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Looking for a basic lighting setup for shooting portrait photos, vlogging, audition self tapes.

Carmina, i really advice you not to look into redheads, as they are expensive, use up a lot of power (electricity bill through the roof) and they get EXTREMELY hot. And don't both…

Also, has anyone cut on imovie and transferred to final cut for the end product and what were the draw backs? Also.. does anyone know a place that's inexpensive to mix sound?

Tha…

As I said before, most lawyers and corporate entities or their mirrored structures within other institutional organisations, such as some festivals, are timidly risk averse to a …

Hello Shooters,

So I have written a short, which breaks that major rule of working with kids or animals by having both kids AND animals in.

The animal in question is a deer (the…

It may depend on how much you want it to perform, how tame it is, etc. If it is expected to nuzzle up to a human in a wide shot in a woodland, it will need to be both tame and tr…

Hi everybody

I'm looking at shooting a music video on top of a hill in Surrey where the views are incredible, but I wanted to pick peoples brains about how best to get power up t…

Stuart, this is what I'd do. I'd record the band in a studio, and then have them play the music without power up the hill. Have them air guitar or whatever. (Or just do the not…

Is Directors UK holding money for you?

Directors UK has been collecting and administering money due to its members for 25 years now, distributing tens of millions of pounds in …

I don't have a production company but I need to protect my self when I take a script not written by me to producers. Can I option it even if I don't have a production company? or …

Mark Litwak's Contracts for the film and Television industry has a couple option agreements you can look at. They are made for US law, so they might need to be adapted if you ar…

We are making a short film and want to turn it into a web based series in hope of getting it on to TV. Can we use any name or can studios/production companies sue you for using a …

Titles cannot be "copyrighted", but there is trademark infringement. Trademarks aren't that hard to get, if you have the cash, and the term hasn't been used before. The more mon…

Anyone know if I'll get better quality by recording to ProRes 422 on a Ki Pro Mini via the HDMI port?

I happen to have this combination available and wondered how well they migh…

The Ki Pro Mini comes as part of the pool of equipment available.

The first shoot is a low key interview on Thursday, and what I'll do is record internally as well as on to the K…

The Universal Film & Festival Organization promotes best business practices for film festivals, now with 195 members festivals, do you think that filmmakers should support thi…

THE UK FILM FESTIVAL is a member of UFFO and as a filmmaker and artistic director of the festival I totally support this idea of best business practices.
Any festival worth its s…

I have been filming for corporate clients and in other projects with composers and graphic designers. We of course have agreements via phone calls and e-mails but I want to put t…

For corporates it's pretty much taken that anything you film on their clock is theirs to do with as they please, you're just a facility bought in, much like a plumber. Larger com…

............... wondering who you are using and if you like or dislike them......
JD
www.cineshooter.com

Hiscox Business - I was shocked how much cheaper they were than some quotes I'd had, and it was a UK call centre, they called back, all very efficient etc. They don't do specific…

A chain-smoking former statistics professor named Vinny Bruzzese — “the reigning mad scientist of Hollywood,” in the words of one studio customer — has started to aggressively pit…

Listen to the latest Scriptnotes podcast for a reality check on this barmy development ;)

I have decided to set up an equipment hire company, mainly for film & video kit, but also for exhibition / event kit.

I have done this before, but not for a few years, so I a…

www.groove-egrip.com

Do you have a spare room for a couple heading to Annecy between 9th & 13th June? Do you have a great recommendation of a place to stay close to MIFA area or in the old town? S…

Last week, Arts Council England’s Jobs and News bulletin posted details of an animation competition being run by the Cabinet Office.

It’s tagged ‘unpaid, volunteer work’, with a …

Technically, this is correct.

If you are commissioning someone to make a film for you, they are not an employee or a worker and therefore not due the National Minimum Wage.

I ca…

I need to film a restaurant scene for a morning on Friday 17th May and as wondering if there were any restaurants in Central London, that would let you rent the space or a corner …

Try Cigalon, Hibiscus, 1 Lombard Street or Le Cercle

Hi,
I am exploring ways to find people who would be interested in collaborating on short film projects in the West Midlands Birmingham area. I am looking for people who have some …

Hi Dal,

I am London based but also have a base in Hinckley, between Leicester and Coventry and would be interested to hear about your plans. I write and direct and have extensive…

Hi, I run a registered charity, we want to make a film. The crew we will use will not be PAYE. They will be self employed. As such my insurance company tell me they are not cov…

HI Bill, Volunteers are covered by the public liability. It's the actual employment part that is difficult. Self - employed people seem to be classified as contractors and are…

I want to create a new musical interpretation of a commercial song to use in my short film. The original was a male solo piece, where the new version will be a female duet, so I a…

As Tom (above) says you need permission from the songwriter/publisher unless the song is very old. The details of copyright vary from country to country. Have a look at the UK co…

-Ideally a private hire friendly company
-that doesn't require references, i can provide all ids, utility bills etc.
-offers a discount to shooters

thanks, shahid

PS - don't forget that pretty much any price anyone gives you for hire will be +delivery +VAT

Delivery you can probably work out for yourself (ie collect), but VAT may come as a …

We've started a blog on our adventurers in Film making. Our short film Together Forever (working title) is our first live action film and we hope through the use of this blog to…

Hi everyone,

we're looking for a house we can rent for 3 days from the 16th to 18th of August. we have a budget of up to £300. The deco throughout needs to be 1980's so floral wa…

Hi, just bought a Canon650D for stills and test shooting, but a bit broke at the moment, so looking to kit it out asap for as cheaply as possible. Especially interested in, in no …

I am a producer of the animated web series NewEdenseries.com and on the hunt for a voice recording studio to record some voice actors.

We are also looking into rehearsal spaces …

I can recommend a Thames Ditton(just outside Kingston) small studio run by John Mc Guinn,a mature Voice Over Artist and producer. Voices@john-mcguinn.co.uk
May I also ask about Fe…

Hi! We are looking for a hotel to shoot a part of a short mocumentary which we plan to submit to festivals. We need to use the lobby, the kitchen and one of the hotel rooms. We pl…

Thanks for the answer.