South Downs Film Makers

Howard, David and Mike from SDFM, attended the 50th Birthday Celebration of the annual SERIAC Sussex Film Festival at Wivelsfield Green Village Hall on Sunday 6th October, and struggled home with armfuls of trophies and awards. The turnout overall was rather disappointing with only 25 people attending from clubs in the south-east, together with individuals […]

On Wednesday 2nd October Alan Cross gave us a fascinating presentation on all things writing for films.  His presentation included slides and film clips and covered the construction of a story, Log Lines (their construction and use) and screenplay writing. Alan broke down a screenplay and  illustrated it with clips from the film ‘Gladiator’ featuring […]

Andy, Historian, Author and Broadcaster gave us a interesting insight into the filming of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He analysed a number of the scenes and looked at which were possibly ‘staged’ for the film, and which were actual live battle footage. He was actively involved in the making of the Steven […]

17th July saw club members bring along their own cameras together with some inspirational object which could be filmed. The idea being to film one or more different objects on the night with a view to producing a one-minute film for showing later in the year. Michael and David organised the evening, and many different […]

The evening of Wednesday 5th June was given over to cinematographer Nick Driftwood. Club members saw a presentation Nick made at the The Photography & Video Show at the NEC back in March, and as they were very impressed with what they learned, and the fact that he lives in Brighton, they invited him to […]

Only two SDFM members attended the SERIAC film festival at the Oast Theatre in Tonbridge on Saturday 11th May, and Alan Cross had to leave early. So it was left to Roy Powell to get worn out walking up and receiving all the awards for the club! Congratulations to all the winners: Trophy Winners Kent […]

Thirteen members from SDFM attended the Chichester Challenge, held on Wednesday 15th in Chichester Film & Video Makers clubroom in Tozer Way, Chichester.  Our entries were Dead on Time; Painting with Glass; Ferring Postcard plus two shorts High Jinx and Well Connected.  I am delighted to report that our team were successful in beating our […]

The Albany is a themed film-making competition, held annually since 1966, for film-making clubs across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.  This year’s competition was hosted by CFVM (last year’s winners) on Sunday 14th April at The Newell Centre, Chichester.  Eleven members and guests from SDFM attended. Seven films were entered for competition and this year’s […]