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Original Post from Vladimir Klimov
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Needs anybody stereoscopic shooting and postproduction team (two person)? Expenses only. Contact me.

Do you want to make a movie for a "big screen"? The film must be stereoscopic to be attractive for a cinema theatre distribution.

My name is Vladimir Klimov. I am a specialist in…

4 responses, most recent 9 years, 1 month ago.

Great stuff, I'll have a look at your films tomorrow :)

Original Post from Andrei Antal Cionta
Would anybody like working for a short film about the excessive use of technology? I am a Film stud…

I want to participate t short film festivals but I am on my own so any help and every position is available. For more info contact me in private. I am living in UK, Kent.

9 years, 1 month ago
Original Post from Dej FM
Most recent response from Matt Turner
Imagine social apps were real? Can I get feedback on my latest project 'Real Social'

Hi guys I'd appreciate if you could check out my latest project 'Real Social'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5OjttDtH0 I'd also appreciate all feedback good and bad. Thank you.

6 responses, most recent 9 years, 1 month ago.

Hi,

Have you considered submitting this to Film of the Month? It runs every month, with different filmmakers attached to judge. Next one will open July 1st. You can submit there …

Original Post from Sophie Dixon
Most recent response from Terry Grew
Looking for an Editor (for working with German dialogues)

I'm looking for an Editor to advise me on some footage I've been accumulating for over four years. It's largely in German but I'm open minded about getting a translator involved.

2 responses, most recent 9 years, 1 month ago.

Hi Sophie,
I'm a sound editor with some German language knowledge...not from school, but from family friends that were born and live there. I have stayed and worked with them enou…

Original Post from Jenny Collins
Storage Solutions. For Filmmakers (you know you all worry about it!)

Can any one give an opinion on burning to Mdisk Bluray's over external drives or the cloud?

At present, I keep using external drives connected via a dock and replace when mirrore…

4 responses, most recent 9 years, 1 month ago.

Fair play! but still!

Original Post from Miroslav Koles
Most recent response from Matt Turner
Our band needs music video!

Hello everyone!

I'm 24 years old musician and I'm looking for right guys who will be able to shoot our debut music video. I have already some kind of imagination in my head so I'…

11 responses, most recent 9 years, 2 months ago.

Just in case you don't know, I'll also add that you might want to post into the music video bulletins about this, as you'll hit the right audience that way.

https://shootingpeopl…

Original Post from Betty Martins
I need footage from the silicon valley

Hello members,

We are a production company from Brazil working with a series about the Silicon Valley.
We need extra shots from the place. Is there any filmmaker interested who…

2 responses, most recent 9 years, 2 months ago.

Hi Paddy :)

Thank you a lot!
we have seen footage from shutter stock and similar agencies. But they cannot help us 100% :(

Original Post from Theo Wallis
Editing portfolio

Hi guys

I'm starting a freelance videography / editing career and looking to get a portfolio together. I've produced a few short docs recently (some not good enough for my showre…

9 years, 2 months ago
Original Post from The People's Piano
Can anyone recommend good UK based archive footage sources - have looked at Pathe and YFI so far

looking for sing alongs in pianos in pubs in 50's and 60's - proving difficult to find - any ideas?

3 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Thanks - yes the bigger ones don't seem to have any of what looking for - surprising - no archive footage of the sing alongs in pubs that were going on for a few decades - the sma…

Original Post from Ross Lindgren
Advice on writing about film

Hey everyone,

I posted up on here a while back looking for people to share their experiences in film on a blog I'm starting up.

I made my first post today and am looking for s…

9 years, 3 months ago
Original Post from Ellen Alberti
Most recent response from Grace June
Good places for stock footage?

I am looking for more websites to get stock footage from, where are some good ones to look at and use? Preferably free content but anywhere would be great.

4 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Dissolve.com is great to navigate and it generally isn't flooded with poor quality footage. The downside is there are three set price bands ($49 $79 $299) and they don't really ha…

Original Post from Cassiah Joski-Jethi
VFX work on short teaser?

I'm making teaser for pitching a feature, but need a small bit of VFX work on it (2 second clip, need some blood on actresses leg). Recommendations who to ask or anyone up for giv…

9 years, 3 months ago
Original Post from Ross Lindgren
Most recent response from Alève Mine
Looking to hear stories about the best/ worst shoots you've worked on

Hi All,

I'm starting a blog about the film industry and would love to hear the following stories from you shooters:

The worst shoots you've ever worked on.
How you got into the…

9 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Dan, Paddy, thanks. There was nothing to worry about in my story to respond to the "How you got into the industry" question: here it is for you guys:

So, this singer songwriter i…

Original Post from Martina Krajnakova
Most recent response from Dan Selakovich
Looking for research materials on editing documentary films

Heya, I'm a social anthropology student and a screenwriter/editor, and I'll be doing my research project next academic year on editing and structuring techniques in ethnographic /…

2 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

NoFilmSchool has a pretty good tutorial on doc editing. Here's a video midway through the process a doc editor might go through.

