, so I'll contact you personally when finished.

Thanks again

I don't really gamble, so I didn't go so far as betting but someone has set me a challenge. It started with the old film school debate.

Anon: Film grads can't make films for 5k.…

Thanks for your contribution, that comment really made me think about how I'll explain finance needs to engineers.

I'm currently producing a short film and it's the first time I've ever had the budget to pay people - yay! So now I want to ensure there's a proper contractual agreement for cast …

Hi Emmeline,

I have a whole load of useful templates that you can download and edit for free on my website (adult release form, child release form, co production agreement templ…

Hey Screenwriters,

I'm a UK Director looking for skilled short film writers to work (and build a relationship to develop features long term!)

Why Am I Doing This?

I am good wi…

Hi Jessica apologies for my delayed reply. I will PM you.

Christian

I'm wondering about the best resolution to upload my short film to FilmFreeway in.

The short was shot in 2.39:1 at a resolution of 2048 x 858

Now, FilmFreeway recommend these se…

Strictly speaking, nobody knows exactly what their back end workflow is, so you might want to play safe instead - and use slugs at 1280x720 as you know *everyone* can play that re…

We all know it as that found footage film that every aspiring horror filmmaker includes in their investor pack, but I just realised its' approaching 25 years old, many shooters we…

If anyone's curious as to actually why Benoit didn't direct again as opposed to a wild stab in the dark... well I had a similar controversial feature doing the rounds of festivals…

After watching the documentary "Who Killed British Cinema" on Amazon Video https://amzn.to/2tKxdoY [link updated] - is this an accurate representation of independent UK cinema?

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Tell it to the Thatcher lovers... The removal of the levy from foreign films (read USA) shown in the UK that went into the pot to help UK films get made was the beginning of the e…

What are you fave Brit horrors?

http://britflicks.com/Podcast/24179

I've had plenty choices that are quasi American tbh... I'm not dogmatic about it... That wouldn't be the spirit of the show... It's meant to be fun session talking about and recom…