I am shooting a live event on Friday Aug 11th at 6 PM and need a Canon XL2 owner to come for 2 hours. Just need to rent the camera and have you assist with jib.

I am a jib operator and will be flying the camera on an EZFX 10ft jib with Varizoom hothead. I have a Panasonic but would like to match the clients other cameras which are XL2's. Good opportunity to make a quick 100 bucks. Easy work and paid at the end of the gig.

I am pretty easy going and and like to have fun while shooting. Please no egos or flakes and be professional.

Thanks!

I need DP's for two upcoming projects:

August 20
Short Film
I would love to have a DP who uses a 35mm adpator on a DV camera to shoot an 8 minute short. If not, someone with a 2/3" chip camera would be great. Or if you can put together nice, cinematic images in an outdoor shoot using DV I'd still love to hear from you.

September 9-10
Web Series
This will be the pilot shoot for a web series. I need someone with a lot of experience shooting handheld, with the psuedo-reality show look of Arrested Development or The Office. This could lead to monthly shoots after this. We'll be shooting the first 2-3 five minute episodes of the show at two locations.

Both projects have great scripts with great actors attached. Our aim on both projects is to put together a first rate product, and to have fun while we do it. I like DP's who treat the frame as art, but who can also move quickly.

Please email me your info, and a link to a demo reel if you have it on line. I look forward to hearing from you.

August 20
Short Film
I would love to have a DP who uses a 35mm adpator on a DV camera to shoot an 8 minute short. If not, someone with a 2/3" chip camera would be great. Or if you can put together nice, cinematic images in an outdoor shoot using DV I'd still love to hear from you.


I have an XL2 and Letus35XL Enhanced. This is a new system for me so my Demo reel is not developed at this time. I had been shooting some on 16mm Film but in recent years I have been focusing on Photography. You can get an idea of my composition and photographic skills at my website:

http://seenosun.com

I recently took some sample shots with the XL2 / letus35XL Enhanced for the DVi forum. It utilizes a preset I use to get a pretty decent film look. It recieved a great response from other members. You will see a link to the sample video footage on seenosun.com but I recommend viewing the footage by hitting the following link. The server is a little faster and it utilizes a longer clip with a larger viewing window. The shot was thrown together very quickly and was intended to show the DOF of the adapter. If I had shot a second take I would have changed the compostion slightly.

It can be viewed at:
http://65.36.225.68/theater_redirect.htm

I would be interested in taking a look at the script and discussing some more details about the shoot on August 20th. My email is MW@seenosun.com

Hi

I'm in urgent need of a music composer to work on an original score for a student short 16mm film (2-3mins). The edit is almost done and we have included a scratch track for reference. Our deadline is in 2 weeks so anyone interested do give me an email!

Thanks
zul.lee.yusof@gmail.com

where is a good place to start looking for actors?
they have to be local. i heard that if you go to local colleges you can find actors willing to work for free just so they can put it on their resume.
please give some good leads and advice.
thank u!!

mandy.com and craigslist.org

...if you go to local colleges you can find actors willing to work for free just so they can put it on their resume.


If you have a low - or no - budget, this could work well. Try contacting someone at the college's "School of Arts". However, remember, you're working with students who are/will be strapped by classes.

School will be starting soon, but if you hurry, and are ready for the beginning of this semester or next, you might even be able to convince a professor or 2 to allow some of the students to use the work as an independent study course. If you can find an interested student(s) and a willing professor, the student could also gain academic credit as well as credits in the production.

Good luck.

There are alot of good actors that work in local community theater. I got involved in a hybrid Community / College Theater in my area and have had three really cool parts in their last three productions. I'm auditioning for a fourth show this September. This not only helps me build relationships with actors but gives me an opportunity to see if they are easy to work with. Some are great, very open to ideas, work with an ensemble well, etc... Others are extreme Divas that I wouldn't hire if they paid me.

thanks for all the advice

Update:

No progress on the sites so far.

