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We are shooting a short film and need some help! We are looking for an office location.

Needs to look as though it could be the office of a regional manager of a large company. …

Gabriel.

I think I've got a good suggestion to 'Office location'. Derbeyshire Hourse St Chad's Sreet London
WC1H 8AG - have conference rooms I don't know if they would allow you …

Last September my brother and I finished the first draft of a script for a film called “Nina Forever”. We started shooting that film on the 25th March. For a while I tried to give…

Hi all,


I know funding is a question that comes up a lot on here, everyone needs cash to make things!
I have searched quite a lot, as I am sure everyone has, but can't find any …

If you go to www.flicku.me You can start an Indiegogo campaign through that site and get partnership benefits. They will help promote the campaign as well

Yes, you read it right, how do you find a creative partner?

Lennon and McCartney, The Righteous Brothers, Quentin Tarantula and Andrez Sekula, Queen Elizabeth II and Francis Wals…

I am in the same dilemma at the moment, I think of ideas lots but how to develop them on my own; I rack my brains with frustration. I feel I need creative collaborations to develo…

Does anyone know any good fixers/journalists in New York and Mississippi who might be interested in some work finding case studies for a feature documentary?

email me gktime@aol.com

I'd like to make a film. But as a Costume Designer/ Stylist I find myself waiting around for a project to come about that someone else is making which I can work on. Finding Proje…

Have you got access to money? That's what it'll all boil down to in the end!

I absolutely agree that costume is an essential part of a character and aesthetic - but as you say w…

I was doing some research into submitting films to festivals, I was looking up some free or low cost film festivals to submit my supernatural film to, and I saw a short list of fe…

Hi Rebekah
Thanks for your response. Thats just it, we dont have budgets and goals, we are just looking for a few festivals to submit our film to. We dont have money to spend on c…

We need a free location to shoot a scene for a short film at tomorrow. Doesn't need to be anything special, just a brick wall and a sidewalk / asphalt road, anywhere in London. Sc…

Johannes,

Waterloo is quite photogenic there are several street and sections around that part of london. Hope this is useful and best of Luck with your shoot this evening!

Best …

I am looking for a location in London that matches the description above. So far, several location agencies and council film offices have been approached but any other tips would …

My old offices in 112 Cleveland St, W1 has some interesting corridors and a metal goods lift. Concrete, 1960s, we always joked it looked like a Russian Hospital! Owned by Westmins…

Did you use anamorphic adapters or lenses?

I am planning on shooting anamorphic on a 7D for a 2 day shoot and I am currently researching the best way to go about it. Renting ana…

David and Tom, you were both right

Initially I suggested cropping the top and bottom of the image to give the 2.35 ratio. Then when it was clear Olly was going to use an anamorp…

Hi SP
Looking for somewhere cheap in London to fix a set of Dedos before a shoot next weekend.
Any ideas?

Panalux out Acton way will have an engineer who can have a look I'm sure. You've also got Neg Earth nearby, and whilst they're not really film/tv lighting suppliers they will hav…

In London and preferably two.

Need to find really cheap equipment hire!

Thanks!!!

Panny Hire are the cheapest in the land and no VAT to pay. They ship by courier nationwide. Great lens selection too. Stewart Addison 0780 5555 181 www.pannyhire.co.uk

I like to demonstrate a diversity of sites to students. I also talk about wordpress, wix and weebly as platforms upon which to build the site. If anyone has any tips or comments o…

A website with a page dedicated to short films: www.iwitnessedimages.com created with iWeb, very simple and effective!

We are looking for a bare look bedroom that has a window view of the city, or at least some of it, to film a short drama (student's project) on Sat 6th April in the morning and on…

Hi,

I'm capturing HDV footage in Final Cut 7 using a Sony Z5 camera with "HDV - Apple ProRes 422" capture settings. The captured footage looks great but when I click "Log and Cap…

Log and capture was designed for tape. With digital files I suggest that you get them safely onto your hard drive. Then log them. Although you may as well edit all the good bits …

With the ease of making content now and the huge amount of films made every year, do people think its easier or harder to break into the industry? I've been to various talks recen…

I've been reading this discussion for a while and I've really liked hearing everyone's thoughts! I was really happy to see another "young" actor/ filmmaker having their say and so…

Interesting amount of debate over the "Veronica Mars" kickstarter project -
$3.6million and rising so far... (here it is: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veroni…

The issue that I have with this is mostly of an "esthetic" nature. I don't think this will kill Kickstarter, nor somehow damage the smaller campaigns, however I do feel that it so…

Hi, I'm trying to start a discussion about how to get into Filmmaking with virtually no money. Right now, I cannot even afford to go to all of the seminars, talks, presentations a…

Hi Matthew, if you have a good short and want to shoot give me a shout maybe we could collaborate, I'm working on a project now and always need help. I'm in south london too, get …

Hey, I'm looking for somewhere to shoot that looks derelict and abandoned, preferably nice and cheap and preferably with a power source.

Any leads?

it depends what sort of location you want? in and around London Bridge is a bit 'abandoned look' about it or maybe around waterloo a few suggestions given your vague descriptions.…

Hi,

I'm trying to find some sample copies of a master use license and synchronisation license agreement. This is to license some existing compositions for a short film I'm workin…

Hey Sam,
I'm a composer and I have been recently asked if one of my pieces (existing recording) could be used for a film so I have a sample agreement but I don't see any way to at…

Hi all,

does anyone know of any apartments to share in Cannes for the first few days of the festival? I have a small studio secured but we'll be more people so might want to trad…

Hi Rebekah,

That's fantastic — thank you for responding. Definitely interested. Are you asking for 400 plus deposit for the room or per person? (I think per person). Would you le…

We launch "Behind the Scenes of TOTAL HELL" Free online on April 22nd. We're being supported by various platforms (including Showfilmfirst).

What we're looking for is suggestions…

Thanks James and Julian, will message you both.

I have recently finished my doc and it is under review at many places. I am not familiar with this process as normally I work with commissions and it is straight foward. I have be…

Betty - a screening like this won't harm your chances with acquirers. As long as it's invite only, and not paid for the public to attend. And definitely put material online to bui…

With all the discussion of how good/bad the films have been for this awards season, I've seen no mention of how massively LONG so many of the movies have been.

The industry wisd…

Taste is a funny thing. 20 mins into GWTW I felt I was watching the archetypal soap: "Another three hours of this? No way!"

Skyfall is terrible. There's no real jeopardy. How cou…

Love to hear from anyone who's tried this for their instant video downloads.
How about their DVD fulfillment? (feels to me this is just not worth it outside the US).
Many thanks
M…

Hi Mark - thanks for your email.

What split do you get for the Createspace deal? I don't have US tax ref, so it may be a non-starter.

I've had a look at EditHouse and it's an o…