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- Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:58 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: IAC 75 ... Bradford, IMAX and all that
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6918
After Bradford I went on to visit family in Wakefield for a couple of days before moving on to Scarborough for a short break so I'm only just catching up with the forum. Bradford was brilliant!!! The hotel was great and the food and service excellent and in fact the deal that Linda and Michael had n...
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:52 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: SMALL TOWN CINEMA- The Next Movie Revolution!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4885
I think one area where small local cinemas could set themselves apart from the multiplexes is showmanship and presentation. The multiplexes have excellent picture and sound quality but all too often nowadays you see a simple screen with no side masking for the non-scope formats and most definitely n...
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:48 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Minimum Festival Rules
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19424
I've started to put an Academy countdown leader onto the front of my films to assist the projectionist in identifying where the film starts or to facilitate copying by festival officers. Unfortunately I have also seen countdown leader projected onto the screen in all its glory! (Not at IAC events I ...
- Thu May 31, 2007 2:50 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Super-8 on Youtube
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8439
This thread is becoming quite nostalgic for those of us who grew up with cine film. Tom's comments about splices reminded me of how hard we used to strive to secure the ultimate pinnacle of editing achievement - the invisible splice! I finished up using Wurker splices which many workers reckoned wer...
- Fri May 25, 2007 2:51 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Super-8 on Youtube
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8439
- Tue May 15, 2007 12:00 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: How can a comp judge be helpful?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 38718
I recently revised the soundtrack of a film based on some very helpful judges comments that I received and I think that the movie is all the better for it. When I am judging I always bear in mind that the movie I am watching is someone's pride and joy on which they will have spent a lot of time and ...
- Wed May 09, 2007 6:34 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Club Projectors
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18303
Billy I'm involved in the film collecting scene and some of the collectors are very impressed by the Panasonic AX 100E which I know they have used to show Hi Def in the home - I have seen no reports of loss of synch. There is a magazine called Projections run by one of the collectors and I can put y...
- Sat May 05, 2007 10:01 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Favorite films & why?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11544
When you get down to it a fiction film is surely about telling a good story about interesting characters that will engage with and stimulate the audience in some way. I'm a great believer in maintaining a clear narrative structure so that the audience isn't confused by what is happening on the scree...
- Fri May 04, 2007 11:55 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Editing Software - What do you use?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25395
After a few years using EZDV I now use Premiere Elements version 2 which I find to be a very good programme that does everything I need. I compile my commentaries on Audacity via a rather ancient mixing console and also use this system to transfer music from CD as it gives me a good degree of contro...
- Thu May 03, 2007 4:42 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Future BIAFFs - what (if anything) needs change?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12893
Future BIAFF's
This is a topic bound to generate some warm if not heated debate! Regarding the Gala screening I think this should be the culmination of the whole weekend leading up to the "reveal" of the Daily Mail winner and should therefore remain on the Sunday. I feel that if this were to move to the ...