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Original Post from Raed Abbas
Do you need VFX for your project?

Hi everyone,
I wonder if there's any filmmakers in need of VFX work done to their projects? I've been building my skills for the last few years and now finally I'm confident enoug…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Rickardo Beckles-Burrowes
Screenwriting tools

Which new online screenwriting tools, software or apps have you been actively using to support your work?

12 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Thanks for commenting Paul and glad you're finding Grammarly useful.

Original Post from jeremy clancy
Most recent response from Adam Dickson
Any London based after effects users who could give me a few lessons?

I am looking to learn how to use after effects as part of the Adobe creative suite and need a few lessons to get me started. I am based in Streatham, south london - can you help?

5 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

However, there is something to be said for having a real person you can actually query things with in real time so I guess it depends on how confident you are with self learning.

Original Post from Leonie Zorzi
Most recent response from Paul W Franklin
Producer searching writer for short dark comedy

Hi everyone,

I am a London-based producer currently working on my graduation project for Met Film School. I am looking to produce a short dark comedy (max. 5 minutes) this summe…

3 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

I'll drop you an email.

P.

Original Post from Robin Brooks
Looking For Showreels and Short Films

Hi all,

Our next event is nearly here and we really want to showcase some of our members short films.

We will be showing two members short films (to be confirmed) on Wednesday 2…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Simret Cheema-Innis
Looking for a Storyboard Artist for a Sci-Fi Horror Erotic Short

Hi All,

I'm currently looking for a storyboard artist to board a short film which I'm hoping to shoot later this year.

It's high concept and requires a graphic mind!

If intere…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Louise Marie Cooke
Most recent response from Eric Jukes
Do you need to purchase a deceased persons life rights?

I probably have the terminology wrong as I'm not very up on the world of copyrighting but would a production need to obtain permission from a deceased person in order to make a fe…

4 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

I can only give an opinion based on English law. As Vache was French and was born and died in France I don't know if there is anything under French law which is different. Alwyne …

Original Post from Brian McGleenon
Most recent response from Lee 'Wozy' Warren
We are producing a Stephen King adaption that stars a cat and a dog? Any advice on where to go to g…

Stpehen King adaption of L.T.'s Theory of Pets:

check our trailer link: https://vimeo.com/161284663

We need one cat and one dog that'll sit in one place while a crew moves aroun…

14 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Hey Brian - a year!!! I guess it depends upon the budget available and if the costs are a high and you need to spread it over a longer period. However, depending upon the actual s…

Original Post from Paul Baichoo
Writing/Directing a psychological thriller for TV, need a partner to buddy up and work with

My aim is to make the trailer, crowd fund, then whilst crowd funding - keep writing the script and casting, and searching for the right producer.
I find I work best whilst brainst…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Most recent response from Janelle Balnicke
Writers tool 'Scrivener' 50% off for 3 days

https://deals.techdirt.com/sales/scrivener-2-for-windows?utm_source=techdirt.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scrivener-2-for-windows_052716

Just in case anyone has b…

4 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

I have used this for years. Especially good for organizing long fiction projects. You can create notecards, color code them, and move them around. As you move the notecards, th…

Original Post from Jaye L Swift
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Fake Body

My new film requires my actor to be floating dead face down in a pond. Obviously I can't ask my actor to do this, so I need a fake body.

I'm also on a minimum budget, so has any…

11 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Interesting to hear a performers position on this :)

My take is based on is all being in the illusions business, so how can we simulate something realistically but safely :)

Original Post from David McCarrison
Most recent response from Gerry Byron
Need help rewriting a short script

I need help rewriting a short film script about a burned out blues musician who finds out his father who he has not had a good relasionship with has died.

1 response, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

I'd be interested in having a go. I've completed a feature length script 'One Glorious Sunset' involving a father at the end of his life, and how his family copes - so the topic i…

Original Post from afia nkrumah
Digital assets and film festivals

Hi Shooters,
To celebrate the Chicago Black Harvest Film festival screening of my short film SHADOW MAN, I thought you might wanna see some of the digital assets I created for t…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Rickardo Beckles-Burrowes
Most recent response from Alice Charles
Networking events

Which film / screenwriting networking events (on or offline) are you attending over the next few months?

3 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Sign up for the Blacklist https://blcklst.com/ and Film London Talent Connect Facebook page

Original Post from Dan Selakovich
Most recent response from Alève Mine
Advice for directors and actors: match your moments

Before I share this advice, a little about me for those of you on SP that don’t know (just so you're aware that I kind of know what I’m talking about). I started editing features …

44 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

@Dan Selakovich I will not capitulate!

- or maybe yes, depending on your budget...

Original Post from Andre Goliath
Any Film-makers/ Production Companies interested in new material for a Drama - Comedy TV Pilot

Hi everyone,

I am new to this site. I have written a Drama - Comedy TV Pilot. I'm currently looking for a new production company. Unfortunately the company I was with are disband…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Francis Augusto
Are you in need for some stills photography??

Hi!

I'm a freelance photographer, and I want to get into unit stills photography. For that reason, I joined SP and currently looking for some volunteering opportunities with awes…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Peter Ouz.
Basically what the guy said below me: any directors/cinematographers want to check out a shirt film…

One script that I'm interested in collab-ing on is a black comedy, satire - it will mostly require voice over work, but it's not an animation and it will also need very creative d…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from James Nowlan
promoting zero budget trash gore feature

I made a cannibalistic satire of reality TV but nobody seems to find it very amusing. I actually didn't make it to become a film maker but to be a writer. I couldn't find anybody …

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Jessica O'Sullivan
Interested in taking part in a pilot for a reality tv 'style-make-over' show? And who has gone thro…

We are looking for individuals going through major life transitions; a divorce, a career change, recovering from a long-term injury or illness, coming out of jail, recovering from…

8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Harrington Day
Most recent response from John Lubran
If Children under the age of 18 appear in a short film to raise awareness do they need a entertainm…

Hi:)

The short film is about autism:

Watch new video to highlight the film project: https://youtu.be/qVEelfkGV9g

ITV Central News: http://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-05-18/si…

19 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

One of most glaring and manifestly unfair things about our current system of justice is that of the absurdly high cost. It's effectively one rule for the very rich and another for…

Original Post from Alexandra Tincu
CV Query - Straight to the point vs In Depth?

Should a CV be straight to the point or have paragraphs explaining each role?

In my opinion, the CV should be as honest as possible but I think the work should also speak for its…

3 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Hi both!

Thank you for all the valuable advice! I will surely keep all of this in mind whilst working on my cv!

Regards,
Alexandra

Original Post from Reality Check
Help build a doc festival venue (Ireland)...

Guth Gafa International Documentary festival in Meath need help turning an airport hanger into a cinema in the next week. The carrier held planes from the Mad Max film, so it has …

2 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1232729255/the-guth-gafa-vrroom-a-pop-up-virtual-reality-cine

Original Post from Laszlo Agocs
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8 years, 11 months ago
Original Post from Paul Ingram-Tedd
Most recent response from Alève Mine
Sci-fi Writers....

Hi all...

I have been working on an idea and developing it in my head for some time now and have hit a wall. I need the help of an enthusiastic writer, not necessarily just sic-f…

3 responses, most recent 8 years, 11 months ago.

Paul, Christopher, keep me in mind as an actor while writing: http://alevemine.com/ActorVisuals.pdf

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