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Hello All,

Hoping you all are having an enjoyable start to the festive period!

I am an independent producer/director who has an agreement in principle to air one of my own comp…

Find out who you need to approach and if they're sponsoring anything at the moment. No point sending a deal to The wrong person. Sometimes they will love the show but not have bud…

Hello everyone.

Realistic gun replica (9mm or similar) with blowback feature needed for a day shoot.

Does anyone know where I could rent one? If someone on here has one, I will …

One more:
http://www.grahamcurriemilitaria.co.uk/index.php/items-for-sale/weaponry/replica-a-blank-firing-guns

Are there any active Shooters on Merseyside, Liverpool, Wirral, West Cheshire area.

Hi Ste.
I'm based in Hertfordshire right now mostly taking care of my folks who are both 92. However its inevitable that they will not live forever. We are all from the Wirral and…

Dear colleagues, I am not so sure this network reaches many people in Brazil, but I am developing a documentary here and I am looking for production companies. The documentary wil…

Marta's email - krioka@yahoo.com

Hi,

I come from a background of television research (and some film). I have wanted to develop ideas of mine for a while but work has always got in the way. I am changing that no…

Hi Will. We should get together over a cup of tea. Not long ago I posted a similar query. We may be able to do something together. I run a post production outfit and have access t…

I'm making a short film the week before Christmas and the script calls for a revolver. I need something that looks realistic and works pretty much like the real thing (except for…

Thanks guys. Sorry I didn't reply earlier, Jeremiah - somehow managed to miss the message - I'll send you a message. And thank you for the info, Dan. I guess I'd been reading out-…

I am looking for autocue hire for one day in central London. I have never used autocue before but need it for this direct to camera talking head piece. I have found a few places…

Thanks all - loads of options here much appreciated. Liza

Hi guys so my usual rental place is experiencing some technical difficulties. Could you recommend a place that has a good deal for weekends? Like pay for 1 day only that sort of t…

Hey I own a 4ft 4bank kino with daylight and tungsten bulbs and c stand. I normally rent it out for 40 a day.

I've just moved to Crystal Palace, and I'm building a small greenscreen/photo/mocap studio in my garden. Primarily it's for my own work (VFX) but I'm thinking of renting it out t…

am make sure to ling the floor with the insulation wool. (Knauf Crown Acoustic or similar)

It will be mostly used for filming and I am interested in lenses too.

I also have a 5d mk ii to sell,
Miren.vp@gmail.com

Hello, I'm heading out to LA next week to scope the acting scene out there.


It's my first time to LA and i'm travelling on my own.

Tips, advice and Thanks Giving dinner offers …

Hi Sarah,

What are your goals, exactly? I'm not an actor, so I'm not privy to the inner workings of that world. Every actor I know (which is a lot) bitches about their agent, so…

I am helping out with a short as PM and am trying to find a way to move some kit for a 3 day shoot in the west of Ireland. This is not something I have come up against before. …

Hi Fleur - we are using Nationwide. They were very helpful. Good luck with your shoot :)

I have had a noodle around the stats for crowd-funded film projects and published the results here http://stephenfollows.com/the-statistics-on-improving-your-crowd-funding-campaig…

Hmmmm... that seems odd. If I were donating 1000 bucks to an artist, then see a service fee of 50, I might not go through with that donation. I guess it would depend on how Hatchf…

Curios on other shooters experience with the Alphatron EVF and it's battery compatibility specifically. I just bought one and was ensured that the Sony NP/L compatible batteries I…

Hi there! I am starting a new project about the memories of a Brazilian artist and former militant (dictatorship period) in Brazil. I am at the moment in the UK and we will start …

Thank you Eduardo!

From Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) to Eleanor Catton who just won the Booker Prize, to US poet Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980), in a stage play and radio play that I'm writing. What is…

Hello guys

I am shooting a webseries pilot in November. I have sent my actor a contract, I downloaded the agreement from this very site.

The actor has asked clarification on the…

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Great answer.

Thanks Yen.

Hi,
I am planning to shoot a short film at night in early September, ideally I would very much like to shoot Day for night but I have never seen this done believably. So...Day for…

David Crossman beat me to it. With everything. Except to say that no matter how "convincing" you manage to make it, you'll always hate what you've made. The old "I know that, a…

They also use newspaper article and pictures of people. There is no way they can get these permissions without money . How are they using these? Won't they get sued?

I haven't done this in years, but I'm sure the process is much the same. Basically it goes like this: You call up CNN (or whoever) and say "I need footage of jets landing in Iraq.…

Hi everybody. Sorry to ask this here, but I've tried contacting shootingpeople directly, and only get the sound of crickets.

A few weeks ago, I stopped getting the daily email bl…

Oops. Spoke too soon. Still not getting the screenwriters bulletin.

We are setting up an Ltd company as an SPV to manage investment under an SEIS scheme. Does anyone have or know where to find a sample memorandum and articles of association for fi…

When you buy a company off the shelf it comes with standard set of Mem & Arts. If you want something more specialised then I would take specific advice. It may be expensive,…

Hello everyone

I am looking to hold auditions for my upcoming webseries pilot.

I was wondering if anyone knows a cheap venue for this purpose. I would need it for next week or t…

Hi Shez
Didn't hear from you yesterday re: the pencil on our 500sqft room at SOHOST in Berwick Street this Friday.
Do you no longer need it after all? We were happy to let you hav…

Hi there! I hope you can help me with this.

I need a contract between a producer and a documentary filmmaker. A fair example contract that doesn't try to take all the rights, sin…

Franz - optioning agreement? Then find someone to buy the screenplay and let their lawyers deal with the chain of title?

Dear all,

I made a micro-budget feature film that went on to win three Indie film festivals, two of them in America, but I couldn't get Distribution for love or money! That is an…

Thanks Chris, appreciate the feedback. The film has a highly original story so there wouldn't be that much development and it would have to emulate the film. But I hear what you'r…

Any one got any suggestions for raising funds for budgets for two features currently in the development / redraft stages, have big casts interested in the WW2 set feature and audi…

Fashion one probably cheaper, shoot what you can afford? If you can't make a worthwhile feature, maybe make it as a short?

How to raise feature finance is one of the oldest, big…