IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

commended", "highly commended" "commended" ... Gold, silver and bronze Percentages give the impression that you are in a school. Dave has already told us that BIAFF will use a "star"-system next year. I'm pleased with this. No gold, silver and bronze anymore. In my...

[quote="Dave Watterson"] Regardless of the festival or the film's rating, crits seem to me to fall into two main groups: a) those that only seek to justify or explain the rating the judge has given. These may be quite short and only touch on one or two points of detail. b) those that try t...

Perhaps you know that I was invited by the Scottish Association of Moviemakers last weekend. In Tunbridge Wells I already told friends that I will be reincarnated as a Brit. I forgot to tell them that I will be reincarnated as a Scotsman. Now I'm sure about it. Yes I can believe that after being th...

Here, here! I know at least one regular forum reader who says she prefers just to watch because it seems like an all-male club. I don't know who is behind all the pseudonyms so I cannot confirm her impression. If it is true then that is sad. We need different perspectives. There is no harm in just ...

I think you'll be waiting in vain Roy. Menu-driven switching is far cheaper, lighter, more reliable and comprehensive than mechanical 'real' switches. Cameras This is a thread about technical problems. These are important, but I find exchange of ideas about real filmmaking more important. I mean : ...

Oh, here we go again, dear Tom. Sorry that I am very touchy about that subject. Perhaps too touchy ! I must say that I agree with you. After having seen one of my films people already told me : "Your film looks very professional !" I had mixed feelings. I was proud and I was worried at the...

There is open invitation from the people involved with the restoration project to pop in and film the progress...new footage/updates will be available in the future... there are many more newsreels available on a myriad of subjects (remember we at Newcastle ACA go back to 1927!) when they become av...

My first visit to an English pub ! I was a young lad of only 18. I had a drink in the local pub. It was the very first time that I visited an English pub. I drank two pints of bitter. Strange those large ones I thought. We don't have them on the continent. Some men were playing dice. An old man was...

Hi Willy, I am glad you enjoy the extra hour Britain gives you. with me the problem is always to remember to put our clocks forward or backward as the case may be. Enjoy your trip to Preston . I've never heard of Bridestowe, but whereever it is enjoy your visit. You should visit Beamish open air Mu...

Willy, I tend to agree with Peter on this one, it would be a boring film. I am always seeking new documentary subjects and I find that you have to take great care to get something different and, if possible, eccentric! Audiences get bored very easily and following a student round Cambridge would bo...

Willy, I tend to agree with Peter on this one, it would be a boring film. I am always seeking new documentary subjects and I find that you have to take great care to get something different and, if possible, eccentric! Audiences get bored very easily and following a student round Cambridge would bo...

Hi Dave, Mystery solved. Thanks. Roy Hi Roy, I think it is excellent that British time is not continental time. I always go to Britain on my birthday. Thanks to British time I could stay a fiftier one hour longer ! I enjoyed every minute of that hour very much. Oh, dear, that was already more than ...

Talking of editing I've just shot my first video footage for over 2 and a half years!! It's only 4 minutes long, and its so well shot it hardly needs editing!! BUT, it's 100% boring - just a silly trip to Cambridge - a rather boring place anyway! But one day I might shoot some marginally more inter...

I made a film in 2004 called "Seven Shades" which is a silent comedy in monochrome 4:3 done in the style of early romantic comedies. We even used the railway track- classic stuff! :D I would be grateful, Thurso man, if you send me a copy of that film. I will pay for it or I will send some...

Many thanks for these suggestions. Now I've thought of organizing a national festival. The embryo of an idea. We may ask the members of our Belgian clubs to make short funny films or comedies without any dialogues. Maybe these films are useful for international festivals like BIAFF, Guernsey, the Co...