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For my short film: The Cut

Fair point about he nervous point.

I will ask someone for sure now, the worst they can do is say no.

I will be making various short documentaries, I am looking for the cheapest possible camera, from which the footage needs to be good enough to be broadcast, just in case some TV p…

John Baker put it well by noting that the full EBU spec is not absolutely set in stone, although deliver/transmission formats are. Clearly if one has a film of special merit of s…

I'm looking for something that will produce a professional result but is not insanely complicated. I'd like it to have a decent 'pan and scan' capability so I can use stills too. …

Peter, thank you so much. That is a completely awesome answer, I really appreciate you taking the time to offer so much great advice and information. I shall study your showreel, …

I'm ideally looking for a distribution company based in the South East who are well schooled at online distribution. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Tom.

MiShorts is a Brighton-based VoD/aggregator service specialising in short films. Production companies receive a dedicated channel on our site + use of our MiDget marketi…

Hi there,

We're looking for a house for 1 day's shooting (max) for some scenes between a mother and daughter. The cast & crew comprise 9 people in total. All are very respect…

Just putting together a budget for a short and wondering what are Shooters experiences with casting directors and how much are their fees?

Fees vary from job to job. Is it a shot or a feature? If it's a feature then what budget? How many characters to cast?

If you email me directly with more details I can give you a…

I'm about to sart editing a 3D TV series on a system that's not my own, and where the only way to feel secure about the data is to take my own drives in.

It will be a FCP based s…

Thanks again. That's really useful. In fact, you've made me realise something. I'll be using FCP to do the main edit, but will likely finish on a Mistika http://www.sgo.es/ so I n…

I'm making a small no-budget music video and am after a really nice atmospheric location somewhere in London, we originally had our hearts set on Bethnal Green Working Men's club …

£1,000 a day, that's criminal... If you go up north, they'd be chuffed to let you film in their club

Bip

Low/no budget short. Based in London, but will travel. I'd be very grateful for any suggestions as I'm currently out of ideas... We need a room with a large(ish) suitable lookin…

Cheers Adrian,

I'll have a look and drop them a line.

Thanks
Simon

Hello Shooters.

I have a slight dilemma.

I have a modest budget to shoot my next project; and I have a choice. Do I go with a short (Featurette/30-40 mins), or do I go with a f…

Go for a feature, I had the same dilemma recently and went for the feature. Which was hard work but I learnt more from it than any short film I've made. So the personal journey…

Can anyone recommand me a location where we can film for a day.

We need a exterior of an warehouse/factory/abandoned look area.

Thanks a bunch!

There are lots of warehouse communities which would probably do...try looking in Gumtree in the houses for rent section and put in 'Warehouses'...there's one in Hackney I know of,…

Hi Shooters,

Would be great if someone could tell me how to convert Sony EX3 files to Quicktime so that I can read them on a mac and edit. At the moment there are 4 metadata fil…

Note that in order to edit or convert XDCAM on a Mac you will need to have a professional editing program installed, in which case you can just use whatever transfer/import method…

It's for a low budget short film taking place at night. If the location has a glass wall/window by the main entrance, and a kitchen (not required, would be more convenient), that …

Hi Owen
The Green Man : 56, Muswell Hill, London, N10 3ST is boarded up and been closed a while now. Not sure who owns it but worth trying the council?

Good luck

Sonja : )

Hi All!

I am looking to start filming and broadcasting content live over the internet, so I am wondering where to start in terms for looking for equipment and people...

Can anyo…

It would be much easier to lose the live element, and why would you want it anyway?

Shooting a gig on several cameras and then cutting it later is much easier. Trying to broadca…

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)
hello@…

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…