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 BRINGE something to film on. DSLR/ or video camera. The club will provide a just one camera kit for […]
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 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
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
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
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 […]
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 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 […]