News update
Major $130 million budget Ridley Scott film to be shot close to the club!!!!
The rather draughty castle being built for
the block buster new film about Robin Hood
Imagine
Russell Crowe galloping up to the
castle to rescue Cate Blanchett!
Kevin Durand and Alan Doyle are part of the cast of Ridley Scott’s proposed new film
about Robin Hood and his merry men written by Brian Helgeland. The film is to be released by
Universal in 2010. It stars Russell Crowe in the lead role. On wonders what new twist is
possible for such a well known story. Cate Blanchett is set to play Maid Marian. Durand will
play Friar Tuck, Scott Grimes will play Will Scarlet and Alan Doyle will play Alan a Dayle,
a roving minstrel.
When I walked the set early May the workers said shooting would start 'in about six
weeks'. Later information gives August 2nd as the filming start date. One of our members walks her dog in this
area and so we hope to keep close tabs on what is happening. Watch this space!
Anyone with
information please sent it to the webmaster address at the bottom of this page.
The village being built on the set near the
club. Presumably Russell Crowe and Cate
Blanchett will be
mixing with the villagers
here.
Club promotional display in Farnham Library on 23 May this year

Val showing her pleasure
at the very professional new club banner which she created with the help of her son
The new display panel in Farnham library
entrance which was designed for the club
by Val and her son
As part of the Farnham Creates festival our club had a stand in the main road entrance to the library. The overall promotion of the festival was disappointing and as a result the number we had at our stand was down on last year. However of the people passing through a good proportion expressed an interest in coming along. Particularly encouraging was the interest shown by those in their teens and early 20s.
Poor Mike - up the Amazon!
Read about the near catastrophe when Mike went on a filming trip to Brazil. He was there to make a film to help raise funds to clean up the river basin of the Gravatai river but disaster struck as his boat filled with crew and equipment overturned!
Filming for charity project Step by Step complete - May 2009
Film crew checking the settings
while recording interviews at Step by Step
Surrey Border Film & Video Makers is in the middle of a project to assist the charity 'Step by Step'. The main filming
is now complete and it is 'just' the editing that has to be done. Gordon has volunteered to do this and this is
well under way. The outcome will be video shots to include in a Step by Step Power Point presentation and a DVD
that can be shown for fund raising purposes. For more information contact anyone on the committee.
Alan Wheeler projectionist for the evening
SOUNDS LIKE ... The April meeting
Often sound is treated as secondary to vision but the April meeting sought to challenge this idea and redress the balance.
At the March meeting tapes were available of a 3 minute silent film shot by Rita and written by Val. Members were invited to take a tape, add a sound track
and bring it back to be shown at the April meeting. The story had most of the elements, suspense, surprise, romance and a mysterious
ending. Around a dozen members responded, with sound tracks ranging from simple pasting of popular songs to more
crafted tracks ranging from drama thru romance to comedy. Altogether an enjoyable and instructive evening.
Well done Val and Rita
Our March meeting on animation
You don't have to be an artist to animate. If you can only draw stickmen you
can start. So said experienced animators Sally Maltby and Roland Couvela at our March meeting and also
illustrated their words with many examples
A professional will produce around 2 seconds of finished
video per day So if you have a go, you'll need patience and dedication, but at least you'll have total
control of your cast!

Surrey Border Film & Video Makers
We are an amateur social filmmaking movie club in Farnham, Surrey. We make films, videos and movies and meet on the first Friday of the month to answer members questions and to discuss ongoing club projects. Well known film makers, judges and film professionals are often our speakers for the evening. We welcome visitors and new members, both amateur and professional, interested in film and video, and there is no need to own digital cameras or camcorders and no need for previous experience, as we happily provide mentors for beginners. Surrey Border meetings start at 7:45pm and end just after 10:00pm with a refreshment break at around 9:00pm. Visitors and new members are warmly welcomed to the monthly meetings which are on the first Friday of each month (and the first visit is free). Our meetings are held in our new contemporary hall in St Joan's Centre which is in the grounds of St Joan's church in Tilford Road, near the station in Farnham. The hall has a large car park and is within easy reach of Guildford, Farnborough, Fleet, Bordon etc. in Surrey and Hampshire.
We have a good mix of interests amongst members include script writing, acting, directing, technical and artistic and all agree that ideas and skills are more important than equipment as shown by there being fewer cameras and camcorders than members. Some get more enjoyment in viewing and discussing the films produced by others and just being part of the community. There are those who wouldn't wish to ever hold a camera or camcorder while some like to help in filming but don't own their own camcorder. Of course there are always those with the latest high definition wizz bang up to date cameras, camcorders, microphones and gadgets and the lovely thing is that they are always happy to demonstrate both equipment and techniques to others. For anyone thinking of buying a camera or camcorder advice is always on hand. We have almost equal numbers of members with PC and Mac computers. Although we are amateurs we regularly put on courses, tutorials and training sessions in the light of the current interests and needs of members. Individuals with particular problems typically have one to one help.
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