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Thinking of writing/making an original web-series concept.

Ideas and potential collaborations welcome :)

Best,
Mark

Sure. Please go ahead Kim :)

Work space available in old Soho mews office building that houses animators, illustrators, film directors/producers and other artistic types bang in the middle of Soho just off D'…

Assistant Producer looking to network with UK Feature Film Producers in Horror, Comedy and Thriller genres with £200,000 up to £800,000 budgets.

The object is to enter into disc…

Good answer. I will try this.

Filmaker with own equipment on Barra:

Canon XLH - 1 HD and Manfrotto legs
Blackmagic 4K Video Assist Digital Recorder
Rode Mic / boom etc
Jib
Tracks
Drone

1) Has a small not fo…

Hi Alan,

If you’re looking for people to collaborate with, the most effective way of reaching other members is to list your project in the Production part of the site. You can do…

We have a childrens TV pilot and Loglines that we want to send to different networks. I thought it was head of programming we needed to contact?

Generally their web site have a commisisoning page. Otherwise I would consider phoning reception and asking if they can give guidelines and contacts for commissioners. Head of pro…

Hi,

I'm a photographer/video producer working on my first documentary, Turning Points, aimed at youth, about how people get themselves out of downward spirals of behaviour such …

Hi Philip and Keith..

thx both for your interest and apologies for slight delay in response...

In answer to questions, it's a doc to the extent of it being non-fiction and in …

Hi, Guys.

Have any of you taken voiceover training courses? Had a producer make you a VO reel? Most importantly, did you subsequently get work after taking the course / making a …

Dear Vasco, John, Gavin and Angela. This is all so incredibly useful and all of your posts are full of information.

This is why I'm such an SP devotee. :)

I'm a director and have recently moved to Norfolk from London and want to meet some local film makers who would like to discuss collaborating on some creative productions. Cheers …

Hi Nick
I live in Norfolk and have recently written a short film i'm looking to get made give me an email at xarnda@gmail.com maybe we can meet up
Cheers alex

Hello from Richard-please reply on the following, can you please tell me of effective websites, where I can get film investors or film investment-I once used crowdfunder.co.uk I c…

Dear all, I am a writer and director with an awarded short upon my belt, very well reviewed by a NFTS head teacher and the Sundance film festival winner for shorts Jim Cummings am…

Hi Helen , thank you for your help. However I am not specifically looking for people to join just a defined project by now, but more as networking moment for a potential team to w…

Hey everyone,

I was quite impressed by the great response and advice I got from my previous question to the shooting people community about shooting in restaurants, so here I am …

I used to live near Stanmore Country Park. It's big and quiet, even in daytime.

I’m making this film www.MargeryBooth.com who eventually died in NY so I need a buddy to tie up some loose ends over there. If interested I’m at franz@imperialfilmproductions.com…

Did you find anybody?

I do have some people in what's left in the 1% eviscerated NY Indie world. They would work cheap, but not for free.

Let me know. Shiva

I'm producing a 10 minute short next month an am just thinking about any contracts/ permissions I need to get beforehand. As well as wondering about all the things I haven't yet c…

Hey guys, sorry for the late response to all the great advice. I was actually able to read and take on board all the above but because we had some last minute issues with casting …

Hi,

I'm packaging a feature film project and I'm looking for someone experienced in budgeting. It's a 80-page script set in London and if anyone could provide CVS and/or estimate…

How accurate do you need the budget to be?

You can make an awful lot of progress if you start with a schedule then simply work out what you need, for how long, and add in realis…

Your thoughts?

Over the past five years, the majority of differences of opinion I've witnessed in my team have been about whether a specific animal is a rodent or not, or how Welsh something is.…

Maintaining essential overheads and infrastructure ought to be factored into ones fee calculations on a realistic and sustainable basis.

Bullshiters, chancers, dreamers and tyre …

Hello,
does anybody know where to find a dog for hire for a low budget short film?

thx
RR

Hi Oscar, Look up "Lady Midnight, the Chihuahua" on the web.
She and I have appeared in half a dozen music videos together, and of her 12 movies she starred in 3, without me!! (w…

You are a professional or just starting as a script editor, yet you are hungry for that original and quirky story that you can rarely find. Cops and hospitals can be fun settings …

Is this a creative way of saying you're not offering any money?

I'm producing/directing a low-budget suspense horror feature film with a creature and want to have concept art for the creature FX company to work from. www.thelastmoonfilm.com

Hi!

I am interested to meet more directors who are based in London for collaborations on creative projects.

I recently stepped up to DOP and have worked on some commercials inc…

Hi as everyone else seems to be asking, I thought I'd join in. We created a Dramedy feature film designed to be a low budget affair that was to be shot in Arizona and then post do…

I have pitched my script logline etc. for seven months but no-one has requested to read it. I am surprised at this as it is a very unusual screenplay. I believe it has cult potent…

Wayne, please send your screenplay and logline to james@talkinglens.co.uk. Thank you

I've been shooting film stills on set and wondered if I could get hired for it, as I am usually on camera/sparking/running. Can also shoot digitally although it's not my preferred…

Hi Rory, I saw your message on the email mailout. I’m directing a short film on the 7th/8th July and wondered if you’d be at all interested in shooting some stills photography for…

Hello,

Regarding SP/NY filmmaker numbers, do we have any stats on this, how does it compare to British membership?

Tom Lassu
Writer/Director
https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Metr…

Hi Tom,

Shooting People is predominantly a UK filmmakers network (it's where our office is based), and as such, our US membership only makes up around 4%.

All the best,
Helen

Who would you rather work with…

On a thread recently, someone raised a point that I thought was absurd at first. But the more I thought about it, the more I questioned my own pos…

Experience, every time. If you are reading this and thinking of doing some film degree, get a camera, tripod and mic, go to the local paper and announce that you'll film anything,…