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We are shooting a short film in October and we need an old fashioned house to shoot in. The story is about an 85 year old widower who lives on his own. So the house needs to be ol…

Hello

I am planning to make a short film with a low budget - self-funded.

I am trying to find the woodland e.g. woods, forest around in London.

It would be any private resident…

Hello Jane

Thank you for your message, more appreciated. That is awesome. I shall email you shortly.

Sahera

Hi

I'm currently looking for low budget location options for two feature films.

For the first I am looking for a large(ish) modern house with a kitchen-diner and (ideally) pool.…

Thanks Dave! That's a great location. I will forward it on to the director and give them a bell.

Jane - that sounds amazing! If you could send me some pictures that would be perf…

Hi all,

Has anyone here applied for the upcoming Pitchbox festival yet? One of the criteria to enter your script is that the film should already be 'in development'. What does th…

In development usually means that there's a company attached/developing it. Not sure about PitchBox.

www.imdb.com/name/nm1898912/?ref_=ttfc_f...

Why Me?

Well, my IMDB link is above. I've got minimal experience although 2 shorts I've AD'd aren't listed. I have worked a low budge…

Drop me an email ASAP on Adam.crow@dittofilms.com I might have something for you.

In Hollywood, this phrase is said but I believe what they really mean is "it's all about the money, the money, the money".

I mean I see some terrible British indie genre movies o…

@Stuart Wright
I agree with you, ‘great answer’ I’d just add that as William Goldman says, nobody knows nothing - and that sometimes excellently written scripts are not easy to re…

Hi there guys!

I'm fairly new to the filmmaking scene. At the moment, I don't live in a big city e.g. Manchester, London... I just wondered if there's anyone here who's from the …

Hi guys, cheers for all the responses! Hopefully we'll run into to each other!

I don't want to go down the IMDb 'free trail' route to try to find, and CAA (previous agent) won't tell me the answer. And there's no contact info on his website.

I've PM-ed a thanks to all those who gave the answer.

Cheers

B

I am running a screening of short films at the Royal Society of Arts on the 24th September and am looking for content. If you have a short of any genre- documentary, drama, animat…

Hi shooters
Am looking for accommodation for AFM.
Likely two double rooms for four people (1x couple & 2 x singles )
Must be very close proximity to SANTA MONICA as would pref…

I've made the film with no budget, so free would be great.

Hi Aiden,

Thanks for posting this request! You'll get considerably more responses if you post this opportunity on the Production - Get People part of the Shooting People website …

What do you do when most festivals ask for submission fees and you haven't got the resources?

@ Vasco De Souza - I assume the sigh was in my direction...

Yes, I was publicising Short Film Reviews, but not specifically to Vasco V. Others will read this thread.

As it happe…

Hi Everyone!

How are you doing?

My name is Ignacio Maiso and I am a writer/director.

I am writing this because we are now looking for a producer to join our team!

Unfortunatel…

Hi Ignacio

Would you be able to email me some more details about the role? Are you looking for a producer to help raise funds with connections or more of a project manager etc. …

I am working on a short film. Looking to shoot in a cave. It's still a low budget film. If an one has shot in a cave or know an were to shot in a cave that would be great.

Hawkstone Follies in Shropshire

http://www.hawkstoneparkfollies.co.uk/

Hi all

I'm very aware of all the documentary sites out there like Desktop Documentaries and The D-Word to name just two which I regularly contribute to (these seem to be largely …

Thanks again for both your replies. I subscribe to the documentary bulletin which is of obvious interest to me.

John, your answer is very informative and yes, intellectual proper…

I would love to know from which companies Shooters hire or buy their motion cameras. I am endeavouring to build a comprehensive list of UK camera suppliers, which ultimately I wou…

HireACamera - for my film & stills equipment.
I have also used S&O Media.

Is there a way to search SP database for e.g. makeup artist or artist/sculptor rather than wait for them to contact me?

Get people allows me to advertise a position, but sitting …

You're not an idiot :-) And I agree, other people will have this question, so definitely useful to keep this thread up.

I'm a Writer/Director based in Sunderland looking to get a short film project funded and produced within the next 6-8 months and wanted to see if there was anyone here looking for…

Hi Graeme,

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 …

Casting "Little," a romantic existential horror about a young woman, Sophie, who identifies as a "Little." Synopsis: Sophie likes to behave and dress like a child and enters "litt…

Hi again Kristopher,

Thanks for this post. I think it would be better served posting this into the Production/Get People part of the site rather than in the Q&A section? You …

Is it really necessary to limit height, weight, race, eye colour etc when looking for an actor?

What if all you need to say is male 20-35, why are the options so restricting, I c…

Hi Kristopher,

Thanks for the post! We do find that members respond more positively to detailed casting posts as it saves any unnecessary miscommunications further down the line.…

As I`m currently in the process of updating my video reel & still folio, Im looking of actors, actresses and dancers for a video and still portrait.

London based and will be…

Hi Nicolas, I am interested! Contact me!

Thanks,
R

I am making a short film called Struggle about teen depression and suicide. This is on the increase in schools and universities and having first hand knowledge of the problem feel…

ALISON is a truly amazing South African documentary about a human #survival story that #science alone can not explain and the triumph in the new lease of life begs belief... Check…

I've been on here for a long time, and used other networks. Sometimes, we might complain if we don't get the right responses. Yet, I see some people are more successful than oth…

Nicely concidered Vasco

I need an artist/sculptor to create a dollhouse scene that our lead character (an art school dropout) will be working on,
but I'm not sure whether to advertise the position under …

Thanks so much Helen!