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I'm a first time feature writer/director in post production. Can someone tell me who actually edits and places music cues in a feature film? The composer or the film editor? My co…

I'd like to refine a few points, since Tom is right that it never works "ideally".
However I have to point out that the composers' role is often under-estimated and even though ap…

Hello Shooters!

I have shooted a 2 hour length footage in the coffee farms in Rwanda, Central Africa. I'm aiming to make a Documentary Film based on Rwanda's land where some of t…

Thanks a lot, David!

Regards

Alexandra!!!

I believe I have some Pathe 9.5mm film (that's the film width, with a single central perf) from the 1930s.

Can any Shooters recommend a place that can do digital transfers?

I ha…

I just had some 9.5mm transferred to DVD. he charges 10p a foot, which is about standard.

http://www.cine2video.co.uk/cine-to-dvd.htm

Hello,

I've found some nice stock footage online (mammothHD are good) but it's not perfect for the short I'm making. I really would like something with a little boat out at sea,…

It's difficult to present storms at sea on film that actually provide the viewer with a proportionately accurate experience. For some reason gale force 8 always looks like a force…

Hello Shooters,

I'm working on a film that will have a sequence using only still images - though most of them are portrait format as opposed to naturally landscape - they are to …

Why not break free of the TV box and think of it like an art installation... you could have 100% of the picture not trying to fill as much space as possible but positioned somewhe…

I need to complete my film and need a little pick up shot in a bathroom with a dolly, just one shot. The dolly slowly creeping in towards the bathtub. The shot will approximately …

if you have any visual ref of the bathroom yo want i can help as i look after a lot of locations. Drop me a message or email tomo@hothotevents.com

Hi,
Looking for help and paid help if anyone is local to me (OX39 4PU). I'm a self shooter learning on the job with a CanonXF 305 shooting on Compact Flash. My stumbling block i…

Apologies for the delay, but many thanks for your answers. Discovered I hadn't got the Canon XF Utility plugin, which sorted it. However, suggestions on other NLE software usefu…

Hi all
I'm looking for an excellent showreel company who also finds locations to shoot. The location is the trickiest thing to find if you're searching from scratch...so I am fin…

Slick have done some very good reels - I'm a fan of them.

Just wondering about cancellation agreement in the sense that you get paid as apposed to unpaid for film work that don't reach anywhere say £75 departmental average as a clause.

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I'm not sure what you're asking, John. If you're talking about getting a job on a film, then the film falls through, that's pretty normal. Even on big films. Often it's because a …

I need to back up 10 Tb of footage. Currently they are on G-Raids. In the past I bought Western Digital Elements external hard drives, but I thought I ask before buying / making a…

I've got loads of WD elements 2TB drives (about £70 each) which I use for archive. I did have one fail a while ago but in a recoverable way (I could move the data off but no long…

Hi,
Has anyone successfully managed to record 10-Bit 4:2:2 ProRes on a Atmos recorder (any model from the Star to the Blade) from a Hacked GH2 please?
If so did you use any specia…

Oh...just as importantly...or tried and failed please?
Many thanks Ray Brady

Hello. I'm trying to find a good, and preferably free or cheap, way to convert a 1.5GB MPEG-4 (.MOV) file to a Windows Media (.WMV) file. The 10-minute film in question was edited…

Thanks Chris. I'll give that a go.

Hi all,

A buddy of mine wants to make an experimental short from footage in a video game. Is there ANY way OTHER THAN SCREEN CAPTURE to get this footage onto a hard drive?

He as…

I think I finally talked him into Fraps! Thanks everyone!

Any suggestions for good, cheap lenses for filmmaking with a Nikon D5200?

At very early stage of possible project that will involve filming large amounts of live indoor performances, mainly theatre. Looking to discuss feasibility of project with filmmak…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inlZHw_G0g&list=UUqrrKUW9TwI-mgJqLKFK0_A&index=37

I know a little bit about this kind of thing.

Hi, Everyone.

I directed a short film called 'Hired Guns' using one location with four actors.

Hired Guns is about two hit men hired to retrieve a missing brief case. We jump in…

Jan - You sir have the right attitude.
“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ” - Anthony Robbins

Peter - "Just you and a couple of mates prob…

By that I mean goings on in a town, in the open air, the more dramatic and bizarre the better, to be used as background for a film which takes place during a street theatre festiv…

I mainly write and am working on a feature script at the moment with some short films lined up, hoping to be made one day. I also don't mind doing some acting and basically doing …

Dear Marks :) thanks for your responses. Could you please join the meetup group if you are interested in attending the meetups. http://www.meetup.com/LetsMakeASceneLondon/events/1…

I am very slow on FC anyway and was hoping the lightworks is more director friendly.. I have files that are on both iMovie as well as FC. What would I need to do? Thank you.

Try exporting EDL/OMF in FC, then importing that into Lightworks. I used Lightworks back in '93 I think it was. Freakin' love that system. I don't know if it's "director friendly"…

i have got a canon 5d mark 3 and I'm using a 24 - 105mm Lens and editing on adobe premier but i can't seem to get really good quality and a finishing touch like other short films…

thank you for the reply guys

Hi all
Thanks to everyone who chipped in with my last question about how to drown a dog- very useful and has given us plenty of food for thought!

Same short film, a different que…

I wrote a 2 page script for BFI's Script Challenge and i'm almost ready to submit it.
They require at least three people who would like to help out with camera/cinematography, sou…

Hello Ned,

I know it's a day late but ice just seen the message, I would be interested in getting onboard as a unit director/ Cinematographer.

Here's an extract of some of my fi…

Working on a doc and I have some archive in this now so outdated format. Grateful if anyone can help. Cheers Antonio 07919 032 192 antonio'at'contraimage.com

All I'd add is - headcleaning tapes are invaluable, especially if you're mixing manufacturers. Don't over-use them, but the slightly different lubricants between Sony, JVC, and Pa…

Hi,

I'm planning to make a music video, that I pitched as being 'Stop Motion' and having a kind of jerky unsettling 'horror' feel to it.

How is best to do this?

It's live act…

Thanks for all the suggestions people, will give it all a go!
P.

Hi, I have a bunch of mini DV and DV CAM tapes I need to digitise and would like to know if anyone has an old SONY DSR-11 DVCAM player or similar kicking about. PM at antonio"at"…

This message has been kicking about here for the last week without response. I ignored it earlier because I couldn't be arsed to send texts or emails. Just to share this however w…