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I am going to Venezuela in August and will need solar equipment to charge camera batteries, does anybody know of a company who sells or rents this kind equipment?

I don't, but I'll advise that you need to carry pretty hefty panels to get any real current, and you'll really want some kind of back up. An overcast day can really screw you up!…

You are a professional or just starting as a script editor, yet you are hungry for that original and quirky story that you can rarely find. Cops and hospitals can be fun settings …

Is this a creative way of saying you're not offering any money?

I'm producing/directing a low-budget suspense horror feature film with a creature and want to have concept art for the creature FX company to work from. www.thelastmoonfilm.com

I'm based in Croydon and would love to work as a Runner / Production Assistant / Co-writer on projects in Croydon / Beckenham / Crystal Palace / Purley / Streatham / Wimbledon / M…

I want to enter my film into competitions but some have asked for links to vimeo or youtube but I don't want to upload it there if this ruins any chance of entering competitions, …

Thanks for all the useful advice - I appreciate it and will go down the vimeo route with a password on it

Who would you rather work with…

On a thread recently, someone raised a point that I thought was absurd at first. But the more I thought about it, the more I questioned my own pos…

Experience, every time. If you are reading this and thinking of doing some film degree, get a camera, tripod and mic, go to the local paper and announce that you'll film anything,…

Hi all,

I need some advice on where I stand in this situation.

Summer last year I was asked if I wanted to film an adventure documentary, it would involved following 3 paraglide…

I think Marlom's comments are rather astute here. Decide to fight or take the lesson and walk away (ideally without signing!). Is there really any commercial value? I suspect n…

As some of you may know, I have started to mentor filmmakers through the transition from making shorts through to making features.

So if you have made that journey recently, say …

I saw an answer on another network, by accident:

https://www.stage32.com/blog/Fearing-the-Jump-to-Feature-Length-Films-2

I suspect Russell (or someone who commissioned him) read…

Plain and simple – no funding!

It doesn’t matter if the script is amazing, or the crew worked on big budget Hollywood blockbusters, or the actress is A list… If the financier, w…

I'd like to ask a related question, why do screenplays fail to get finished? Why do budgets, production schedules, and shot lists fail to get made? And, why do people fail to ap…

I'm sure that, even on low budget productions, you have experiences that are worth relating. Some of these are incredibly funny to listen to, even if painful to hear. (As Chapli…

Actor: My showreel is boring, how can I edit it to spice things up?
Editor: Cut to a better actor.

Hello, I hope this is allowed on here, feel free to delete if not appropriate, but my debut feature film THE FERRYMAN is now streaming on all English Language Amazon Territories, …

@Elliott Maguire yes I will definitely do that mate,but for now I really don't have the app but I will get down to doing it and will be in touch. I think it's brilliant you have r…

Hi, how do you choose a good sound recordist for your project? I need one for my shortmovie but I have no idea which criteria I have to use to select one. Thank You!

Thanks guys!

Looking for locations in London (ideally central or west London but more than happy to travel for the best spots) for a photoshoot with a triathlete (separate running/cycling/swim…

Hi Ben,

Ask the subjects you are photographing about themselves; their likes, dislikes, past etc.., and garner inspiration from them. If an athlete started their training outside…

Over the years I’ve heard a lot of different reasons why people only ‘talk’ about making films. They would love to actual make films but there are always one or more reasons that …

If the guy in this movie can make a movie, so can we: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2409302/
:))
Awesome movie, that one.

There are amazing! How can i do something like these? thanks

https://www.instagram.com/301_2015/?hl=en

Some of those have fog. It's really about watching the weather forecast there (Well, that's the easiest way.) Also, understand the sun set, when it bounces, and just observe you…

I would put this under "'jobs" and hire an advisor, but then, Portugal is included with Canada, Australia, the Ukraine and Syria and everywhere else under "International." (Not t…

Hi, I am a Kurdish filmmaker based in London. I did my MA in cinema in Turkey but would like to have it here too, I am searching for a practical MA filmmaking for a while, any adv…

John, That's not the problem. I remember applying for "day jobs" after graduating, no bites. I deleted my subject area, just put "BA", suddenly a whole line of interviews line u…

Shootingpeople, I celebrate your 8th May 2018 Issue 6666
:)

Happy 6666, Helen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrmmOQaZhTo

Hello everyone

My first short film "Is this life? starring Himesh Patel, is in the latter stages of post production, just getting music and sound done and working on casting a vo…

Hi Darren,

Crowdfunding is HARD every man & dog thinks "ooh free money" and gives it a go. You need to stand out from the chancers and outright crooked, and that means reall…

Hi Shooters,

We wanted to introduce you to the judge for our summer SHORT CUTS competition, a new upcoming writer / director who we’re very excited about - Michael Pearce.

Born …

Thanks Helen.
I enjoyed reading it, or skimming it anyway. He sounds very mature for someone who only made one feature, and I like the fact that he seems to be telling it like it…

Hi all,

I'm a professional musician, producer, composer and arranger.
I believe that music is the best way of communicating emotions and ideas, weather it’s for a commercial, we…

As I've said elsewhere, I am sometimes called upon to give career advice to young people. Even if I refuse to go to any more career fairs, I'm sure more questions about the film…

Haha, I think it's funny that someone who couldn't even afford grips would think to include them. In a student production, you just basically have someone hold a camera, and if y…

Apologies for making that a bit click-baity.

If you know me, you know I rarely talk about having epilepsy (many don't even know I have it).

Often I forget I have it myself and …

^More *common across the pond.

Hello! I’ve just joined the field of film & media composing so wanted to say hey to anyone interested in helping a newbie get started. I’ve been a musician and songwriter for …