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I'm a first time feature writer/director in post production. Can someone tell me who actually edits and places music cues in a feature film? The composer or the film editor? My co…

I'd like to refine a few points, since Tom is right that it never works "ideally".
However I have to point out that the composers' role is often under-estimated and even though ap…

I am looking to make a short doc (10-20 minutes); does anyone have experience of funding for short docs specifically? Or does anyone have any recommendations re short doc funding
…

I've bought a DJI Ronin 3-Axis gimbal. Even when perfectly balanced, it makes a noise when just sitting motionless on its stand. The power usage figures can show as zero, and I ca…

Thanks for answering. After a lot of trying, I finally got DJI to respond properly. They said they would pass my issue over to their service place in Germany, but I've heard nothi…

Hi Shooters

This is a question about a film that died - and whether I can bring it back to life.

18 months ago, I got a call from a guy I'll call Max in Indonesia, whose father …

Follow the money. Max's rich friend is clearly running at a loss right now, and you are his only hope of getting something back, so if you offer him a deal along the lines of "I'l…

Just a thought when I stumbled across 'The Act for Change' project: http://www.act-for-change.com/ - I found it really interesting that this can still be an issue, so much that th…

An aggregator is asking for an upfront fee of £150 to place my short on itunes.
Does anyone have any experience with a short on itunes? The kind of yearly revenue etc?

Thanks.

B…

Alève thanks!! I got a good response from the KFA. Am going to send them some of my films.
I really appreciate everyones responses! I will place one of the films on iTunes and th…

Hello,

I am shooting a small test with a green screen tomorrow for a future project but have no assistance in the studio. Familiar with the very basics of lighting of such a set …

I'm not a lighting expert by a long straw, but the aim is to get very flat lighting on the screen to make keying easier, so things like dedos may be the opposite of helpful. Ligh…

Hi fellow Shooters!

I am very proud to say that my short film C.T.R.L has been awarded Best Music Video at Cortisonanti, an Italian Short Film Festival, the award handed to me by…

Hi Mark, Tasha,

Thank you very much for suggesting PromoNews, I will get in touch with them as soon as we go public.

In the meantime if you'd like to watch C.T.R.L, please jus…

A family friend, who's quite bright and very keen, wants to learn more. He already shoots, but would benefit from an environment where there's some continual feedback. He'd be tr…

Hi guys

I'm looking to set up a Film Production Company to enable me to partially fund my feature film using the Enterprise Investment Scheme. I am starting from scratch and whil…

A film project can be constructed as a business enterprise entity in a number of differing ways. EIS types of investment models exist within a paradigm created by the UK governmen…

HI
I have had a look around and googled it but cannot find anything.
What is the best format for uploading to shooting people.
Is there a size limiit for the file?
Cheers
Peter

I recently completed a short film for the YourFry challenge. It's a film you need to view over two screens. You connect your phone to the main film and then view the same film fro…

Have a look at 'Conversations With Other Women' as well. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435623/?ref_=nv_sr_2 It is split screen the whole way through.

Hello Shooters!

I have shooted a 2 hour length footage in the coffee farms in Rwanda, Central Africa. I'm aiming to make a Documentary Film based on Rwanda's land where some of t…

Thanks a lot, David!

Regards

Alexandra!!!

I am converting an ambulance into a mobile video interview room for an arts project 'The Roadless Trip'. We'll be interviewing individuals on camera. The contributor will be in fr…

As you're doing interviews the Colour Rendering Index (CRI) of the lamp might be very important. It's a measure of how well the light can reproduce all colours, not just certain "…

My netbook is dying so I need to get a new laptop; rather than forking out for an expensive macbook, I figured I could spend the same but get a laptop and some extras.

Can anyone…

Any modern half-decent laptop will run lightworks (free, pro-grade). You might want some kind of card reader (although many laptops can read SD cards natively), maybe make sure y…

I'm a struggling Sound Designer with a degree in Sound Design and I want to begin work as a freelancer but being poor I can't afford to get better equipment. I've done plenty of f…

Can the Princes Trust help? Bank loan? Supplier finance? Rent as you need?

Basically, businesses are expected to be viable profit-making entities, so there are not really many…

Hi everyone,

I need to rent a minibus (10 or 12 seats) to transport cast and crew for a 2 day shoot at the end of January. It's for a low budget feature so the budget is not imme…

HI
I have a four minute thirty second short. It is a bit good and we are all proud of it. I am looking for some film festivals (anywhere) but ones that take films on their merit…

Thanks folks. Some very useful info there. I will look into those suggestions. Our film was made for a 48 hour challenge and so was worked to a theme. It has a certain charm and …

I just bought a sony FS100 with kit lens however straight away went out and got myself a metabones adaptor to use my Canon Glass. Therefor selling this lens as i probably wont use…

Do you still have the lens?

@wozyW

I'm a Music producer and also offer film production services as part of the music production I do for artists. (So I shoot, edit, grade etc)..I shot my last video on a Sony FS700 …

We have an FS100 kit we'd be willing to hire out at a Shooters rate for anyone interested. Email me for details: lee.warren@BadEdenEntertainment.com

@wozyW

This film has proved to be a very different type of campaign film and very popular amongs thousands of ordinary people in dozens of public screenings. Almost everyone seems to li…

I suggest you watch it because it is precisely because it doesn't fit into the regular boxes and that is what makes it popular and also (maybe) difficult. The WI's and Royal Briti…

I've been away for a while from Shooters and have now arrived back with a knowledge gap. I know sometime back when Ben Blaine was blogging his movie via a crowd funding site, a fe…

I personally never have a problem with someone asking for money, if it's a new thread and clear from the topic title. After all, when it comes to low budget films, money is what p…

Bundles is a publishing platform for artists, musicians, filmmakers, and creators who wish to distribute and retain ownership of their content on their own terms: http://techcrunc…

I'm sure ISPs will do all they can to throttle BT if they can detect it (where VPN or other SSL tunnelling methods come in); and, to be fair, it is bandwidth-intensive because of …

Hi guys, anyone used a Script Consultant/Reader - I've finished a feature film script and would love to show it to a few people and get feedback. But there seems to be a few unrel…

I would highly recommend Voyage Media to further hone and polish your script... (http://www.voyagemedia.com)

@wozyW

Small portable cheap monitor, preferably battery powered?

I need something with which I can check framing. It's not for focus pulling. Anyone know of anything?

Don't be shy now.…

Cheap and cheerful you can probably still find a portable/in-car seat-back DVD player with video in - resolution and colour response will be fine for framing, lousy for anything e…