Saturday 25 February 2017 – 14:45
90 mins
Certificate: DFF 15
Venue: Dorking Halls
Some of the biggest new media stars are making names for themselves on YouTube and they are all around us! All you need is a mobile phone and a fresh idea. Video sharing website YouTube started in 2005 and today over 1.3 billion people use it. The Dorking Film Festival has gathered together a selection of YouTube videos from filmmakers with links to Surrey. Bristle at an upmarket boutique telling a blogger that she’s too fat (!), help transform a sit-in toy car, come dancing at Waterloo train station and more.
YouTube Surrey playlist
Here is the playlist of YouTube videos that we screened at the 2nd Dorking Film Festival on Saturday 25 February 2017.
YouTube Surrey programme
Ben Brown
Filmmaker and photographer Ben Brown, originally from Walton-upon-Thames, documents his life around the world through YouTube, Instagram and other platforms. In 2016 he teamed up with fellow YouTuber Steve Booker to make the television series Mission Selfie.
www.youtube.com/user/benbrown100/
Jack Catford Life
Enter the life of Jack Catford. Student, actor, director, editor and more, he’s been video blogging his life for the last six years.
www.youtube.com/user/jmcmaxDVD/
Louis Cole
Louis Cole is one of the world’s most well-known UK YouTubers and he’s originally from Cobham in Surrey. He posts videos most days detailing his adventures and travels around the world.
www.youtube.com/user/FunForLouis/
Dave Erasmus
Dave Erasmus is an example of the Digital Media publisher who has gone on to deliver fun with a social conscious. One minutes he’s posted videos of music or travelling around the world to YouTube the next he’s giving TEDx Talks or then he’s launching social entrepreneurship projects such as Solvey.
www.youtube.com/user/daveerasmus/
MiffedCrew
Surrey filmmaker Luke makes machinima, films made using computer games, from the Five Nights at Freddy’s series.
www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Rs4IiovGinYZovnYUquOw/
NitroLukeDX
Luke Pickering, AKA NitroLukeDX, has turned playing the video game Minecraft into a major YouTube presence and real world event series.
www.youtube.com/user/nitrolukedx/
Mitty Surtz
Mitty Surtz posts beauty and makeup videos as well as product reviews, tips and tricks.
www.youtube.com/user/mittysurtz/
Laura Jane Popsey
Follow Laura Jane Popsey and her daughter Lily as they live their lives in Surrey trying out cakes, holidays and fashion products that make them smile.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZmmkcGH1DP9020_q5Q0RQ
Sophie Shohet
Check out the latest luxury and quirky brands with fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogger Sophie Shohet.
www.youtube.com/user/Sophie5271/
Thunderous71
Ride with Thunderous71 on his motorbike around central London and through the lanes of Surrey. It can be scary, funny and tragic.
www.youtube.com/user/71Thunderous/