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by Michael Slowe
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Where next for the IAC?
Replies: 22
Views: 2300

Re: Where next for the IAC?

Tom, why do you think that is? No time, no computer, not knowing it exists, not interested?
by Michael Slowe
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 16mm and 9.5mm Transfers
Replies: 3
Views: 223

Re: 16mm and 9.5mm Transfers

No Jill, I haven't used Stanleys for quite a while but I do pop in there from time to time for various small things. They do all kinds of transfers period. They will be as good as anyone, using all the latest gear, obviously price will be a factor so you might want to get some quotes.
by Michael Slowe
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 16mm and 9.5mm Transfers
Replies: 3
Views: 223

Re: 16mm and 9.5mm Transfers

Jill, our own Tom Hardwick has quite a business going with Transfers. Certainly his 8mm ones could hardly be bettered but I'm not sure about 16mm. Years ago I had many of my earlier 16mm films digitised but that was twenty five years ago. Stanleys, down in Soho do a pretty good job and I could put y...
by Michael Slowe
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
Replies: 41
Views: 3421

Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?

Jill, I suspect that is the general idea!
by Michael Slowe
Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: 14th Edinburgh Short Film Festival Open For Entries - International Showcases & Awards
Replies: 4
Views: 746

Re: 14th Edinburgh Short Film Festival Open For Entries - International Showcases & Awards

Yes Howard, sounds a good Festival but do you really want to go all the way up to Edinburgh if they do screen your film? I now only enter when the event is not just on line and where I can easily attend if by chance my film is selected to be screened, sadly very rare for me nowadays.
by Michael Slowe
Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Competition sections
Replies: 5
Views: 1045

Re: Competition sections

Well Albert, you and I go back quite a few years, back to the good old Ten Best times. I'm a year short of my 90 and I'm making fewer films now, it all seems such an effort and the imaginative juices are drying up. Having said that I am just embarking on a project that I hope will be interesting. Ho...
by Michael Slowe
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: UNICA 2023
Replies: 7
Views: 14625

Re: UNICA 2023

Dave, you are getting on a bit you must realise.
by Michael Slowe
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: U-matic tape player
Replies: 2
Views: 14456

Re: U-matic tape player

Billy, your best bet might be anyone at the BBC because they had this machine as a basic tool. Do you know any editors or production people there? Failing that Stanleys in Percy Street (?) would do it for you but at a charge!
by Michael Slowe
Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:28 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Hybrid camera, Piccolo and Colour Grading
Replies: 3
Views: 1345

Re: Hybrid camera, Piccolo and Colour Grading

My old friend and rival Willy! First of all Willy, you are not old, I am twelve years older than you and am only just starting to wonder whether my film making days may be coming to an end. That being said I insist that you do not have to keep up with all the wonderful technical developments to make...
by Michael Slowe
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Open Film Night Summer Chalenge
Replies: 9
Views: 1870

Re: Open Film Night Summer Chalenge

As I was the nominated 'judge' for this on line event I feel entitled to comment. I tend to agree with Dave in that the point about film making is to express yourself and to create a piece after considerable thought and preparation. I was full of admiration that the people who made films for this ev...
by Michael Slowe
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What is the difference between an AV and a film?
Replies: 15
Views: 2661

Re: What is the difference between an AV and a film?

Dave, Potter's Lunch does actually tell a story of these artists, whereas, as Howard points out, I don't really tell stories with my 'cut to music' shorts such as Ski Break, or my recent Zebra. All this goes to show how impossible it is to define the purpose of any art. Art can do anything for the v...
by Michael Slowe
Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What is the difference between an AV and a film?
Replies: 15
Views: 2661

Re: What is the difference between an AV and a film?

What a load of rubbish!!! Of course these modern "AV" presentations are films. Some are absolutely brilliant, some rather boring, as with our own films. How people can maintain that AV is a separate art from film is beyond me. It doesn't matter one little bit but it is rather annoying that...
by Michael Slowe
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
Replies: 41
Views: 3421

Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?

I must say that I feel guilty for not attending BIAFF this year. This was the first one I have missed since I attended my first, which was called LIAFF (London International Film Festival), and was held at a hotel near Westminster called St Ermins in 1976 I think. I had a top award and was anxious t...
by Michael Slowe
Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Judging-FVM June
Replies: 17
Views: 3062

Re: Judging-FVM June

Thank you Willy for your kind words, we have quite a lot in common with our taste of films and we both tend to make factual ones and documentaries. I am amazed at your story of your trip to Preston. Firstly that you were good enough to undertake the job of solely judging 24 films and then undertakin...
by Michael Slowe
Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Judging-FVM June
Replies: 17
Views: 3062

Re: Judging-FVM June

Totally agree with Big Dave, I thought that The Apartment (not the one with (Walter Matttau & Jack Lemmon), was a better film than The Dig. The latter had a good gag but was very limited.