Hello,
We're doing a two day shoot for a horror film festival. We already have some great actors/crew attached to this project, but are in need of a few more. Let me know if you're interested, or if you know somebody else that might be.

We need the following positions filled.

Cinematographer (DP)
Makeup
Sound guy
Composer

2 day shoot, filming Sept. 8th, in the High Desert area of California (1 1/2 hours from Los Angeles towards Barstow/Vegas)

Digitalhourent@hotmail.com
Email me w/ rates etc.

Nate-

I think you should get involved in a local filmmaking group and do some networking first! Try IndianapolisFilm.NET and offer to help on a group project. You'll learn all of the mistakes that lo/no budget producers make (such as not taking care of people and then losing everyones interest...) and how to avoid making the same mistakes so you can develop a good reputation for yourself. Reputation is key in small midwest film communities. I suggest waiting a little while before making your own films, or at least start with something VERY short, like a 30 second spot or a one minute movie. The lesson to learn here is that progress as a filmmaker comes from completing projects on time no matter what, learning what you did wrong, and then doing it all over again! It's really, really hard to complete anything longer than a couple of minutes, even with "highly committed talent." Things come up, and people walk. There are talented actors in the area who would love to be involved in well organized productions that make them look good and actually get finished. But, you just can't afford not to finish a project. So, try getting involved in someone else's project, learn from their mistakes, make contacts, and then call on them when it's time for you to make your own short film. Ok, So that's not exactly the answer to your question. Try IndianaActors.com... Just remember to start small. That's my advice to you, sir. Sincerely, Brian Wells

Tim,

Could you clarify where in the high desert area your shoot is, and since it is a "2-day shoot filming September 8th" I assume that your mean 7th and 8th or 8th and 9th. Which is it?

I also sent you a private e-mail.

Tip McPartland

Still need another helping hand for IBC.

I might be able to help you out, have to check my schedule. (shooting with canon xl1) I'll let you know tomorrow if that's ok , and otherwise i'd might know some other guys to help you out

Thats good, I prefare local guys, Let me know.

Hey Tip,
The 8th and 9th. It is in Victorville.

For some reason I did not get your email.

try this address.

slimsfn@hotmail.com

Thanks, Tim.

Hi there!

Is anyone free this weekend? I am doing some video shooting of a martial arts seminar for both mornings and afternoons and would love someone to help. Actually to operate the camera.

The topic of the day is tai chi, and how to push people very far, and how to move people without touching them. Sounds strange I know, but this is all from a martial context.

If you are interested in helping this Saturday and Sunday, August 19 and 20, please email me at eb7g@shaw.caNOSPAM.

Ronald

On our last project we posted messages up at the local colleges. Most of the replies we got flaked out at some point. The dependable ones came from a local theater group.

One place that might be interesting is meetup.com. I just went to a Philly filmmakers meeting that was organized on that site. Several actors came up to us and asked if we had anything going on that they could work on.

I'm afraid , and I'm not going to make it. I can only be there one day, and that day I'm going to check IBC out. I'm sorry. I do try to drop by, I would like to check your rigs out, they look good

I'm afraid , and I'm not going to make it. I can only be there one day, and that day I'm going to check IBC out. I'm sorry. I do try to drop by, I would like to check your rigs out, they look good

OK Djee, see you at the show.

Can you think of other way to offer the job to Amsterdam shooters ? A Dutch forum or a local film school...

you could try this, www.filmvacatures.nl (dutch for 'film vacancy') it's a site of a dutch film and television organisation. Normally if you post a message, you get a lot of reactions. A lot of people involved in tv and stuff get on that site regularly. I believe it cost 1,30 euro for a message.

If you need any help just say so.(the site is in dutch, but you can post an English message) you can mail me throgh my profile

Hey guys,
We are a new video production company called PowerTV. We are covering extensive video coverage of every NMRA & NMCA drag race with same-day video updates throughout the weekend of the race. We will be out in Columbus, OH on August 31st - September 3rd for the 28th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA Ford Expo 2006 at National Trail Raceway. We are currently looking for race fans out there that have some experience with a video camera. Expenses paid! If you are interested please drop me an email and we can talk details. Check it out at nmratv.net.

