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I'm shooting a one day short video piece on 11/2 - and i'm looking to feed about 15-20 people in less then a hundred pound, However I do want healthy and good food of high qua…

Ok a few questions if you can answer and I will get back to you.

Do you have anything in mind for the course? Chicken, lamb, or somethin specific for the veg meal etc
No pork I'…

I wanted to post a discussion on the bulletins, I can highlight the ask one, and the get cast, but the discussion option doesn't respond. Any ideas?


If I am through to the righ…

I would like to submit my film to the Marbella Film Festival and razor reel Film Festival and I would like to know if anyone has any experience with these festivals or any info ab…

Reading the T&C's it seems to say that English films must be subtitled into Spanish.......
Is that true?
That has really put me off submitting mine...... A 70 min documentary!

The recent piece (http://nyti.ms/TNmUsc) in the New York Times about the making of Paul Shrader’s last film, The Canyons, is seen by some as the final nail in the coffin. The “ero…

They own the film and at £250k estimated production costs they'll also recoup easy enough and make all the profit ... with the porn star and Lindsay alone they'll find a big enoug…

Need to find a low-cost supplier for banners (2ft x 6ft) and A0. Can anyone recommend a reliable printer?
Thanks

I want to take advantage of the snow, and therefore have no time to request permission. We'll be discreet and quick, just four people tops, one camera hand held. Just don't want …

Thanks for your answers :-) I wanted to film in the snow but it vanished before i had a chance. i'll check out your suggestions and be ready next time though.

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone had experience of licensing music for shorts from existing artists - not using PRS? I have a minuscule budget for a short and I'm wondering wh…

Far be it for me to contradict Charles, but my experience of this from the composer side is nowhere near as complex (and I also refer to the experience of the directors I work wit…

Hi guys I could do with some advice, i have been sending material out to publishing companies in the hope of getting a deal, sadly 99% don't take unsolicited material so i doubt t…

Hi Shooters

I'm pitching a song for a Nelson Mandela feature documentary. By all accounts, this could be the definitive Mandela documentary when it is released.

I'm looking to …

I'd imagine you're already into possibly difficult PC territory if the phrases are sung by non-SA/African singers. So I'd go looking for a local, probably Baptist/Pentecostal chur…

Does anybody know how to make your video look like Super 8mm in Final Cut Pro? What settings should I be using to get that grainy, hazy, golden memory effect?

Try Natress Film Effects plug in. It's about 70 quid.

I'm looking to rent 4 large sensor cameras, lenses + HDSDI mixer + livestream encoding for an EC1 shoot Feb 22nd.
The only London supplier I'm familiar with is VMI, but I'd like …

Hi - I have bought equipment from Creative Video and highly recommend them. They have a hire company, who I haven't used myself, but if the hire company is as good as the rest the…

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

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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.

…

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…