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Open up your notes on your phone, or get out a pen & pad Write down what you have accomplished this year? What are you going to accomplished next? How are you going to accomplished it?

Apologies on the delay for those who have ordered the print magazine copies as we have had a hold up with our print supplier. They were supposed to be delivered today. I will let you know as soon as they arrive.

Practise, Try out a new skill/trade or role. Not about the finished project, about practising your trade in a safe space. Stop and ask questions at any point. Everyone involved receives: SSD Drive with: • Raw Footage • Raw Stills Edited Scenes & Stills Shared among the group IMDB Credit T- Sh

Contact email is pa@gakistudios.com

In this video series Alex talks you through; Maintaining a sustainable income in the industry, Scaling your business and tips to make you re-think searching for jobs. Aimed at those who have been in the industry for a bit, but are struggling to get past that entry level. https://www.filmcrewuk.c

Also we have confirmed our print provider which is exciting, so going forwards we will be taking orders for any print copies of the magazine too! Either for your studio, workplace, personal read or as a collectible if you're featured! www.filmcrewuk.com/spotlight/may2024

Last weekend was a blast! Thank you to all who came! We out sold the main space and so had to split it into two showings. We had a great mixture of incredible short films by the exhibitors and just a fun evening on the first day of what turned out to be a sunny bank holiday! Stills Photography by

The first event of this kind is this Saturday! It's super exciting and we hope you enjoy this format! So 2-3 hour socialising, followed 2 hours worth of short films and a further 2 hours socialising- we've chosen an eclectic mix full of intigue, laughter & motivation. There's still about 20 seats

See if you can spot some of our members including cheeky chap Jan “Yanny” Huge thanks to Purple Cow Film Network & FILM EXPO SOUTH for last weekend’s joint event in Southampton at The Hobbit. Everyone seemed to just jump straight into chatting so a successful one! Those down south who weren’t there

It may sound daunting or too complicated to some but just to make it as clear as possible so you can take advantage of this great offer. You can now claim 53% Tax Relief for your Indie Productions as long as you get your Certification from the BFI to say your film is culturally British and the Budge

We’ll be talking budgeting with the news of the 40% tax credits available for film production in the UK. How it affects indie cinema, PLUS! an interview with Production “Stargazers”, Virtual Studio “Recode XR” , the winner of the “Still of the Month” and plenty more! It may not be the funnest editio

Hi everyone. I am Mike Beard, a unit stills photographer based in Manchester, UK. I am keen to help you publicise your film & theatre productions, have stills for festival submissions, and provide cast & crew with behind-the-scenes photos of them doing their jobs. My most recent work has been a coup

We would like to showcase our smart range of "Crew" T-Shirts, Jackets, Hoodies, etc on a selection of different trades within the industry. We will send you an item from our list customised with your name & trade in return for you sending High resolution photos of you wearing them on set or in your

Hi everyone! A few folks from the Facebook group may recognise me: my name's Angus, and I'm a Photographer and Writer based in Kent but with bases all over the shop! I'm also helping the FilmCrewUK team with their Spotlight magazine, and we're currently 10 days from the deadline of our first "Sti

Hey guys! It’s been a super busy summer and I hope yours has been too! I want to make sure you’re getting the most out of the website, facebook group & magazine so could you please let me know some feedback either by email or commenting down below about how I can make this better for you thing

WE HAVE PRINTED JUNE'S MAGAZINE ALONG WITH SOME MORE OF MAY, SOME OF MARCH & SOME OF THE ORIGINAL FEBRUARY COPY. YOU CAN ORDER YOURS TODAY FROM THE SHOP :) BE SURE TO MESSAGE US IF YOU WISH TO BE FEATURED IN THE MAGAZINE (IT'S FREE TO DO SO FOR MEMBERS)

Practise, Try out a new skill/trade or role. Not about the finished project, about practising your trade in a safe space. Stop and ask questions at any point. Everyone involved receives: SSD Drive with: • Raw Footage • Raw Stills Edited Scenes & Stills Shared among the group IMDB Credit T- Sh

We are making June’s magazine special on Makeup Hair and SFX (the early starters) so if you wish to have a free article in the magazine please email us asap with a write up, stills, relevant credits and any call to actions you want to put in there along with chosen links

We have a new mini online video course available in June. For just £5 for members. You can watch at your own pace and learn tips for longevity along with how to scale your business. So come another strike or pandemic, or quiet period, you'll be more equipped to continue earning your living. Keep an

Drop Sonja' a message to book her for your next film or just congratulate her! Sonja Blietschau's Profile ARTICLE BY ANGUS WARRENDER

We are putting together a programme with screenwriter member of ours Craig Thorpe in which writers can be part of a community where they will have shared feedback and accountability to get writing done by a deadline. The programme is still being finalised but it will have the following format. •

As May is fast approaching we still have a bit of space in next months magazine to do a write up on the films that you have worked on regardless of your trade as film is a collaborative effort so we want to hear about your side ...be it for a short or feature length. If you wish to talk about a re

We have a script supervisor course being finalised - if anyone would be interested in joining the course please DM us or drop us an email at admin@filmcrewuk.com These will be in person training sessions approximately 3-3.5 hours long Upon completion you will receive a certificate signed by ourselv

We have a new members list which has more filter options so you can search by trade or department or just start typing someones name and it will auto fill. https://www.filmcrewuk.com/ourmembers Click Next or Previous to cycle through pages. There will bound to be glitches as this is brand new. If

I have joined the FaceBook group but I'm having issues posting (Admin are aware), so I thought I'd say "Hi" here. I am based in Salisbury and have been making short films for many, many years, but due to redundancy after COVID, I changed career and now ply my trade as a Videographer. Looking to conn

Emma Plummer is offering a free training course for introduction to makeup for film. Emma's experience before make up was in lighting and so the course leans onto the influence of light on make up and how to apply for the screen. The course will initally be online with places limited to 5 per s