I posted this on Craig's list but I figured I'd let the fine people of this forum know too.

Basically I'm looking to put a list together of cameramen with their own camera in Montreal to work occasionally on some event gigs. Mostly concerts and shows shot with 2 to 4 cams.

I'm using XL2s myself so I will probably give priority to those with this cam, but anybody else with a decent cam can contact me.

I try to shoot most of my productions in 16:9 / 30p format so a camera with those features is a big plus, but I also shoot some 4:3 stuff from time to time.

What I said on Craig's list is I'm willing to offer around 40$ (CND) per hour with a minimum of 3 hour pay per production and I provide tape stock and extra gear.

Obviously this is not broadcast but low budget productions so there are limits to what I can pay and I'm not expecting to get the best guys in the industry at that price, but you still have to know what you're doing and have a good enough skill level for proper exposure, framing, focusing, stability, etc.

I might want to look at a short demo of your work, nothing fancy, just to judge your skills as a camera op. It can be a Web link though not ideal.

People interested can Email me or call me at 514-885-4799.


David

Anybody know of a rental house that has m2?

Wow, haven't heard that format in a while. You must have some old archive footage. I havent seen an M2 tape in over 10 years!

Hey,
I need someone saturday the 26th 2pm on for a wedding in palos verdes. 2nd cam for the ceremony - so just for a few hours. Must have the HVX200, tripod and some p2 cards. Laptop or p2 store to D/L footage is a plus but not necessary. Drop me an e-mail @ philip@soarproductions.com
This IS a paid gig.

Thanks-

I was referring to the redrock micro35 (m2) 35mm adaptor for video cameras. It allows you to attach 35mm film lenses on video cam.

are you looking for camera or deck?
if deck - you looking to copy to betaSp or digibeta or DVcam ??
or digitize ?

wooooooooooooops i too thought you wanted the panasonic M2 format ...

how does one DELETE a post ??

ooops, Don, I guess we are showing our age..... I mean experience.

We are in need of a camera man with camera that is interested in The outdoors who has a HD cam or XL2 or similar for a shoot for a local outdoor TV show in Western NY. If your interested please PM me for more info.

thanks

I'm in Huntsville and would be willing to help. I've got a Sony Z1U and wireless mics...Let me know if your interested...

PM me for contact info...

gregpatch@hotmail.com

Hey all,

I'm directing an 8 minute short that we are shooting Sunday, August 27 and I need a DP (the old one bagged out).

It's one location, and it has a great script with great actors who are totally nailing the roles. I'd like to do their performances justice with a very nice look. The shoot will be fun, and pretty low-stress.

The short is a dark comedy about a break-up.

Post or email via the link on my name in the post if you are interested.

Thanks...

Hi mate,

Well done on the degree and all that. I loved doing Film studies. Been studying it ever since in fact.

The good news? Well you'll probably get the job over the guy that doesn't have the degree.

The bad news? Job-wise, that's about all its worth I'm afraid.

For UK jobs, and especially those at the bottom rung of the ladder, try Broadcast (more jobs on their site at produxion.com but you have to pay to subscribe to get a job that you needed to pay for all your subscriptions) Stage/Variety, Media Day in the Guardian, Grapvinejobs.co.uk.

If you've got a reel, I would look at the PACT book and pick out the film companies you love and take it to them in person. Phone up and ask who HR or the equivilent is and speak to them - tell them you're passing through but you've always loved their work and you'd like to drop off a cv/reel in case any positions ever come up etc...

It's a lot easier to give someone a job if you've already met them. You'll be first in their head in front of all the anonymous CVs.


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Also, while I'm being a sour git, I will have to break it to you that being a runner or tape-op/edit assistant is so much more graft than just making tea 24-7. I have never in my life ever had to work as hard as I did back then (90hr weeks for 12 weeks straight on £7k a year with no overtime and it was only 1996!) - never taken so much s**t off so many people - never been treated so badly by the majority of producers and execs.... It was as emotionally gruelling as it was physically.

