A letter from the Chairman
Contents
- 1 A letter from the Chairman
- 2 Versatile gimbal adds super-smoothness to DSLR filming
- 3 Bruce Whitehall
- 4 Community films spotlight borough housing
- 5 Emma Frayne-Ford
- 6 Will Tribble – On short films and 3m youtube hits
- 7 Tim Lowe
- 8 Club films score in a local competition
- 9 Jackie Clarke on her feature film – Parallel Lines
- 10 Luke Baumkotter – Short Film Festival Awards
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
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, âAlmost Perfectâ 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
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
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
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
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