Gala Night, and New Board

A bit belated in saying so, but thank you everyone who turned out for Gala Night, it was a very successful night with plenty of great films on show, and a fantastic night was had by all. You can already watch The Drudgefish online, and many of the other films from the night will be appearing on the website in due course. Hope to see you all next year too!

Also in May, Cut elected a new board, with some new faces, some old faces, and the newly created position of Fundraising Directors. The new board is as follows:-

President: Ian Robertson Secretary: Lucy Drury Treasurer: Elise Davis-Keaveny Creative Director: Martin Heron Workshop Co-Ordinator: Erika Silverman Events Co-Ordinator: Jule Rozite Fundraising: Annie Ward & Dominic Smith

Good luck to the new board for the upcoming year!

Gala Night! Order your tickets now!

Hey everyone, hope exam study is going well. Just to let you know that you can now order tickets for our Gala Night on the 26th of May, click the banner above to read a bit about the event and fill out the revelant form. You can buy multiple tickets, so invite all your mates!

First Project Night of the New Year!

Hey folks, hope everyone had a brilliant Christmas and New Year! Cut are back on Tuesday the 19th of January at 7pm with one of our regular project nights in the Uisge Beatha.
Again, you can come along even if you don't want to get involved with a film just yet - come down, have a drink and a bit of a chat. All welcome, even if you aren't sure what area of filmmaking you'd like to try.
Hope to see you there! Bring a friend!

Next Project Night!

The next project night will take place at the usual time and location, this coming Tuesday (17th Nov). More details can be found on the Events page.

Also, just to remind members - if you have a script, whether it's completed or still a work in progress, don't hesitate to bring it along and let everyone have a look and give you feedback. And as always, email Martin with your script attached if you'd like it to appear on the Projects page.

Directing Actors Workshop - POSTPONED

The Directing Actors workshop will not be taking place this Tuesday (the 3rd November) but will be postponed a week until the Tues 10th.

The time and location of this workshop is still to be confirmed, but details should be sent out in the next Cut! newsletter.

Scriptwriting Workshop - CHANGE OF VENUE

Please note that the Scriptwriting workshop this Thursday at 6:30pm will now be taking place in LECTURE THEATRE C in the BOYD ORR building and not the St. Andrew's Building as previously advertised.

If you don't yet know where the Boyd Orr Building is, click here for a map. It's number D1 on the map, and access to the building is possible from University Avenue as well as University Gardens (opposite the QM Union / Computing Science building).

See you there!

The German Porn Project - Online!

Whoever Speaks The Truth, Or: The German Porn Project, one of our 48 Hour films, can now be viewed on the website via the Watch Now and Projects page. It is also available on Youtube.

Enjoy!

First Workshop - Scriptwriting

The first Cut! workshop of the year is fast approaching - come and join us this Thursday, the 8th of October, as we start at the very beginning of the filmmaking process and learn about the fine art of Scriptwriting. No experience is needed to attend any of our workshops, so pop along even if you've never written before and have some word-based fun with us.

The workshop will be at 6:30pm at the St. Andrew's Building - there will be a notice at the entrance of the building to say which room the workshop will be held in when you arrive. If you don't yet know where the St. Andrew's Building is, never fear, here's a map. It's number E14 on Eldon Street, opposite the Primary and near to Uisge Beatha.

See you on Thursday!

First Project Night!

Firstly, thanks to all who participated in the 48 Hour Film Competition, it was great fun to make and both of the films looked really good.

Our first monthly Project Night will be at 7pm on next Tuesday 29th September at the lovely Uisge Beatha on Woodlands Road. There should be a few scripts on show, but even if you're not looking to get involved in a film yet, come along anyway, have a drink, and get to know some new people!

Update - 48 Hour Friday Writing Session

The location of the 2pm-5pm Friday writing session for the 48 Hour Film Competition will be Lecture Theatre E in the Boyd Orr Building (entrances on University Avenue and beside the QMU). Hope to see you there!

Freshers Week

Summer's over, and Freshers Week is just around the corner! We have a lot planned for this week....

Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th, 10am-4pm:

Freshers Fair! Our stall looks superb this year, so come and find us in the Bute Hall to become a member, get info about upcoming events and ask us any questions. Get there before the cake runs out.

Friday 18th & Saturday 19th:

The 48-Hour Filmmaking Project will run from Friday afternoon across the weekend, leading up to a showing of the films and a party at Buff Club on Sunday night. We'll be making quick, short films in groups - the project is a chance to immediately get stuck in with learning how the filmmaking process works, while meeting new people and having fun at the same time!

We will meet 2pm-5pm on Friday (location TBC) for a group writing session to create our scripts, then get together on Saturday to film during the day around the West End and edit our footage in the evening. If you have any questions send us an email or come and ask us at the Freshers Fair.

Sunday 20th, 8pm:

We will have a screening of the 48-Hour Project films, as well as some of the movies we made last year, and a post-Freshers Week Cut! party at Buff Club. Entrance to the club is via The Butterfly and the Pig pub on Bath Street (http://www.thebutterflyandthepig.com/) and the event is free. Doors at 8pm, films shortly after, then we get Buff Club to ourselves til the main clubnight starts at 11pm (note - no under 18s will be allowed in the club once the main clubnight starts, and anyone arriving after 11pm will have to pay to get in). There will be cheap drinks offers especially for us, so come and drink, chat and have a bit of a dance. All are welcome and if you want to become a member you can do that on the night as well.

Welcome to the site!

Welcome to the newly designed Cut! website. Everything available on this site can be navigated to via the links below the main logo.

One thing I do have to say, the site was designed with Firefox, and therefore it's slightly tailored for that browser. It'll still work in Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari and all the other browsers, of course, but some parts of the site might be slightly out of place with browsers other than Firefox, so I'd recommend downloading Firefox for the best Cut! website experience. :-)

Also, if you find any bugs or glitches within the site, email me at martin@cutfilmmaking.com and I'll get it fixed asap.

Other than those minor quibbles, the site is good to go. Enjoy!