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We are working on the pre-production of a wildlife documentary about whales in Scotland, and we are looking for a volunteer to help with the budget.
Feel free to contact me if yo…

Hi everyone.

I am an award winning film music composer based in my studio in London.

I am currently working on a few features (HBO, Netflix, Red Bull) but reaching out to o…

Following receipt and response to private messages from you which I found unreasonable and challenging but naturally will not repeat, and for the benefit of anyone else on here wh…

I pulling together a crew to make a new TV Series and need a number of roles. The Pilot is fully funded and storyboarded.

Director must have TV Series experience and working w…

Hi Nick,

If you're still looking for a director, you can get the word out there by posting this into Shooting People's Script Pitch: https://shootingpeople.org/scriptpitch/pitc…

when ans where is the short film festival?

Hi Len,

If you're heading to the London Short Film Festival, you can post into this thread to connect with other Shooters at LSFF: https://shootingpeople.org/qna/q/the-london-s…

Hi, I wonder if anyone has experience of taking DSLR cameras and radio mics into Saudi?

I am working there for a week, shooting at an exhibition but I have read reports about …

Hi Chris, I agree about the Tourist Visa - someone had suggested it but it didn't seem wise. I had been on that website although there's no listing of a licence for anything film …

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Hi all,

I'm new to SP and relatively new to London. Are there any great short film nights & general film networking events I should be aware of? Please fill me in... I'd love t…

Yes, I'm hoping to be there.

Hello everyone,

Back at Halloween, I posted here looking for help with my writer's block and Shooting People came through! I'm still writing... Which got me thinking...

Do a…

Great idea George,
I came across Story Architect before Christmas (https://starc.app). I haven't tried it as I'm a Final Drafter but it came recommended from another film list I …

Does anyone need archiving of their media productions and productions? I work with LTO 8 and 9 and and can archive according to Netflix specs.

Hi everyone,
I'm a photographer with over 13 years experience in commercial and weddings. Looking for advice to becoming a movie stills photographer in the film and television p…

Hi all
Documentary photographer with 18 years experience now looking to develop a stills/behind the scenes film / TV portfolio...I realise i'm not going straight to Hollywood so …

Looking for an up-and-coming VFX artist for a horror action short film sure to run in festivals. A post-apocalypse story with thrilling monsters, good acting, and cinematography.
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This is a bit off topic but - do you have the music organised for this already? It sounds like a project I could add value to - assuming you have some kind of budget for the soun…

Hi - I'm a very experienced musician looking to make contact with anyone doing really creative and original film work. I have a Phd in classical orchestration with electronics fro…

Thanks for your interest Barry. I could be interested depending on the style of music you have in mind and the available budget. Feel free to mention my name when you are trying t…

Hello everyone!

I'm a composer with some experience (from a while ago) working for film / stage but looking to build up my portfolio.

Some of my work is on Spotify etc: http…

Hello from UK, I have 6 creator owned Graphic Novels. Some have screenplay adaptions. I have Sci-fi, Horror, and Thrillers. I am looking to sell the Film Rights, I am aware of lit…

Hi everyone,

We're filming a short film in a couple of weeks and have a shot we're having difficulty planning out. We are shooting on an Arri Alexa Mini and are looking to achi…

Hi François,

These are all great ideas and I love the idea of having the bed upright and the actor standing in front of it, I think we'll use that!

Thank you so much for yo…

Heya all,

Anyone else find the current offerings of film-focused podcasts a tad lack lustre?

Business talk is great and needed, but I'd love to find some pods to listen when…

Hey Jim, great question - thanks for asking and thanks for everyone who made nice new suggestions that made it straight to my 'to listen' list!

One I can recommend (sadly just…

Little ramble incoming...

So I used to experiment with rotoscoping for sort of a collagey type of animation (still refining it, but closest reference point I can find is akin t…

Robert mentions a Depth Scanner plug-in for after effects. Davinci Resolve has what is probably the same thing, they call it Depth Map.

Do you have a short script in the works?

The B.A. Film Production course at the University of Winchester is inviting writers to submit their proposals to a pool of stories fro…

Hello Julio,

I won't be ready to submit anything in January, do you know if you'll be looking for scripts later in 2024? Or does this only run once a year? It sounds like a won…

Hi everyone,

This Christmas my family and I were discussing 'Braveheart' and it led to a long and VERY funny discussion about problematic films that seemed normal at the time b…

But Braveheart was co-funded and produced by Mel Gibson (I'm not a particular Gibson fan) and he's entitled to spend his own money to make the films he wants to make. In the same …

I am looking for paid or unpaid work yo add to my portfolio,spotlight and Imdp.
Looking for work from January (I get some time off work for two and so weeks ) and throughout the…

We are currently working on the pre-production of a documentary about a group of whales in Scotland. Our producer has started looking for funds and we need a volunteer assistant t…

I feel like I already know the answer to this but I want to confirm I’m not crazy. I was dismissed from a videography job last week and was told in the same text that I wouldn’t b…

Provided you have emails that show an agreement between yourselves (or at the very least an offer from them that they will reimburse travel) then it may be worth going the small c…

We could do with a little help!

We have extensively searched for funding (including SP). However, it seems that any current financial support is for Short Films, TV, Comedy, or…

Hi Ben
Sorry for the delay in my reply. I have emailed you the relevant information. Thank you for your interest and I look forward to your reply.

PD Slaughter

Hi guys,

I’m delighted to share that my short mockumentary films, Killing for a Living is now available to watch on YouTube!

We screened at a number of global festivals and…

Hi Sherice
Just watched your film. Very funny. Loved the Russian assassin loving animals and being a vegan. Amazing to have achieved such results for only £400! Well done!