Hope you can be of help to me! My boyfriend and I moved to London recently as I have just found my first music job at Naxos, the classical music record label. My boyfriend works casually at the BBC and there are often periods where he is off work for long periods of time. He wants to be a film director and has a degree to this effect but he is new to London, and doesn't know many people.
My question is, does anyone know of any people or routes to get into film journalism? He writes lots of reviews on films all the time, but does not know any of the local papers who he can work as a freelancer for. He doesn't necessarily want paying, he just needs the experience so he can build up a portfolio. Does anyone know of any newspapers or magazines that would welcome a freelance film reviewer?
It would be nice too if you could tell me if there are any ways to find out if there are people producing films at the moment that need crew, be it on a fulltime/temporary/paid/unpaid basis. As I said, my boyfriend really wants to make a start in London but as he doesn't know anyone he finds it a bit difficult!
Thanks very much, I really appreciate this!
