Writing a script for short films – 22nd May 2019
Contents
- 1 Writing a script for short films – 22nd May 2019
- 2 Make a Film Night – 15th May 2019
- 3 Cleaning up the dialogue – 8th May 2019
- 4 Focusing and Camera Movement (Practical)
- 5 Sutton Filmmakers AGM 24th April 2019 8:00 PM
- 6 Shooting at night – Practical
- 7 A letter from the Chairman
- 8 Versatile gimbal adds super-smoothness to DSLR filming
- 9 Bruce Whitehall
- 10 Community films spotlight borough housing
May 21, 2019
Sara Jordan, an award-winning Director and Writer, is going to be showing us how she goes about writing scripts for short films and the important elements that need to be there. Her unique approach might be a little different than just a story arc, but then short films have different requirements. She will be holding
Make a Film Night – 15th May 2019
May 14, 2019
This week were going to do a “make a film night”. It will be a push but we can do it with your help. We have a short script to use. We will need actors, set dressers, sound, director, lighting crew, script supervisor, continuity and camera crew. To make this happen we need your help.
Cleaning up the dialogue – 8th May 2019
May 6, 2019
Wednesday evening (8th May). Will be an evening of 2 parts. Part 1 The occasional bit of bad sound happens to everyone that makes a film and sometimes it’s not picked up which means it has to be resolved in post. Giovani Tria a club member is a professional composer and sound designer. He will
Focusing and Camera Movement (Practical)
April 29, 2019
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
April 24, 2019
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 you, Paul. The Membership diversity has continued to improve with a lowering of the average age of members attending; however, the membership attendance has been
Shooting at night – Practical
April 17, 2019
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 phones can get involved. SO PLEASE BRING something to film on. DSLR/ or video camera. The club will provide a just one camera kit for
A letter from the Chairman
April 10, 2019
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 running of the club. I would urge all current members to attend to make their views known to the committee how they see the club progressing
Versatile gimbal adds super-smoothness to DSLR filming
May 18, 2018
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 new item of portable kit is particularly useful in providing steadi-cam style multi-axis camera support, especially when filming with DSLR and smaller format cameras such
Bruce Whitehall
March 27, 2018
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 the Centre Film Unit. Several projects soon ensued, especially spoof documentaries. My favourite was Knees, loosely inspired by “Bottoms No.4” a 1966 avant-garde movie by
Community films spotlight borough housing
September 18, 2017
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 Park has been received enthusiastically by area residents and other interested parties. The film depicts the social and environmental impact of a project which started