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Hi,
I am planning to shoot a short film at night in early September, ideally I would very much like to shoot Day for night but I have never seen this done believably. So...Day for…

David Crossman beat me to it. With everything. Except to say that no matter how "convincing" you manage to make it, you'll always hate what you've made. The old "I know that, a…

Has anyone used Snag Films to watch movies? And what did you think of it?
As far as selection and experience?

Thanks!
Leo

Small amount of films compared with Netflix and others but I've watched films and documentaries on it. Sometimes pauses, which might be my broadband connection.

Previously, posts offering real work and unpaid work were headlined differently as 'jobs' and 'collaboration'. In the current bulletin a request for a freebie is headlined 'produc…

I have to agree with Daniel. This issue is not and should not be a moral crusade. May we spared from 'well meaning' totalitarianism and from those in whose mouths butter will not …

wondering about development methodology for two or three script that in very early first draft and wondering if any producer writers would be interested in assistanting them into …

I'd suggest you focus and don't take scripts to the market until they're ready. Most producers are not hunting for projects to invest a lot of time into, scripts come from writer…

Hi everybody. Sorry to ask this here, but I've tried contacting shootingpeople directly, and only get the sound of crickets.

A few weeks ago, I stopped getting the daily email bl…

Oops. Spoke too soon. Still not getting the screenwriters bulletin.

Hi folks,

I need some advice on a sensitive issue:

I hired an editor for a project recently, and a few weeks in, I had to stop working with this person. They were not skilled en…

Sounds like you are too close to the project so you're never going to find someone who will totally have your vision for the project. I think a huge part of film making is the col…

Hello everyone

I am looking to hold auditions for my upcoming webseries pilot.

I was wondering if anyone knows a cheap venue for this purpose. I would need it for next week or t…

Hi Shez
Didn't hear from you yesterday re: the pencil on our 500sqft room at SOHOST in Berwick Street this Friday.
Do you no longer need it after all? We were happy to let you hav…

There is such a lively and interesting creative scene here - I think we need at least a shooters in Kneipe oder kaffee??

Hi when I was in Berlin I used to go to 'International Filmmakers Network' -you should check it out is ran by a nice Irish guy Robin: https://www.facebook.com/groups/276188312852/…

My membership runs out end of the month. Will I automatically be invited to re-new it?

Hi Dameon, your film is in this months Film of the Month competition. When you upload a film to the website it automatically goes into the competition, you can see your film here:…

Hi,

I am looking at filming a series of short films in the upcoming months and i'm ideally looking to replace my DSLR, i'm pretty set on getting the FS100 as i can not afford the…

The advantage of being at college/Uni is having access to kit... Don't waste your money on a camera when you could get one for free. Put the money you have available in to product…

Director Sophie Fiennes will be joining us [right here] to answer questions from the SP community about her latest film 'A Perverts Guide to Ideology' and her other work.
You can…

I don't have an agent, I don't receive that many scripts, I've been too caught up making documentaries to turn my focus to fiction, but this is certainly something I would like to…

My old man curmudgeon persona has added a new wrinkle this month. I fully expect to be beaten down with cricket bats and meat pies for this. On the other hand, I've never had a fi…

You're right, Dan. I took some Valium and I'm over it now.

Dear all,

I made a micro-budget feature film that went on to win three Indie film festivals, two of them in America, but I couldn't get Distribution for love or money! That is an…

Thanks Chris, appreciate the feedback. The film has a highly original story so there wouldn't be that much development and it would have to emulate the film. But I hear what you'r…

Okay, it's actually the British Board of Film Classification, although it's name used to be the British Board of Film Censors. The name has changed but it's role is still essenti…

They did not mention what certificate would have come back (Nothing more than a 15 I would think). As for the opinion on the cut - I don't really think they were trying to "devalu…

Looking for some advice on the best place to go to get freelance work in the news sector. I have a new sony pmw400k camera and HEAT trained.

i always seem to hit brick walls whe…

Hi Peter

I work as a cameraman for RT and we occasionally hire freelancers to cover stuff when our cameramen can't make it/are busy on other projects. In fact, we recently hired …

Hello. WAYout is a registered charity number 1123777 that teaches filmmaking in Sierra Leone. Our trusty Z1 has died and we want to get it repaired but dont have a lot of money. I…

Hello Hazel. I've been filming in various parts of Africa on and off for years. It's mostly a very tough environment for cameras but following some basic rules of care, primarily …

My film is called The Award, by Dameon Garnett

Hi Dameon,

If you upload your film between the 1st - 20th of that month, then your film will be automatically included in the first round of the competition. You can find out mo…

I've heard of people offering credits, copies of DVD's and the possibility of future work, but do I need a special contract that secures all this? Is there a template for effecti…

Creative Commons might suit.

Hey friends.

I've currently got a couple weeks in-between filming so thought I'd offer my script reading services for free if anyone's got a feature lying around and would like …

That's very nice of you Dominic! I'm looking for some feedback so I'll send mine over.

Hello Guys


I contacted various location websites and their daily rates are more than what I make in a month!

So I am thinking of renting three apartments, use it as filming loc…

Great outcome - well done! But for future refernce, if there was a problem - damage etc and you tried to claim on insurnace, then the first thing they would ask to see is your lo…

Hi everyone,
Really open question but I was thinking about
Trying to learn some basic animation in my spare time but I don't know where to start.
Does anyone know of any magazin…

Hi Ceiren,
Thank you for replying! It good to see that a few people are saying the same thing.
I'll definitely start with the basics, instead of what I was going to do before whi…

Attempting to post a paid ad on Shooting People and once again confronted by the convoluted and clumsy job posting form. Trying to post for a commercials filmmaker with multimedia…

PS. Just to add - we've taken all your comments on board re wanting to post roles with a single form etc. This is definitely happening.
We're just rolling out the search side firs…

Just wondered about people thought about post production timeframe (3/ 4month I imagined 18 months + is abnormal?

just wonder what people view are about this end of production?

…

Good lord, Tim. I think I'll have to move to the U.K. 12 weeks has become standard here. The DGA gives, by contract, the director 10 weeks to finish his cut. That's not to say tha…

I have a friend going to a Cosplay event. They contacted me asking if I could supply a Kick ass sci fi gun, something that loos the part. Does anyone have one, tell me where to ge…

Try the prop houses, they might have something suitable, otherwise how about taking a supersoaker-style pump action water pistol as a base, glue on a bunch of futuristic-looking s…

Just wondered people's thoughts about pay rates for roles mentions as lots of work still in post and its not paying industry standard Bectu rate £150?

and wondered about how the…

Hiya,

If you've been script supervising on a feature, there must have been a time when someone said 'hey, will you supervise this script?'. When you said 'yes', the next questio…