ASK & DISCUSS

Has anyone used a property found on AirBnB as a location from a shoot or approached the owners about it? If so, what was their response and the experience like?

I've been on several shoots in AirBnB places. One thing that every crew that I work with is always conscientious about is taking care of the place and cleaning up afterward.
That…

I will be a newly qualified Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist in June this year. I am always looking for work experience to develop my skills further in the industry. I am 21 years o…

I'm a producer looking for low budget fiction scripts, no more than 500k, at the final draft stage for financing in 2017, preferably without a director attached. I'm particularly …

Hi Peter, some really impressive stuff on your imdv profile! I was just wondering, would ambitious shorts be also of any interest?
Many thanks

Hi, We've recently shot a film inspired on Sara Maitland's, The Book of Silence. Through the film we explore what happens when a human being spends an extended time alone, which …

Hi guys,

I was just wondering how you fellow screenwriters coped with the long periods of isolation when writing. I took the step of giving up my 9 to 5 job a few years ago in o…

Relish it.

Hello folks,

I was wondering whether anyone could recommend venues (ideally a few) that would be interested in screening a SciFi festival (shorts) any time between now and April?…

Thanks a lot for your suggestions, Joseph! Have you spoken to them in person in past? Do you have any ideas of whom to contact? I popped in to Stratford Picturehouse and they said…

Hi,

I am a writer, composer and have experience directing pieces of film.

I have an album whereby each song is episodical and follows on from the next. The tracks are fictional…

Hi all!

I am currently conducting a small study to find out more about how difficult it is to be a female in the film/television industry.

If you could offer your perspective in…

At last years BAFTA's both the short film and short animation categories were won by women.

Creative England have run film funding schemes such as 'I shorts funny women' which h…

Sharing costs. Seeing if anyone fancies a lift to the film expo south. Let me know!

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/best-documentaries-2016

In his year round up, filmmaker Robert Greene suggests that documentary filmmakers might be partly responsible …

Each of us as individuals and film makers has a subjective perspective, which ought to also be objective. Polemics are often more truthful and transparent than so called "fair and…

Thank, Bob

Blondynka Films offers weekly performance workshops to actors who want to enhance their understanding of the craft and participate in an alternative approach to character represen…

It's a known fact that France is the place of artistic innovation. Picasso learned his trade is Paris, Daft Punk changed the world of music and New Wave has been a massive part of…

And I'd really like to come back about this idea of France being 'the place of artistic innovation'. Have you been?!

What about London? What about Barcelona, or Madrid? What abo…

What months, what times of month, what days of week, are chances best / worst to contact executives, cast, crew, distributors, etc? Everybody in our industry chain.

The industry…

Dan thanks. That is quite insightful.

Incidentally I've found a random undated note of mine that Tuesday thru Friday are right for meetings, for what day of the week is concerned…

Hi SP friends,
Currently I'm developing 3 features. At what stage is suitable to contact Executive Producer, Sales Agents or Distributors for my self funded, low budget Feature Fi…

Great :) Thank you Adrian.

Hello Shooting People,

This is really an exercise in production akin to a 48 hour Film challenge.
I'm looking to generate some buzz on a music video I produced last weekend.
I …

I find that the old-school shed-like room with an acoustic instrument set-up and one light, I prefer yellow tinted, is a perfect set for a music video. Helps that I've got a studi…

Does anyone have any suggestions for Editors looking to get paid drama work?

Producers, how would I find you? Which production companies should I be approaching? Is it just abo…

If features experience is essential, I can send you a couple of suggestions who will probably cut deals, PM if that's helpful

We are looking for line producer for short film...it's more of like experience or experiment project...

Firstly I would suggest reading Producer to Producer by Margaret Ryan. It's a great book about creating films on limited budgets. Admittedly larger budgets than you probably have,…

Here is a music video i recently produced, I would appreciate any feedback or advice.

Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slZi_p2qpKE&t=1s

Here is a music video i recently produced, I would appreciate any feedback or advice.

Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slZi_p2qpKE&t=1s

I've been trying to get my psychological drama/horror feature film "Where Darkness Lives" made for quite a while, I've managed to find a director but am really struggling to find …

Never mind I just found a producer.

Hi Shooters,

I've been redrafting my feature script Black Ice on and off for a number of years. Black Ice is a thriller set in Alaska about a photojournalist implicated in the di…

Thanks Nathalie, Create 50 looks like fun. It won't suit my current project but I know some of the team involved and I look forward to the finished film.

Cyrus, thanks for your …

My indie feature has an acquisition offer for release in USA and UK. I need a lawyer to go over the contract with. Does anyone know a lawyer who would be a good fit for an indepen…

Tony Morris at Marriott Harrison is very helpful and indie-friendly. He delivers the unit on legal stuff for Raindance's Producer's Foundation course, and wrote The Filmmaker's Le…

Shouldn't Shooting People aspire to better human relations than the majority of the media world? Whenever I post for help from the SP community, I always reply and thank those wh…

A mine of information compiled from online conversations by top-notch pro cinematographers. Very readable, and every page hugely informative. So good to now have this in a portabl…