ASK & DISCUSS

I am looking into buying or building a glider for my DSLR, does anyone know someone who makes them or who knows where to buy a good one?

Thanks,

Check out my DIY steadicam, good for DSLRs..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV2nHD5adp4

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FRIEZE ART FAIR
This year’s Frieze Art Fair took place, as usual, in Regent’s Park, 17-20 October. Founded in 2003 by Amanda Sharp and Matthew …

Ooh Sam, I disagree quite vehemently with you I'm afraid...

https://shootingpeople.org/blog/2013/10/surround-vision/

If you look at a list of the top French directors, you'll see more women than you will in America or Britain.

Why do you think this is?

I used to believe this was true. Not any more, though it almost is! I did some research http://wellywoodwoman.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/french-women-directors-great-news-not.html &am…

From Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) to Eleanor Catton who just won the Booker Prize, to US poet Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), in a stage play and radio play that I'm writing. What is…

Hi everyone, this is a new service. Has anyone had any successful experience of it, or can compare to Distrify or other service? http://www.littlecast.com/littlecast-overview

Si…

I'm working on the premise that given the ever-shortening attention spans of younger generations of viewers, I suspect short films might some day become a source of revenue for us…

Hello,
Does anybody know of any late night burger/food vans in a buzzing but 'filming friendly' area (in London, as centrally located as possible). Nothing fancy, just one of thos…

I want to handle this very carefully. It will probably be quite a while before my project is ready to shoot. So I think it would probably be wise to start by speaking to some orga…

Hi Will,

I know an experienced actor and assistant director with cerebral palsy but he is 52 years old

I attend the Brit School and have been asked to look for work experince. I would like to gain experience within either production, photography, film making, all aspects of the The…

Write letters showing interest and start posting them out. Middle to large sized companies often your best bet as small ones have such irregular work you may not have anything to…

Should I re-upload from a Vimeo account instead of my current Youtube? What is the advantage? I notice Vimeo charge you.

Hi Dameon, Vimeo has no advertisements and for a HD quality, I am told by my boffin friends that Vimeo is better quality. However if you are using youtube as a link to your web an…

Hello guys

I am shooting a webseries pilot in November. I have sent my actor a contract, I downloaded the agreement from this very site.

The actor has asked clarification on the…

:)
Great answer.

Thanks Yen.

Does anybody London based have the above they would be willing to cross hire through my company Aeon Hire (www.aeonhire.com) next week?

Dates 28-31 october 2013

Many thanks
Anna…

Does anybody have any of the above they would be willing to cross hire through my production and hire company Aeon Hire? (www.aeonhire.com) I am fully insured and can cover the l…

Following Blake Snyder's advice on working out your story's genre and then watching many movies of that type... I'm working on a story that's part "Heist" and part "stranger comes…

For Stranger Comes To Town, Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (screenwriters Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville (Mrs. H.!). Hitch uses the shadow of an arriving tra…

Hi,
I am planning to shoot a short film at night in early September, ideally I would very much like to shoot Day for night but I have never seen this done believably. So...Day for…

David Crossman beat me to it. With everything. Except to say that no matter how "convincing" you manage to make it, you'll always hate what you've made. The old "I know that, a…

I'd love to save a ton of money and not to have to send out DVDs to every festival I enter. But, I found with both my previous short and the now the current one, that even if I me…

Good posts & useful to hear how widespread is disappointment with WaB - a fine idea in abstract, but actual performance shows it's not fit for purpose. I take on board the an…

Im looking to invest in new external hard drives for backing up on to location and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts balanced on reliability and cost ? Also thanks to every…

Just to emphasise that your laptop interface ports will dictate the capabilities. You could have USB2, USB3, Firewire (3 speeds), Thunderbolt and (just maybe) eSATA (powered or no…

Hello Shooters,
Do you know where l could film satellite dishes in London?
cheers
Caroline

Thanks Richard have you gone to film Sky TV?

Has anyone used Snag Films to watch movies? And what did you think of it?
As far as selection and experience?

Thanks!
Leo

Small amount of films compared with Netflix and others but I've watched films and documentaries on it. Sometimes pauses, which might be my broadband connection.

Milk It in Chelsea
The Dairy Council's Milk It For All It's Worth campaign is continuing to engage with its teenage audience in new and creative way. Rehearsals are currently und…

They also use newspaper article and pictures of people. There is no way they can get these permissions without money . How are they using these? Won't they get sued?

I haven't done this in years, but I'm sure the process is much the same. Basically it goes like this: You call up CNN (or whoever) and say "I need footage of jets landing in Iraq.…

I am organising a short-film screening event in East London for mid-November and would like to have a meetup with London-based film industry professionals in order to form a jury…

Hi Filippo,
You'd be best contacting people directly rather than asking people to volunteer.

Previously, posts offering real work and unpaid work were headlined differently as 'jobs' and 'collaboration'. In the current bulletin a request for a freebie is headlined 'produc…

I have to agree with Daniel. This issue is not and should not be a moral crusade. May we spared from 'well meaning' totalitarianism and from those in whose mouths butter will not …

What's the deal with Premiere status requirements at particular film festivals?

As a director with a finished short, I'd like to get it seen but I am not keen on holding out for …

The website short of the week published a pretty comprehensive list of festivals and their 'premier status' stance. Really helpful for working out your festival strategy:
http://…

wondering about development methodology for two or three script that in very early first draft and wondering if any producer writers would be interested in assistanting them into …

I'd suggest you focus and don't take scripts to the market until they're ready. Most producers are not hunting for projects to invest a lot of time into, scripts come from writer…

Hi,
I've been researching my question but not come up with anything that sounds right or genuine.

Can anyone tell me who's qualified in lighting/or who knows if it's possible to…

Hi Jendra,
What I was after was an evening sunset that's fading slowly in the room just as the sun would when it goes down and out of view.
Thanks so much for all the detailed i…