IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

I have difficulty getting on to the website as it is declared unsafe by Google;
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Thanks; looking good.
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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.
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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.

Interesting discussion. In 16 mm we had the Pilotone sync system with a tone generator on the camera and a cable between camera and recorder; usually a Nagra recording a pulse for each frame. Later came crystal sync which dispensed with the cable. All in the realm of the professional and used by a f...

I enjoyed Skullduggery and am privileged to join Albert as a On Star film maker. Humorless judges one suspects. However there is a sub text here that should be noted. Albert's audience is on-line. The nightmare many Festivals face is that we can sit in front of our, in my case 55 inch 4K/surround so...

Hello James; As a sometime worker in 8mm film making. the problems with lip synch appeared at three levels. One recording; how to hold synch between the camera and the tape recorder. there were a variety of mechanical devices but they limited the shooting to controlled situations. Certainly not &quo...

OK; I do not like age as a defining character but I was born 05/1934 (so do not really qualify for this discussion) and reasonably active film making; 3 Guerrilla Challenges a year currently making a promo for the fire department and work with other local film makers in various capacities. I am glad...

I have only found the 2020 Accounts; please how do I find the most recent accounts?
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Martin is right; the BIAFF is the IAC's most significant contribution to film makers with the concentration on n-c (Sorry; Tim; amateur) film makers, along with two other offerings; the magazine and the music licence. Does the IAC have a role in the wider world of film making? It was founded in the ...