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Yes, sorry to say, but my OP was not addressing the question of _which_ festival to enter? My question or concerns were more germane to _process_ as applied to development and completion of most any short film for a short film contest (or festival) I think the others here also were of the same...

An update: i) Script is now up to 6th draft & has improved. Most of the god-awful dialogue--which is really explication & an 'info-dump'--has been removed, and has been replaced with a more visual construction. Other superfluous dialogue has been removed. Yet, its ending still suffers from...

A new gestalt (perspective) for me, but one that perfectly summarises a producer's view!! I am unsure-if it is not a question of 'speed' in relation to improving one's script writing craft, then how is 'problem solving' doing this? I am one of 4 (that I know of) assisting w/ script...

I have what I would like to think is "considerable" experience in film-as film buff, ex-film reviewer/critic, one-time Super 8 Film Festival Marketing person (!), as an extra for Apocalypse Now (my claim to fame), and as either AD, sound assistant, casting assistant, "script consultant"...

I trust that you display a jocular attitude. Nevertheless: 1) It's fun. Perhaps--in a perverse sense. I see it mainly as 1 person involving himself (herself) in an activity that requires the ability to try and effectively manage operational/logistics issues, the size of which is dependent on...

I have recently entered my first short film contest, serving as production manager, “script manager/consultant”, and possibly both AD & editing assistant. The contestants have around 30 days to complete their film, from script to screen. This film has been written by an actor, and while the...

I have been observing the development of a project from one first time film, first time feature independent filmmaker (writer-producer-director). Besides the usual problems, he has had a constant problem finding suitable production staff; more recently, he admitted that he was overly ambitious...

Thanks much, gents--589 (including Sonnyboo's) forms should provide me more than enough bed-time reading, for sometime to come. Any chance you (& others here) are able to provide input on: i) guidance on "standard operating procedure" for use of both cast and crew release forms?;is there such...

Could anyone here kindly provide: i) guidance on "standard operating procedure" for use of both cast and crew release forms?; ii) advice on whether these differ from contracts (though I surmise so); iii) a copy of or a link to a 'current'/up-to-date/'industry standard' release form for both...

On The Set/Crew-reply to David Jetre This post is in direct reply to David Jetre's post: Notes On Producing The attitude that comes through on Jetre's post is of the Producer as Enforcer with foot on your neck (or very close to this attitude). As a crew member on at least 3 very low budget...

Thanks very much.

Interesting. I was thinking about a local version of EBay actually, although it is certainly a bit dodgy. Would you be willing to indicate which classifieds and forums you're referring to? What to look out for, generally and specifically? And the price differential between the Canon XL2 retail...

I am nearing completion of research on my digital video workstation before proceeding to place the order with an IT services company. In relation to computer monitors, my research has indicated that I ought to have one between 20"-22". I wish to purchase a square screen, but it appears that...

Thanks. The idea I had/have is similar to Sonnyboo's, but my thought is to obtain second-hand for the price of between $1,200-1,500 a camera that when new, retailed for around $4,000. With new camera models with new features being released every 6 months, I think that it would take around 1-2...

Hello all. I am making preparations to purchase my first camera. It will be what I term a 'training' camera--not a low end consumer model ($300-600) nor a top end professional model ($4K+), but somewhere in between ($1200-1500). I am considering a second-hand camera. Any here able to make...

Yes. Thanks very much indeed.

On 23-10-08, in this forum EvsFX08 asked about books on advanced editing--I'm quite some way from that level. I'm soon to get my first digital video editing rig together, and will surely need some books on the basics of editing. Are any here able to recommend some specific books on the...

Hmmm...thanks. I am very interested in your view concerning: - my configuration and the CPU's ability to handle different formats: DV/HDV/SD/HD/AVCHD? - whether my configuration is suitable for doing 'low end' work _as well_ ??

I plan to have a rig built with the following configuration:- CPU: Intel Q6600 quad core 2.4 GHz Memory: (x2) 2G DDR2800 (=4G) Graphic card: ATI 4850 512M Harddisk: (x2) Western Digital 640G SATA (=1.28 terabyte?) Motherboard: (Gigabyte) Intel P45/LGA 775 OS: XP Pro 32bit Editing software...

Without doubt, your point is valid. There's the situation where the 32bit will be supported--or at least available via OEM or already installed on new machines, and in some cases, available for downgrade--until 2014, according to a number of reports. Also, within this context, I have to...