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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Lip Synch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 694
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: 76
- Views: 5389
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: 20
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: 694
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: 76
- Views: 5389
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: 76
- Views: 5389
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: 76
- Views: 5389
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: 76
- Views: 5389
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: 694
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: 353
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.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Lip Synch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 694
Re: Lip Synch
For both commercial and amateur "silent" movies, music was usually played to give general support to the themes. The video era made it significantly easier to record lip-synch and - crucially - to play it back perfectly. It did take a year or so before most amateur film makers came to grip...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Getting an audience
- Replies: 5
- Views: 353
Re: Getting an audience
Hurrah!
There was a time when an Albert Noble animation was held in high regard in IAC circles - not to mention the one which played a supporting role in commercial cinemas !
There was a time when an Albert Noble animation was held in high regard in IAC circles - not to mention the one which played a supporting role in commercial cinemas !
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5389
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
I am also deeply disappointed at the star-rating for ELISE ... but I was not a judge this year.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Where next for the IAC?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2771
Re: Where next for the IAC?
The IAC is a registered charity. People tend to forget that. It does not exist to give its members special treatment. Its purpose is to be educational for the general public who are interested. For that reason it would be risky to give the critique service only to IAC members. The crits (for better ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5389
Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
I have been unsure about how to respond to this message from Willy. At the personal level, Jan and I will be very sorry not to meet Willy and Vera again as we have often done in the past. The same will be true of his many friends in British film making. We have many happy memories, and were delighte...