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I'm hoping to make my first movie myself and wonder could anyone tell me what is the best camera to use if your on a budget?..

You film will only look good with great quality sound, 4K video with rubbish sound is worse than your phone.

- Matt

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Having long trouble developing or pitching ideas on interested producers / screwnriter etc and I was wondering about any way like have a agent or industry platform where you can c…

John,
Happy New Year. I think you need to focus. I'm focusing on writing at the moment, because I've always been interested in poetry and I finally admit that I'm pretty slow at…

FIRST OFF HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL ON HERE...
AND I'M ALMOST FINISHED WRITING MY FIRST SCRIPT AS YOU MIGHT ALL KNOW.. BUT LAST NIGHT ME AND MY WIFE CAME UP WITH A AWESOME IDEA FO…

1) a great idea is what gets you motivated to tell a great story. Ghostbusters sounds lame at first, four unemployed guys chase ghosts and get in trouble with city planning, and …

Hello,

Just wondering about how you might get varied expereince on a different country e.g. USA, Berlin. Holland, to experience to difference in apporach different hrs more locat…

The simple answer is, "have a skill set that makes you worth hiring, then network like hell, making it clear that you'll go anywhere".

But if you do it on forums, bear in mind th…

Looking for a marketplace for buying scripts

Hi all, firstly apologies if there is a thread already going about this, but I was unable to find one easily.

Q. Is there a genuine script market-place online?

Background: I wr…

Hi, I am based in Bury St Edmunds.
I am looking to start up a Shooters meeting in the town.
If you are interested please send me a message.
Maybe we can get together have a pint a…

Cheers Alan. Will get to work and get it organised. Be great to meet you.
Jonathan

Dear Shooters, I am looking for a spacious, empty space (10 square meters or so), for 2 days in January (between 16th - 18th Jan included), for 10 hrs/day only, £50/day (negotiabl…

I've recently come across some historical events that I think would make a good script. But, I'd like some advice on writing fact based fiction scripts. Where do I stand with usin…

Hi Charles, thank you for this insight. I can certainly see how an interesting real event can fall flat on the screen. As you say the audience signs up to be entertained. I will c…

Just wondering about a key dvce on building strong long term rerlationships between Camera asistants and DOPs whether its on shorts or featue etc? - trying to hav good strong cont…

Hi John,

Not sure whether you're looking to build relationships with assistants, and yourself as DoP, or just build good crew relationships as a producer...?

As a DoP I have a r…

I've been writing for a few years now, doing my best to learn the craft and improve with everything I write. I have a small portfolio of completed scripts and a micro-budget featu…

To get a script to an agent that doesn't accept unsolicited scripts, is to get to know their assistant. Find out who it is, and send your stuff directly to them. The assistant wan…

Just wondering what good rates are for sceenwriters for e.g. 120 page script + synopsis and treatement? yet to be paid for scripts yet but wondering what the industry standard is …

Typically, it's 2.5% of the budget. But a spec script could be anything. WGA minimums for a film under $5 million is around $40,000.

Hello All,

Hoping you all are having an enjoyable start to the festive period!

I am an independent producer/director who has an agreement in principle to air one of my own comp…

Find out who you need to approach and if they're sponsoring anything at the moment. No point sending a deal to The wrong person. Sometimes they will love the show but not have bud…

Okay, I'm sure I'll figure out a way to fix this soon. But, I updated the latest final cut pro X thing, 10.1, and it went back to the old system of projects. This meant I have n…

I know this is speaking after the horse may have bolted: but take a backup now before you start trying to see if your stuff is still around on the hard disk. Then see if you can f…

Hi Everyone,

Ben Roberts, head of the BFI's film fund, is judging this month's Film of the Month competition. You can post in any questions you might have for him here, he's got…

@Ben Roberts. Hi Ben. I agree with you. My point is more that independent film makers need help with getting a distribution deal. I know that when we have finished our current fil…

I did a course a few months back where i learnt all this. An elementary question i know. Its been a few months since I did the course so I am a bit rusty with it all. I am shootin…

There is a drop down menu on my toolbar named publish/share.
Once i have clicked on that i have three options.
Adobe flash video: use for posting on web
Mpeg: use for playback on…

Advertised yesterday WTF is going on?

Shoot Date: 8th Oct 2013 - 12th Oct 2013
Shooting: London, Great Britain, Up to £100, insured: No

Is this a student project: Yes


Let…

If you are a public funded educational establishment its hugely advisable to have PL insurance for your staff, students and visitors.
If you're students aren't aware of the liabil…

I've been approached by a production company who want to use some footage of mine in a 25 min doc/entertainment show about alternative sports. It will be aired in various countrie…

It really depends on the footage. What resolution is it shot at? What are the other production qualities? How unique is it? Will it need a lot of work?

If it's really unique …

Just wondering what good rates would be as I'm yet to get any pay working for free or expenses. Work is picking up editorially but that takes more time than normal and wondered if…

Thanks for the opinions, - just want a guide since the rates vary so much. last networking event on Friday. grateful for the insight and I'll see how things go.

John

British film culture test to change http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25232305

In short, much more generous tax stimulation to attract/support more productions. Hurra…

I welcome this change....

I'm shooting an ultra low budget feature next year and will use a local bar for a major location. The owner of the bar wants me to use the actual name of the bar. Is this a bad id…

Hi Nena, by all means, use it. BUT as Paddy says, get it in writing. Your deliverables to a distributor if you sell it will require that contract. And if you don't get it in writi…

Insurance needed for a short film going into production next year, shoot is only a couple of days and insurance would only need to cover public liability and equipment. Not lookin…

^^^ Tom, any particular reason you say that?

Hey there. I work for Radar. We commission music videos, and work on a subscription basis. We're always looking for new director talent, and know there's plenty here. We were wond…

Hi All,
Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. Here's some response:

Budgets
There's dissatisfaction that music video budgets are low and a perception that because of th…

Hello all,
Though I've had a Shooting People account since University, I never really used it up until now. Not really sure why, as it's a great idea and a good way to meet some l…

Your cheque is in the post ;-)

I was very pleased to see that my favourite documentary/film/cultural event of the year, 'The Act of Killing', made it to the top of the Sight and Sound best films of 2013 list, b…

well, my favorite Film of year is called Alive Inside. amazingly, this little film got into to Sundance this year. I hope you guys hear more about it as the year progresses. it w…

I'm writing a movie my first full script and I have four others in the pipe line..I have wrote to afew producers and heard back from a couple but does anyone else out there have a…

Hi thanks for replying yeah i thought of writing it so people could visualise it when they read it.
yeah i like to read scripts of movies i like to see how they are done.