2021-2022 PROGRAMME
All meetings may be held
ONLINE using ZOOM
rather than at: St Andrews Hall
Albert Road, Caversham Reading RG4 7PL.
All meetings start at 8pm, doors open 7:45pm
Programme Coordinator : David Salisbury
The Programme Co-ordinator is an important job that brings together the speakers, competitions, presentations and workshops into a successful season of weekly meetings.
| Green highlighting | means NOT a Tuesday Club night or NOT at usual venue |
| 2021 | |||
| SUMMER BREAK | |||
| Tues 7th Sep | ZOOM | START OF NEW SEASON EXTERNAL SPEAKER Howard Perry |
ONLINE meeting, NOT in the Church Hall Howard Perry, Wildlife Photographer turned Indie Film Maker, talks about his experience making his award winning short fantasy/drama ‘Skye Steele - Rise of Nefertiti’. Set in the 1930s the film tells the story of detectives; Skye Steele and Inspector Miles Davies as they try to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of mysterious artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun. |
| Tues 21st Sep | ZOOM |
EXTERNAL SPEAKER Joshua Mims |
Grosvenor Trophy - Summer Project films competition REPLACED by EXTERNAL SPEAKER Joshua Mims is an educator with a background in film and television directing, acting, and editing. He is an award winning filmmaker, with experience in single and multi-camera productions, music videos, corporate video, and voice over. |
| Tues 5th Oct | HALL | PRACTICAL - Action shots | See recent email for details - depending on hall availability and members interest. Fallback online meeting with Jim Reed talking about his ageing film if hall not available |
| Tues 19th Oct | ZOOM | EXTERNAL SPEAKER Ronika Merl |
Ronika Merl is an award winning, twice optioned screenwriter, writer, and public speaker. She provides editing services for scripts, and has spoken for a diverse array of audiences. |
| Tues 2nd Nov | HALL | Meet in Hall - 24hr competitions talk | Some members (Karen, Daniel and Eric) will talk about their experiences with 48 hour film competitions |
| Tues 16th Nov | HALL | EXTERNAL SPEAKER James Carson-Kerrigan in the Hall |
Talk about Hillingdon TV by James Carson-Kerrigan. Hillingdon Vision Community Media C.I.C strives towards a better Borough for all. We promote positive change through our media work; charitable services and Community Events. Incorporating Hillingdon Television we aim to challenge the inequality in local media, offering our volunteers training and experience in media and video production. We focus on positive local media , news and create content that matters to our members. |
| Tues 30th Nov | ZOOM | Club Competitions ONLINE |
Currie Cup - 4 min MAX film. |
| Tues 14th Dec | ZOOM | CHRISTMAS PARTY ONLINE |
Activities to be decided |
| Tues 28th Dec | CHRISTMAS BREAK | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Tues 11th Jan | ZOOM | EXTERNAL SPEAKER Damien Donnelly ONLINE |
Damien Donnelly talks about his experience in film making, in particular as a Producer ( the art of making things happen ). |
| Tues 25th Jan | ZOOM | Club Competition | Gear Trophy - Documentary (Max 15 mins) The main criteria for this competition is to inform your audience who can learn from your subject matter AND Ward Trophy- Holiday films (Max 15 mins). |
| Tues 8th Feb | ZOOM | Member Night - Jim Reed | Jim Reed talking about his ageing film |
| Tues 22nd Feb | HALL | EXTERNAL SPEAKER Hassan Raza |
Hassan Raza - speaking about his film Raaza |
| Tues 8th Mar | ZOOM | EXTERNAL SPEAKER Charlotte Atkinson |
Charlotte Atkinson talking about creating a solid career as an indie filmmaker |
| Tues 22nd Mar | HALL | PRACTICAL - green screen | |
| Tues 5th Apr | ZOOM | Club Competitions | Burke Trophy (for members who have not previously WON any competition at RFVM) (Max 10 mins) AND Caversham Cup (MAX 1min). |
| Tues 26th Apr | HALL | EXTERNAL SPEAKER BEN RIDER | Ben Rider will be talking about his time as a film festival judge and the do’s and don’ts of submitting films, as well as making micro budget films and drip funding |
| Tues 10th May | ZOOM | Club Competition | Bernard Bareham Fiction Trophy (Max 15 mins) Also Kennet Cup - animation films (stop motion or computer animated) |
| Tues 24th May | CANCELLED | PRACTICAL - recreate a scene | Due to lack of interest this meeting has been CANCELLED |
| Tues 7th Jun | ZOOM | Member Night | Software + anything else |
| Tues 21st Jun | ZOOM | Short AGM & Club Competition |
Bournes Cup - Best of the Year (Max 15 mins, max 2 entries per member). The films will be viewed in an online ZOOM meeting and members will vote on which they consider the best film of the year. The meeting will include a short AGM. |