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Emma Frayne-Ford

Emma Frayne-Ford

September 18, 2017

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 made with SFM and has been accepted into festivals and won an  award. There are many gifted and talented people at SFM who are specialists

Will Tribble – On short films and 3m youtube hits

Will Tribble – On short films and 3m youtube hits

August 29, 2017

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 made it with George Burt, who I met at the club and is now DPing feature films. The main music track is by Al Grandy

Tim Lowe

Tim Lowe

August 29, 2017

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 could be used to train teachers in specialist teaching techniques.  I’m now retired and living mainly in a Cornish village, I use film to celebrate

Club films score in a local competition

October 24, 2016

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 to three very different movies created by Club members: Luke Baumkotter won the under-18 prize and Best Film overall for his horror series “Boy in

Jackie Clarke on her feature film – Parallel Lines

Jackie Clarke on her feature film – Parallel Lines

December 12, 2014

Hitchcock once said that 80% of what makes a movie is the casting and I totally agree. We began our search for cast by looking on Star Now and progressed to Casting Call Pro, Shooting People and Spotlight. There were over a hundred applicants for the lead roles and we began auditions in November 2012.

Luke Baumkotter – Short Film Festival Awards

Luke Baumkotter – Short Film Festival Awards

March 31, 2014

  Beast in a Briefcase Dear film Connoisseur, I am Luke Baumkotter age 13 when I made “Beast in a Briefcase” A dramatic malevolent chase film, with my friend Tom Gill in the summer holidays whilst out cycling with our rotter-man dog Skyler. The first film festival I entered it into won “Best Film” IAC

Projects in progress – May 2014

July 18, 2010

Tim Goodman, a long-time SFM member who is also active in two mid-Surrey writers associations (Mole Valley and Phoenix), writes for both stage and screen, usually under the nom-de-plume Kenneth Clelland. He has rarely attempted to combine work for both media but a well-attended enactment of his stage play  “A Delicate Balance” at St Michael’s

Using video to reinforce marketing

April 18, 2010

Video, especially when viewed on mobile devices, is now the single most effective tool for the marketing of branded goods, according to “Video Marketing Strategy” a new 270-page paperback from Kogan Page. The book’s author John Mowat, a former BBC producer/director who is now managing director of specialist agency Hurricane Media, believes that mobile video

Cinematic enhancements at Cheam

April 12, 2010

Ways of expanding the suitability of the Club’s main hall as a film exhibition venue are currently being evaluated. A promising approach is to obtain a new projection screen for non-invasive wall-mounting, enabling the full-length of the room to be used. Result: more viewing seats, better viewability and minimal walking in front of the projector.

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