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Hi!

I am interested to meet more directors who are based in London for collaborations on creative projects.

I recently stepped up to DOP and have worked on some commercials inc…

I'm based in Croydon and would love to work as a Runner / Production Assistant / Co-writer on projects in Croydon / Beckenham / Crystal Palace / Purley / Streatham / Wimbledon / M…

Hi everyone.
I am looking for team to make perhaps few short films. I need people who is serious about this industry and ready to work in tied with time. Any help or industry reco…

Depending on the project, I could help as DP. I have a Red Helium, a crew, and an artistic visual style. :)
http://WinterLight.visura.co/film

Hi as everyone else seems to be asking, I thought I'd join in. We created a Dramedy feature film designed to be a low budget affair that was to be shot in Arizona and then post do…

I have pitched my script logline etc. for seven months but no-one has requested to read it. I am surprised at this as it is a very unusual screenplay. I believe it has cult potent…

Wayne, please send your screenplay and logline to james@talkinglens.co.uk. Thank you

For some reason, I'm still getting spam from film festivals. If you run a film festival, or anything connected with seminars, note that I'm NOT interested!

However, it seems t…

Cheers for that Paddy. I'll take a look shortly

Sometimes, I think genre is useless. Twilight: horror or romance? And comedy, do we ever all agree what's funny? (I've written more about that here: https://www.linkedin.com/pu…

I've been shooting film stills on set and wondered if I could get hired for it, as I am usually on camera/sparking/running. Can also shoot digitally although it's not my preferred…

Hi Rory, I saw your message on the email mailout. I’m directing a short film on the 7th/8th July and wondered if you’d be at all interested in shooting some stills photography for…

Hello,

Regarding SP/NY filmmaker numbers, do we have any stats on this, how does it compare to British membership?

Tom Lassu
Writer/Director
https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Metr…

Hi Tom,

Shooting People is predominantly a UK filmmakers network (it's where our office is based), and as such, our US membership only makes up around 4%.

All the best,
Helen

Hi, everyone,

Hopefully you’re reading this because a) you’re a filmmaker and b) you have a strong connection to the borough of Waltham Forest (Walthamstow, Chingford, Leyton, Le…

Tickets to the event are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forest-film-club-presents-waltham-forest-shorts-tickets-46550738512

looking for dramas/thrilers features and shorts to edit.

I have shot a short film, which is not edited and I may be interested in your post, depending on terms. Though I shall not be able to reply for a couple of weeks because of person…

Hi all,

I'm working on a start-up music production company and we're trying to break into film.

As a start up, I can appreciate that researching the right creative people onlin…

Amateur viewpoint:

Used to master a lot of library music, generally long version, minute version, 30secs, sting - and sometimes the underscore.

Fast forward to the world of am…

I want to enter my film into competitions but some have asked for links to vimeo or youtube but I don't want to upload it there if this ruins any chance of entering competitions, …

Thanks for all the useful advice - I appreciate it and will go down the vimeo route with a password on it

Hey peeps,

I have 5 page short and i was wondering if any directors are interested in bringing my 5 page short to live?

Mystery/ thriller. Simple logline: A wounded female priva…

Thank you very much for pointing me to the right direction. As you can tell, I am pretty new to this website, and still learning its features.

I've just upgraded most of my kit so if anyone is looking for an excellent camera set up for film, documentary, music videos etc I have you covered!

Canon C100 with DAF upgrade +…

This is an African Christian film with roles to be played in a 'pub' for the above given date. It's for about two hours
and another one hour role in the exterior near an Estate a…

Hi Efosa,

As Vasco has already shared, if you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Productio…

Yh so someone wants me to film using smart phone but wants good sound from radio mic LIVE, can I get the sound to come out of my camera maybe using what wd normally be the headpho…

Do not connect any microphone directly to a smart phone especially ones that are designed to plug into them. The quality is almost always dreadful. Get the best microphone for …

I'm Sam McNally
A casting director based in Leeds, adept at working with directors to find actors of any age that will perfectly fit the roles you're looking to fill. I have a wid…

www.renegadetalent.co.uk

HI

Directors can now register there interest in having a free client account with Renegade Talent. Which enables you to List an audition or job for free

castings@renegadetalent…

Hi everyone,

I want to start producing and shooting my own short films, but I find the legal part of the process quite frustrating. I live in the UK, didn't go to film school and…

Sent them an email and will contact them on Tuesday as well. Thanks :D

Who would you rather work with…

On a thread recently, someone raised a point that I thought was absurd at first. But the more I thought about it, the more I questioned my own pos…

Experience, every time. If you are reading this and thinking of doing some film degree, get a camera, tripod and mic, go to the local paper and announce that you'll film anything,…

Hi all,

I need some advice on where I stand in this situation.

Summer last year I was asked if I wanted to film an adventure documentary, it would involved following 3 paraglide…

I think Marlom's comments are rather astute here. Decide to fight or take the lesson and walk away (ideally without signing!). Is there really any commercial value? I suspect n…

As some of you may know, I have started to mentor filmmakers through the transition from making shorts through to making features.

So if you have made that journey recently, say …

I saw an answer on another network, by accident:

https://www.stage32.com/blog/Fearing-the-Jump-to-Feature-Length-Films-2

I suspect Russell (or someone who commissioned him) read…

Plain and simple – no funding!

It doesn’t matter if the script is amazing, or the crew worked on big budget Hollywood blockbusters, or the actress is A list… If the financier, w…

I'd like to ask a related question, why do screenplays fail to get finished? Why do budgets, production schedules, and shot lists fail to get made? And, why do people fail to ap…

Hi Shooting People community.

My names Colin and I'm a London based DoP as well as Technical Director of a North London equipment hire company. I'm looking to meet new creativ…

Hi Colin im keen to get involved. Ideally I’d like to assist in camera work. You can see what I’ve done so far www.roseyperkins.com