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This is a dark/silly web series I am developing. Here's a quick teaser. I was going for a kind of postcard feel for the visual as everything is in the audio. I am curious to see if the visual is too slow or non-eventful for most people. Let me know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf4IJk4Bg24

Hey everybody It's been a looonnnngggg time since I last posted and I am now in the midst of pre-production on a short and have just begun to realize the hurdle I have created in front of me. My short is nearly all just one shot (looking through the front windscreen of a car) where more and...

Hi Guys Havn't posted for a while. I have just finished recording a song for one of many shortfilm scripts I plan to shoot in the coming months and was wandering what kind of film you think would suit the song. The song kind of reminds me of gary jules mad world or something along those lines...

Has anyone ever used this website for their screenplays? I used it a while back for my scripts but they weren't too helpful... anyone else have an opinion about it?

Hey Guys! I (hopefully) musn't be the only one that gets this, but do some of you get to say 3/4 of writing a feature script, and you have planned out most of it, found where your three acts start and end etc etc.......BUT then you start to get that intsy feeling where you think to yourself...

Hey Guys I know this sounds a bit vauge... But i'm putting together a budget for a short film funding package and there are two spots that I haven't filled out yet Film insurance - 1. Public Liability 2. Equipment I really have no idea how much these would cost, it...

Hey Guys I want to buy a Mac to use for final cut pro HD. I am tossing out whether I should buy a 27" Imac i5 or a 17" Macbook pro i5. I realise that the macbook pro is around a thousand dollars more then the imac but the reason I am thinking about that is because if I get stuck with an...

Hi Guys I'm putting together a funding package for my country's film commision to get funding for this short, as they've just developed a new funding slot for first time filmmakers. The basic premise of it is 'A man attempting to escape his 'coma state' mind before the doctors turn his life...

Hey Guys If I wanted to say use a quote from a Beatles Song to play at the start of my film, (something along the lines of David Bowie's quote at the start of Breakfast Club) would there be any legal issues that would arise? I am quite unsure of the copyright infringements around this. Thanks...

Hey guys I don't know if this question has already been asked on another thread but what would you say is a good price for a new H4n? I see on Amazon they are selling new for $299, you reckn I could get any cheaper? CHeers Matt

Hey Guys Not sure if this is the right topic to post under but... If I wanted to hire a theatre out and screen some 1960 French Art films, by selling tickets to friends and the public, I would obviously need some kinda copyright permssion, I have two questions. How would I get this? And...

Hi Indietalk Just wandering, I have a script with voice overs in it, but as part of the film's twist we don't find out who is saying the Voice over till the end. The Voice Overs happen all throughout the script and am wandering what I should call the characters voice over if I dont want to...

HI Guys I am currently getting ready to shoot a short with quite a lot of voice overs. They occur during quite fast paced action and need to keep in time with the main characters actions. As far as filming it is concerned, should I get someone to read out the Voice Over off camera and re dub...

Hey Indie Talk I have some money saved and am about to go into pre production for a feature. It is a very low budget feature, one location, not too much action, but I think it is a good concept. I have written a first draft called, "The Messaround Kids" and need some people to tell me that I...

Hi Guys Im still a newbee on all the festival stuff, never really been to one besides the NZ film festival. Just wandering if anyone has ever been to the Toronto film festival? How does it compare to Sundance, like is Sundance more prestigous then Toronto? Is Toronto just as hard to get your...

Ok I am wanting to direct a short and there is a shot I want to where 3 guys are sitting a small table and I want to place the camera in the centre and have it slowly rotate around on a swivel so the 3 actors faces come in and out of frame as the camera slowly turns. I am thinking that this...

Hi guys If you have seen Donnie Darko then you will know the shot I am talking about where he gets out of the bus and they have one long shot introducing teachers and students at the school as they walk in and out of frame while the camera follows. I am currently writing and hopefully...

Hi Guys I'm new to indietalk, I have just finished a screenplay I have been working on for a while and hoping to turn it into my first directed feature. The main emphasis I put into this screenplay is budget, it reflects the length of the screenplay - just on 80 pages. It reflects the...