IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Happy New Year to all. Even down South we had a tiny touch of snow last night. The official UNICA 2025 website is now open. Do take a look at: https://unica.movie/2025 with some great photos and plenty of information. The challenge now is to reach out to as many UK film makers as possible and encour...

That's why your films are always worth watching ... you give a lot of thought to the mechanics of telling the story with whatever technology you use.

Not happened at Watterson Towers ... so far at least. I am always reluctant to go to very recent technology - and that reluctance is greater the older I get! So far my experiences with VR have not been impressive. But hurrah for enthusiasm like yours, Geoff. Our hobby is driven by enthusiasts who ar...

Time is tight for these evenings ... and people are wary of even suggesting any criticism, in order not to offend.

Congratulations on being willing to share "a C grade video". One problem with the competition culture in our amateur film world, is that it leaves little room for the newbie, the struggler, the willing-but-not-yet-competent. That was a plus for many clubs - they would screen films by membe...

Just a thought, Martin. There were two separate discussion systems online. One was this one. The other was an email system, set up in the first place for questions about using Adobe Premiere. The magic ingredient of the second system was David Jackson, who ran several weekend courses for the IAC on ...

Love you too, Martin!

And get fully well soon.

I hope our magazine editor will hear this!

Maybe I was unlucky, or had a poor batch of lamps. It was in the early days of those. In response to Albert's suggestion of candles ... I remember the shock of Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" with a scene lit only by candles. But he could have his cameras virtually built to order. In Edinburgh he...

Don't you find CFL lamps create electrical interference on the soundtrack?

Thanks, James. Sensible points ... though I admit to having used "industrial" lights now and then for basic budgetary reasons.

Which kind of light do you recommend for beginners?

All good ideas, Albert. But winter is coming with less sunlight and more cloud-covered moon ...

There is a lot of advice around about lighting ... not least fascinating articles in Film & Video Maker ... but those of us without lots of cash to spend, what lighting kit is sensible, useful and not too pricey?

You can find a growing number of short (often comic) promos for UNICA2025 on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@UNICA2025-r1f : Do download and use some of them on your club website or in your own social media. Why not make some more? Most of these were concocted by members of Sutton Coldfield Movi...

Please start sharing the UNICA adverts on your club website and relevant social media pages. We don't want to be preaching to the choir all the time. Asking club members to come to Birmingham twice in a year for the purpose of watching films and meeting fellow enthusiasts is a BIG ASK. But we all kn...