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Myself and my producing partner Anne will be attending Cannes this year from Tuesday the 8th for a week till Tuesday the 15th. Shooters are all over the UK should take the opportu…

Hi Don, We booked our accommodation for this years festival last year before we left. Anywhere central or even near will be long booked up by now, suggest Airbnb for rooms in Cann…

Hello shooters,

I have workshop with about 5 speakers and an audience of about 50 people, taking place on the 30th of July 2018, in a London university. The workshop is for one d…

Hello Helen,

Thank you for the advice, it was helpful.

Regards,
Suleiman

Selling six shorts to Shorts TV and therefore need to put in place an E&O policy for their contract, would like to know if any Shooters have paid for Errors & Omissions in…

Hi Ray, I assume you will have this arranged by now but in future please do feel free to give us a call at Performance Film & Media Insurance for any film insurance related po…

There’s a saying in Hollywood “But what I really want to do is direct,” apparently the ultimate aspiration of everyone on a movie set, or off one. But the Best Picture Award on O…

I meant that I can call myself a 'creative producer' not creative director; there ought not be any other kind of director.

So much is written about what is expected of actors, or of camera people. But, what about a director? What role do you think a director has on the set? What's her responsibilit…

I look forward to your response Paulina.

I remember reading a few of Dan's posts aimed at directors, and I'll include links here.

First, he said that DPs do not select the shots…

I can't delete my posts, but I can do the next worst thing, and just change the content.

I'm interested in making commercial films. That means, for a living. As in, full time. …

Wasn't able to convert my script from pdf into script.

Who can help with this?

Why would you have it only in pdf form, unless you plagiarised the script? (not a rhetorical question, I really want to know how it ended up in Pdf.) I can see perhaps typing on…

According to Tony Hall, BBC chief, British content “is under serious threat” in the face of inroads by Netflix and Amazon and that spending on TV programming in the U.K. looks set…

It must be remembered, that companies such as Netflix make a lot of 'British' content; either solely or as a co-producer; both films and series. "IBoy," "Peaky Blinders," and the…

Hi Shooters,

I am working on an indie feature showcasing 7 queer films, I hired a composer last November, paid him 50% upfront trusting that he's a good guy referred via a friend…

John , It may be a generalization with no intent to defame , I'm merely suggesting that if one goes the route I suggest, the likelihood of running into trouble (from a business p…

Since we all have to fund the BBC yearly, their annual revenue is an estimated £4 BILLION from licence fees, international TV sales, merchandise and clip/footage licensing:

So w…

Let's see this from the BBC's point of view. Murdoch, Miramax, The Daily Mail and others have been enemies of the license fee for a long time.

If the BBC even makes it look po…

Be part of a global filmmaking feature film initiative and make a micro short about the apocalyptic end of humanity...

Watch the trailer here for the crowd created feature film …

I am looking to make my first short film in London in Late May/Early June. My producer and I are inexperienced at searching for location and we are hoping to get some advice?

We …

I made my first short film last year and found finding a location was the biggest pain in the arse (and cost) but every borough of London has it's own film office (some council bo…

I want to show a character in a cross-legged position but levitating - say at the end of a table as if meditating.

I don't need to show them rising up into the levitation positi…

So are you going to tell us how? :)

How should I go about staging a short film contest in my home town? I'd like to set it up with rules of it having to be filmed locally, with local talent pro or amateur and videos…

The only requirement to involve a local council is where certain, but not always, a physical gathering of people within the public domain, which can tempoarily include private pr…

Hello SP Community!

We have a short film coming up in June and we're currently looking at options in how to achieve 'nitrogen' smoke to give the effect of a burst cryopreservatio…

With great caution or get an effects company like MTFX (who are knowledgeable and insured to do stuff safely) in!

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The Cannes line-up is announced next week.
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I have a documentary in production and as we go into post there are a number of bits of footage I'd love to use to enhance the story - I read that with fair use rights this is now…

That quote is youtube policy, not law. It's youtube's excuse for not quickly responding to complaints from youtubers whose work is being used to parody their amateur productions.…

Hey gang!

Putting the feelers out for any dance choreographers looking to add to their ports? The idea is to create a short spec ad about using the method of dance to encompass b…

Hi Katie,

If you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You can d…

Please take a look at my profile for short promo video on my film, MY ARCADIA, the story of poet Alexander Pope.

Hi Dianne,
I'm currently in pre-production for my directorial debut for a feature I'm writing and producing in Belgium. My Assistant Director uses Movie Magic for the scheduling b…

SYNOPSIS: When Kay discovers his first love is actually alive, he confronts his Auntie and his sexuality is addressed.

TITLE: OKEY

GENRE: DRAMA/GAY

I am seeking a producer who …

Hi Lorraine,

If you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You ca…

Hi there,

I am currently looking to find a property (house) location to film a short movie over the weekend. I would be grateful if someone could help me in advising where the be…

I know of The Green Room App for casting and crewing movies and Kitmapper for loaning equipment, but why isn't there a universally-liked App for casting and crewing in the UK and …

Now I didn't know about about Talent Manager but it is doing exactly what I was talking about. However, being available in an app and using a scalable map woulld be such an improv…

It seems almost every microbudget film made since 1994 was created by a writer-director. Why 1994? That's nearly 25 years ago, and when Clerks came out. Defining microbudget be…

For added inspiration, I made this list of five of the best known films shot in the director's home, with trailers for four. (I can't find a good trailer for the one with the sil…

I'm shooting my short film, The Dress, last two weeks of April and one scene needs to be in a grotty locker room. Its a scene with just two actors in it.

I'd be grateful for any…

With Netflix building its programming budget year on year to stupendous levels ($5 billion in 2016, $6 billion in 2017 and $7 billion this year (nearly double the BBC's entire rev…

Haven’t heard about increase in tax break. We’ve got so many productions coming here now, the present tax breaks are working just fine.