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Hi Shooters,

We'd like to organise an evening, week-day test screening of a feature doc. Does anyone know a good (and free or not-too-expensive) location for that in London, pref…

Hi Paul, many thanks for your suggestion, we'll give them a call.

Cheers,

Kris

I'm looking for archive footage of the East End (particularly the Stratford area) from the 1950s to 1980s. Particularly interested in footage of pubs and pub discos. Thanks in adv…

I use http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=28364 and their archives go back to 1895!

Hi,

Since starting my first feature-length documentary project, I have shot around 600 gb of footage on a 7d, and recorded the sound on a Zoom H4N. Will probably end up with the …

Pluralryes to single sequence and Check replace audio. This should give you a new bin containing all the video clips in the single sync sequence with the audio replaced within the…

Hi my editor who has now completed the edit using final cut pro , when she watches it on her lap top it plays ok , when she renders and exports it on a DVD or unto my hard drive t…

A young girl discover either a dead bird or mouse , but dont want to use a real one how would i go about either making one or buying one?

I would try a prop shop or even a really good costume shop (can't recommend any though...). You never know what you might find when you find an Aladdin's Cave-type prop or costume…

Been badly let down by a couple of them. I know there aren't that many doing it now, but there MUST be a good one out there! Thank you.

I used these guys without any hassle a few years back http://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/Catalogue/TELECINE_Services.html

Hello, I've been editing for the last 12 years in São Paulo, Brasil. I moved to London recently and I haven't got any answer on my job enquiries, neither the ones I offered collab…

HI,

Does anyone know how to make the sound quality in a film the same, i have a case of up and down volume setting in the film the editor cant adjust it fully , is there a softw…

Just to clarify what people have said above a compressor will bring down the loud parts of the sound (above a set threshold ) and then make up the level by boosting the signal aft…

...And no it's not a p*rn film. It's a short film and we could would only need the room for an evening. We are willing to pay but do not have a huge budget.

Ibsis hotel say they do but they never actually did in the end with us so we had to improvise as we did not want any hotel to stand against the finished product.

A few weeks ago I was trying to make a post in the Filmmakers Bulletin. I’m a writer director producer (I normally say filmmaker, but I want to be clear here) and I was hoping to …

Has any debate been more muddled than the one current raging furiously on the Screenwriters' Network?

Today my blog provides a handy outline of most of the biggest confusions tha…

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Looking for a reasonable priced mic for this DSLR camera

Anyone else heard about the latest Spielberg film about aliens and robots? It’s called Robocalypse (yes that really is the title) and it’s based on a book which is based on...well…

You know what actually matters?

A good story well told.

Nothing else.

Hi, I'm looking for someone/an agency who takes on the administration of film submissions to various festivals. This might include researching the appropriate festivals, writing t…

Thanks for your insight Martin, having made a feature (btw which looks great upon watching its trailer), and getting or beginning to get into festivals, did you write/create the f…

I have posted on Facebook but I have had no replies yet!!

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Appart from Gumtree and this bulletin, I want to know where can I post or sell my Sony Nex FS100 camera? I bought it 8 months ago and used only 4 times. It is in excellent conditi…

Others can shed light on this, but maybe call hiring companies, given that most of the gear they rent are second hand stuff, worth trying me thinks.

Something that would get sixth formers to attend the cinema as part of the school, boys and girls and nothing 18 thanks

Both of the above are good choices, if I had to pick, i'd go for the Edukators as its feels more relevant to our times, the Wave however is a little edgy but still a good film to …

Basically an artist sent me an email saying he wants to go ahead and take me to court. The deal was
1)Shoot a music video, edit and complete. Unpaid.
2)Edit one video (not direc…

Sorry Ned, but the principle was the fact that you didnt do the paperwork, the situation you are in, is exactly the cause of that. As independent artists, we are obligated to get …

I have an art director on board tasked to achieve dyeing at least five sheep ginger. If anyone out there can point us in the right direction then we'd appreciate your help. We are…

Food dye and henna to make sure it doesn't run in case it rains during the shoot. That would disastrous!

Looking to do a short at a TFL Bus stop but no idea what the rules are etc?

your not going to be stopping traffic nor are you going to be cause disturbances on the pavement with a lot of gear, just film it. I mostly shoot guerilla, with the exception of f…

How can someone claim to be a screenwriter and not like reading screenplays?

I'm sure the average budding novelist has read a thousand novels before attempting his or her first o…

Yeah, sorry, but this is nonsense. Watch any Tarantino movie, and count how
many he steals from (beautifully, by the way). Or if you can't learn something
from reading a William…

Chatting with a development executive friend recently she expressed her long held bewilderment that writers have such low status in the industry, especially compared to directors.…

Here in Los Angeles, that would never happen. Unions have negotiated with one another to arrange the single title card in specific positions. Having said that, the one credit that…

I'm surprised no-one has yet brought this up. Plenty of Shooting writers must have seen it.

If we leave aside the fantastic production design, the superb effects (Guy Pearce's hi…

I haven't seen it. Probably won't, probably wouldn't even if all the reviews had been positive. Though I am the sort of person that can just enjoy a film for what it is and worry …

We're a small crew of 6, we are students and our projects are insured for £5 million. We want to shoot on a location which is gated and locked with 'Danger of Death' signs, howeve…

Need a food delivery service for a 5 day film shoot for 25 people with a £100 a day budget ?