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  1. photon

    Please ban me!

    So, lately my enjoyment of this forum has gone down while the time spend surfing the site has remained constant. The enjoyment/time ratio has reached an unacceptably low level. However, having an addictive personality makes quitting the site really difficult. Can a mod please temp ban me for a...
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    Moving to the UK?

    Any tips? How's the job market? Any difficulties getting a job with a foreign (EU) degree? What are some great cities / areas to live in?
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    IT Movie Club

    This is a movie club thread. Let's pick a new move once a week, watch it and post reviews of it. This week's (week 9) movie is: The Man from Nowhere You can also post suggestions for the next week's film.
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    Anybody want to co-write?

    I got this idea for an alien invasion feature that I think is fairly original and could be done on a relatively low budget by someone with VFX-skills. I'm kind of a slow writer so if someone would like to co-write the thing so it would get done in time for me to try to produce it during the...
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    How fast do you write?

    How many pages/ day or pages/ hour can you write? I can only do like 5 a day.
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    2014 Oscars

    The 2014 Oscar nominees are released! http://oscar.go.com/nominees Discuss!
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    writing teams/ partners

    Anyone got any experience writing as a part of a team? Would / do you like to work that way or do you prefer writing alone?
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    favorite Favorite genres?

    What are your favorite genres to watch and make? I usually like to watch sci-fi > action = comedy > horror. Can't stand straight up drama. I find action movies to be the most fun to make.
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    If you could live anywhere?

    Where would you live if you could live anywhere? Some factors to consider: the climate, filmmaking opportunities, cost of living, day job salary etc. As soon as I'm done with school, I'm planning on moving somewhere nicer than backwaters of Finland.
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    Action movie cliches

    Can anyone think any good ones? There is tvtropes, but what stands out to you personally.
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    On outlining?

    Kind of a dump question. When outlining, the guru's say you should have like 40-50 "scenes" in your outline. But a film "scene" can be anything from a quick 10 second one to a 10 minute chase sequence. Is there a more reliable way to guesstimate how long the story will end up? When do you know...
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    VFX artist available

    Hello! Contact me if you need help with some VFX shots. I have experience as a compositor using AE and a 3d generalist using Maya. Samples of previous work available upon request. Will work for a chance to make some cool shots for my demo reel. PM me. -Photon
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    Crowd funding a fan film legal?

    I have been under the impression that raising money using other people's IP is illegal but recently I have been seeing more and more crowd funding campaigns for fan films, some of them successful. Anyone know if this is actually legal, illegal or something in between?
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    Stock footage?

    Anyone know where to find public domain/ actually free stock footage? All I can find are sites selling "free" footage. I need to find some for this mocumentary short I'm doing.
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    A new plan

    Step 1: quit filmmaking Step 2: start a business step 3: ??? step 4: profit step 5: use the profits to produce a proper indie film with a marketable star step 6: If the movie is successful, move to step 7. If not return to step 3. step 7: Hollywood baby!!! What do you think? More realistic...
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    Filmmaking documentaries?

    Are there any good documentaries on filmmaking? Are there any in the style of Indie Game The Movie?
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    Found footage/mocumentary spec?

    How do you format a found footage spec? AFAIK in normal specs you are supposed to avoid camera direction but in found footage this seems unavoidable.
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    a writing exercise

    I want to practice my writing skills and English. Can somebody give me a genre and/or a subject 48 hour film style? I'll write a five pager based on that and post the final product here for Critique and for anyone to shoot (if it won't be too embarrassing).
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    Networking with other filmmakers?

    What are some good ways to network with other filmmakers and meet possible collaborators?
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    The most in demand skill?

    The most valuable skill in terms of supply and demand? What do you guys think is the most valuable skill in indie filmmaking in terms of supply and demand? For example do you think it is acting or cinematography?
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