Higham Lane School,

Shanklin Drive,

Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ

Club Meetings - All change, back to face-to-face

Nuneaton Club meetings continue on Zoom, on 3rd Thursdays at 7.30pm for 7.45pm all welcome, but we now have a programme to meet in person on the first of each month, at Higham Lane School, Nuneaton at 7pm.

This year's AGM is coming-up on the 11th May

See programme for latest links.

Face-to-Face Live Link-up 05/01/2023: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5395995865?pwd=3jiEQA4aTJSQyrYv3txDJhNxlR1pqS.1

Film of the week

The Witness

[11:56]

Throwback to filming in the days before Covid. Don't we all look young! and Terry does all his own stunts.

Things to do this week ...

Following discussion at AGM Nuneaton Moviemakers are back to face-to-face club meetings. 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month at Higham Lane School

Next Meeting in person at Higham Lane school is at 7pm. See you there... Also the subs model is changing, so we're now paying an annual fee; which covers subs, and refreshments.

BIAFF - Festival 1st - 8th May

BIAFF festival is coming up in Birmingham

tickets are available here - https://www.biaff.org.uk/festival.html

Flatpack Film Festival 16th -21st May

The 17th annual Flatpack film festival is in Digbeth again this year for small independent films and artsy vibe - details here

BBC iPlayer - A Bunch of Amateurs

Bradford Movie Makers recently featured on Storyville Documentary on the BBC, (now on catch-up via iPlayer here). It follows Bradford's highs and lows starting just before covid and picks up after the Covid lockdown period.

They are fortunate enough to have their own club room, but it also needs looking after and upkeep.

IAC Open Film Night May 28th

The IAC brings you another relaxed, non-competitive evening of short films. For everyone. For free.

Host: Paul Kittel, FACI & IAC Patron

Local Theatre - Abbey Theatre, Nuneaton

Abbey Theatre in the heart of Nuneaton, not only stage and screen but now other artistic leisure pursuits - yoga, calligraphy, flower arranging.

Regular stand-up comedy and theatrical shows.

Masqueraders - Spamalot!

Vice - Chair Angie has been absent lately pratting about with thespians Masqueraders preparing Eric Idle and John du Prez's musical theatre extravaganza - Spamalot!

7-10th June, Abbey Theatre, Nuneaton

Midsummer Movie Madness

Midsummer Movie Madness organised by CEMRIAC
Loved by some, loathed by others - however you feel about it we did it again. This year ran as a weekend - online event. 10 minute maximum running time. Making & Editing: 25th June & 24th June, (up to 6.00pm)
Film Show: 26th June 7pm

This year’s themes were “Secret” and “If in Doubt”. We chose the former. A Saturday morning Zoom session was arranged to discuss possibilities and we settled on a rough idea for the story. That afternoon a couple of us worked on props and put together a first draft of the script. It involved a man searching for treasure left by a deceased relative and, being a Nuneaton film, was scripted in a light-hearted style. Sunday morning, and five of us (Geoff, Gerry, Gordon, Jackie and myself) gathered to start filming. It began indoors and then moved to the garden. Three cameras were used, to get a range of angles. Shortly after lunch, we began editing. For safety, we doubled up and used two different computers, each aiming for a complete version of the film. Plenty of time to get it finished, we naïvely thought.

You can read more about our exploits in the blog ...

Nuneaton's latest lock down twiddles

Watch the films made to a piece of music, using music selected by Gerry.

Nuneaton Moviemakers Guest speakers ...

Jayne Slater

Jayne Slater, professional film maker in the East Midlands, joined us for an interesting and engaging talk recently. Jane was one of a series of guest speakers who have been kind enough to give up their time for us.

Don't worry if you missed it, you can see a recording of the event here ...