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Seen yesterday "What you'll get from this expenses only role:
Unfortunately this roles are expenses only as we are independent filmmakers and the budget is extremely tight. This i…

I hate the fact that no-budget filmmakers have hijacked the term Independent Filmmaker! What they actual mean is a filmmaker with little to no money.

In my mind, if you can't pay…

So, I open the script pitch bulletin, thinking it's not going to have the same annoying crappy short courses and discussions as are on the other bulletins. Now, it has them, and …

Thank you Kelie.

As much as I love making films, I've found the working with my fellow filmmakers to make web series can be a way to make projects more efficiently. I was lucky enough to have the…

Hey, this all sounds positive. I'm a producer and in the process of developing a narrative web series. I'd welcome connecting with anyone who has experience or knowledge and willi…

I know this is something that has been going on since the world was made… so appoligise to you all….But there are many adverts on here that ask you that you should be experanced a…

Death, taxes and expenses only...

Hi there,

I would like to know how much would it be a decent price to charge for a music video, lets say shot in one day. Would £300-400 be a decent sum to charge?

Many thanks,…

Slightly less ranty possibly more useful answer - it depends! What is the context and what are you trying to shoot? I don't think you'll get a lot of creative shots out of a few…

I have worked in CGI animation for several years and I am now interested in trying my hand at traditional stop frame animation.

Can anyone offer me some suggestions of what is a …

I am looking for a building higher than 5-6 levels within central london to film our Graduation Film, which is to be shot over a period of 4 days from the 22-25 January, 2015. It …

What could be the possible cost?

Does the British film industry produce the best talent? Does the land of Shakespeare respect the writer? Is anything happening outside of London?

Do these stereotypes feel recogn…

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…