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I think this would mainly go to the Film Directors/Producers with this, but where do you normally go to look for stills photographers for your films if you ever do?

I have done …

Hi Paddy thanks for the response,

I had a look at camera sound blimps and they are really expensive! Even renting one!

I am looking into a tripod for travels for video shooting mainly on a small DSLR. I would like a good tripod and video head and can't decide between the
- Benro Angel II C1682,
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Hi all
I'm currently summing up the courage to invest a bit of time in properly learning FCP 10. To date I've grown up on FCP7, I only edit occasionally but will be doing more in …

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^^^ This link shows just a few of the projects screengrabs you m…

Hi fellow Shooters!

I am very proud to say that my short film C.T.R.L has been awarded Best Music Video at Cortisonanti, an Italian Short Film Festival, the award handed to me by…

Hi Mark, Tasha,

Thank you very much for suggesting PromoNews, I will get in touch with them as soon as we go public.

In the meantime if you'd like to watch C.T.R.L, please jus…

A family friend, who's quite bright and very keen, wants to learn more. He already shoots, but would benefit from an environment where there's some continual feedback. He'd be tr…

Hi everyone,

I need to rent a minibus (10 or 12 seats) to transport cast and crew for a 2 day shoot at the end of January. It's for a low budget feature so the budget is not imme…

This film has proved to be a very different type of campaign film and very popular amongs thousands of ordinary people in dozens of public screenings. Almost everyone seems to li…

I suggest you watch it because it is precisely because it doesn't fit into the regular boxes and that is what makes it popular and also (maybe) difficult. The WI's and Royal Briti…

Hi guys, anyone used a Script Consultant/Reader - I've finished a feature film script and would love to show it to a few people and get feedback. But there seems to be a few unrel…

I would highly recommend Voyage Media to further hone and polish your script... (http://www.voyagemedia.com)

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We are a small production company. The car is my personal vehicle which I occasionally need to insure for the use of our production staff. We are thinking of getting a company v…

If you're looking at 'any driver' policies for the vehicle, it would factor in lots of risk. Instead, can your drivers add your vehicle to their own policies *for business use*? …

Hi everyone -

We're coming down from Toronto to film a few scenes for a documentary, and we're looking for a quiet place where we can knock off a few direct-to-camera interviews…

Ha! I didn't even guess the right continent ;-)

Hope it goes well!

I will be in Japan for a couple of months and have some documentary film work lined up. In addition I would like to film a few scenes for a film if possible. Anyone know where or …

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

Hi Shooters!

Do you know where I could find a list with short film festivals in the UK and Sweden?
Is there any website or forum regardless any competitions for film makers?
Is a…

Hi guys.

I'm travelling to Stockholm next month, so I'd like to know if there are any other Short Film Festivals (in the capital and across the country), apart from the Internat…

Hello from Richard , 1 i need to know the cheapest rate for camera hire for one day,
2 where i can hire a working camera-with film quality.
3 also-cheapest editing services-rate p…

Did you get any responses that you understood the first time you asked?

How about the second?

Third time lucky is a turn of phrase you've clearly taken to heart but please don't…

Hello from Richard, i am planning on making first short film by the end of november,1 i need a location in se london that is either a medical facility or laboratory-where a doctor…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuJfNdd1UQ - 6th form video made with a cheap amateur camcorder (a 200 quid one IIRC). No whinging about kit, just working within it's limits and …

I have been asked to provide a voice over presentation and wondered how you go about it. I have the voice but know little else about Script for this particular genre, publicising…

Hi Russ, feel free to listen to by voice reels if it gives you an idea: www.voices.com/people/deborahklayman and click on demos.

If it is a voice reel you need you will need to s…

Posted this before but it turned up in the Music video bulletin. Posting again for fiction/docu people. I'll keep it short.

Would you like to make films locally? If you live in -…

Hi all,

I'm in pre production at the mo on my next short and a large amount of the action takes place during a five-a-side football match with the story being led by the events …

We shoot in Europe and many times we need to hire crew members and/or equipment (cameras, grip, lights, etc...) locally. We usually rely for this on word of mouth and friends. I …

Thanks Aleve and Chris for your suggestions. Any other is welcome ;-) Thanks!

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.

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…

To be clear - we have the equipment and want to hire it out to you lovely people, *but* we want to find a recommendation on a company to provide the relevant insurance cover for u…

Make the hirer provide insurance? That's how it generally works, you ask for a copy of their policy certificate and it's up to them to sort out if they break your kit.

To be clear - we have the equipment and want to hire it out to you lovely people, *but* we want to find a recommendation on a company to provide the relevant insurance cover for u…

I am converting a short film to DCP for festivals and also want to print DVDs and blu-rays of it. Does anyone have any particular recommendations of London-based companies. I have…

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.