Club and Members Videos
All about SBMM 'Film in an Evening' (FIAE)
The concept behind Film in an Evening is simple – shoot, edit and screen a completed film to the club within a few hours. The club is split into three or four groups and given a theme a couple of months before the event.
They then write, prepare & rehearse so that everything is ready to shoot to a very tight schedule on the evening of the competition. Members decide among themselves the best film.
The resulting films are often re-edited after the event to iron out any rough corners and add a bit of gloss.
It helps teach preparation and practice; working to a very tight schedule; and the importance of working as a team.
In recent years the “in an evening” aspect has been relaxed due to Covid restrictions, but the rule might be back in place for 2023.
We feature a range of videos, jointly made by several members of the Surrey Border Movie Makers club.Many of these were written by club members.
Showcase of members work, chosen by members themselves, including a breif introduction and includes links to their their competition entries.
Dave Skertchly
I have been making films since the age of 14, which is 56 years ago! I started with 8mm film and moved on to video in the 1990s. My films are generally made at a low cost; usually something around about around nothing!
They are based on things I am interested in. I don’t even try to ape the professionals so I class my films as “craft films” rather like “craft beer”.
I use very little equipment, just a low cost camcorder and some editing software on my laptop computer.
‘Making History’ Film Night April 2024
At the April 2024 meeting, two versions of the finished video were shown, together with a ‘behind the scene’ video.
Those videos show what can be achieved during a single unrehearsed 2 hour evening slot with a simple script, a host of extras, an assortment of video making equipment, and most importantly, a great deal of enthusiasm! Brian O’Connell, together with Colin Lewis, also created an informative ‘Making Of…’ video’.
Peter Stratford
My interest in film making started in the late 1960s with a short lived stint using the school’s Bolex H16 film camera to record various school activities for posterity.
As the technology improved and prices dropped, I graduated to digital video and recorded my travels around the world for work and pleasure from the 1990s onwards. I joined the SBMM in 2017.