Meetings will be held on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. All meetings to be held at Wylde Green Community Hall except for the January meetings which will be on Zoom. 7.45pm for 8.00pm start.
If you would like to come along to the meetings and are not already a member, please email suttoncoldfieldmoviemakers@gmail.com to ask for the zoom link.
New Members, please note that during the year there are opportunities to engage in group film making and join in many activities which take place outside of the formal meeting times.
2023
14th September
“Pawns and Kings” Midsummer Challenge Films: “Fox” and “Near Miss”
“Bad Day for Contemplation” Midsummer Challenge Film: “Three’s a Crowd”
28th September
Julian Austwick on Making a Documentary
12th October
Challenge: Soundscape Challenge + Showing of summer films if there’s time
26th October
Guest Speaker: Simon Cox
9th November
Challenge: A Review of a TV Show or Film – Max 3 minutes
23rd November
Premiere “The Legacy”
Richard Blades on Vlogging
14th December
Fish & Chip Night
Taskmaster – led by Julian Austwick
2024
11th January ON ZOOM
Challenge: Silent Movie Challenge – Max 5min
25th January ON ZOOM
Script Evening Paul Fielding – creating scripts for the “Sketch Show”
8th February
Gordon Hunt, Jill Lampert & Steve Jakab on Green Screen (& more)
Club Premiere: Runaways (Ann & Arf)
22nd February
Challenge: 1 min film – Filmed on a Mobile Phone
“Vibes – life’s soundscape” by Roger Lawrie, plus Academy of Sound and SCNNS promos made by SCMM members.
14th March
Steve Jakab on Artificial Intelligence
Roger Lawrie on Sound Libraries
28th March
Ian Reed’s Lighting evening
VENUE CHANGE: MERE GREEN COMMUNITY CENTRE
11th April
Guest Speaker: Jon Pegg on getting the best from your actors. Tips for directors and actors.
25th April
Challenge: A film using Artificial Intelligence – Duration: 3-5 minutes. (Introduced by Steve Jakab on 14th March)
9th May
Richard Blades on Stop Motion Animation
Julian Austwick on Motion VFX
23rd May
Jules Hayes on What she’s Learnt
Simon Tomlinson - 'my experience with documentary making'
13th June
Show your best film of the year
27th June
AGM
Plans In The Pipeline
WELCOME TO SUTTON COLDFIELD MOVIE MAKERS
Visitors and new members always welcome. Why not come along to the next meeting and check us out. Your first visit is free. The annual membership fee is just £37.
We meet at Wylde Green Community Hall, Emscote Drive off Little Green Lanes, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield B73 5NE at 7.45pm for an 8.00pm start.
