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by TimStannard
Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Judging-FVM June
Replies: 17
Views: 3068

Re: Judging-FVM June

We may all have different opinions, but I also prefer those top two prizes to go to different films. But if, in the judges opinion, the Best in Festival happens to be made by a British entrant, we have no choice but to award it both. I have judged many a club/inter-club/regional festival where we h...
by TimStannard
Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
Replies: 52
Views: 3612

Re: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?

Is it just we older hands who prefer a live event? I was going to say "No" when I realised I am one of those "older hands". Despite not attending myself this year (which turned out to be just as well as, for family reasons, I'd have had to travel back home Friday night anyway) I...
by TimStannard
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What is the difference between an AV and a film?
Replies: 15
Views: 2675

Re: What is the difference between an AV and a film?

I suspect the distiction has blurred to have become meaningless and I wonder if it is today more relevant to the audience than the product itself. Here's a hypoythesis: Audiences for AV expect very high quality images and sound, used creatively to illustrate an interesting narrative (be that drama, ...
by TimStannard
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: YouTube cut my video short
Replies: 5
Views: 3615

Re: YouTube cut my video short

Jill, much better to put stuff on Vimeo. Unless you want people to come across it when searching :wink: In the same way VHS won against the technically superior Betamax, YouTube beat Vimeo in popularity and therefore liklihood of your film being seen. I'm not sure the technical agruments hold water...
by TimStannard
Thu Jul 13, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: August FVM
Replies: 12
Views: 14332

Re: August FVM

I just returned home to discover two packages. One containing my usual copy of FVM and another containing a further TWO copies. I can only assume someone erroneously has my name as recipient for a club - though which club, I have no idea!
by TimStannard
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
Replies: 48
Views: 15728

Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023

it did make me think there's room for a + and - system to be put in place Tom, putting such a system in place for films where one panel sees every film and has time to analyse in detail (and possibly watch again) would make sense, but i'd suggest that even with the heroic attempts to standardize ju...
by TimStannard
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
Replies: 48
Views: 15728

Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023

Mustn't argue with the referees of course, but I did feel that for one film they didn't quite "get it" ( down to me as the maker I guess!) This is a potential problem with any viewer, not just judges. I could bore you with tales of a film I made several years ago with a pair of twins and ...
by TimStannard
Tue Mar 07, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
Replies: 48
Views: 15728

Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023

Albert Noble wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:09 am Shakespeare, Constable, Beethoven, etc all worked alone too. :-)
Though quite a lot of Shakespeare's and Beethoven's work required several others for it to be appreciated by the masses :D
by TimStannard
Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:38 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Who?
Replies: 6
Views: 2030

Re: Who?

That site you mention is so out of date it isn't true! Just to be clear the "site" is not a repository of information. It uses artificial intelligence to create conversations but draws on lots of other resources. As these resources include books and sites such as reddit (but apparently no...
by TimStannard
Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Who?
Replies: 6
Views: 2030

Who?

AI Chatbots are hitting the headlines. I've just been playing with ChatGPT which is really impressive in many ways. Whilst it is not designed to be a search engine (indeed it's not designed to be anything except a research project) I thought I'd ask it about our world. It didn't know of any IAC in t...
by TimStannard
Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Playscore2
Replies: 8
Views: 9966

Re: Playscore2

Here is an edited version of Brahms Hungarian dance No7 to be used in an animated dance film, "Pin up," to illustrate the piano in Playscore2. Funnily enough the perfomance is very good (as in believable) but there are issues with some buzzing on the audio (which until i listened with hea...
by TimStannard
Sat Dec 24, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
Replies: 37
Views: 9625

Re: A Bunch of Amateurs

No difference in outlook Tim. Both want to satisfy an audience, both want to add to a portfolio of work (You Tube, Vimeo), both compete with fellow film makers to appeal to judges. As to the subject of the film, I can't see any difference between a personal choice or one suggested by others. I thin...
by TimStannard
Sat Dec 24, 2022 1:27 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
Replies: 37
Views: 9625

Re: A Bunch of Amateurs

No Tim, I don't think it is "a different outlook". We are film makers, whether we wish o make a career out of it or not. The aim of the activity is identical, to make good films. That is the aim of both, yes, but for we amateurs, that is it. We aim to make the best film we possibly can ba...
by TimStannard
Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:22 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
Replies: 37
Views: 9625

Re: A Bunch of Amateurs

I promise this is the last time I will write this; a start will be a specific student section of BIAFF juried by academics and industry professionals with generous rewards. Ned, I agree with Michael - if it's what you (and many others believe) then you owe it to yourself/"the cause" to ar...