Tuesday January 7th - At St. Andrew's Church, Filton.
Presentation on the plans to shoot some big club films. A very important meeting and an opportunity to get involved in productions at a very early stage.
Tuesday January 21st - Zoom (or venue to be agreed) meeting
Film planning meeting
Tuesday February 4th - At St. Andrew's Church, Filton.
Back to basics – do you really know how to use your camera?
Tuesday February 18th - Zoom meeting
- Annual General Meeting
- A short ‘Teach in’ – ‘What does a producer do?’
- Plus the World Premiere of our latest production!
Tuesday March 4th - At St. Andrew's Church, Filton.
Back to Basics part 2 – the practical
We will shoot some shots designed to familiarise us with our cameras
Chaired by Graham Egarr.
Tuesday March 18th - at The Eastfield BS9 4NQ
Film Planning – We plan to do some serious production planning for shooting a number of very short mini-documentaries over the summer. Mostly on local themes.
Saturday March 29th - Gloucester (St George's Church Centre, Brockworth)
The Gloucestershire Inter Club Competition. This year we host this event where the local Gloucestershire area clubs compete for trophies.
Tuesday April 1st - At St Andrew's Church, Filton.
Screen Acting or How to Direct Actors – we will be working with two actors running improvisational scenes and trying out techniques on getting the best performance out of them.
Presenter: Laurie Tallack.
Tuesday April 15th - at The Eastfield BS9 4NQ
Planning for this year’s Mini Epics.
Tuesday May 6th - on location.
Hands on filmmaking. We shoot a short film on location.
Tuesday May 20th - Location Visit.
We visit a possible filming location Possibly Portishead? |
Tuesday June 3rd - St. Andrew's Church, Filton.
Filming forced perspective with models. |
Tuesday June 17th - On location
Shooting the Mini Epics. We will film a short film called The Hiker in Bradley Stoke Woods. |
Tuesday July 1st - St. Andrew's Church.
Moving the camera – why and how a mixture of ‘Teach-in’ and practical |
Tuesday July 15th - Venue TBA.
Filming the second part of ‘The Hiker’ in Bradley Stoke woods.
(We need extras for this if you’re available!)
Tuesday August 5th - St Andrew's Church, Filton.
Filming with Drones.
Presenter: Roger Davis.
This is a two-part evening:
The first part will be a demonstration of drone flying for those who have no experience or knowledge of the subject. There will be an opportunity to take the controls and perform simple manoeuvres.
The second part will be an illustrated talk about the technicalities of filming with drones including:
- What weight of drones you can fly, in what situations and with what qualifications
- Juggling the minefield local byelaws and communicating with the airspace authorities
- How to get the best drone shots both manually and using intelligent flight modes
- What apps are available to give you the most information about what’s going on around you
Tuesday August 19th - THE EASTFIELD PUB BS9 4NQ
Production planning meeting, plus discussion on future club events plus an update on current productions. The evening will include proposals for new films including perhaps some radical ideas.
Tuesday September 2nd - St Andrew's Church, Filton.
How to direct, a practical evening – we practice some directing tips. Including: The shooting script / storyboard, organising the crew, the assistant director, action & cut, rehearsals for cast & crew, plus much more.
Presented by Graham Egarr
Tuesday September 16th - Zoom meeting
Editing – some tips and skills.
Presented by Jane Andrews.
Tuesday October 7th - St Andrew's Church, Filton.
Learning from the professionals? The Cinematography of Auteurs? Hitchcock’s style in Vertigo and NxNW, the Cohen bros with Roger Deakins in No Country for Old Men.
Presented by Laurie Tallack
Tuesday October 21st - Zoom meeting
The current fashions in documentaries and using AI.
Presented by Mark Harrison
Tuesday November 4th - St Andrew's Church, Filton.
Storyboards
Why use them? How to make them, using software to help
Tuesday November 18th - Zoom meeting
Member’s Film Festival – a non-competitive showing of member’s productions.
Tuesday December 2nd - St Andrew's Church, Filton.
We shoot a very short film(s) in the clubroom.
Tuesday December 16th - Venue TBA
An informal social Christmas related festival event.