The making of "The Seer" by Diggy Mottram.

At a Summer Meeting, ideas for a couple of films were put forward as possible Club entries for the N. v S. competitions. In the event both proposals were met with approval. To remind you, the theme for this year was to be "Tell me about it." Interestingly both screenplays open with a visit to a psychic. The one of interest here is titled "The Seer". "The Seer" is undoubtedly the more complex of the two. It includes a number of locations and both natural and artificial light; herein lay some of the difficulties. The plot involves five characters; The Seer of the title: Jim, her husband: Mr. Henderson, an elderly client of hers: A Mugger: A lady client, i.e. two ladies and three men. With a little persuasion, two lady members agreed to play the female characters, Cilla in the pivotal role of the Seer, whilst Eve was to appear as the client. After some frantic phoning we managed to get two men to play Jim and the Mugger. Both are enthusiastic Am-Dram enthusiasts from the Sutton area. I finally decided to play the elderly client myself. All we had to do was to find mutually agreeable dates for filming. Geoff and Lewis, our amdram people, were busy rehearsing for theatrical roles so it was a little tricky. However we managed at last to get the actors, plus crew, to agree on two filming sessions, an evening one for the indoor sequences and a whole Sunday ear marked for the exteriors.

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