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- Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:55 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Jameela Boardman's Article FVM October 2019
- Replies: 41
- Views: 72214
Re: Jameela Boardman's Article FVM October 2019
Ref: Jameela Boardman’s appeal for change. In many ways I believe She has some very good points to make….personally I look forward to the delivery of the FVM magazine; just as I did, once upon a time, to the publication of the monthly MOVIE MAKER Magazine in the ‘60s. In fact when I was a young Hote...
- Wed May 22, 2019 10:51 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
I would like to say that the interviews at BIAFF and the inserted clips from the films within some of the interviews was an excellent idea....well done to the teams. **** I too am a little unsure of the Swimming Pool film......perhaps German sense of humour is somewhat out of kilter with our own. Th...
- Thu May 02, 2019 7:53 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
An Excellent and well reasoned Post Tom! (Tom Hardwick on the difficulties and constraints or 'judging a competition' when compared to watching an entry for 'entertainment purposes'.) And thank-you for picking up on the nuances of my film "Highly Likely" - a Journalist's story which just r...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:39 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
I for one was thrilled with the projection in the Sunday Crescent theatre Auditorium.....and more importantly the 'Audio' which gave rise to a truly weighted and cinematic delivery in a totally blacked out environment. It was worth it. ( I have been whining about Audio for a decade - so I can whine ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:46 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Willy, Thank-you for showing the DRILL .... I did indeed make the film on my own and I am astonished that it plays as well today as it did ten years ago! Since the success of the Drill, I have always tried, in the 'writing' of my mini-epics, to come up with a double ending which defies the expectati...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
The discussion over Judge's Comments are the equivalent of BREXIT negotiations - They will never end......perhaps all films should be given 5 Stars from the start and we could work backwards! I do recall a Judge, in a former year, telling me that he had viewed Entries on a Standard Hotel Bedroom TV....
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:29 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Sorry Jill...I got the wrong end of the stick! I should have read your write up more thoroughly!
bob
bob
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:46 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Jill, I feel your pain! Perhaps we should have Judges to Judge the Judge's Comments....or, dare I say it: "Indicative Comments"! Jill, You have always graciously accepted Criticism in your quest for self improvement which has resulted in a succession of top rated films....so it is doubly g...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:48 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Yes Jill, we have two of our Club Members who will not enter films into BIAFF because of the Judge's Comments which were perceived to cause them offence! I have often suggested to the Club Members, that they should not take to heart the Judge's Comments but rather try to 'learn from them' and eventu...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:31 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Sometimes, I feel a sense of unease at the reward and high marks which I have achieved both now, and in the past, with my short-form film making. “The Drill, Rock Bottom, Writer’s Block, The Egg, The Steps, The Bear and Highly Likely” all have a running time of less than three minutes. So, What’s go...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:04 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
Howard....Your work ethic is astounding and I am truly astonished at your output ! Well done! I managed one three minute film 'Highly Likely' which I filmed 10 months ago. A satire of the "Skripal" affair, a News Item which kept on 'giving' - if not always in a good way! It's well made and...
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:13 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
- Replies: 82
- Views: 126797
Re: BIAFF 2019 at Birmingham
I have received the adjudication of my short 3 minute satire of the Skripal Affair (Highly Likely):
Roll-Up, Roll-up......
Bob
Roll-Up, Roll-up......
Bob
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:41 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Are we ready for an "Upright Film Contest"?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 39771
Re: Are we ready for an "Upright Film Contest"?
Tim,
Yes... You are absolutely right!
A film is a film...if it is good enough it will engage an Audience irrespective of the shape of the format or the pixel count.
Yes... You are absolutely right!
A film is a film...if it is good enough it will engage an Audience irrespective of the shape of the format or the pixel count.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:50 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Are we ready for an "Upright Film Contest"?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 39771
Re: Are we ready for an "Upright Film Contest"?
Michael: I thought you said, on March 15th, that only 10 year olds would make a film on an iPhone! Are you regressing? Give me landscape, Cinemascope, or 16.9 mode anyday! "Portrait" ratio will, and does, have great applications to be sure but I doubt if it will catch on for story telling ...
- Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2018 RESULTS
- Replies: 62
- Views: 82534
Re: BIAFF 2018 RESULTS
Michael,
Keep the ProSecco on Ice...I will be there!
Congratulations to you All and I look forward to seeing your films.
Bob
Keep the ProSecco on Ice...I will be there!
Congratulations to you All and I look forward to seeing your films.
Bob