{"id":22899,"date":"2026-03-20T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/?p=22899"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:04:00","slug":"dave-skertchlys-annual-animation-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/dave-skertchlys-annual-animation-show\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVE SKERTCHLY\u2019S ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22899\" class=\"elementor elementor-22899\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c0af15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c0af15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f09031f\" data-id=\"f09031f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00d9782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00d9782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Surrey Border Movie Makers meeting in March was dedicated to the world of animation. Club member <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Dave Skertchly<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22902 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-1_sm-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-1_sm-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-1_sm.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> has always had a great interest in animation and is currently enrolled on a full time Animation BA degree course at the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>University of Creative Arts in Farnham.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22903\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-6_sm-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-6_sm-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-6_sm.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22907\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-7_sm-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-7_sm-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-7_sm.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22904\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-5_sm-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-5_sm-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dave-5_sm.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Starting 55 years ago<\/span><b> <\/b><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dave<\/span><b> <\/b><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">has created many animations and this includes making a huge array of his own models and props using plasticine, pottery, cardboard and anything he can get his hands on that produces the required effect. In 2022 Dave presented the film club to a viewing of his film \u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Mary Rose The True Story\u2019<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, he says that it remains the highlight of his animation career. During the meeting Dave discussed the animation software packages available some of which are free and he encouraged the audience to \u2018have a go\u2019. Expensive cameras are not essential, many films are now made on iPhones or tablets. Ai can and has been used in the club to make animations such as <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>\u2018More Tea Vicar?\u2019 <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">a Pixar type 3D animated film created by J<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>im Reed <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and another animation by Dave called<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b> \u2018Bell, Book and Candle\u2019 <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">based on the missing panel of the Bayeux Tapestry. These films can be viewed on the Surrey Border website under \u2018Challenges\u2019. Dave is always interested to hear from anyone involved or interested in animation and can be contacted via the Contact Form on the clubs website.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>The next meeting is on Friday 10th April and will be a hands- on evening when a live band will be filmed.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are interested in any aspects of filmmaking including using \u2018Ai\u2019, we always welcome new members. You can find out more about us by visiting our website <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>www.surreyborder.org.uk<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> or email <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>secretary@surreyborder.org.uk<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We meet on the first Friday of each month at St Joan&#8217;s Centre, 19 Tilford Road, Farnham GU9 8DJ there is plenty of parking and your first visit is free.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Find us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SurreyBorderMovieMakers\/timeline\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":22903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,6,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animation","category-club-news","category-clubnight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22910,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22899\/revisions\/22910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyborder.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}