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We would be shooting a short film using a DSLR, but we are looking for a monitor to be attached to it so that we can have a better viewing during shoot. It doesn't need to be high…

You could get a lilliput 7" from amazon for £100.00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lilliput-668GL-On-camera-HD-Monitor/dp/B0050MVDV8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359150769&sr=8-1

Hi there,

I would like to buy a camera to start making documentaries. Preferably, I'd like to be very good quality but small/compact. Something like the Z5 or Z7 is too chunky bu…

there's some good footage and info on the XF100 in this review: https://vimeo.com/26184320

Hi Shooters

I'm working on a music track for a Nelson Mandela feature documentary. By all accounts, this is likely to be the definitive Mandela documentary when it is released.

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Looking for projections based on our director's last couple films which include iMAXs and also comparable subjects...

Thanks so much! Lia

Hi All,

I was wondering if any of you Shooters would do me a favour and save my CS5.5 After Effects Composition/ Project as CS5 ?

My Motion Graphics artist has After Effects 6 y…

oh my e-mail is rtleeson@gmail.com

For a short film shoot in February, we are looking for a Eskasizer Belt Machine (exercise machine with a belt that shakes and takes off pounds as it shakes your waist)

If you hav…

I have 100s of Sony Mini DV tapes from around 5 years ago, used from old jobs that will never resurface. So I need to get rid of them but wondered if they can be recycled or effec…

I still use them and willing to buy! franz@imperialfilmproductions.com

Have recently seen a posting on SP from the Hidden Film Festival. I tried to find dome info about them and I could not see anything. Or any reviews or press or any interest in thi…

Hello Everyone!
Just wanted to clarify a few things about The Hidden Film Festivals Worldwide. The film festival is in its first year, which is why there isn't much online about i…

Hello Shooters,

Just after a bit of advice regarding aircraft noise and shooting a no budget short. Our story requires two characters to walk across open land and through “cree…

Hello Ross

Thanks for the advice. It makes good sense. I tend to detour and take the long route round when things start to sound technical (unless I had the time and money). But …

Hello All,

Firstly I hope everyone has had a lovely Christmas/Holiday Period so far and would like to wish everyone all the very best for the year to come. In addition, I would a…

There are patents, copyright, design and trademarks. Depending on why you mean by "concept", it may or may not be protectable by copyright. Many tv shows seem to share similar c…

Producer looking into developing camera skills needs suggestions please.

Talkinglens Academy in association with the prestigious White Cloth Gallery, Leeds are providing, for the first time in Yorkshire, a range of specialist intensive short media cour…

Do you have any horror stories about your experiences at any film festivals, if so we would like to hear from you

My short film, THE WRITER'S MUSE, won best short in the 2010 Pocono Mountains Film Festival and I had a great time over the 3-day fest, so I felt pretty comfortable submitting my …

Panasonic site only offers it in Chinese - googling produces a mass of dead-ends, so any tips very welcome.
(Working in N.Kenya to mentor a great pair of young film-makers; brou…

Susi please check your Gmail inbox. ive sent it but there was a problem attaching it. so if you can open it and check that it's working. Btw be prepared as London is in a cold sna…

I do a lot of time-lapse, and I'm looking for suitable bird's eye views of London.

Anyone able to help?

very nice, but £220 an hour?

Actually I'm looking for something a lot closer to town. For 3D you should ideally use 20mm lenses, which means having to be very close to your subje…

how do you film a pole dancer, dancing I would like to film it like 'tales of the unexpected' my camera does film in sillohette..cheers sally

Forgot to add.. Light your back wall too (white walls) & make sure your subject is far enough so no light spills on them. However id green screen it, if you have the facilitie…

I'm looking to hire a Canon XF100 for the last week of Feb to use to shoot in London some promotional comedy sketches and to them to then approach TV Comedy commissioning Editors …

Many thanks for the links John, greatly appreciated. Kindest regards Ray Brady

I'm hoping to film a documentary there so anyone with experience of producing and filming there would be useful. Local contacts would be useful too for established crew. Will also…

Hey Brendan,

To add to this offering of help...!

I'm a cameraman, slowly but surely building a second life here in Brazil. I'm building a house in Paraty, in the state of Rio. I…

Not looking necessary for an underpass or tunnel but even something that can substitute it like a pub cellar, disused building back of a theatre etc. Thank you again!

Ps there's several clubs and bars underneath the tunnels at Waterloo, vauxhall and London bridge, like Cable. Club owners can be surprisingly receptive if a) you promise not to im…

Also looking for camera crew. Inspiring musical doc. Any suggestions

The basics of budgeting are the logistics of the shoot. If away from home, accom, food, travel are actually a lot more expensive than most people expect, and the lower the budget,…

Looking for some decent indie film podcasts out there as most of those flagged up in the past now have tumbleweeds rolling through their RSS feeds. Any suggestions?

I listened to loads. The most helpful for me was Film Method by Cindy Freeman. Informative and intelligent - from the business of starting a film all the way though to distributio…

Why isn't Skype used more often for auditions/castings? Why should actors be expected to spend perhaps two or three hours travelling to an audition, which could be done just as ea…

At the Nancy Bishop film acting workshop I went to in Prague, she said that a lot of actors she teaches now send in video reels with what the CD has asked for and often get cast t…

Just helping to submit a short film of a SP member and want to see the festivals we can can discount as members. Thank you !

Hi Elena,
We don't have a list on the site of festival submissions because they change so frequently but you can have a look in our bulletin archive here: www.shootingpeople.org/…

Hello Shooters,

We have recently acquired permission from a musician to use music from his album in our short documentary. The documentary will be available online and will also…

http://www.prsformusic.com/users/productionmusic/Documents/ProductionMusicRateCard2013.pdf

In practice I've cleared rights for FREE (ok, a credit) from friends for non commerci…

We have a well put together concept + we shot a teaser for TV show that easily can be transformed into a web-series. We need a professional advise on how to pitch it to TV network…

The best thing to do I would say is too look at a particular TV network's guidelines on commission. Most information can be found on their websites. I know channel 4 (In the UK) o…

Hey all,

Have been doing a lot of research to find out the answer to this and trying it myself but seem to be getting no-where.

In March I want to travel to the US to make a doc…

Hi James, how about searching on line for places where you could buy a gun in America? There are gun shops all over especially where there is good hunting. That should get you ple…