Club Members Film Challenge – January Meeting

The January meeting commenced with the showing of films entered into the Club Challenge set up by Competitions Officer John Hawthorne. The choice of criteria was to add sound to a silent movie of your choice or make a film using Green Screen either as a filming group or an individual. Five films were submitted:

‘Car Pooling’ by Marcus Henning who used Green Screen to film a car share journey with Marcus playing the part of both the driver and passenger,

this was followed by ’Behind the Christmas Green Screen’ a comedy adventure story using Green Screen by the ‘Pathfinders’ filming group and John Hawthorne who created a Christmas Family journey to see Father Christmas.

The ’Pioneers’ filming group created another Green Screen movie called ‘Night at the Gallery’ in which a girl played by Sofia Bagheri came to life when an attempt was made to steal the painting she featured in.

The ‘Odd Bods’ group also produced a Green Screen entry called ‘The Variety Performance’ which featured an old time music hall theme, this was followed by ‘The Making of Variety Challenge’ by the Oddbods.

The final entry was by Jonathan Hill who submitted an old vintage silent black and white film originally made in 1903 called ‘The End of the Line’ it featured a train robbery which he edited, added a soundtrack and also sound effects to.

Due to the many entries for the December Film Competition last month not all of the films could be shown so the remaining entries were shown after the coffee break.

                 
‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ by Jonathan Hill featured a friend’s special wedding day, ‘Off the Rails’ was a short travelogue from Peter Stratford of a derelict railway he visited in Tres Cruces via Boliva, ‘Borovets with Pauline and David‘ featured a picturesque skiing holiday, ‘Murder in U Paesolu’ by John Hawthorne was a tongue in cheek humorous holiday film,

’Free Tickets on the Vale of Weedol Tramway’ by Dave Skertchly featured a Model Garden Railway built by Dave ,’ Ride to Bellagio’ by Peter Goodman a campervan trip in Italy followed by ‘Ug the Pottery Caveman’ an early days animation on how it all began by Dave Skertchly ,’Hinton Ampner’ by Marcus Henning a look around this wonderful National Trust property, ‘Holiday Memories’ by Dave Skertchly a look at a memorable Beer Festival and Skiing holiday in Austria and the final film by Brian O’Connell called ‘Guildford Reform Video, We are not Alone’ a political themed film set to music and song.

The next meeting will be on Friday February 6th when the clubs AGM will briefly take place and be followed by an evening with Jim Reed discussing interesting issues on Ai.
If you are interested in any aspects of filmmaking including using ‘Ai’, we always welcome new members. You can find out more about us by visiting our website or email .
We meet on the first Friday of each month at St Joan’s Centre, 19 Tilford Road, Farnham GU9 8DJ there is plenty of parking and your first visit is free. Find us on Facebook 

JANUARY 2026