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London or nearby would be great. Anything that looks like an internal country location. There is a location fee available, please get in touch for more info.
thebetseygroup@mac.…

I have seen political correctness escalate to the extreme where well-meaning white folks cannot openly discuss the contribution that native Europeans have made on the world stage…

Some facts:

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/48542

2 of the 99 named witnesses at the Leveson inquiry into the press are from ethnic minorities
1 of the 100 most impor…

I want to hold a cold reading for a feature film script - a coming of age story to be shoot next year Spring/Summer 2013. I want to audition males/females aged 18+. Nationality do…

I've used The Rage Factory for auditions. It's a low key space with few facilities but affordable and flexible. Off brick lane.

020 7183 3048 (Venue)
01539 234 030 (Admin)
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I'm looking for individuals and organisations in the North West of England who either already work with schools or would like to. This is on behalf of Curious Minds which is th…

Hi Shooters,

I’m looking for a Blu-ray duplication service to run off a small quantity of Blu-ray discs. The only snag is that I don’t have the software or burner needed to creat…

Hi Matt.
I can get the BD-Authoring done for you, we are based in Central London in Kings Cross area and we can also offer a high quality printing on the discs also. If you do nee…

I'm looking to insure 3 x Sony Z5 cameras for a weekend (to do a wedding video shoot). Does anyone know of a good insurance company who would do this?

Many Thanks,
Matthew

I used these people on a short film shoot http://www.filminsurance.co.uk/ ... ask for a Filiz Umit ... she really looked after us ;)

Dear shooters. Would be really interested in your thoughts on this.

I already have some management for my screenwriting in the states but have been doing a bit of window shopping…

MIght be worth checking them out on Writer Beware website. There are quite a few scams involving editng fees highlighted there.

I'm currently doing some market research for wedding videography and have a few questions for regular wedding videographers here.

1) On average what price range do you set for ge…

I'm currently creating a business plan for a video production company and I'm wondering where the best place to find facts and figures regarding how many corporate videos are made…

Hello i am looking to buy a Canon 550d 600d or 650D. Is anyone selling? Body or with lens. Things included with the box should be available. Contact me with Contents, Shutter coun…

Ned, check out bignorman.com, offshore electronics online seller, very trusted as Ive bought a lot of stuff from them, all brand new, excludes the UK VAT, which is about 20%, so w…

Hello, I am looking for a location for a upcoming action/martial arts short film for the new year. Possibly a empty/derelict warehouse or similar building that has a bit of charac…

Short film in need of a Bank vault location in London and surrounding area

Micro budget but some location fee available

Any suggestions, websites, recomendations welcome

If you only need a few key angles on the vault door and lock boxes etc, then there is a revolution vodka bar in the City (converted bank) which is already quite atmospherically li…

Better yet, maybe there are a few of us?

Get in touch!

Hi Sam,

I am thinking of buying the XF100 for documentary film work. Could you tell me what you think about the picture quality. I know the specs of 4:2:2 and 50mb/s are great, b…

The British Council had a website a while ago which listed all festivals with submission deadlines, but I can't seem to find it. Any ideas?

This might interest you, a blog about no-entry-fee film festivals.
http://noentryfeefestivals.com/

I'm used to fcp7 but I am seriously considering fcp x for my first feature-length doc. I understand that it's good for organising and searching through footage, of which i will ha…

More RAM would certainly be helpful. Also, think about breaking the show into "reels." In the film days, a reel was about 1000 feet, or around 11 minutes. Do the same digitally, k…

If not, do any of you know a better place to look?

Hi Graeme,
We definitely have some puppeteers on our books, and plenty art department people who will pass it along.
List the role on our cast/crew page. www.shootingpeople.org/c…

Am aware of Wordpress, Wix and Weebly. Any others? Would you like to share your website with me? Am looking to beef up this: http://digitalbootcamp.wikispaces.com/4.+Sales%2C+mark…

I'd consider creating a simple page in something like Wordpress linking to a Vimeo album. It makes it very easy to update - in fact, I have made a couple of portfolio sites whic…

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…