But you know what? It was exciting. Because every once in a while, at 4am with the directors and editors they'd invite you for a drink or ask for a fresh pair of eyes on a sequence, and suddenly after you've been put through all kinds of rubbish, your opinion can count for something. Every subsequent break I had in TV (first researcher job, first director job, first editor job, first producer job) came from these late night work sessions and then these people seeing I 'paid my dues' suddenly seeing something in me and trusting me to do well and go on to better things. Inside 3 years of my first TV job (with NO degree, but that's another story) I produced my first show. And I put it all down to that graft in my early years because while I was hating it and being spoken to like... well like I wasn't the 6'4" South-Londoner that I AM.... Well, nothing has ever been that hard again.

I personally think it's terrible, but people seem to look at it as a rite of passage and so subsequently in between making the tea, getting the boss' dry-cleaning, picking out a present for his girlfriend, explaining why you couldn't do 20hrs worth of transfers in 2hrs, you are expected to do every single worst job you can think of that might take place in an office, in a machine room and on location. Unclog the drain. Paint the studio. Walk the dogs. Feed the princesses (LONG story.. ) No one ever warned me and it hit me really hard at the time, but if you know what you are getting yourself into and can just steel yourself for harder hours than junior doctors work for far less money, then I'm sure you'll go on to rule the world.

Whilst this is my little tale and I'm sure some people have a 24hr party as a runner, everyone I work woth now has got horror stories of that time. A guy that worked with me used to have to go mow the exec's lawn and trim his hedges at the weekend on his day off!

I only ever got anywhere because people decided to help me when they didn't have to. I think it's important to continue that tradition. It's why I love this forum. If I can offer any advice don't hesitate to ask.

Still looking for a D.P.

Cheers Ben,

I'll look into the publications and sites you mentioned.

I actually got my first job as a runner last week, for a three day shoot (for an advert) and it was great. i was worked hard, 40 hours in three days, but fortunately I was also well treated. I was only yelled at once (and they apologised for that afterwards).

I learnt so much from being on a professional shoot about the way the set is run and just simple things like terminology and job titles.

It was frustrating to have no responsibilty at all after being top of the pile at university, but I look on it as you say, paying dues, and although it was hard work and I missed the England Greece game, it was exhilerating to be on set. However much I tell myself I went to university for the experience of uni life and to learn the acedemic side of film, THIS is what it was all about. being on set had the same feeling as being on football pitch or the top of a ski slope and so I'm willing to do this many more times if it means that i get a chance to prove myself in the future.

Thanks for telling it like it is (i hate that phrase, but its appropriate here) we could have done with this kind of info while still at uni.

Thanks

Alex

Hey no worries mate and congratulations.

I actually dropped out of UNI but had been at college before, and after wasting a year at Uni I went back to college for another year. Not a single thing I learned helped me to get a job.

I sometimes think about going back to my college and giving an afternoon course in 'what you need to get a job' type lecture. Striping tapes. Doing dubs. Digitising footage into NLEs. Taking s**t without punching the director of the company. Sleeping with the boss... That sorta thing.

I know what you mean about being on set though. It's a real buzz.

For me, I love going somewhere I've never been, meeting someone for the first time that I'm going to shoot and from that blank canvas, drawing together all those elements to produce something that people will see, hopefully enjoy, and not once think about how that light was cheated by being suspended on a coat hanger or how I was burning half my face while filming the chef at work in the kitchen etc...

Anyway well done and good luck for the future.

Ben

I still need some generic Canadian city footage, mostly a hotel, city stuff, and a police car with siren on. I need it sent by Thursday August 24th overnight for Friday August 25th delivery.

I can pay. Please email hmcknight@mac.com.

heath

We're completing 2nd Unit's Season 1 Finale with a helicopter sequence on the set of CBS' "The Unit" and we need extras to play potographers. No fee but alot of fun this coming Sunday on the set of the nation's 3rd highest rated show behind "24" and "NCIS". If you're interested, please respond here, to jlames@bluelinecinema.tv or at the 2nd Unit forum.

