Club Meeting, June 2026
COMPETITION PREPARATION AND BRAINSTORMING EVENING
Groups of Surrey Border Movies Makers members will be making short films to be completed in an evening, these will be shown at the July meeting. In preparation for this a selection of previous ‘Film in an Evening’ entries were shown at the June meeting as examples. These included ‘Office of Special Interest’ made by the Oddbod team in a 2 hour filming session this was followed by ‘Framed’ by the Klondyke team, ‘Clue Dunnit’ followed which was made by Tim Stannard and based on characters from Cluedo, Tim used a voiceover by a single narrator which was easier and much simpler to use for a quick film shoot. There is also an opportunity coming up for members to make a 1 Minute Epic or 30 Second Advert, previous entries for these were shown which included the following: ‘Cody the Aviator’ by Colin Lewis,’ Hot Wheels Test Drive’ by Dave Skertchly, ‘La Ver Rouille’ by Philip Morley, ‘No Escape’ by John Hawthorne. The 30 Second Advert examples shown were ‘Divine Happiness’ by Colin Lewis,’ Snowplough’ by Philip Morley, ‘Wind Away’ by Alan Butcher.
Recently the club was approached to make a short promo film for Elmbridge Choir, this was created by Mike Sanders and Philip Morley. Mike gave a very interesting talk and PowerPoint presentation on how the event was filmed and edited and also how the multiple music tracks were compiled. This was a multi camera filming session with just two operators and with approximately 110 people attending the event 80 of which were in the choir it was a very enjoyable and successful challenge.
After the coffee break members gathered around tables in groups for a brainstorming session to create ideas for the upcoming 30 Second Advert competition.
The next meeting is on Friday 3rd July where the results of the ‘Film in an Evening’ challenge will be shown. The audience will be voting via a show of hands on the night.
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 www.surreyborder.org.uk or email secretary@surreyborder.org.uk. 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
JUNE 2026