IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Some two years ago my long time friend and co-worker Alberto died leaving his widow with a two room studio packed with film and sound equipment. The local University took some of the old cameras (Standard8 through 16mm to 4K) but nobody wanted all that rack mounted audio processing equipment. All th...

Hats off to Arf for responding to the BIAFF judges notes on the Arf and Ann film “Seeds we Sow”. I have viewed both the film and the response and I feel it raises thoughts about why we amateurs make films; particularly narrative films and the role of BIAFF and the judges. First a disclosure; I have ...

This thread has wandered over the whole scene of the current state of the traditional world of amateur film making. The world of clubs; Regions; polite comments; BIAFF, UNICA, a world in terminal decline. Replaced by YouTubers; Vimeors, with access to a huge catalog of films of every type; style; ge...

A strangely fascinating film; watched twice and enjoyed. The animation sequence tended to obscurity at times but good transition to the live action. The Wayfarer is well done; although longish sequences never boring. There is much to be said for the "old religion" and its concern for the r...

I agree that being a member of a film audience gives a shared experience and a different perspective compared with lone watching on computer or TV. A reasonable alternative are the Zoom group meetings where we are members of an audience and can provide comments and have a discussion. Local group vie...

https://vimeo.com/37972095 This link will connect you with a film I photographed (and edited) some years ago. It was shot with two completely different sets of lighting. The the interview set was lit with conventional quartz lighting up to 08:17 where there is a complete change to interiors in a far...

I have difficulty getting on to the website as it is declared unsafe by Google;
ned c

Thanks; looking good.
ned c

Music festivals are about seeing and hearing our heroes in the flesh be it R and R or classical at the Proms. At film festivals we may have a Q and A and perhaps meet the film makers but there is not the same sense of involvement as a live music concert. I will put a short piece on the IAC website a...

Electronic communication is an everybody thing; with family spread across the USA and UK it is the way we keep in touch; far better than the very expensive occasional phone calls when we first moved to America in 1975. I like e-mail as it creates a storable record; text for quick response, WhatsApp ...

Most Festivals do not differentiate between amateurs and professionals; there are just "entrants". My experience with DOCUTAH demonstrated this as I knew some of the entrants as amateurs but this was never an issue; Michael Slowe had at least two very successful screenings and his status w...

Just a quick note; DOCUTAH is a good Festival for documentary film makers. There are usually between 300 and 400 entries and between 50 and 60 will be screened; a good percentage. Also; come to the Festival; this a remarkable area with five National Parks within driving distance.
ned c

Hi Michael; www.docutah.com for the website; also on Film Freeway. The 2024 show is over; you can see details on the website. The originator of the Festival and head of the film school retired and a new head of the department appointed. He changed the method of evaluation and everything is now done ...

Today I received about 50 links to soon closing film festivals from Film Freeway, Of a quick sample of 15 only four reported the number of entries and the number selected for screening; these showed a consistent screening of 5% of entries. The largest had 2,000 entries the smallest 500; I must serio...

I used a Beaulieu (?) R16 but it was a very noisy camera, we made a sound proof enclosure but this made it bulky and difficult to handle. At work if we were doing lip synch we rented an Arriflex 16BL.