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by tom hardwick
Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:50 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Paul Kittel's Zoom evening
Replies: 8
Views: 6584

Paul Kittel's Zoom evening

Paul Kittel is a man who knows his stuff. IAC Patron, Paul Kittel, held a free-for-all on Wednesday 3rd November over Zoom, and lots of us gathered to be hugely entertained by the behind-the-scenes stories that have accompanied his filmmaking career. He had spent many hours preparing his evening pri...
by tom hardwick
Tue Nov 02, 2021 8:41 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Lost Films of WWII
Replies: 1
Views: 4088

Lost Films of WWII

I just happend to channel-hop onto BBC 4 last night (Monday) where they were showing really wonderful home movies shot in WW2, some of which are really amazing quality. Most seem to be Std-8 but I suppose some are 16 mm, and some are colour. Lost Films of WWll they call it, but they're not lost any ...
by tom hardwick
Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:21 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Kids appearing in your films
Replies: 5
Views: 5478

Kids appearing in your films

Filming children! For goodness sake. I always revelled in the 'silent permission' granted me at weddings to film the children. It is images of them, and the old and frail, that will make my films so watchable, so valuable, so historical. But that's an aside. In the end, and one by one, all the schoo...
by tom hardwick
Thu Oct 14, 2021 10:12 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: DVD and Blu-ray discs
Replies: 19
Views: 13532

Re: DVD and Blu-ray discs

Very interesting thread we have here, Team, on a subject dear to my heart too. It could well be duplicated on the 'equipment and technical' forum pages (and in FVM) as well. I too love the extras on DVDs and BDs, and gasp at the amount of info a tiny spinning disc can hold. But as regards film compe...
by tom hardwick
Thu Sep 02, 2021 4:40 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: CEMRIAC on Zoom
Replies: 10
Views: 14393

Re: CEMRIAC on Zoom

The October 2021 SoCo News is out and about right now Tim.
by tom hardwick
Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:28 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: CEMRIAC on Zoom
Replies: 10
Views: 14393

Re: CEMRIAC on Zoom

The SoCo regional competition results were shown over Zoom a couple of nights ago, and I was pleased to see so many in the 'audience'. I suspect there were more than double the attendees of a similar live audience presentation, simply because Zoom is so easy to access and you can see the films on an...
by tom hardwick
Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:26 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: UK FILM REVIEWS
Replies: 24
Views: 31111

Re: UK FILM REVIEWS

“This film suffers from the same problem that all subtitled films in that they take the viewers’ eyes away from what is happening on screen.” The faster the cutting, the more this applies Howard. And a lot of (iPlayer) action thrillers made in Sweden, Belgium etc hardly let you draw breath from your...
by tom hardwick
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:43 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: CEMRIAC on Zoom
Replies: 10
Views: 14393

CEMRIAC on Zoom

Yesterday at 7pm I joined in the IAC's Zoom meeting for the CEMRIAC region, where we all had a good chat and saw the results of a 'film made in 2 days' competition. Then all the 37+ attendees used an online voting form and the 3-2-1 was announced. Good fun, lots of laughter, and imaginative films. S...
by tom hardwick
Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:06 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Jameela
Replies: 48
Views: 46690

Re: Jameela

I'm with Howard (4 posts above) in that portrait mode filming of landscapes is just daft. This is me using polite language BTW. But it does seem to be law in the middle east, where war-torn landscapes are incessantly hose-piped in portrait mode, and ⅔ of my TV news picture is silly, useless, blurry ...
by tom hardwick
Thu May 13, 2021 8:03 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: THE BIAFF WEEKEND
Replies: 42
Views: 30906

Re: THE BIAFF WEEKEND

It would take a skip-full of postcards, Howard. But wouldn't it be enlightening to get some feedback from one or some of these film festivals. As to how they operate, how they're financed, who watches the films, how much of a film is watched, if certain requirements must be met that most filmmakers ...
by tom hardwick
Wed May 12, 2021 2:16 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Horror Adrenaline Rush
Replies: 15
Views: 15635

Re: Horror Adrenaline Rush

'Fraught' helped us guess, I guess. Some of the loveliest people with bloodshot eyes, foaming mouths, snakes in their hair, yes.
by tom hardwick
Wed May 12, 2021 2:08 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM June 2021
Replies: 6
Views: 8385

Re: FVM June 2021

I also note on the front cover that the IAC serves members in all countries of GB, but that Northern Ireland is excluded. Is it possible that no IAC members live there?
by tom hardwick
Tue May 11, 2021 7:01 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: THE BIAFF WEEKEND
Replies: 42
Views: 30906

Re: THE BIAFF WEEKEND

£17.65m sure sounds like a 'budged estimate' Jill. Good typo.
by tom hardwick
Mon May 10, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: THE BIAFF WEEKEND
Replies: 42
Views: 30906

Re: THE BIAFF WEEKEND

Really? We gave this multi-award-winning film One Star? Either all the other awards have been made up, or BIAFF judges were shown a different version.
by tom hardwick
Mon May 10, 2021 9:57 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM June 2021
Replies: 6
Views: 8385

Re: FVM June 2021

Good advice Martin. I think we've all got so used to simply 'clicking the link' that using tinyurl has slipped our minds.