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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…

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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?

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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…

...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?

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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…

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