IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Willy, my surname is often incorrectly spelt by others as Woodard, Woodyard, Woodwood, so Woodcock isn’t all that far off and no apologies needed! I mentioned your BIAFF film Marc Remembers Sarah and I totally overlooked your 5-star awarded film My Mellow Little Fellow which will screened at BIAFF’s...

To Willy: I addressed a posting to you on this forum thread on 12 March (2:50 pm). In your last posting you write: “I remember that Ian even moved from France into England again after having read these verses (of course I'm joking). Anyway I know that he, too, loves Britain and its countryside.” Is ...

This is a message for Willy. I’ve never met you, Willy, but being a great admirer of your many interesting and thought-provoking contributions to the IAC forums, I feel I know you. When you write, it’s patently clear that you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve. It suits you! Bit by bit we get to k...

I forgot to mention, John – my mother also had Alzheimer’s and today my daughter, who was very close her to grandmother, donates a monthly sum to the Alzheimer’s Society. I know from personal experience what a painful, frustrating illness it is, and how it must be confronted full on, and this in its...

John, as the original thread was headed Attracting New Members, I thought your views might be illuminating, because attracting new members such as yourself - and I’m always bowled over by your enthusiasm and hunger to learn – is what it’s all about. Maybe it’s my failing, but it didn’t even enter my...

John, you say that the institute’s title did not put you off “looking in and joining the forum”. And yet you don’t appear to be enthusiastic enough about the IAC to actually want to become a member. Is there anything in particular that deters you from joining the ranks of all those paid-up members w...

Tim, the lumping together of UNICA with the IAC is not really valid argument, in that UNICA is a Europe-based broad church that caters specifically to non-commercial film organisations (and not to individuals) worldwide – I have an interest here in that I was lucky enough to win two UNICA Gold Medal...

Mike S: “I think maybe you're mixing up or interpreting the word 'Amateur' as 'amateurish'?” I rest my case! I’m certainly not misinterpreting the word “amateur” – I defined it succinctly and correctly in my last posting as “an inexpert person lacking professional skill”. But you’re right; many peo...

It would be great, Willy, for 4-star IAC members and above to put “The IAC presents...” at the beginning of a film if the IAC’s initials were changed to mean the International Association of Cinematographers. It would be even better if, after getting rid of the grey-area word “Amateur”, such a film ...

Oops! sorry, Dave, I misread on the “Who does what”/Contacts” tab the bit about “Other Officers and Advisers” where your name appears; this is not the same thing, of course, as being a member of the IAC Council. But, as Mike concurs, having a worldwide membership would not do any harm at all to the ...

Good to add your name to the list for the suggested name-change, Mike - and yours, too, Willy. But, apart from new chairman Ivor Rose who initiated the thread and Dave Watterson who (as always) has been generous with his time, is anyone on the IAC Council actually listening? Which raises one further...

International Association of Cinematographers – a good name, Suzie. And, into the bargain, we’d keep the venerable, iconic initials IAC. Ian Woodward __________________________________________________________________________ Audrey Hepburn: Fair Lady of the Screen eBook: Ian Woodward: Amazon.co.uk: ...

With so many long-established international festivals aimed at non-professional film-makers sadly cancelled or disbanded last year, it gets 2013 off to an exciting and heartening to hear that Austria’s prestigious Festival of Nations has been brought back from the brink by what appears to be an ener...

Mike, in an earlier posting on this subject you observed: “Even 'non-commercial' has a bad connotation: in my advertising days, if a thing was non-commercial it wasn't viable”. I totally agreed with you when I read it the first time. Now, on further reflection, I’m convinced of it. To me, “non-comme...

To rid ourselves of the word Amateur from the name IAC – as we must (a membership card with the word Amateur on it sort of embarrasses me) - we need to change the name itself. There will no doubt be a great reluctance to do so on the part of the IAC powers-that-be, perhaps for “historical reasons”, ...