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Putting on my best Simon Cowell evil smirk, and pulling up my trousers so that they rest just underneath my armpits – it’s time for another blog post of Wivenhoe’s Got Talent.

Blimey.

I’ve blogged before about the brilliant singer / songwriter talent of local lad Lou Terry. The young chap’s appearance at the May Fair, and a possible set at the Colchester Free Festival are testimony to my hyperlocal entertainment empire building ambitions.

I like to think in a few years time, Lou will be on MTV – or whatever online platform fits the purpose of the time – with a video shot by Wivenhoe local Sam King.

Yep: Introducing Sam King…

I first came across the talented local filmmaker whilst out on a reccie one Friday night at the Sailing Club. @AnnaJCowen and I were doing the meet ‘n greet, and hopefully sweet talking our way into Sailing Club membership.

By pure chance there was a screening by the banks of the Colne from Sam, showcasing a series of local films that he has shot. The Sailing Club video featured below was introduced as an attempt to try and capture the essence of Wivenhoe sailing.

Mission successful, I would say.

I wanted to hang around for a chat with Sam, find out his local story and then bend his arm about being able to embed some of his fine films on m’blog. The meet ‘n greet (and booze) of the Sailing Club got in the way.

No worries – back at base this week and my twitter stream struck gold with a tweet from @SamKing13245 linking to a local video made all about the May Fair this year.

I told you this Wivenhoe twitterati lark is starting to help make local connections…

Tweets were exchanged, and Sam has very kindly agreed to allow me to showcase some of his work on m’blog. The May Fair film in particular is a rare beast of local cinematic beauty. It is shot with a professional eye, and contains sufficient local knowledge to show an understanding of his subject matter.

Much has been made of the May Fair this year by folk who aren’t really local and should know better. @TheGazette continues to abuse this position of supposed local power, completely overlooking the good news story of the £4,500 raised for charity, and getting turned on instead by the minor, minor scuffles.

Sam instead chooses to look at the community volunteer element to May Fair, He presents a short film that encapsulates to perfection the spirit of May Fair that I found down at the KGV a couple of weeks ago.

If any local organisation is in need of some video work, then I would strongly recommend working with Sam. His work is highly professional, with a local passion to match.

I know that Moving Image has floated the idea of helping to showcase local filmmakers, by perhaps screening some hyperlocal shorts ahead of the main presentations. Sam would seem to fit this suggestion perfectly.

You can subscribe to Sam’s youtube channel over here, or follow him on twitter @SamKing13245. Even better – contact the young chap and see how he can help to bring to life any work that your group or organisation is trying to promote around the town.

So that’s the local singer / songwriter and the filmmaker taken care of. Any young local folk out there care to teach me how to dance?

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