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What do you all think about using the barter system in relation to filmmaking? I'm a gaffer often asked to work for free. Let's say I accept that offer, and then ask either the pr…

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I need an exterior pick up of a rural location with a very flat, wide horizon and big sky. I know that if I go up to Cambridgeshire/Norfolk/The Fens I can get it. But I'm wo…

Always avoided getting involved in the 'expenses only' argument. There are pros and cons and every project is unique. However, this post caught my wry eye today (Comedy writer nee…

I think you should discuss this in the bulletin. I thought it was silly too. If the producer offered a bit of money, could have gotten an experienced writer who could save some o…

Hi guys,

There seem to be some info on the web regarding US rates but not in the UK, sure I can do a conversion but I 'd something more accurate.

Can any one lend any experience…

James - go to Equity and start there.

The film would be playing on a cinema screen with a quick cutaway shot to the film on the screen. Alternately if showing visuals was not possible legally, how does it work if I wa…

Hi Louise

Yes your character can say the words Rebel Without A Cause and James Dean without causing an issue. You can't copyright a phrase or a name.

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I’ve just bought a GH2 with Voigtlander 25mm f0.95mm lens and am looking to by a variable/fader ND. The thread on my lens is 52mm but I was planning to buy a bigger ND and us…

Matt, check out Dave Dugdale's ND Filter shootout. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nECdBiu5Rrw

As for using step up rings you should be fine, you may introduce a little more vigne…

Sometimes I interview British women filmmakers and recently I interviewed CampbellX. I think she's ace and awesome (you can tell!) so I wanted to share and to encourage you to tak…

I was recently wondering about specialising in post prodcution and what wondering If any post houses in wardor street W1 had any job available?

Based in W Sussex and most shoots …

Go there in person, spend the day. Take your CV to each of the 100 or so post houses and offer your services as a runner. You will probably only talk to the receptionists, and it …

I'm going to be directing a music video for the London band Volunteers (http://volunteersmusic.com) and we are looking for a rooftop location in which to shoot.

The video is bei…

Many thanks for all your suggestions - greatly, greatly appreciated!!

Would love to rent a Kessler, but any kind will do as we are getting close to shoot. Please let me know if you are able to lend it. I am happy to pay a rental fee and cover insura…

I'm looking for a location to use in a short film as a GP's consultation room. Most of the film will be shot around Buckinghamshire but London and Hertfordshire are options too, p…

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......
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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…

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