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I am a Director but I have also Co-Director as well.

It would be my first time as a Director.

I am looking for a female Producer for a short film to assisting the funding.

The …

Hi Helen

Thank you for your lovely advise.
Grateful for your understanding what I asked for.
I will gonna do it.

All the best.

Sahera

Marshall Mcluhan said that "the media is the message," meaning the medium determines its own content.

Engineers of social media, including the Shooting People website (and Facebo…

Hi Vasco,

Thanks for posting in - always really interesting to hear about what members most want from Shooting People, and it's invaluable feedback for us.

I think having a spa…

I notice that many screenwriters talk about starting a team. While I'm not usually into writing teams, I admit that it worked for Gilbert and Sullivan and those guys who made Nig…

Also, of course, having a wealthy background increases the likelihood that you know other people of similar advantage, and have increasingly connected family contacts. Simply hav…

The film has been featured in local Kent media:
It can be seen on www.commonsensefilms.uk
The idea came from a lucid dream after watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre multiple tim…

Blonde moment, sorry the film is called THE LEFT HAND PATH, thank you.

Hello all,

We're currently in pre-production for a unique new short horror film that is going to be filmed in the north west and looking to build a team up, this is a more genera…

I am an American producer/director/cinematographer of non-fiction films. My latest film BOSTON was released by Lionsgate this month.

I would like to work in the UK/Europe. Any …

Crikey Vasco, you have had a rough time. But you ought not take your own experience as a generality. I've lived and worked here, the USA and in the World for decades, within a br…

Hello all,
I am an accomplished Cinematographer who has been working the past two years in Canada. I am back and based in London and Oxford primarily at current.
I own some nice …

I hate wasting time, its all we have. I know this screenplay will be a financial success, not least because of its content. I need to get it made. Surely there are others out ther…

Hi Get in touch lenevans1000@aol.com or phone 07957887198

Looking for good/keen scriptwriters who would be interested in collaborating on working out a play to put on a small London space in around 12 months time

I suspect you may live to regret all this Kayleigh and be snowed under by people (like me) who have of course written one of the best plays ever. Can you stand to read it?

I used old radio broadcast of LBC in my feature film edit to situate the period. Do I need to sick copyright permission from LBC or the individual broadcaster?

Completely agree that faking it is better and easier in the long run. The same is true with using classical music - even though the music itself will be public domain as it's so o…

Hi everyone,

I am an established screenwriter with extensive experience in writing features, shorts and for television.

I am offering services to complete script reports and re…

My name is Steven Wyatt, and I'm a DOP. I'm reaching out to the community looking out for Directors/Producers and screen writers to collaborate on short film projects. I'd love to…

Thank you for all the responses so far, would love to hear from the north west area and manchester. Filmmakers, Directors, Producers and Writers all welcome!

All the best
Steve

I am a filmmaker who looking to meet a writer to collaborate with on a short film script in london.

Hello, I'm looking for a Director/Producer/Collaborator for a five-minute comedy short.

I have a small handful of comedy writing credits and I'm now keen on turning an existing s…

Hi Michael,

If you've not already, I recommend posting into 'Production' > 'Get People' if you're looking for collaborators. This will be the most effective way of finding oth…

Hi, my name is Ade and I'm a film director heres my showreel https://vimeo.com/250447622

Hi Ade,

If you've not already, I recommend posting into 'Production' > 'Get People' if you're looking for collaborators. This will be the most effective way of finding other s…

Logline: The true story of Mardoche Yembi, who is only 7 years old when his mother dies and he is sent away from his family in Congo to live with his abusive uncle in London. Ther…

Hi Jordan,

If you've not already, I recommend posting into 'Production' > 'Get People' if you're looking for collaborators. This will be the most effective way of finding othe…

Hello SP community,

I've been asked to assist in submitting a short to festivals and would love to know the first steps. I am gleefully accepting this challenge as I'm in the sh…

Thank you all for your very kind and detailed advice. I will be responding more fully later.

Kind regards,
Paulina

Last year, I avoided many networking opportunities in London Film and TV because I was too nervous to go as I didn't know what to say or know anyone who would be there. I also hav…

Hi Angela,
Very nice link, many thanks for sharing. Re: "I’ll try to talk to at least 5 people at every networking event I go to, otherwise there’s no point going at all." so ver…

Hey,

I'm a screenwriter with 4 years experience and primarily write feature length screenplays, I've just completed a horror screenplay which is in pre-production which you can f…

I am a film writer and director looking to start a collective with other talented, determined film professionals of varying skills/experience to start collaborating on a number of…

Hey Shooters,

I'm sure many of you are familiar with the work of Stephen Follows (a fellow Shooter, no less), but for those of you who aren't, he provides a lot of very insightfu…

for someone that has little to no experience in film or behind the camera. how would someone be able to get into film with that experience at hand and starting from the ground up?

Hi Ryan - this is a big problem with the industry. How does someone with enthusiasm but no film school training get into the business. I agree with the advice above in terms of ge…

Hello

I'm filming a short film on Saturday and the main character has some film posters on his wall (Alien, The Shining, Night of the living dead) the posters are only shown brie…

Thanks Yen, that's very helpful.

For our last film, we used a combination of crowdfunding, sales of related products (like a production journal), and basically using as few people as possible and doing the work w…

Sergio,
I understand that some Europeans use dots where English speakers use commas. I found it really annoying when doing spreadsheets.
I remember when I was at Pima Community …

Hi everyone.

My name is Lee Burnett, an experienced DOP located in Hackney, London. I shoot a lot of narrative, music video and documentary. Solid knowledge in lighting and alwa…

Hi Lee, I will write you a PM or e-mail. Thanks for sharing your reel