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Dear Shooters,

I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last to announce the release to the world of yet another UK Indie Feature, now available to view absolutely free.

G…

Hi,
Enjoyed watching your film Norman and would encourage others to watch it too as well as taking the time to visit your website to get more background on the making of it. I sug…

I'm looking at BackersInfo they have a$75 option which would suit my campaign to raise funds to send my short film to festivals.

Does anyone have experience with them or other co…

The thing is though that a crowd funding campaign need not be exclusive to any singular platform. One might reach a percentage of a target budget on Kickstarter for example and th…

Hey guys!

I work as a freelance videographer, photographer, runner and production assistant looking to gain some more experience or work in the music video industry. Working in t…

Thank you all so much! your advice has been great.

Hi Shooting Peeps.

I made a three comedy shorts all based on true stories and would love to hear your thoughts.
What do you like? Don't like?
Best short? Worst short? And why?

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Thanks for watching. Amer is amazing and was happy to be completely silly.



6 months ago, I had an innocent little question about anamorphic lenses and posted a thread on Shooting People, from that one post, a very talented and experienced cinematograph…

Thanks Helen!
I'm happy to say the indiegogo page is starting to get contributions and I've entered some more festivals including Cinekink NYC, Aspen Shortsfest & Berlinale

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This is my first campaign and after posting on instagram and facebook, and asking other crew/cast members to share, I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Any good tips on running …

I'm currently producing a short film and it's the first time I've ever had the budget to pay people - yay! So now I want to ensure there's a proper contractual agreement for cast …

Hi Emmeline,

I have a whole load of useful templates that you can download and edit for free on my website (adult release form, child release form, co production agreement templ…

I'm wondering about the best resolution to upload my short film to FilmFreeway in.

The short was shot in 2.39:1 at a resolution of 2048 x 858

Now, FilmFreeway recommend these se…

Strictly speaking, nobody knows exactly what their back end workflow is, so you might want to play safe instead - and use slugs at 1280x720 as you know *everyone* can play that re…

After watching the documentary "Who Killed British Cinema" on Amazon Video https://amzn.to/2tKxdoY [link updated] - is this an accurate representation of independent UK cinema?

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Tell it to the Thatcher lovers... The removal of the levy from foreign films (read USA) shown in the UK that went into the pot to help UK films get made was the beginning of the e…

What are you fave Brit horrors?

http://britflicks.com/Podcast/24179

I've had plenty choices that are quasi American tbh... I'm not dogmatic about it... That wouldn't be the spirit of the show... It's meant to be fun session talking about and recom…

I'm at the end of my tether with people advertising a Producing job as paid, when they are asking the Producer to raise the money without an upfront fee and pay themselves from th…

Back to whether you'd want to do other people's films.

I sometimes think that, although it's easier to direct in your own work, it's easier to produce someone else's ideas. So,…

Read the bulletin. On top of an expenses post, you misuse the word "collaboration." On top of a low paid one, there's a "low paid" and on top of the jobs there's a "jobs."

So…

Ray, Thank you for pointing out that the Dara Says trailer wasn't up there. I fixed that, by adding a new link.

I wonder if I should list my documentaries. They're not great, a…

Hi! Does anyone know a theatre which does table reading (hopefully for free) of material from screenwriters?

Thank you Toyah I will! By the way, the website that you have put in your message sends you to a completely different site... I did find the actual website: https://www.surroundgr…

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!

I completely sympathize with Davina Brown post "Help! An East London Film Office wants to charge my £20K feature project £150/hour", many thanks for bringing this up Davina as I w…

Ta for the update. I suspect the reason was less malice than mundanity, so glad you got it sorted :)

Absolutely stoked to have indie film legend John Sayles on the podcast talking about Exec Producing THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT and offering a few writing tips …

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…

Am currently putting together a shoot for a client who wants to film partly at their factory in China and I'm wondering what restrictions/unexpected difficulties I might come up a…

I have filmed several times in mainland China. The best practice has always ended up being hiring kit and crew in China. I say kit AND crew for a reason. Firstly the kit in China …

I've just finished a 30 minute short, and I was thinking of organising a single screening through www.ourscreen.com (alongside a few other shorts from other people). Ourscreen all…

Hi, I have spoken with OurScreen last year about running my own documentary with them. During a phone call, the guy said depending on where you are, some cinemas like Vue in my ho…

I'm currently looking for someone that can mask some special FX makeup and make it look more realistic for a 3 second shot (the cut hand in the following video)

https://vimeo.com…

Hi Kristopher,

I just did a very quick google and this came up which might be of help...

'Special effects(sfx) are practical (props, make-up, animatronics, pyrotechnical, etc.),…

I'm British and am both shocked and appalled by the vicious negative reviews that “The Krays: Dead Man Walking"”has received on the imdb.com, when the statistically the clear majo…

Hi Steve,
Many thanks for that. Jane Sanger and Roland Heap had already managed to clarify to me the probable reasons for the review and vote attack on the imdb.com I did some sea…

The first play I was in, as a young kid, was a full play. Short plays are rare as a stepping stone. Still, I can name a few short plays that I enjoy.

Short stories, they were t…

I think it is the high production values of The New Politics that sell the film. You do not expect such an ending. If it had looked like Neighbours it would not have had such an…

Just finished a film. It was shot in raw, on a Sony FS700, so pretty good dynamic range.

Should I add a bit of grain before it goes off to screenings? What do other shooters do …

Thanks, Paddy. I'd already decided not to add grain as there are no banding issues to disguise in my film.

Hi Guys, so I finally found the perfect location for my single location thriller (Big Thanks to Shooter Simon) and the Film Office of an East London Borough wants to charge me £15…

That's the problem - it isn't the perfect location if you can't afford it. Filmmaking is always about compromise and deal-making. Truly "derelict" properties are a lot more expe…