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This week we are working to develop a script (by committee which is always problematic). We will then develop the characters and the plot. Hopefully, we will end the evening with a script that we can take forward. So bring along your ideas, thoughts and creative juices.
At this week's meet we will be shooting 3 scenes from a short film that is in production. These three scenes will be shot in a pub in Cheam and then in the normal Sutton FilmMakers venue. We will be starting off in the pub at 7:30. We need some people to act as extra's […]
Sutton FilmMakers have been awarded a £1000 grant from the Hate Crimes Awareness Activity Fund run by Community Action Sutton. Here's what we pitched. We would like to make a short film between 5 & 10 minutes. That shows how hate crime has effected some of Suttons residents. We would like to show how the […]
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema through film clips and insight from visionary directors and their wildly creative sound designers. We will be showing this film at the club and discussing how we can integrate the lessons learned from this film into our own films.
What we will be doing this night will depend on the script that was developed on the development night on the 29th January. More details to follow.
Tom Stubberfield, whose one hour documentary "Belsen: Our Story" went out on BBC2 at 9pm Tuesday 28th Jan 2020. Using unique interviews with those who were there, this moving film reveals the true experience of life inside the infamous Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Tom will be happy to talk about the special problems posed in directing […]
The SFM members have been invited to a 50/50 evening at Spring Park Film Makers club in West Wickham. We have visited them before and the idea is that we will go to the Spring Park Film Makers club and we will watch 45 minutes of their films and we will show 45 minutes of SFM's films. […]
This week Bruce Whitehall is hosting an evening looking at the effects of music upon a film. Following February's screening of the excellent "Making Waves" documentary on the evolution of movie sound, the March 11 of Sutton Film Makers will attempt a unique exploration of how far music and other soundtrack elements, including sound effects, […]
So we are planning an online preview & premieré short film night hosted by Paul Howard. We have 5 films to show you. Two of the films will be world premierés 'TWO' and 'Jitters' (which was made with the aid of SFM members). The remaining 3 films are in the final stages of post-production and […]
For the first time, Sutton FilmMakers are opening up their doors (metaphorically speaking) to show films from members and non-members. It will be an evening of short films from any genre or topic. Although the films will be taken in a first come first serve basis we will not pass judgement on the films before […]