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If anyone looking for Director in west midland to direct short film let me know, i am available to chat, currently i am working on feature film Crushed Wings, see my previous work…

Hi all! I want to export a Gif I made in FCP X.
All over the web there are tutorials in Photoshop and After Effects showing how to loop 'forever' a clip to make it into a GIF.
How…

AFAIK you will need to use a third-party app to create the looping GIF from a series of exported JPGs from FCP X. Have you tried using an online resource such as GIFMaker.me? Bes…

How can we let others at SP know when we have worked with someone really great?
Recently Sam Kacher acted for me in an unpaid role for a v low budget promo for a book. He put so m…

Thanks for this suggestion.

I'll raise with other SP staff, but as several people here have already mentioned, I imagine this might be a difficult one to implement successfully.
…

Film Festival Rules around premiere showings seem to be a minefield.
We are submitting for Sheffield 2017 and other festivals - but like show it other places too.
Is a preview wh…

We had a great Shooters in the Pub in Birmingham this week.

A nice mixed crowd turned out and networked in a salubrious private room of a city centre pub, where we've relocated a…

Thanks for the report! If your local Shooters night is thriving, do let us know.

And if there isn't a film networking event currently in your town or region and you would like …

Hi All,

I'm currently looking for areas or streets that can still pass for being in the 80s.

It's for a music video based in the 80s where we're looking to shoot a couple walki…

Oh I'm glad if it's helpful! I've learned a lot from this community, so happy to give back.

Are any of you great location researchers who can find and nail locations in London and are immediately available? We have a great role on our drama team - £600 per week througho…

Hi Michael

Are you sorted out for a location researcher?

I have just successfully sourced a disused factory location for a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film which involved getting t…

48 hfp - short film competition.

Don't know the genre yet so any location could work!

SW london ideal but open to other locations if suitable.

Appreciate interesting - is not…

What are the type of activities: pitchfests (online / offline), events, meet up groups for example a screenwriter looking to get their work read and viewed could be thinking about…

@Dan Selakovich well I am totally going to look into it. Thanks Dan.

I am looking to partner with an Irish-based Production company to enter Ireland's 30,000 euro 'Storyland' initiative. I have a 20 minute sensitive film script that is set against …

Hi Margaret, many thanks for your response. Yes, I'm still looking for a producer - there doesn't seem to be that many in Ireland, but if there is this leeway then we could certa…

Hi!

New to the site so not sure if this is how this normally works. Basically I have some low budget short film scripts written that I'd love to see come to life. If anyone's loo…

I'd also be interested please. Simeon@vivida.co.uk
Thanks from Team VIVIDA

I'm a member of the Singapore Screenwriters Association and the association has been asked by many producers and writers to give them some idea of what a decent going rate for scr…

Hi, hasn't the guild just made a big increase for minimum rates? https://writersguild.org.uk/75-fee-rise-pact-tv-writing-rates/

I have a couple of fairly minor projects on the go that have scenes that need to be shot over the coming weeks but I've dragged my feet regarding organising locations, cast, etc.,…

I'm looking for a location suitable for a LGBT club with a karaoke performance area; so, other than the real thing - a function room above a pub or a working men's club with a sta…

Magic Garden in Battersea.
http://www.magicgardenpub.com/gallery/

I have been freelancing as a script supervisor as that helps me shadow the director but I dont understand how to get projects to direct instead of producing one yourself?
My last …

Many of you may already know me as that 13 year old girl making a film. It’s something I’ve been working towards for over four years. I saved up £2000 on my own to make this and t…

That would be great Alwyne! Unfortunately I don't own the land :( I think the farmer was quite keen to have it stay up, but the production designers are worried in case it is dang…

Frenzy Films are seeking a location scout to find a suitable cottage for a feature film set in a remote, isolated location somewhere in the Lake District, Yorkshire, Wales, Irelan…

Hi Róisín,

Yes, still looking for cottage - however, the shoot is not until next April, so securing something quickly is not the goal, more finding a great fit is the goal, hence…

Looking for short films in the Horror, Sci-Fi, thriller, Drama genre... Please email me at dcoreyfilm@gmail.com

Hi. Can send you loglines of 27 short scripts. No exclusivity and no charge. Thank you
Kind regards
Yair Packer
Israel

Looking for a DP with a 16 mm camera (and the ability to use it) to collaborate with on a retro 'Tropical Soul' music video. Message me :-)

Just seen this sorry - I don't own but know where I can rent an SR3 very cheaply

Let me know for future

I shoot film

Www.howardmillsdop.com

Cheers

Howard

Dear All, I will be shooting a short film I've written for drama school LAMDA in October, and we're going to need a location. Helpful people are already on the lookout, but there'…

Hello I am a first year student who just started studying Film & TV...and the first task is to film a 1-minute documentary 'portrait of a stranger', revealing the darkest secr…

You don't say whether you have to use the stranger in the film. If not, it would be much easier to interview a stranger, then use an actor to be him or her in your film.

I can't…

Hi

My name is Harrington Day and I'm looking for speaking roles in film projects. Relying on self tapes (links below) at the moment so please take a look. I have a 'roll my slee…

By process I mean what you do from inception of idea to finished screenplay. Also an insight on what format of script you write (feature, TV, theatre) and the genre you prefer.

G…

The process I've come to find very workable simplifies the whole process for me and demystifies it - I used to go crazy overanalysing this stage but realised the whole point of dr…

Shooters- so this is the perennial mystery- as I know sod all about this-what agents around the UK or abroad- are the best to approach and do you have any recommendations or advic…

Alan Fleet... What was the shite about short films?

Looking for an office space fully furnished that looks like a functioning office.
To film training videos at, a fairly modern space with a boardroom, 'meeting rooms, hallways, com…