Film Making Collaboratives (Singapore)

With the advent of digital cameras, smart phones, social networks and the Internet, film making collaboratives are flourishing.

I know of six of them in Singapore. I may have missed out some, but these are the ones I have attended their events of, or read about. The description of them below are mostly summarised from their online pages.

Running a collaborative needs leadership, funds and tenacity, This is especially hard considering that most of the people in the collaboratives are hobbyists with full-time paying job during the weekdays. That is why only two of the six are still active.

UPDATE 27 APR 2018: ALL THE GROUPS MENTIONED HERE HAVE SINCE EITHER BEEN SHUTDOWN OR ARE INACTIVE.

They are all slightly different from one another, so take your pick.

1. Lens Rebel, Founded in 2012

We believe that there is still an audience for intelligent and alternative cinematography that veers of the beaten track championed by mainstream media.

Lens Rebels were originally founded by Dagomir Kaszlikowski and Karol Jalochowski under the name Gutter Twins. After a short stint with Suhas Bhat, a screen writer and producer, Lens Rebels are now an alliance between Jerry Koedding and Dagomir Kaszlikowski.

Lens Rebels has produced several short films and a feature-length film, called "Kopi-O".

UPDATE 27 APR 2018:  THIS GROUP IS NOW INACTIVE.

Kopi-O Mood Trailer III from dag the dogg on Vimeo.

2. Reel Frenz, founded 19 Nov 2012, 546 members, 139 past meetups

https://www.meetup.com/ReelFrenz/
http://www.reelfrenz.com

"A group with a passion”. It is the place where actors, directors, scriptwriters, lights, camera, sound, music writers / directors and arts students can call home. A place to discuss, pitch ideas and come together for film and video projects. See your ideas turn into reality. You can be a pro, an amateur, someone with creative passion or a movie goer with ideas. If you have an actor, singer, scriptwriter, producer, director, cinematographer, musician, animator, editor, makeup artist, special effects creator, special skills, critic or film industry specialist hidden somewhere in you, do come and join us.

Reel Frenz has produced 15 short films and a feature film, called "Certified Dead".

UPDATE 27 APR 2018:  THIS GROUP IS NOW INACTIVE.

3. Red Dot Film Makers, 28 May 2015, 343 members, 16 past meetups

https://www.meetup.com/RedDotFilm/

This is a group for anybody seriously interested in producing quality films. It's all about creating a team of filmmakers who want to develop, work, experiment and to find new ways to tell stories / move the audience. 

Task is simple and clear: Create emotional high end footage / scenes and impressive results that both crew and cast will want to include in their showreels.

UPDATE 27 APR 2018:  THIS GROUP IS NOW INACTIVE.

4. Cast and Crew 4SG, founded 3 Feb 2015, 318 members, 23 past meetups

https://www.meetup.com/Cast-Crew-4SG-Films/

All Singapore residents are welcome - with or without film experience.

If you are crew - lights, sound, camera, editing - and have equipment, that will be cool. If you don't have any equipment - that's okay too.

We also welcome actors, make up artists, costumers, scriptwriters, designers - anyone who has the passion to contribute behind and in front of the camera.

After three short films, this group seems to have stopped meeting since early 2016.

UPDATE 15 FEB 2017: THIS GROUP HAS SHUTDOWN ON JAN 2017.

5. Singapore Film Makers Group 25 Feb 2012, 340 members, 22 past meetups

https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-Filmmakers-Group/

This group is for people who have some knowledge/training in filmmaking and would love to make short films regularly with like minded people!

This group seems to have stopped producing films.

6. Singapore Film Making Lovers, found 18 June 2016, 74 members, 1 past meetup

Meetup and network with filmmaker lovers,who are local in singapore or expats travel/locate in singapore. Brainstorm, pitch ideas to make videos/film on youtube/others social media platform.

This group is very new. As indicated in their meetup page, they have only two meetups so far.

https://www.meetup.com/Singapore-Film-Lovers-Meetup/


UPDATE 15 FEB 2017: THIS GROUP HAS SHUTDOWN.

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