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Are you, or do you know of, women (or non-binary people) of colour who would benefit from being mentored by entertainment industry professionals?

#Startwith8™, run by Women of C…

Crazy right!? I recently graduated in stop motion and I have always been excited by the prospect of making a music video.

I don't know many people in bands and don't really know…

Hi Gemma. I know a few people in bands and the odd person in the music industry as well, I've also been learning to animate albiet mostly with After Effects and have been looking …

Hi

Could anyone recommend a good place/way to get feedback for your showreel or short film?

Many thanks

Michael

Hello,

I'm a writer interested in connecting with directors and/or producers seriously interested in making short films that could go to festivals. I've got a number of short fil…

Hi Jonnie, I'm a director just working on my second short and looking for a script for my third. I'd love to take a look at your work, happy to send links to my previous short. Th…

Hey,

I've an upcoming short film shoot, it's zero budget and so is mainly for all involveds experience and reels. It's a fun, creative short comedy though, one location and dialo…

Hi everyone – obviously the past 18-months has seen massive changes to the way we work, and I suspect there area quite a lot of companies in the film production space who have fou…

Hi,

Just wondered if anyone has any experience with Roxio Toast on the Mac. I’m looking to create a simple Blu-Ray, no menu. I exported the film from Davinci Resolve as a 1080p M…

Hi Madis,

Sorry for the late reply and thanks for the advice. That's really helpful.

I'll definitely keep you in mind if I need professional Blu-ray or DVD authoring in the fut…

Hi all, I am a VFX uni student that took a gap year between years 1 & 2 because of COVID. I have spent this year working on films as a scriptie and also as the video editor fo…

Hi My names Daniel Patrick-Murrell,

I’m an experienced highly skilled composer/sound designer with years of experience.

I’m interesting in networking to meet more creatives by …

Hi Jacquei, happy to assist. Feel free to drop me a email music@danielpatrickmurrell.com

Look forward to working with you.

Daniel

Hello everyone. My name is Jamie and I am a composer looking for exciting collaborations to score music to. I have a vast experience of the music industry behind me and I am seeki…

Hello everyone. My name is Jamie and I am a composer looking for exciting collaborations to score music to. I have a vast experience of the music industry behind me and I am seeki…

Hello,

I made a short film last year with a runtime of 20 mins (I know far too long!)

The short is well made with a professional cast and crew.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com…

The general consensus is, the longer the short, the better it has to be. If it’s over ten minutes and approaching fifteen minutes or longer the production quality should be that …

I went to see Limbo around 2 weeks ago and it's been playing on my mind since.

Seeing how it's being reviewed (93% on Rotten Tomatoes?!), the subject matter and anecdotes from f…

Well, I have now watched it.

I seem (mostly) to have had a very different experience to you!
You say you were expecting a heavy, heartbreaking insight into refugees, yet right o…

Hi Shooters,

I am writing a short-form episodic series. A dark comedy narrative. We are set to start shooting next March, 2021. I am on the look out for any groups or networks th…

I noticed recently that some British independent movies were doing some really big numbers of views on YouTube and just wondered what their revenue streams for putting them on You…

Thanks, but I said nothing for or against the book’s thesis, just suggested it might be useful as it’s by someone who seems to know what he’s on about, rather than a tech evangeli…

I've just moved to Brighton.

I'm a jack of all trades looking to collaborate on anything video related.
I write, produce, direct, edit etc etc.

Particular interest is in coll…

Hi Tiana and Franz,

I've just moved to the area as well and also looking to collaborate.
Also in to creating short form media especially promos and advertising.

Please feel fre…

I want to make a discussion about dreaming to get an Academy award. But since I am a Japanese, I don't know which sounds better. So help me!

Yep, I make good films, aiming to Academy Awards.

iFilmThings x Final Draft Screenwriting Contest.

The 2021 Screenwriting Contest is now open.

We are happy to release our micro script contest for 2021. This year it’s pretty mu…

http://ifilmthings.com/screenwriting-contest/

How do I pitch my own TV show to Netflix, BBC, producers, and the like, with myself as a lead actor like Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), for ins…

Wozy's Insight's

If you are going to festivals and markets to pitch your film project, go prepared. Taking only a script will seriously reduce your chances of success. You should…

Hi there, a short film I wrote is in competition at BMC outdoors festival and all films are on Youtube. As the competition is based on viewing figures I would be grateful if you c…

beautiful and poetic. it would of looked fantastic if it was shot on Super8.

Hi,
Have been experiencing long and repeated problems with Domain Monster. They were taken over by 123reg, an email message from Domain Monster at the beginning of this year said …

Hi Ray,

Did you own "japan.com"?! Or just the email address? I'm not surprised you got mugged for japan.com, shame you couldn't sell it off if you had the domain, that would be…

Hello I am enquiring as to the cheapest cost for safe hotel stay in Africa-to clarify I mean that can could double for the Congo in south Africa or any other filming friendly area…

I have filmed in South Africa and I found it difficult to find affordable film crew, but that is just me because I work on a very tight budget and I don't need drone operators etc…

Hello SP community,

So after a few pandemic related setbacks, I am proud to finally announce the release of my debut feature documentary, Micropubs - The New Local.

Co-created…

Hey Joe, thanks for the lovely words - that would be amazing if you'd be happy to share our doc with the London Documentary Network! That's so nice of you. I've just followed you …

I found a great site for both ACTORS and SCREENWRITERS to join on Facebook. On Sunday I had my first Table Read - for a TV pilot. It was a valuable and fun experience. There may b…

I’m asking this purely because I have no experience of being on an actual film set apart from minor work on some silent films during a short course at the London film academy. I w…

Simple answer - Runner.

Apply to lots of production jobs and offer to be a runner. This way you'll build up some solid experience of being on a set and start to get a solid under…