IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

For many individuals their video club is enough to satisfy their needs for watching and talking about movie making. That's fine. But I keep thinking there are also club members who would enjoy going beyond the boundaries of their club. Attending a regional event - whether a training day or a festiva...

The Canadians are doing the same thing with their impressive magazine. So far as I know there is no question of IAC moving that way yet - though it may come in time. Around half of the IAC's income each year pays for the magazine. I am surprised that more clubs do not make their magazines available ...

I have heard much muttering about how many award winning amateur film makers use professional actors (working for sandwiches and bus-fares). But no one seems to worry about the fact that most amateur films use professional music ... and professional music which has been paid for at the going rate. A...

A conversation with a couple of festival organisers today set us all wondering when is the appropriate time to have these events. If we assume the IAC Competition is pretty much a fixture at the end of January - just to give us a starting point ... Many countries use a system whereby each region has...

Good point, Ian.

Of course most of the systems we use have some form of compression on them but the critical question is what shows up on the screen.

Dave

I was very sceptical about memory-sticks for holding data when they first arrived but now find myself using them a lot in general computing work. For that reason I am holding fire in judging solid-state memory systems for camcorders. On the plus side is reduced size / weight / complexity which may b...

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/2007/ ... becker.swf has a fascinating and clever piece of animation.

Good suggestion from Michael ... A firm may not be able to let you have a permanent room of your own but it MIGHT let you have a room when needed and the use of a locked cupboard for equipment. In return you could get them some local publicity like newspaper headlines "Firm steps in where Counc...

Stingman has it right - as usual. The IAC licences only cover music - not images. And they only cover it for normal amateur purposes. You can see more details on http://www.fvi.org.uk/central/copyright-clearance-scheme.htm Have a special look at the MCPS section which limits how you can have public ...

I had been hoping for even more technical enlightenment from the knowledgeable people on the forum about this. Yes most lenses give a circular image - and some of the earliest still photos were circles with fuzzy edges. Anyone who made a pinhole camera will have found the same is true of those. Quit...

Just remember that last week the Beeb stopped a woman selling to friends knitted models of Dr. Who villains !

Copyright is a pain. People like George Lucas are generous in allowing/encouraging fan films based on his movies. But sometimes you can see why people object ...

Stephen, bring your IAC Membership Card with you. It identifies you as a responsible amateur film maker and can help if anyone questions your intentions.

Most major national organisations for non-commercial film makers have suitable wording on their membership cards to soothe officialdom.

Dave

In another thread House (Scott Hillhouse director of "Life's Little Gaps") wrote: "As for the fun of filmmaking, I have a little speech I always give to the actors just before we shoot. I explain that if you as an individual are having a good time it will show in your character and yo...

This is so interesting I have started a fresh thread using these last two entries ... please add comments on directing to the new thread and keep this one for BIAFF.

Dave

At http://www.fvi.org.uk/film-making2/lifes-little-gaps.html you can see a photograph of the entire crew and on http://www.fvi.org.uk/film-making2/lifes-little-gaps2.html you can see a list of all the names in that fascinating article about the actual making of the film. By the way "House"...