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Advertisement for crew in any bulletins on main forum requires specific figure as lump sum or hourly to be inserted as payment . This is the main reason which the editor gives fo…

I currently have a full time job so am trying to get as much editing experience in my spare time as possible with the hope of getting a full time editing job in the future. Howeve…

Thanks to everyone for their comments and suggestions. I have taken it all on board and fully intend to expand my skill set and hopefully get the career i'm after.

Hey all,

I am working on a new documentary about sex education and censorship in the UK.

Am wondering how I would go about pitching this to a TV channel? I don't want to email a…

Thank you all so much for your continued answers! All really helpful!

I am looking for filmakers, directors and possibly other actors/comediens/writers to collaborate in an exciting new sketch show for Youtube and future sit-com trailer.

Hi Hayley-Marie

I'm a director/choreographer who returned to acting in September 2013 and I live in St Leonards on Sea :-) I'd be interested to hear more :-)

Good to read about…

Hi there

I have a £1000 budget for a system capable of editing HD

As the budget is reasonably low, I'm guessing I'll be going the route of something second hand.

Possibly a lap…

I've been looking for something similar and there's some great advice there. Try out Ankermann PCs for a good source of cheap, speedy machines in various configs. They sell via Am…

I'm a freelance videographer in the South East (Kent, London, etc.) part of Hat Day Films (www.hatdayfilms.com) and while I am available to work on any kind of film project, I tho…

Looking at the market for Super 8mm data scanning for production and wondering if there is still one out there.

Especially interested if people want HD or 2K at all.

Any input g…

Ten years ago it was a simple matter (although not cheap) to get top quality Super 8 transfers. Now a great deal of knowledge has been lost as equipment has been changed and speci…

Hi Shooters,

I'm looking for beautiful aerial/helicam footage of Moscow's St Basil's Cathedral & was wondering if anyone knows of any connections who can help me? The librar…

Hi Marlom & Jeanna!

Thanks for your responses & offer to help! I've tried to get in touch with a few helicam companies/individuals so hopefully something will come of th…

Hello, I'd like to know if any Shooter will be applying for NFTS next year, for commencement in 2016?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if it is possible to export sequences from PP alongside the raw footage to which the clips inside the sequence link up to? so if a clip is thirty sec…

I'm not 100% sure I'm interpreting your question correctly, but if you're trying to do a conform for a grade, you could export your project to the likes of Speedgrade or Resolve e…

I am a choreographer studying at Trinity Laban, looking for someone who can help me shooting my dance and editing. this is for my final project. thanks

Anish,

I would be happy as along as I can fit it in my schedule TL happens to my cinematography training ground. Travel to Greenwich quite frequently. I'm aMSC alumnus. I do agre…

Hiya I am in the planning stages of my next film, and I'm just piecing together some reference material to help me to achieve the look I want. Andy Warhol's film I a Man, has insp…

Looking to hire an animation studio in London or near by.

Anybody know how much it will cost?

I am a freelance animator working in various mediums and it would be interesting to hear more details about your project. It depends on the type of animation work primarily - and …

Hi shooters,

We're shooting a film about a programmer. He is on the phone and whilst he is we need the laptop and PC monitor in front of him to be reeling of lines of computer co…

If you have a decent writer/researcher, it's not hard to find the code for the programs you need. I've programmed in Java before, white on black as you say. There are plenty of …

Looking for an experienced editor to sit down with and teach me the basics of FCP for a couple of hours - I've got Premiere on my laptop but looking to use FCP to edit a documenta…

Hello Demelza,

I've been using FCP since version 1 through to 7. I could help you for a couple of hours tomorrow (Friday the 2 May) after that I'm away.

Here is a link to a sim…

Hi guys,

I'm studying original music composition for film/tv and I'm looking to source video footage for my end of year project.

Are there any film makers out there who might b…

This brief might be of interest. http://www.ideastap.com/Opportunities/Brief/SOUND-VISION-090414#Overview

Hello,

Do you know where l could find free archive footage of various ports?


Many thanks,
Caroline

Have been shooting 4K on a Canon 1DC and have dead pixels. How can I go about removing them in Final cut.

Any software suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Take a look at this article. While for HD not 4K, should do the work.
http://www.prestonkanak.com/2011/09/28/how-to-fix-dead-pixels/

I've been struggling along in the industry for a number of years now. I'm deeply passionate about films and film making in general and have been lucky enough to work on some amazi…

Looking for footage from the tour de france in the late 80s, early 90s and wondering if anyone's looked into it before? Do the french broadcasters hold the rights to a lot of the …

I would be surprised if the rights aren't closely controlled by 1) the broadcasters and possibly 2) the production company (much like the Olympics).

I'd start by thinking what sc…

Dear all,
I am seeking to obtain copyrights for photographs from the 1940s, specifically prior to 1948. I've been researching this for the past few months, and its proving to be q…

In New York, seek out Frank Driggs. Years ago, I
Worked in a popular photography lab that had an impressive list of clientele. Mr.Driggs has an extensive library.

Hello All,

Hoping everyone has had a fruitful beginning to 2014 so far.

I am currently shooting an interview series for a Boxing channel and we have been given exclusive access …

It can never hurt to get everything released. Agencies will need to be confident they're not getting into a world of hurt by taking you on, and having a huge pile of paper will h…

If you shoot on an AVCHD camcorder (mts mt2s files) and edit the footage (eg. in cyberlink powerdirector or lightworks free) is there a way you can then convert the files to a fil…

My pleasure :-)

I have access to a fascinating family's archive of photographs. It spans five generations and consists of at least 11 crates of photographic material; mostly still images but als…

Thank you Walter and Ashley for the film recommendations; I will look for both of them online.

Cheers, Tony

Hi

I'll be creating a doc with about 29 days of shooting to be edited into a 90 min feature presentation. Hard to say about how many hours of footage, but since a lot of those da…

I had typed a long post about this, but my phone ate it! Modern day version of 'the dog ate my homework'.

I'm not an editor, but when you think in terms of even logging/ingestin…