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
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
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 a day. There are times when you despair as nothing seems to go right and times when you are in awe of the magic you […]
Luke Baumkotter – Short Film Festival Awards
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
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
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 […]