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INDEXShowreel Collaboration/ Testing...do film people do this?
10 years, 3 months ago - Tomo Kembery
Hello, i have made a few films for clients....mostly fashion (Producing)
Generally i shoot mainly stills photography.
In the stills world, we have something called a "Test" or TFP" where basally we meet like minded creative people through such sites as "Who is testing" etc....and arrange a shoot together as a collaboration to get more work for our portfolios.
Do film people do the same thing? (I.e you just set up a shoot, no one gets paid and you all get the edit for your portfolio in the end??)
Because I'm looking for people who are up for this.
Or dose anyone know any sites for of this kind of nature.
I work with top fashion brands and i need to expand more in film so i can win these jobs they commission.
Any advice would be fab.
Tom
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10 years, 3 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Hi Tomo, TFP works because of a fairly well balanced set of needs in the photographer/model relationship - in film it's more complicated. Yours is a straight meeting of creatives, ours involves trades, too. The photographer effectively can produce, direct, art direct, AD, light, operate the camera, focus the camera, import the images, grade (colour correct) their own shoot, in film they're different roles as it's just more work to get right.
Some stuff is similar (locations, costume, makeup), some more complex (script, sound recording, grip and grip kit, lighting crew and kit for a moving scene, script supervision, story, character, narrative arc, edit, sound mix, grade, etc). There's approaching zero value for a soundie or grip to have 'showreel', so they have no incentive for TFP/equivalent.
Yes, there are enthusiast-produced short films, but it's a bigger deal and harder to get right. You might take 6-10 shots a minute, in film you're taking 24 every second, plus have to consider narrative, movement, audio, etc.
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