JOB DETAILS


job title: Other (Series Producer/Prod. Coordinator/Researcher)

job start: December 24 job end: February 24
total weeks: 7

show name: Travel Show
network: marketing

company: Craterlion Productions
location: El Dorado Hills, CA

job description:

Craterlion productions is looking for an experienced series producer that has the capability to wear multiple hats in producing a travel series that we have secured funding for.
This position will require you to multi-task, perform research, handle foreign communication, travel globally with a medium sized production crew, and communication with embassies, consulates, airpot security, archaeological socities, etc so the filming crew doesn't have to deal with all the hassles that come with international filming.

Brief project info: http://livethelife.craterlionproductions.com

Project media:
http://livethelife.craterlionproductions.com/footage.html

-Candidate must have experience in putting together the ins and outs of a network series.
-Resume must cite or include some name network projects
-travel experience is required, this position provides an opportunity to travel with the crew around the world.
-Experience handling filming permits, communication with foreign consulates/embassies for filming in various religious or public sites, etc. This is extremely important, please include detailed info in your resume if you have had experience dealing with such matters.
-Although detailed research has been done on each episodes of the series, we will require you to initiate /finalize contacts with local guides in all locations. Communication skills must be excellent.
-Must have the ability to research and initiate contacts in any countries we specify.
-this position requires you to work from our office so you must be local to Sac/El Dorado/Folsom area.

Compensation: Job starts on early December. Payment DOE.

JOB DETAILS


job title: Editor (Editor/Compositor)

job start: September 24 job end: November 14
total weeks: 7

show name: Reality Golf Show
network: Fox/Comcast Sportsnet

company: Craterlion Productions
location: El Dorado Hills, CA

job description:

We are looking for editors that can double as graphics/compositors with a very impressive resume. Must be proficient in working with the Adobe production studio. Knowledge in premiere pro 2.0 and after effects 7 is preferred but not required. Any NLE experience is fine but we want to see what you have done in the past and what you will be bringing to us, your reel will obviously represent you.

Anything beyond basic NLE experience(ie, 3dstudio max, maya, combustion/shake) is preferred.

You must have a good deal of industry experience working on name projects. We will require you to work from our offices.

Must have worked on projects that have been televised.

Be involved with a growing company working on various televised network projects.

Job starts on mid september, and rate will start out at 250-300 per day DOE.

Email your resume as well as online links for your reel. if you can't email, please submit a hard copy at the address provided through our site. Thank you.

For a one day shoot (only one actress also) on Thursday Aug 31st at Marshall Flight Center. $300.00
Also need a PA for the day $100.00

OK does anyone know a makeup artist near the area?

....but I sent you a couple of emails. If there is any way I can help, let me know.

Hollywood film director GREG DEROCHIE, represented by GiveMe Entertainment, is available for your next project.* Mr. Derochie has just signed a production deal to direct the feature film SOLITARY based on his own script.* His digital effects work is showcased in the Oscar nominated films SPIDERMAN, SPIDERMAN 2, STUART LITTLE, HOLLOWMAN, and THE LION THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE. His full credits can be viewed at www.formationfilms.com

Abbey HD has the Redrock Micro35-II (M2) and Follow Focus available for rent:
http://www.abbeyhd.com/?ref=dvinfo&post=530343

Save 10% off your first order with the code: 10DVI0608

I am looking for someone in the middle of NJ who has a HVX200 that I could barter some kind of service (legal=) for a days use or so.

I am considering purchasing one, but not for a few mos.

Cheap network... CBS not willing to pay??? Com'on?

but grew up in Monmouth. E-mail me with particulars/details, e.g. date, time, length of shoot, expectations/intended subject, equipment needed, etc. I have some limitations to my schedule, but maybe we can work out something convenient.

denis@webbrokers.com

Forget Redrock and get the mini35 PS Technik adapter from John Chater in Berkeley. http://www.chatercamera.com/ - its all there. Good luck.