ASK & DISCUSS

Hello fellow Shooters,
I wanted to ask if anyone has ever used audio clips of speeches made by politicians before, and what experience they had in obtaining rights.

I'd like to u…

Thanks so much for your response John, and Paddy, much appreciated!

Hello all,

I'm currently making my first feature documentary and really need some help/collaboration with someone experienced in distribution/Marketing and finance.

I feel comp…

Hi Rime, Sheffield Documentary Festival is happening online right now and has loads of people to connect with who are exactly the people you need to talk to, also Raindance online…

We are all feeling around for what this new world will be, let's use this as a single place to keep track with what's going on here and around the world as we find out what best, …

I've heard people lobbying the government to do so, so I guess we'll see. There are bigger sectors to untangle first, arguably, and I can't say my faith is terribly high in a gov…

I made a short film with my 5 year old daughter during the lockdown. Just so that I could teach her a bit of filmmaking etc. Well, the film is heavily based on a picture book that…

First get permission from the books rights holders.

I am planing to launch a new media hosting platform for creatives. Currently I'm undertaking a viability study. I have my own ideas for the platform and a research and development…

Ha Paddy, great minds. We pencilled in a screening room in the members area of the platform, regular premiers, industry invites etc. Its a great idea.

We're all industry professionals but our roles are different on this project - e.g. I work in locations, I'm writer/producer on this film. We're aiming to take it on the festival …

Thanks Silvia, that’s really useful

Please can you help me to find our where I can download a template for a water-tight contract I can use for a suite of video? Also an online for payment schedules and standard pen…

HI Dickie,

I missed this when you first posted - let me know if you still need any help with this (I'm a qualified lawyer as well as a doc filmmaker)!

Best wishes
Silvia

Hello! Once again, I'm here to ask the help of the SP community.

In the last three years I embarked in a journey that led me to produce and co-direct a mid-length documentary, wh…

If it doesn't limit your options at all, no harm in giving it a go, I guess! If the actual promotion part is on them, so they earn by making you money, job's a good'un.

Hello from Richard in UK . I have a planned film project that i have not made visible yet on film site Slated. It is based on my creator owned graphic novel called Canterburied …

The domain is splitsecondfilms.com so contact@splitsecondfilms.com should work

Hi,
Sorry to trouble you all but...
I received a highly unusual message from the following company, has anyone had dealings with Ralf Hartmann LuNiMa International Limited in the …

Hi there,

I'm an aspiring London-based film writer/director who has written a number of short films, one of which I've actually directed/produced as well. From my experience of s…

Hi Dominic, set something up through MeetUp and SP and see if people come. Name a date and location in London and see who turns up. Try and invite any professional filmmakers you …

Had a debate with a Young DP who believes that he is entitled to a copy of the rushes of any film he shoots. Is there an argument to support this when it's not included in the DP'…

Thanks for the replies. I think this mentality comes from self-shooting director-producers working in music videos and internet commercials. They deliver a finished product to the…

I keep seeing job ads with "NMW Bectu standard" and I am aghast.
Here is a link to BECTUs rate card in order for everyone to see the recommended BECTU rates: https://www.bectu.or…

What everyone here is saying is that every project is unique. Nobody is forced to work on a project that doesn't suit their requirements. What's really being discussed is that cra…

Bond Money to Burn
Ref: Link below
Pointless huge Carbon footprint an embarrassment to the whole movie industry. Sam Mendes Shame on You! Haven't you heard of CGI it's one of the …

Totally agree Ray- when I saw the explosion scene the first time I must say I thought it impressive and did wonder if it was CGI generated. That said, the fact I - and most people…

In the run-up to launching a crowdfunding campaign for my latest indie horror feature film called "Host", I've been heavily monitoring all my various social media accounts. Checki…

Hi Moira,
Many thanks for sharing your experiences and for taking the time to join this discussion, appreciated. Unfortunately, we do not have any well-known names attached to be …

Hey everyone,

I have been working on a short documentary (a family portrait) since last year and had a crowdfunding page up that introduced my contributors, the idea and storyli…

Are you a BECTU member? You could ask them, free legal advice.

Being bi myself, I have found it very odd that a so called oppressed minority has become so intolerant and touchy. I wonder why this is.
My main concern is the practice, by some i…

I'm looking for a template for a licencing / distribution agreement to distribute a short film online (on platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo). Does anyone have a template?

How do I change my country of legal residence on indiegogo?...

It's greyed out and won't let me change it even though I haven't launched the campaign yet

Hello everybody,

Does anybody know how to ask for permission to use copyrighted songs in your short?
We have the budget to pay, we just don’t know where and who to ask basically.…

Find the music publisher for the song, which should be easy enough. Go to the publishers website and get the phone number, then call the sync department of that publisher and hav…

I'm going to this. It's free. As filmmakers we can all consider how to be more 'green' in both our productions and storytelling. See you there?

"This London Climate Action Week w…

Correction: its Friday (today!!!)

I might need to film in the underpass as well for my short film. Does anyone know if I do need a permission to film there?

Also, I want to hire a still photographer with expense…

Thanks again John, again useful to know.

I want to make a film about a real-life artist (who passed away about twenty years ago) but I'm pretty sure their estate would object (Not because I plan to make any false allegat…

Thanks Sam. All good input. And certainly along the lines I was thinking of - Except that it's a visual artist that I'm looking to portray, so I'm going to have to create some art…

The difficulty is that the subject is a very high-profile figure, and receiving a response from them or their representation, is unlikely. I'm also not keen on getting sued, so if…

It's not necessarily required, but my gosh it'll be a lot easier with permission than without it - access to materials and people for instance. Also remember you have a line to w…

I have just received a well-dodgy email via my website. I suggest that anyone else receiving a similar message should treat it with the full-on caution and contempt it deserves.

…

@Martyn Thomas Aaaaah - so as a co-producer...so you'll pool your funds into a single bank account that you are both signatories of...