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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 …

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

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…

Hi All,

I’ve recently decided I want to get back into the industry after studying some 12 years ago then moving away into another industry. I’ve found a weekend cinematography co…

Physics is the study of the physical laws of the Universe. When I am talking about Cinematographers understanding physics I am talking about the physical laws of that govern phot…

Hello all,
I'll be at Aesthetica with Little Shit (www.littleshitfilm.com) next week and part of the panel discussion on Directing: Establishing a Unique Style on Friday. If any S…

Cheers Paddy.

Hello there everybody,

just wondering if anyone out there has had good experiences in dealing with casting directors for low budget films (between 600 to 800k GBP). My feature fi…

hi STEFANO
Im as well Casting director ( Freelance) specialize with some cast names in UK and USA, also stunts teams etc.. locations in Uk and other
check me at : GOOGLE: DON CLO…

I'm at the end of my tether with people advertising a Producing job as paid, when they are asking the Producer to raise the money without an upfront fee and pay themselves from th…

Back to whether you'd want to do other people's films.

I sometimes think that, although it's easier to direct in your own work, it's easier to produce someone else's ideas. So,…

Read the bulletin. On top of an expenses post, you misuse the word "collaboration." On top of a low paid one, there's a "low paid" and on top of the jobs there's a "jobs."

So…

Ray, Thank you for pointing out that the Dara Says trailer wasn't up there. I fixed that, by adding a new link.

I wonder if I should list my documentaries. They're not great, a…

hello shooters, do you know the deadline to apply for BFI Film funding and also London Calling funding? I'd like to submit a script for a short film. Many thanks.

Hi there,
thank you very much for the reply. I've actually checked those links before but I can't find any details about the next deadline.
All the best.
A.

Hi! I am a writer looking for a Producer and Director or just a Producer to apply to Film London - London Calling short film programming.

I have two short scripts for you.

Proj…

Thank you Helen! Only, this was a very old notice though which Adolfo replied recently. Ironically, I did put a 'job' ad recently looking for producers on the production people si…

Hi! Does anyone know a theatre which does table reading (hopefully for free) of material from screenwriters?

Thank you Toyah I will! By the way, the website that you have put in your message sends you to a completely different site... I did find the actual website: https://www.surroundgr…

Hi Shooters, I’m looking to meet some writers.

I’m a director. I’m working with a couple of great producers to make a short film which we’re working towards turning into a featur…

I'm a writer, director, and actress. At the moment, I'm working on my sci-fi horror short and feature films with the same film actually, just different versions Final Day (short) …