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Oops, yeah, I misinterpreted. Anyway, thanks, everyone, particularly Lucky for the walkthrough.

Thanks everyone for the input, I'll bear all comments in mind.

Don't be bitter towards your team - at least they stuck with the project (and why the hell should they pay money for what ultimately sounds like your film)? How about, instead of moaning, you give us something to learn from? - What was your pitch (note: an uninspiring project won't inspire...

I'm sorry, I didn't explain it properly. Bullet Time is where Trinity leaps into the air, the camera spins around her and then she kicks, right? I think that it was developed by a game company and they sold the rights. What I actually meant was: During a short, a character goes to walk away...

The sizzle reel for Looper, here, contains bits from Se7en, among other flicks. Here is the link to the excellent fan-made X-men reboot. Note that this has been on YouTube for at least 6 months, going by the dates of the comments. The idea of the sizzle reel is not to show what I can do as a...

Since I don't know if it has a bona fide title, the Bullet Shot is what I call the shot of a projectile in motion. We've all seen it in films: Keanu Reaves dodging a bullet, an arrow in flight, a ninja throwing star... it's where somebody unleashes the projectile and then the camera shifts to...

I'm planning a sizzle reel to go online for a project and am wondering if I need to secure the rights to use clips/images from other films? I'm considering blending some of my own illustrations with comic art/anime and possibly using a song by a band I like... this all leads back to the...

Done to death in shorts (and now popping up in features).

I just want to re-emphasise, if the "director" has registered a treatment, it's HIS STORY. Ideas cannot be copyrighted, but try to register a screenplay as your own based on the "story" (as this is essentially what a treatment is) of another and you are opening up yourself to a world of legal...

He could be a legitimate, honest, low-budget director who doesn't want a contract because, if the script isn't up to scratch, he'll still have his idea and can make some kind of arrangement with one of the many amateur writers out there who'd sell their left leg to break in (as sad as it is)...

Advertise for a writer who is looking for a break. I'm not saying that you'll get one, but there might be somebody out there who'd be keen.

I could be wrong, but I thought that photographs were for actual locations and storyboards were a rough shooting guide. I write rough because on location, shots may have to change... or simply others will be preferred. A lot of people go on about Pre-vis nowadays, because it allows the...

Get a half-way decent actors, a damn good crew, state-of-the-art equipment, choose your locations wisely, plan your shots and it doesn't much make a difference what you did before. Always keep your fingers crossed that everything turns out as well as hoped/in your mind's eye.

I've just finished a creepy drama and am waiting for feedback from my usual sources - I know how valuable good notes can be! What turned me off though, Justin, was you stating that you've been working on FIVE scripts over the past "few weeks"; honestly, I don't know how to handle that. If...

Okay, let's put on our director head and think about the shots: A) Joe is in the bank, he is going to exit, eye a hot woman who frowns at him and then, as he gets into his Bentley (a superior vehicle + easier to spell), she can't believe what she passed up. INT. BANK - DAY Joe turns away from...

Get more feedback; if the same "problem/s" come from several sources, you have a bona fide problem. Seriously, choosing what parts to pay attention to when receiving feedback is important for your development as a writer - even if some Oscar winner said to you he'd have written a scene another...

Basically, you're worried about offending the reader... Okay, so were you writing a kids' script, there's no place for sexual banter and/or swearing - NOWHERE. Leave all expletives and whatnot out. Suppose you're writing a romantic-comedy: you want it to be raunchy but again, don't want to...

Thanks for the opinions. I'm not sure about getting an LP for $750 to budget a feature, but I think I'll skip this budgeting option.

Exactly that. I came across this site today and was wondering if anyone's tried it... for $199 dollars, it seems way too good to be true, but does feature several posters of films which were made from the result of their budget! Anyway, if someone here has used it, please let us know (or me...

Off the ground. As you probably know, it's very difficult finding investors to back the project of a new producer; back a new producer without distribution already in place? No chance. Also, supposing that one had already contacted a few companies who in return expressed interest in paying for...