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- Thu May 16, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: Film Comments - a moderated forum
- Topic: Abacus !!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 27
Re: Abacus !!
Short and sweet - like so many of your films. I found myself starting to think about Osvaldo Cavandoli's "La Linea" series and Chuck Jones ... but it was the use of colour which transformed the film for me. That gave it life and personality in a way I cannot clearly explain. Your mind is s...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Too much drone footage?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 62
Too much drone footage?
After BIAFF 2024 I began to wonder if we are having too much drone footage. It is (relatively) new for amateur film makers, so there is a novelty factor. Sometimes it is used to obtain unusual angles or to mimic the old Hollywood crane shots at the start and end of a film ... but so often there are ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
Thank you, Willy. HUBERTUS is now among the films on our "Watch" page https://www.biaff.org.uk/2024-watch-on-line.html We have far too few films from the area of Europe where GEMMA handles music copyright issues. People seem timid about making their films available for a worldwide audience.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: UNICA 2024 in Poland
- Replies: 0
- Views: 377
UNICA 2024 in Poland
The entries are now in for the UNICA Congress and Festival, which will be held in Poznan, Poland on 18th - 23rd August. As yet I don't know if all 28 countries in UNICA have sent films, but most will have picked 40 minutes worth of the best from their country, which they think will please / amuse / ...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
Does anyone know any other entries for BIAFF 2024, which are online at YouTube, Vimeo or DailyMotion - but which we do not have on the https://www.biaff.org.uk/2024-watch-on-line.html page?
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Lip Synch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9257
Re: Lip Synch
Not about making films ... but when running a school film appreciation club we played music as people came in. That meant driving to my block of flats, climbing three stories, collecting two wardrobe-sized speakers (actually about 48" x 30" x30" but made of chipboard), packing them in...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
There are now over a hundred of the films entered in the competition for 2024 - to be seen at https://www.biaff.org.uk/2024-watch-on-line.html
Rewatch your favourites or check out ones not selected for screening ...
Rewatch your favourites or check out ones not selected for screening ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Zoom viewing count
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1263
Re: Zoom viewing count
Not sure anyone kept a record but the attendee figures were in the 40s most nights.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Lip Synch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9257
Re: Lip Synch
No such thing as drifting off topic so far as we are concerned ... it is all about our hobby/obsession !
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
It's a thought, Howard. On the other hand, Jan often points out that it is much easier for judges to use just three categories. If necessary each of those categories could be assessed by separate judges and split into 3. That is more-or-less what happened in the past. On one weekend judges would do ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
After the first two days of BIAFF (online) ... what did you think?
Howard Smith made a comment on the lines of: "This evening we can see what a wide range the "three star" category encompasses."
Was that enough to cover the different qualities of film on offer?
Howard Smith made a comment on the lines of: "This evening we can see what a wide range the "three star" category encompasses."
Was that enough to cover the different qualities of film on offer?
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
I will look forward to seeing it there ... and expect it will get a very good rating. UNICA juries are not easily baffled by unusual film themes.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:49 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 27529
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
To be fair ... most of us will only see a film once. If it does not achieve its aim in that screening, it has failed. Of course there are a few which are worth a second screening. I have to subtitle the films we send to the UNICA Festival. That painstaking process often reveals subtleties I missed o...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Lip Synch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9257
Re: Lip Synch
The longer I reflect on this issue, the more I wonder if it arose because of a long-standing division among enthusiasts. Some love the technical and mechanical side of film making. Others love the aesthetics and art.
This is why many great amateur films included both types of people in their team.
This is why many great amateur films included both types of people in their team.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Getting an audience
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3163
Re: Getting an audience
There was a stage when both the Kodak Colour Show (with Tony Rose) and LIAFF (forerunner to BIAFF) went on the road. They enlisted the help of local clubs to bring films to regions far from London.