Camera movement is more popular than ever in feature films and TV programmes, but it’s the blocking of your actors and keeping them in focus that really counts.
Sutton Filmmakers AGM 24th April 2019 8:00 PM
Chairman’s Report 2018-2019 Looking Back Paul Howard has taken over the website management and has re-designed our website to include many more films, blogs and a news section. – thank […]
Shooting at night – Practical
This Wednesday 17th April 2019 at 7:30pm at The Parochial Rooms, 42 The Broadway, Cheam, Surrey, SM3 8BL This is a practical evening and those with cameras/video cameras or even […]
A letter from the Chairman
Dear Members, We have the Club’s Annual General Meeting coming up on Wednesday 24th April. This year’s AGM will be a particularly important one which will ensure the continued successful […]
Versatile gimbal adds super-smoothness to DSLR filming
The extensive library of filming, sound and lighting equipment available freely to SFM members was expanded in April with the addition of a Crane 2 Gimbal made by Zhiyun. This […]
Bruce Whitehall
I started making short films when I moved to “Swinging London” in the 1960s and discovered, three doors down from my flat in Richmond, a lively amateur movie-making group called […]
Community films spotlight borough housing
Club members have been closely involved with documentaries about local architectural and planning issues. Subtitled “An Oasis in Suburbia”, our 10 minute film about the Hamptons housing estate in Worcester […]
Emma Frayne-Ford
I joined about 18 months ago and in that short time the members of SFM have helped me achieve some amazing results. My first short film project, “Almost Perfect” was […]
Will Tribble – On short films and 3m youtube hits
I’m a writer, director, editor and occasionally animator. Why I Don’t Like Cellars was a Sutton film club project that started off my filmmaking career about 11 years ago. I […]
Tim Lowe
I bought a Digital Camcorder to record a holiday-of-a-lifetime in the Caribbean. Whilst working in the Education Service, I then drew on film-making skills I had acquired to make films that […]
Club films score in a local competition
SFM swept the board at “Sutton the Movie!”, a national short film competition sponsored by the London Borough of Sutton. The event’s organiser, Arts Network Sutton, handed out top prizes […]
Jackie Clarke on her feature film – Parallel Lines
People often ask what it’s like working as an independent producer/director and the answer is not a simple one. It can be demanding, stressful, creative and outrageously funny all in […]