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After many years of getting rejected from film festivals, I finally had a successful festival run with a short film, and wanted to break down what I did differently and share that…

Hey guys

I'm doing a micro short film with Bafta Crew members and I am in need of a location. We are doing an interpretative dance piece with 2 performers covered in fabric and I…

Houghton House i have photos if you want to see them

I've many years experience behind the camera and have worked professionally on documentaries, drama and light entertainment as camera assistant, focus puller loader and spark; mor…

I’m ecstatic to announce that my first feature film Next Time Ned - The Director’s Cut is now on Amazon Prime in the UK & the US.

A huge thanks goes to the entire Cast & …

Well done Thomas. It shows as rental only for me, so definitely put the teaser trailer up at the very least. I know from my own viewing habits, I will skip most films without a tr…

Our team have just built the world’s first fully functioning cinema on a VR platform. The reasons seem obvious to us.
VR is not just about gaming. You’ll all know there are a nu…

Hi Steve, great news and I hope that your business is going great guns. Looking forward to furthering updates. Signing off posting or responding via SP after today.
Kind regards R…

Calling all scriptwriters! I'm a freelance script reader wanting to build my client base. My MA in Scriptwriting and BA in Creative Writing means I have many years of experience r…

Hi Katherine, sadly not anymore. My posting was removed from the "Discuss" section this morning.
Kind regards Ray

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Hi Max,
Having failed to be able to post in the SP Bulliten in regards to a two day teaching gig at the International School of Screen Acting Summer School courses, I'm curious...…

I have written a dystopian short film script (in the vein of Children of Men, Never Let Me Go, The Road, and The Handmaid's Tales) and I was wondering if someone could read it and…

I am interested in reading this

Hi, what magazines do people read these days..? You know the sort that would include articles discussing practices, strategies etc. I used to read loads but sort of lost track of …

Thanks Jake, I'm not familiar with Moviemaker Magazine so that's a great suggestion.

Hi all! - I posted that question in the wrong place, so here it is again.
Sorry if this has been asked before.

I was wondering if anyone here had been through the process of opt…

Yes, well I set up a deal that was fairly structured, and the agent found a way to go behind my back and strongarm the more money from the producer upfront (obviously he thought t…

Short scripts wanted!

Feel good, xmas themed, family, funny.

We are offering $100 to an additional $900 if we make it.

Scripts no longer than 10 pages.

Yes I'd be interested to know as well.

HI dear fellow scriptwriters. I am a filmmaker with own film equipment based in Prishtina Kosovo trying to make ends meat during this difficult pandemic times. In my professional …

Have you tried www.Script-Hub.co.uk ?

Hello All,

I wanted to know if anyone knows of any agencies that can distrbute short independent films?

Thanks, in advance.

Many thanks Kae

Dear Shooters,

Could you please take a moment to watch and give me some feedback on my Video Reel?

https://vimeo.com/498666824

All the camera work, sound and editing are done b…

Sorry... when I am mixing the two sound sources... not, the second sound sources! :)

Hello Which type of movies are posted here

Any Type of movie

I've been hired by an American company to produce a small shoot (interview/masterclass) in Paris end of May.
I'm currently planning how best to approach it from an insurance/finan…

Brill thanks Marlom. I'll have a dig around for some French ones.

Hi Shooters,

Can anyone offer advice please on what laptop to buy to edit in 4K on Davinci Resolve 17 costing no more than £2k? It's for a feature length documentary - we will mo…

A similar question was recently asked and you may find the answers helpful: https://shootingpeople.org/ask/view/73142053da4fb36e29b4d4e1

I have got permission from a well-known company to use up to a minute of sound and vision from an episode of their programme published on YouTube for my disability-led short film.…

Ha, yes! Thanks John.

Has anyone had any successful with getting their films accepted at Amazon Prime, I'm looking for a distributor for my short documentary

Another one here that recently uploaded 3 shorts to Amazon Prime (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=darren+brade&i=instant-video&ref=nb_sb_noss).
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I remember the first one was…

I want to start working as a script supervisor as well. I plan to take script supervision courses in the very near future. But for now, I would like to shadow any script superviso…

Trying to get and idea on the best way to go about copyrighting a treatment of script please.

I agree with you Alwyn. If Library of Congress copyright registration includes litigation insurance it's an astonishingly good deal.

My point essentially is that copyright isn't …

I am the writer-director of 4 short films and also the creator/owner of 4 graphic novels. I am currently seeking an agent to represent me as I have a number of screenplays I would…

I know a director for whom it took 5 distributed feature films to get an agent. Agents are commercial entities, they make money if you make money, so they only rep people they ca…

Back in 2015 when I was a broke waiter, I attempted to make an original short film every month for an entire year and post them on YouTube. It was a very difficult challenge, but …

Hey guys,

I need your help, I am just really struggling to find a few locations. If anyone could help, it would be really appreciated.

I'm looking for locations for 2 sperate …

If Cheltenham might suit for the Flat shoot, let me know. I used to live in a property exactly as you describe, and could happily pop a note though their letterbox if you needed.
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I am an actress, writer, and director. I now also want to start out as an editor. It would be very useful if I could edit my own films, and also work as a film editor. But I can a…

Hi Patrick, thank you very much for your input in terms of the footage. I hired a DOP to shoot my short film for me, and then he gave me the finished shot as a footage. But since …