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Film club membership
We have around 60 members, singles and couples, ranging from school age to retired. We are a complete mix of beginners, dedicated amateurs and professionals. Whatever your age and level you will be welcome and are sure to fit in. A typical starting point for membership is the desire to make something interesting from holiday camcorder movies.
Film club newsletter
Border Post is our monthly publication. Up until this year it was
printed for all members in a glossy, colour format. The high cost of
printing has caused us to go to electronic format. We hope you will
enjoy reading it.
Next club meeting: Fri 1st June
Premiere night for
'Wedding Belles' with cast and crew in attendance for you to meet.
Also
premiere of 'Wonderland' with some influence of Alice in Wonderland.
Film club venue
Modern, warm hall, 200yds from Farnham Station. Refreshments at 9:00pm. Come and meet us. We start at 7.45pm, end just after 10.00pm and your first visit is free.
Workshop to film a 'tv advert'
Click above to see one of the the many 'adverts' produced
Articles written by members
New to filming - start here
Basic guidance for how to start filming including when to pan,
zoom and use close-ups. This includes framing, important rules
and links to video tutorials
Lighting, filters, special effects
Lghtiing
and filters for filming including white balance and special
effects.
Also special effects on a budget.
Organising filming
Finding a location; team work; building a film crew; storyboarding; the
shooting script; continuity building a film set and even building a
dolly.
Creating a film script
Writing that World beating script plus how to conjure up a 'Good Idea',
that elusive punch line, listen to the film judges and perhaps make a
film from unused clips.
Professional filmmakers' advice
Written
by professionals - size of shot, film logging shorthand, the art of
operating a camera, notes on filming: a band, football and gymnastics. Also
notes on editing.
The 'techi' bits of filming
Transferring film to video, bit rate and image quality, improving a
noisy recording, connecting it all together, from DVD to blu-ray, which
tv to buy - HD - 3D?
Prepare for holiday filming
Prepare for that holiday film, planning that holiday film, painting and
filming on holidays. Join a film club like Surrey Border to learn what
to include in your holiday film.
Prepare for filming weddings
Learn from the tales of others. If you are going to film a wedding then
hear of the things that can go wrong. Plan the church and reception
filming.
Filming experiences
Film handicapped boy, Amazon disaster, etc
Nostalgic film stories
Silent films and the days of separate recording of sound, the history of
colour in film, the old days of cine cameras and the progress over the
ages in film
Stories of filming going wrong!
A set of relaxing stories of filming episodes that didn't go as planned.
Filming period drama
How to tackle period drama and the myriad of slip-ups awaiting you: tv
aerials, road markings, light switches. Costumes and how to organise the
shooting.
Christmas season film stories
A relaxed look at filming over Christmas together with a look at
Christmas past, tales of Scrooge, Christmas filming problems and some
New Year resolutions.
Who are we in this film/movie/video club? We make films, videos and movies using the movie settings of modern still cameras and camcorders. We meet on the first Friday of the month to answer members questions and to discuss ongoing club projects. Well known film makers, judges and film professionals are often our speakers for the evening. We welcome visitors and new members interested in film and video, and there is no need to own digital cameras or camcorders and no need for previous experience, as we happily provide mentors for beginners. Surrey Border meetings start at 7:45pm and end just after 10:00pm with a refreshment break at around 9:00pm. Visitors and new members are warmly welcomed to the monthly meetings which are on the first Friday of each month (and the first visit is free). Our meetings are held in our new contemporary hall in St Joan's Centre which is in the grounds of St Joan's church in Tilford Road, near the station in Farnham. The hall has a large car park and is within easy reach of Guildford, Farnborough, Fleet, Bordon etc. In Surrey and Hampshire. Read more about us here.
Our interests We have a good mix of interests amongst members include script writing, acting, directing, technical and artistic and all agree that ideas and skills are more important than equipment as shown by there being fewer cameras and camcorders than members. Having said that some members seem to have many camcorders and the modern digital cameras which take HD video! Some get more enjoyment in viewing and discussing the films produced by others and just being part of the community. There are those who wouldn't wish to ever hold a camera or camcorder while some like to help in filming but don't own their own camcorder. Of course there are always those with the latest high definition wizz bang up to date cameras, camcorders, microphones and gadgets and the lovely thing is that they are always happy to demonstrate both equipment and techniques to others. For anyone thinking of buying a camera or camcorder advice is always on hand. We have almost equal numbers of members with PC and Mac computers. We regularly put on courses, tutorials and training sessions in the light of the current interests and needs of members. Individuals with particular problems typically have one to one help. We would particularly look for cooperation with amateur dramatic groups interested in acting for film and video. Cooperation is far better than trying with your own digital cameras and camcorders.
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