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/06/simple-editing-t…

Original Post from Alexandra Tincu
Most recent response from Robert Davies
Best Lenses for Canon 6D?

Hi everyone!

What lenses would you recommend for shooting video on Canon 6D?

At the moment I only have 50mm lens f/1.4 but this is useful for photography (portraits, close-ups)…

2 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

I recommend a Canon 24-105mm F/4.0. I've been using it for over a year now with my 6D and it's brilliant - Rob

Original Post from Tomo Brody
Most recent response from Aurélie Labrosse
Help with subtitling - .SRT FCP workflow

HI I have recently come back from charity a project filming interviews in refugee camps in multiple different languages - around 6. I have a huge amount of subtitling to get done …

7 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Hi Tomo,

I'm a professional subtitler and translator. My subtitling software enables FCP XML export.
Feel free to get in touch if you need any help. Here is my email: info@subti…

Original Post from Sumit Malhotra
Most recent response from Brendan O'Neill
Third year Post-prouction student looking for editing/grading for final portfolio

Hello there,

I'm a final year Editing and Post-Production student studying at Ravensbourne in London looking for editing and grading work to enhance my final portfolio.

I have p…

2 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Can you send me a CV please. info AT sticklebackproductions.co.uk

Original Post from Ishaan Gurung
Newbie lover of film desperately looking for long-term work in Film/TV even if it's expenses only. …

Hello fellow members of shootingpeople.org! My name is Ishaan and currently employed as a Retail Assistant in the faraway-ish lands of Surrey. Being twenty-two, I'm starting to re…

5 responses, most recent 9 years, 3 months ago.

Hello folks! I apologise for the late response, currently juggling moving houses, work and containing my excitement from the positive responses and tips I've received, for which I…

Original Post from Jonathan Taylor Davies
Looking for up-and-comings to collaborate with

I'm looking for newbie / up-and-coming / new starters to collaborate with on a number of up coming projects.

First of all I'd like to be very clear that I'm not targeting this at…

9 years, 3 months ago
Original Post from Grace June
Most recent response from Kays Alatrakchi
How do you finish a project you have lost passion for?

Hi there, I'm new to Shooting People and have always been a wee bit nervous about joining.

2016 is the year of being brave (I've decided) so here goes. I just wondered whether an…

24 responses, most recent 9 years, 4 months ago.

For what it's worth....I have been in exactly the same place as I struggled to finish my last project and considered shelving it several times. I pushed through and completed it w…

Original Post from Allan (Mac) McKenna
Most recent response from Paddy Robinson-Griffin
'Library' footage.

This is the second time of asking folks, presumably I got lost somewhere in the system. I would like an answer to this as I don't even know if it's a stupid question. I 've re…

3 responses, most recent 9 years, 4 months ago.

Try searching for 'clip' instead of 'story' - I found 2500 clips for 'road accident'. Some will be irrelevant, some will be old, some new, but there may be a good one there...

Original Post from Christopher Montengo
Looking for a drone or a virtual reality camera!

Need a VR camera (any type) or a drone to conduct a simple test. If you know anyone with a drone or a VR camera who would allow me to conduct a simple test with their equipment, g…

9 years, 4 months ago
Original Post from Desirae Edwards
Most recent response from Rebecca Field
Anyone interested in combining talents?

Hi all, I'm a writer in my mid-twenties hoping to meet others in the industry who are interested in combining our talents to create some awesome work. A little bit of my backgroun…

21 responses, most recent 9 years, 4 months ago.

Hey there,

I see you already have a load of interest, but if still looking then please feel free to drop me an email rfieldvfx@icloud.com or give me a ring on 07749 174 270 - whe…

Original Post from Theo Wallis
Most recent response from Stephen Barton-King
Documentary editing courses in London that concentrate on teaching technique rather than teaching t…

My initial though on this is that a course on the technique of editing a specific genre of film doesn't exist because the only way to learn is to do it but I'd like to see if ther…

9 responses, most recent 9 years, 5 months ago.

I'm enrolled with insidetheedit and it's a worthwhile adventure, I highly recommend!!

Original Post from Christopher Montengo
Dose anyone know a good sound recordist around greenwich london?

In need of a good sound recordist for Wednesday, as our sound recordist has pulled out last minute. We will be shooting around Greenwich on Wednesday 09/03/2016

9 years, 5 months ago
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