In A Nutshell - ​We encourage you to come along to our quarterly events and to talk to the audience, network and make friends, and ask for help.

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Why?   Well, the process of making a film, no matter how big or small, is a highly collaborative process.   Yes you might have all the skills and tools needed to make a film on your own.  BUT experience has demonstrated time and again that to tell a story and to do it well, requires different skill sets, different experiences, different points of view.  Telling a stroy well requires good story telling skills, good actors, good sound, good music, good locations and costumes, good makeup, and well, a good team.  A team of people you can trust to get on with their particular parts of the project.  And there is no ideal team size.  The smaller the team, the cheaper it is to make your film, and often you can get things done faster.  The larger the team, the more experience you can tap in to to make your film better and spread the word, and the bigger the locations and cast.   But of course you might find that some aspects / some of the shoot sequences only need a small team, and then for other parts you need a much larger team - for example for action sequences with larger cast and larger locations where your cast and cameras are covering a larger area in a small amount of time, such as running or for stunt work.   Different shoots require different planning, different scheduling, different skills, which in turn will dictate your crew and cast size for each sequence.  Budget, well that also directly impacts your cast and crew size.  Lots of moving parts!!

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And if you have aspirations for your film beyond that of creating it, then you'll need to think about film festivals and film distribution.  There are more than 14,000 film festivals to navigate, almost all of which will £charge for you to submit your film or script to their festivals.   And the process of distributing a film to the many many platforms (cinema, TV, hand held devices, streaming platforms such as Amazon and Netflix) etc, is in itself an industry and a potential minefield - even with contacts and friends in the industry.

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So are you ready?

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• If you would like to present your film production or project to the audience, then we suggest you prepare your Logline and include your genre and likely locations for your film shoots. You can present it as a Heads Up and ask for anyone that's interested to get in touch directlty or via Chichester FilmMakers (projects@ChiFilm.studio), or you can ask for sepcific help, such as a script writer, storyboard artists, producers, director, cinematographer, art director, costume designer, editor, etc, and indeed actors. This is typically a 3 to 5 minute slot during the event, or we can extend this at your request

• If you aren't clear what to ask for then we suggest you talk to one of the team (Jonathan Brooker, Petrina Rodwell, Matt Goddard) at the event, or beforehand via (Jonathan@ChiFilm.studio) and we shall be glad to provide guidance, help and support. Jonathan regularly meets aspiring film makers and actors for a coffee in and around Chichester to chat and help develop ideas.

• We provide guidance and assistance with location management & scouting, permits & licenses, how to manage & support under-age cast, general production setup and management, production scheduling, casting, director and producer coaching, public safety, post-production (editing, film scoring, music, sound design, visual.effects), marketing and public relations.

• We have an extensive network of community and industry contacts across the South of England, with many of the larger international studios, and across Europe and North America.

• Please do feel free to reach out - we are here to help you succeed and fulfil your dreams.

• Rest assured all information shared with us (Chichester FilmMakers) is not shared outside our team without your prior approval.