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by Dave Watterson
Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:19 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Recommended movies on the web - UPDATED
Replies: 32
Views: 66197

Recommended movies on the web - UPDATED

In various threads we recommend movies we have seen on various websites. I suggest we keep this thread exclusively for such recommendations. If you like the idea then please add links to movies you think we would enjoy - your own or other people's films. But let us keep comment on them to a differen...
by Dave Watterson
Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:39 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

And now my projection days for the IAC are over. Billy, I hope not. Your mini-cinema shows went very smoothly as I mentioned earlier. You did all the film-makers proud by presenting their films to the best advantage in the two sessions of yours I saw. Indeed I heard nothing but praise for all the N...
by Dave Watterson
Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:43 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

I think it only affects DVD's. Mini DV's will always be projected non-letterbox. I don't think so! Either source - DVD or MiniDV can hold a letterboxed, anamorphic or Academy ratio print. As I suggested in another thread different pieces of equipment treat them differently. Some adjust to make the ...
by Dave Watterson
Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Premiere Elements 4
Replies: 6
Views: 6830

I use Premiere Pro but have sometimes noticed a similar problem. Usually I use the menu option to export the film to another place on the hard drive. This makes sure it is all rendered etc. Then I load the exported version into a new project, set the camera to record and play the new project so that...
by Dave Watterson
Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:02 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

I have seen `Amateur` nature films, and they aren`t really very good. Sorry, Ian, but you clearly have not seen these films. Florent van Opstal makes superb close-up studies of birds and insects. Mark Kapteijns made equally good images. Some amateurs can make great movies of this sort. Take a look ...
by Dave Watterson
Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:20 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

Willy did get the right impression: BIAFF 2008 was a success. As everyone has said there was a buzz about it and the Saturday shows went very well. The Gala Dinner was good, the Fellowship awards well-deserved ... and thank goodness there was no "entertainment" afterwards. (In the past we ...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:51 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

I for one will say a Big Thank you to all the organisers... Wow - Stephen - you are right! Everyone who was there does owe a huge vote of thanks to the event organisers of NERIAC and the competition managers - Brian and Alice Dunckley for all their hard work. I wanted to comment on the problems but...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:58 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
Replies: 44
Views: 37867

Well I can confirm what Billy said ... the Friday night one-minute movie show was plagued with problems of the hiccuping video kind. There are many ways to show videos direct from computer and maybe more experiment was required. There was also some silly confusion when the numbers on the films Billy...
by Dave Watterson
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:52 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Recycle your old camera
Replies: 1
Views: 3716

Recycle your old camera

This article refers to digital still cameras, but it might be applied to camcorders too. http://blog.webshots.com/?p=874 If you do give away an old still camera, AV workers and movie-makers could even work with the child to put some of their better images into a sequence or simple movie. We treasure...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:11 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
Replies: 66
Views: 57940

Has the IAC ever thought of having professional film-makers to judge? Yes - and it is often a disaster. Within the industry people point out any mistakes bluntly - after all everyone there is supposed to be a professional at their job and any delays can be very expensive. Professional judges tend t...
by Dave Watterson
Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
Replies: 66
Views: 57940

For IAC judging the synopsis is kept by the Competition Manager but judging teams may ask for it if they wish. The Cotswold Final Judging works in a similar way - synopses are read on request. It can sometimes be useful with films in a foreign language where judges may get the gist of it through ima...
by Dave Watterson
Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:03 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
Replies: 66
Views: 57940

Just a word of warning about all this ... It is quite likely that some people who are not happy with their result will not be willing to say so in public. It sounds like being a poor sport. This means we cannot assume that the poll or the comments here represent every view. I am sure our competition...
by Dave Watterson
Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
Replies: 66
Views: 57940

Ian said: If you all did well then this thread would be as dead as a doodoo! Is a "doodoo" the excrement of a "dodo" ? It's a wonderfully evocative expression. As usual there is a lot of sense in what you say, Ian. Competitions and awards are not the real reason anyone sweats blo...
by Dave Watterson
Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Cutting interviews
Replies: 7
Views: 7829

As one of our senior film makers, Peter, I doubt there is much any of us could suggest that you have not thought of yourself. Ian has a good point about "noddies" as the tv trade calls them: shots of the interviewer just nodding, smiling, looking interested or quizzical etc. These can be s...
by Dave Watterson
Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:08 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
Replies: 66
Views: 57940

Stingman - in case Fraught is busy drowning his sorrows - I'll tell you - you can see the film which is called "ABC" on his own website at
http://www.fraught.net/films/abc/index.htm

Dave