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Last week I wrote an open letter to Vimeo that was published on well-known filmmaker blog Nofilmschool. In it I was trying to understand why shorts seem to have so little value th…

Actually no blue touch paper to be lit, I completely agree with you. I wish I didn't but you're right. I guess I was kind of trying to postulate an idea about the creative force b…

I've just moved to Crystal Palace, and I'm building a small greenscreen/photo/mocap studio in my garden. Primarily it's for my own work (VFX) but I'm thinking of renting it out t…

am make sure to ling the floor with the insulation wool. (Knauf Crown Acoustic or similar)

So for the past 10 months now as an independent film maker i have been working on creating a Pre Production app for the iPhone, a few days ago it got accepted onto the app store. …

Apps in general, don't really use them. Keeping all the documents in one hard-to-update format isn't necessarily an advancement. Different people care about different things. C…

Hi,

I come from a background of television research (and some film). I have wanted to develop ideas of mine for a while but work has always got in the way. I am changing that no…

Hi Monica, I will definitely try to make that. Thanks.

Hi Shooters. The Rivoli Cinema in Sandown Isle of Wight is earmarked for demolition next year unless I buy it. Ive made an offer which has been accepted and I'm selling everythin…

Hi Bruce, this sounds like an interesting attempt to save an old cinema, but it's going to need more than crowd sourced finance, I'd suggest you need a commercial operations backe…

I have had a noodle around the stats for crowd-funded film projects and published the results here http://stephenfollows.com/the-statistics-on-improving-your-crowd-funding-campaig…

Hmmmm... that seems odd. If I were donating 1000 bucks to an artist, then see a service fee of 50, I might not go through with that donation. I guess it would depend on how Hatchf…

If you look at a list of the top French directors, you'll see more women than you will in America or Britain.

Why do you think this is?

I used to believe this was true. Not any more, though it almost is! I did some research http://wellywoodwoman.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/french-women-directors-great-news-not.html &am…

Hi everyone, this is a new service. Has anyone had any successful experience of it, or can compare to Distrify or other service? http://www.littlecast.com/littlecast-overview

Si…

I'm working on the premise that given the ever-shortening attention spans of younger generations of viewers, I suspect short films might some day become a source of revenue for us…

Hello guys

I am shooting a webseries pilot in November. I have sent my actor a contract, I downloaded the agreement from this very site.

The actor has asked clarification on the…

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Great answer.

Thanks Yen.

Im looking to invest in new external hard drives for backing up on to location and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts balanced on reliability and cost ? Also thanks to every…

Just to emphasise that your laptop interface ports will dictate the capabilities. You could have USB2, USB3, Firewire (3 speeds), Thunderbolt and (just maybe) eSATA (powered or no…

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.

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…

I brought I new apple iMac 27inch last year and performance wise it's incredible but the problem as long periods of editing are hard work on my eyes because of the glare from the …

Thanks Eric and Paddy
I have done a few things since my original post
1.took the glass of the front of display
2.used the basic apple settings to calibrate the screen

3.change …

What makes it so hard for women to get to the top?
What key qualities do you think a successful director needs?
I'm researching for a book called 'Celluloid Ceiling' about women f…

Some of you may be interesting in posing this question, or any other questions to Director Sophie Fiennes http://bit.ly/1bu3vUt

Grand Theft Auto broke all records. Blah blah blah, right? Well, along with the Harry Potter franchise, (and I won't even get into music) it proves that there is a global market…

So, Paddy, if we abandoned the NHS and went with the dysfunctional American healthcare system, that would empower the UK film industry with a glut of shallow ninnies with money an…

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.

As research for a course that I'm giving in adapting for the screen, I'm studying what makes a good screen adaptation. The usual literature on the subject - Linda Seger, William G…

Just finished shooting THE LEFT-HAND PATH a short film (occult thriller) adapted from my novel 'Jessica's Lover'. 100k words into ten minutes, but it's all about keeping it reall…

(Note) No spoilers are given away if you haven't seen it.

Every once in a while a film comes along that just blows my socks off - Rush by Ron Howard is one of them.

I don't th…

If you mean my response BTW, how the heck do you think I respond if you haven't posted? Time machine? Mind reader?!

I have no idea if a union for actors 3000 miles away screens a…

A new developmental site for film-makers is coming and some of you might want to see what it's all about - http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/bfi-network-bo…

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…

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…

In another thread it was suggested that as a digital copy is a copy that doesn't impact on the original then it isn't theft.

Hmmm

So fashion designers have nothing to grumble ab…

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…

Hi guys,

We have very recently begun pre-production on a new short, and we have a very specific look in mind for one the locations, a domestic bathroom. It needs to be a black an…

Adam, if you do go the build-set route. Be great to hear from you how much it cost.

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…