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Some of the worst jobs are written by those who seem to spam the "get people" section with "expenses only" or "low pay" projects that never get made.

Also, some terrible answers …

Good point about me posting too much.

Another feature that may be useful is the ability to save discussions, like we had in the old days (and we have for jobs and has finally ret…

Shooting People won't let me delete this old post. I deleted the content, but I can't delete the post entirely.

Stage32 allows users to delete posts, and it's free. Also, I'v…

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Please delete this old post. And, please stop saying "er" to bring up old posts without replies.

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Hi guys. I'm a director and acting Coach.
I train actors at both Mountview and Identity school of Acting and taught directors at Bournemouth

I'm really keen on helping emerging…

What a great idea and thank you for the offer!! I'd love to hear what you have to say as it'll also be very interesting from an actor's perspective. Unfortunately (actually fortun…

Looking for 16-25 year old South Asian actresses to star in our short film 'Sushi's Baby'.

Experience preferable, but not necessary, as we are keen to hear from all talented Sout…

Hi Radhika, If you’re looking for actors, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You can do this by clicking …

I have been a shooting people member for a while now but I have yet to post anything so bear with me.

I have been working in the Low-Mid budget corporate video sector for a while…

Hi Lee, I've send you a direct message.

A lot of people go on about horror. I can see the appeal, from a creative point of view, of tilted cams and steady cams and all kinds of eerie sound and visual effects that a wri…

@Ray Brady
Thanks for trying to help.

I said I live in Mid Wales (perhaps I should have said, the middle of the West coast of Wales). Cardiff is at least three hours away by c…

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

…

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 …

Directors UK has partnered with ARRI to offer Directors UK members the chance to win a free 2-day ALEXA shooting package, to include either an ALEXA LF or ALEXA Mini with Signatur…

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