IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

For AMPS this year we agreed to accept HDV tape 16:9 both 1080i60 and 50 as we have an HDV deck that plays both and a matching monitor. No entries were received in these formats. We did have a few letterboxed entries but most entries were 4:3. The letterboxed entries werer marked as such so no probl...

One way to put mixed aspect ratio clips into a 16:9 edit is to make them picture in picture on a black background. They can be resized, cropped, color corrected etc as required.


Ned C

There is an excellent book of "oral history" about the battle titled "They Called it Passchendaele" by Lyn Macdonald, 1978 ISBN 0 333 36067 it is one in a series of collections of WW1 oral histories that she wrote.

ned c

The real test for judging would be to have panels made up of film knowledgeable people across a wide age range who have no connection with the n-c (amateur) world. One can imagine the mayhem this would cause as films would, I suspect, be judged in a completely different way. I once heard of a Festiv...

"Art is in the eye of the beholder". In a world where everything is given a value the originator of a work of art is an integral part of the value of the work. During his lifetime you could have bought a van Gogh for the price of a glass of wine, now you would have to sell the vineyard. So...

I believe the Sony DSR 11 has been discontinued but a used one may meet the bill. It plays and records both PAL and NTSC, take the small and full size DV cassette, has Firewire and analog i/o. I used one for 6 years of heavy work and sold it on to a studio where it continues to give good service. ne...

Have just received the reports from the Guernsey Lily and these are surely a model for all judges to aim for. BIAFF reports are very good but I think our friends in Guernsey have hit a high mark in judging/reporting. The reports are interesting, informative and, yes, even entertaining. Thanks to eve...

First, thanks to the IAC for letting us have a copy to view at the AMPS/AMMA/TBW Convention. It is well made, interesting and great to fit some faces to names seen on forums and in the magazine. It tells the story very well but personally I don't think the "green martian" added anything, i...

It will be interesting to see what happens to Avid Liquid as it does not fit into the Avid professional software series. I was an early user of EditDV, became a Beta tester, saw it go to Media 100 and then to Autodesk where it fitted neither company's philosophy and then died as Cinestream 3 when it...

This was my last year as Chair of the AMPS judging panel and can only feel a sense of relief that I don't have to do it again. It is great watching other people's movies but very tough to provide useful comments. One of the problems is that of "style", for me a travel film must reveal what...

My collection of home made DVDs and CDs is now in the dozens and to save space I keep them in the thin hard cases, stored on shelves Any suggestions about an easy way of finding what I need as there is no room on the thin spines for ID? Are there any storage systems where they can be stored and easi...

Welcome Paddy! We have wandered around the world and lived in Norway, America and Hong Kong and spent time in New Zealand and Australia, (plus army time in Egypt) although originating from the UK and living there at various times. My first move is to try and find a local video/film making club altho...

Actually the law is clear on where we can film withoutpermission. That is in any public place and any people in that public place can be included in the filming, you can also film into private places from a public location. If there are restrictions on filming in public places in specific cities it ...

Welcome Souterman, nice to meet someone who uses FCE, I have and use FCE 3.5 HD, easy to use with good results. Any tips and suggestions?

Ned C

We were shocked to see in The Little Knight that the film maker was arrested in Malta for filming the US Embassy.

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