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I'm a French national going back to acting after a long break, although I had extensive training in Paris with the equivalent of RADA, I have been denied membership.

Salut Philippe I've also trained abroad and got on spotlight through training and credits in the US and France, so it should work for you too!

What comes first, the professionalism or the cheque?

To be professional means an attitude of thoroughness, of deep knowledge of our craft. Knowing our craft won't make us automa…

Marlom, reminds me of a Robin Williams joke: the Writer/producer/director, the only creature on earth who can blow smoke up his own ass.

Yeah, I too am working on that brilliant …

I've just finished a big study of 10,000 film festivals.

Part one looked at the numbers of films festivals (http://stephenfollows.com/film-festivals-pt1-the-truths-behind-film-fe…

hello everyone.

I am going to rent an apartment for filming-one of those rent per night ones.

Quick Q
Do I need the owner/agent to sign a release form for the property even thou…

Probably not from the side of image rights, but good idea in terms of who insures what, who is responsible for what, who pays leccy, cleaners, etc

Multiple skills required. Just saw this today in the "employment" section:

Editor
this role will require some one who has edited film dramas before and will also need you to be …

Everything you mention for a composer is in the same wheelhouse. At least it makes sense. In fact, a composer that also does sound design can be a great benefit to the film as a w…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23482520

Some members may remember that an actress was threatening that she and some implausibly large (and probably fictitious) number of othe…

This issue comes around regularly here. Let’s just get one thing quite clear though; Employment tribunals are not Courts of Law, they, together with most County Courts, some highe…

I'm assuming the article posted here, via Raindance, and online here: (http://www.indiewire.com/article/17-reasons-why-chicks-actually-make-better-directors) in which director Jil…

I don't think it is a joke, but it's definitely tongue in cheek. She recognises that for a lot of women they are still a little insecure about the fact there arnt many female dire…

Searching for advice and possible recommendations for a fundraiser to help with applications. I've been mentoring and training disadvantaged young people in film/media production …

I've been collecting data on 10,000 film festivals and have published the results at http://stephenfollows.com/film-festivals-pt1-the-truths-behind-film-festivals/

The main findi…

It seems from its website that the Grierson awards are part funded by Shell, which is accused of pollution and collusion with crime in Nigeria. Is this still the case? I ask b…

Our industry uses kit which, weight for weight is some of the most environmentally damaging in terms of eco impact during production. Maybe we shouldn't make films...

If you want…

Hi everyone.

I'm going to be shooting a music video at the end of the month and there's a shot I really want to do where the character is following another character but in the a…

Thanks for replies everyone. Turns pit the musician had to pull out of doing a video because he's been signed by a new label and so the lawyers have put everything on hold at the…

Hello all,

Firstly I'd like to just apologise if this post is in the wrong place or has been gone over before, I'm new to the site and am slowly finding my way around.

My questi…

Hi Matthew,
Many thanks for taking the time and effort to raise this consideration.

In my opinion and in agreement with Ruth and Julia, as an initial contact either way is accep…

Our lifestyle choices our now, more than ever, a public affair. The photos we upload to Facebook and the articles we share on Twitter is our way of telling the world “this is me”,…

People LOVE documentaries. There are loads of them on TV every night, many of them exceedingly brilliant, and many with good viewing figures.

But I think that's the key - TV is g…

I have two sons and, being of a certain age, they have discovered YouTube.

First it was lego star wars, asdf, then Yogscast (British), Element Animation (British, http://www.yout…

"The figures I've seen suggest payments at $1 per 1000 views"

Hrmm...

Gotta be more complicated than that. I would have guessed that what really matters to YT (or rather their a…

Hi everyone.

After months of searching I think I've found a location that could work for our film.

The problem is that the film is set in the 80's and I'm concerned that even …

Yes it would end up like Chinese whispers, a copy of a copy.

It's not too much of a problem finding photos from albums that my parents own. The main issue is getting items that …

Hi there,

Have a short film up for film of the month (link below) and have had a few good and not so good responses so far, one of the issues surrounding the short is its subject…

I killed a child...in a film. It was made for one of those 48hr things and I was very surprised by the reaction it received. It wasn't done for shock value, that honestly never oc…

Worried whether your script should have 3 acts, 5 acts, 22 steps...? Don't. Take a step back and ask what elements a story really needs. Here's what I think:


http://cuttingroomt…

Checkout the commentary track on Reservoir Dogs ... Tarantino talks about the accusation that he use flashback in his scripts or non-linear storytelling... he just says the screen…

This year's BFI Stat Yearbook is out. Full of interesting, nail-biting stats of our fair nations cinema habits, and, what kinds of films are getting made, by whom?

http://bit.ly/…

Hmmmm... so, independent British filmmaking takes only a 9% market share and more than half of the films shot in the UK are done so on budgets of less than £500,000?

At first gla…

I've been watching some Shootingpeople shorts today, and a theme has developed, and it's not good. I spent most of my career "saving" movies. Basically working uncredited directin…

Guys just to update you: we're now live with asking shooters to review 3 films when they login. It's make a big difference - and the reviews coming in are really wonderful and sup…

Hi folks. I've recently written a script for a short (circa 15 mins) that I intend to film on DSLR and other commodity cameras. I figured that it could only be a good thing if I g…

Option one : paid £150 for 12 hours, spent mostly waiting, and get shown 'out of focus' in the background
Option two : paid DVD and a hd download. No pay but continuously acting f…

Hi Shooters.
Firstly I wanted to introduce myself and say hello. Although I've attended one of the excellent panel discussions in the past this is my first time signing up with th…

It sounds like Perry is talking about the Film Industry, with a capital F and I, rather than the no budget / shorts scene. Although it maintains a largely separate existance, the …

Of the 5 trailers I saw this weekend, not one gave me any idea what the film was about. Don't the producers know anything about marketing or are they so dependent on idiots who on…

There's one device that's been used to death for a long time now. Usually in comedy or awkward-comedy/drama trailers where the music suddenly stops for a brief 'funny' line... - b…

Hello

I have a problem. I recently filmed a short.

I stupidly made a terrible mistake and shot an actor in a t-shirt with a popular brand logo printed on his sleeve. Now the log…

Shahid, I really wouldn't bother. If the corporation is not ok with it, they won't sue you right away. They'll send you a letter telling you to take it out. Odds are, they won't c…

OK, I know this debate has been kicked about a lot, but I feel it is worth further scrutiny, if only to arrive at some kind of consensus, if not now, then in the future.Yesterday,…

"Expenses only" should not be synonymous with zero, completely agree with the poster above who said you should try to clarify what are reasonable expenses at the start of any job.…

Hi!

(Okay, so this may be less rant, more polite pondering...)

We are in the middle of an indiegogo campaign for a Web series called Kill Day.

We've made a promo, a pitch an…

Well, to be honest we did cry when we saw the Purge being advertised! A lot of hush hush about our project which has been three years in the writing/planning felt like it had gone…