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Hi Shooters!

Do you know where I could find a list with short film festivals in the UK and Sweden?
Is there any website or forum regardless any competitions for film makers?
Is a…

Hi guys.

I'm travelling to Stockholm next month, so I'd like to know if there are any other Short Film Festivals (in the capital and across the country), apart from the Internat…

Hi all. I'm trying to remember a specific film. Plotline is:

A man loses his caretaker job because when he is asked to keep a record of hall bookings, he has to admit he cannot…

Thank you! Proving once again how brilliant our SP community is!

Has anyone used one recently? Needs to play Blu-ray and be in £100 per hour bracket. Any suggestions welcome!

p..s I am familiar with screeningroommap.com

The Grosvenor Hotel at Victoria Station is bound to have a hireable function room and would provide refreshments etc.

i would like to shoot two identical places with two different cameras and put the two live feeds into a third TV or Computer.

how do i combine/layering/ superimposing these two l…

You probably need a 'vision mixer' (UK name, 'production switcher' in USA). You can rent them cheaply enough, but probably also need someone to show you how to use it/do it for y…

I'm looking for a relatively spacious run down flat (or house that can cheated as a flat) in the London area, for a 4 day shoot in early December - short film production.

We've g…

Have a whole house in that condition (biggest room 22 feet long.)

Sadly 1 hour outside London.
Keep meaning to shoot a film there before it goes on the market.

I've been asked to shoot some interviews and I'm unsure as to what to charge. I'd really appreciate some feedback on this!

So far I think the process would be.....

1. I should s…

Just re-read your post and see they have specified 25 minutes of the most interesting footage so ignore that question.

Hihihi! After mostly lurking here (SP is the ONLY daily email I won't unsub from) I'm finally speaking up. I'd gotten into filmmaking over the last year to make a doc -- and I sti…

Really enjoyed this!!!!

Us people who live outside London always find it amusing the way that Londoners (in general, not just film types) seem to think that :-

1) Beyond the M25, "here be dragons".
2) E…

I am an actor so my knowledge and experience is purely from the facing the technical side perspective. I live and work in the North of England and have been involved in a huge nu…

Hi,

I'm editing a film in Final Cut 7 and wanted to check the best audio setting to use for my timeline. The camera sound is 48/16 but the sound recordist audio is 96/24. If I se…

Hi all

I finished a short film last year (with help from Shooting People via their curated kickstarter page) which has been doing the festivals (Encounters, LSFF, Greenhorn etc).…

Hey Dan. I certainly didn't take it as a jab! I'm happy anyone takes an interest in this film and think your comments are great food for thought. Very happy to be thought of as re…

Hi Shooters,

I did put this in the ask section but I'd like to start a discussion too. I’m a student studying film production at university and for my graduation dissertation, I …

We are looking for an empty room, min dimensions 10 x 20 ft. The dingier / grimier the better, so a cellar / garage / lock up would be ideal. It must be empty, preferably have a d…

Hi James,

That looks just the sort of thing we're after. Could we come and have a look at it? If we could come one day this coming weekend, that would be great.

Thanks,

Phil

Hey guys!

I am a Director/Editor looking to add some music videos to my portfolio. I am really struggling to find people who need one! I have posted up my details on Twitter/Face…

i started by firstly joining local facebook groups in my area. theres usually a 'local scene' you can get involved with, see what bands are in your area and which ones have decent…

Hi Shooters,

’m a student studying film production at university and for my graduation dissertation, I have chosen to write about film festivals and festival strategy. I want to …

Hello,

I've found some nice stock footage online (mammothHD are good) but it's not perfect for the short I'm making. I really would like something with a little boat out at sea,…

It's difficult to present storms at sea on film that actually provide the viewer with a proportionately accurate experience. For some reason gale force 8 always looks like a force…

Hello from Richard , 1 i need to know the cheapest rate for camera hire for one day,
2 where i can hire a working camera-with film quality.
3 also-cheapest editing services-rate p…

Did you get any responses that you understood the first time you asked?

How about the second?

Third time lucky is a turn of phrase you've clearly taken to heart but please don't…

Hello from Richard,i am based in hither green,near lewisham,london. I will be making my first short film by the end of november,i need advice and help on the following.
1 I will h…

Questions 3/4 concerns me a little for several reasons...

+ What does a 5D do? This is very easy research to do with a browser, so suggests more prep might be helpful. It also …

Hello from Richard, i am planning on making first short film by the end of november,1 i need a location in se london that is either a medical facility or laboratory-where a doctor…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuJfNdd1UQ - 6th form video made with a cheap amateur camcorder (a 200 quid one IIRC). No whinging about kit, just working within it's limits and …

Short films are a category apart from features or TV - a lot of people see them as a calling card for those industries though. There is, however, an inherent problem with the sh…

I think there are two types of short films: the "short-film" (10- minutes) and the "short feature film" (15+ minutes). While every film will have a three-act structure, not every …

We are upgrading our system, so we are selling off some of our kit, including this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251704865734?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649…

Way back on Shooting People I introduced our slime mould documentary The Creeping Garden which was in the last stages of post production and as a couple of people showed some inte…

@Tim iloobia Woooo... At the risk of sounding like a stalker, I recall there was a return address in Tufnell Park on the envelope when I bought the Kanzeon DVD a while back. Speak…

CEO of Alamo Draft House (a distributor) had a great keynote for Film Independent that I think everybody here will find some value in. You can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.…

Some good and useful comments and observations from the usual suspects ;-))

As ever I try to put things into the context of actual Law beyond legislative presumption, because eve…

Im looking at getting into film Directing, for years now i have been producing fashion shoot, fashion film and events.
However i have had no experience in movies.

I was thinking …

Oh, by the way, I've been at this since the late 70s and have very definite opinions about filmmaking. I read Guy's blog every now and again, and tend to agree with Guy. I don't h…

Hello Shooters,

I'm working on a film that will have a sequence using only still images - though most of them are portrait format as opposed to naturally landscape - they are to …

Why not break free of the TV box and think of it like an art installation... you could have 100% of the picture not trying to fill as much space as possible but positioned somewhe…

I’m currently drafting a musical dramedy for TV which includes quite a bit of singing and dancing, inspired by film musicals such as West Side Story and Chicago as well as contemp…

Hi Caroline,

Thanks for your suggestions! Dance styles, mood, dynamics, (specific) visuals - definitely all elements that I can describe on the page. Every dance / song scene is …