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by Dave Watterson
Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Filming with an iphone
Replies: 10
Views: 10473

Re: Filming with an iphone

A professional cameraman once told me: "Ideally you should stick a reel of film in your head and blink 24 times a second."

But that doesn't help John ... we must have someone around who can answer him.
by Dave Watterson
Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Entering competitions..
Replies: 30
Views: 15644

Re: Entering competitions..

I have noticed that some film makers do not pay much attention to the descriptions they supply for their films. A few even get their own film title wrong.

Howard is good at writing brief eye-catching notes and making sure strong stills appear beside his films.
by Dave Watterson
Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:01 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Entering competitions..
Replies: 30
Views: 15644

Re: Entering competitions..

Glad you chose us and not Batumi IAFF !!

The shortage of distinct acronyms. It happens to "UNICA" as well ... there are many organisations called that.

Even "IAC" has possible confusion with organisations for adoption, aeronautics, film agents and more.
by Dave Watterson
Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Entering competitions..
Replies: 30
Views: 15644

Re: Entering competitions..

Hi Michael, No, UNICA does not accept individual entries - it's competition is for national organisations, thus IAC chooses the films sent from UK. So far as I am aware Malta's GOLDEN KNIGHT is still going. Closing : 30 September, 25 October 2022 Festival: 27 November 2022 website: https://www.faceb...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Sep 19, 2022 11:17 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Entering competitions..
Replies: 30
Views: 15644

Re: Entering competitions..

A Slovenian friend, Franc Kopič, has been putting his films into as many festivals as he can around the world. (I am guessing they are festivals with free entry) and has scores of awards, certificates and so on. A Polish amateur - I think the name was Henryk Lehnert - claimed to have more awards tha...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:51 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM October 2022 issue
Replies: 23
Views: 12192

Re: FVM October 2022 issue

Don't worry about the QR codes. Those who use them often know how to handle them - and you have explained to others how to get apps and use them. The technophobes would not use an URL ! I was really trying to indicate that I liked the way it all looks. (Back to "Expressive Writing class 101 for...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:09 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM October 2022 issue
Replies: 23
Views: 12192

Re: FVM October 2022 issue

Envelope half-open at the bottom! Cover striking. Not sure FVM has been serving anyone since 1932, though IAC has. Like the "National & International" tag - UK is four nations all by itself. Was there supposed to be a white "strikeout" line through the top line? Though I am w...
by Dave Watterson
Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:44 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM October 2022 issue
Replies: 23
Views: 12192

Re: FVM October 2022 issue

Not received our one yet ... will give ruthless feedback when it arrives! :-)
by Dave Watterson
Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:08 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: PANASONIC LUMIX GH 4
Replies: 4
Views: 7066

Re: PANASONIC LUMIX GH 4

It is bon sejour I think! We are in mid festival...

Glad you found a solution.
by Dave Watterson
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:55 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: PANASONIC LUMIX GH 4
Replies: 4
Views: 7066

Re: PANASONIC LUMIX GH 4

Surely one of our experts knows about this sort of issue?
by Dave Watterson
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: 16mm sound film transfer
Replies: 3
Views: 5998

Re: 16mm sound film transfer

Is this one for you, Tom Hardwick?
by Dave Watterson
Sun Jul 31, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Elvis
Replies: 2
Views: 4180

Re: Elvis

Rocket Man is fun. It gets a tad slow in the drug taking times in the USA but there are startlingly effective moments. I don't look for slavish accuracy in films which purport to deal in facts of any kind. If they are approximately right (so far as I am aware) that is fine. Biopics suffer from the ...
by Dave Watterson
Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:24 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: A really amazing coincidence.
Replies: 8
Views: 6448

Re: A really amazing coincidence.

For those who may not know, Albert is the creator of a very famous animated film: RED TYPE An allegorical portrayal of the East-West conflict. A single sheet of paper acts as the only setting for this simple, but effective, piece of animated story-telling. The maker typed 25,000 characters onto 500 ...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:55 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: A really amazing coincidence.
Replies: 8
Views: 6448

Re: A really amazing coincidence.

Or is this mystic Albert's influence? I rejoiced to see those pages in FVM, because fonts - indeed the appearance of text - is almost as important as its content. The right font and good layout enhances meaning in magazines, sets the scene for a film in its opening title, conveys respect, or the opp...
by Dave Watterson
Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:55 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2022
Replies: 77
Views: 52551

Re: BIAFF 2022

I think 15% at best.
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