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Up Studios is a central London studio equipped with camera, lighting equipment. We’d like to shoot a diverse range of short, narrative dramas utilising the studio and its faciliti…

Thanks Craig, I'll send you an email.
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I have a job coming up which will mean a short flight from England to Ireland. I have heard horror stories of kit on budget airlines. Im after a travel tripod for a small Sony PXW…

Thanks, had bad experiences with that brand but will look into it

Dear community,

I am a Brazilian DOP based in South London with my own kit looking for projects based on Commercial/Narrative/Documentary work as I was wondering if anyone here …

Mailed you!

I'm a East London DP and i'm looking for new people, especially directors and producers to collaborate with on new projects. I've been in the game for a good number of years and …

Hi Darren,

Just saw your message. I'm a writer, actor and director and I would very much welcome the chance to work / collaborate with you.

I have a number of projects currentl…

We're looking for ambitious local actors, actresses, production crew, film, camera, editor, make-up etc to form a local group. We are based in Essex near Lakeside (Dartford Crossi…

Hello,

I'm a newly qualified steadicam op based in London looking to gain some more experience. I have access to rigs but would need euipment rental and transport covered.

I'm …

Hi Stephen!
I'm hoping to do a shoot in a week or two when the snow returns for a series I'll be putting on Amazon Prime.
I need a camera man, but some shots will need a steady c…

Here you go http://www.zvork.fr/vls/?lang=en

Limited, but I actually had a real world use for this earlier today, and it works!

There's a lot of advice out there. Much of it is not so good.

But here's a resourse created by Geoff Boyle that's solid:
https://cmltests.net/Cinematography-Lessons.html

Any o…

Hey Guys! I see a lot of productions currently being cast for various roles.

Does anyone have any need for an extra paid of hands to work as a Runner/Production Assistant?

I hav…

Hi all,

So we’re currently putting together a budget for a feature to be filmed within the UK. One of our LA based producers has raised the question regarding equipment rentals.
…

Thirded. A four-day hire charge to cover a weeks hire is pretty standard. For longer shoots, you can negotiate even better deals quite easily. When getting quotes, be straight up …

Which pubs out there screen short films and encourages filmmakers networking? Top 5 or 10? Thanks in advance guys and girls!!!

Hi everyone,
I co-run Forest Film Club. We have a monthly short film evening called Short Film Thursdays which is at The Birds in Leytonstone on the last Thursday of every month.…

Hi,
I'm an established production professional. I run a successful company that works mainly in the music industry.
I have recently qualified as a CAA approved drone pilot and am…

HI Miles
I am looking for a drone operator for a short film. There will be opportunity of some great footage as the location and script offer it. No dates for the shoot yet but wo…

Hi all... I am a one man band at the moment but looking to get onto more bigger sets. I'm happy to help out where every I can, whether that be as a DP camera operator or even a ru…

Hi Carl,

In case you've not done so already, be sure to have a look at the opportunities currently available on our Production pages - https://shootingpeople.org/production/work.…

Are you looking for someone to do some filming, perhaps for an actor's showreel?

If so, how about a skills swap?

I've just finished making a self-funded, self-shot short film - …

Hi All,

I need some advice on what equipment is best to buy/ hire for a short documentary film. The quality need to be high (big screen), but I have a low budget.
I will be filmi…

I spotted this logical bit of kit the other day; might be good if there are quite a few interior interviews - combines support for camera, lights and sound - https://www.squidrig…

Hello SP world

I have a piece of spoken word that was well received and I'd like to make it into a short film. I have some vague ideas about how to do it visually, but I think I …

Check out my friend's short ... Clive Ashenden is a great director and I've worked with him on a short we premiered at Raindance ... https://vimeo.com/136934830

Hi shooters
Just south of the British Museum in the heart of Bloomsbury, London is a charming little place called the Camera Museum run by a guy called Adrian Tang. It has a lovel…

Honestly if they ask Arri or Panavision nicely, there's a pretty decent chance that they'll play along and dig something up.

This is part of the Making Films Group November challenge (https://m.facebook.com/groups/118977802115701)if interested, do have a look at the FB link first- this is a zero budget …

hi Julia, perhaps this is too late but please get in touch as i would be keen to collaborate. check out my reel in the link below

www.tanmoyekhan.com

I'm in the very early stages of planning a film with a teeny tiny budget. Some of the scenes will be indoors and with a couple of characters and for that I'll put together a small…

Yen: thanks! Yes. And my plan is to shoot the slightly more complicated scenes, for which I will have a small crew, first so hopefully I'll get a good idea of whether we can match…

Hi all, I'm relatively new to Birmingham and I'm trying to reach out to the local network. I'm looking to collaborate with Birmingham based directors on narrative or commercial pr…

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Hi everyone! My name is Jose and I am a cinematographer who moved from Spain to London 2 years ago. Though I have my own company, we are doing mostly commercials and missed the cr…

I'm interested. Like your stuff :) Right now I am looking for collaborators to make a short film (still pre-pre-pre-pre-production... no budget in place and so on). Anyway, take a…

Hi! I am a writer looking for a Producer and Director or just a Producer to apply to Film London - London Calling short film programming.

I have two short scripts for you.

Proj…

Thank you Helen! Only, this was a very old notice though which Adolfo replied recently. Ironically, I did put a 'job' ad recently looking for producers on the production people si…

Hi there,

My name is Dean I'm a portrait and unit stills photographer based in London.
You can check out my work at www.deanchapple.com. I'm experienced in live tv, commercial a…

Thanks Colm, will do!

Hi Shooting People!
I know this is a long shot, but can't hurt asking...
Is there anybody out there with any contacts in Kyoto, Japan ?
In particular accommodation and Shooters ?…

Hi Bob

I had a friend in Kyoto, amazing filmmaker, long time ago. I don't know if he is still there or he moved to Hokkaido. We haven't been in touch for a while. You can try and…

Hello! I've just seen that the 48 Hour Film Project is happening in London the final weekend of October.

Sometimes it's just nice to have a chance to Get Things Done, so I though…

Hi Grisha

I can make it on Thursday night. Look forward to meeting some of you.

Thanks
Jane