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- Mon May 05, 2008 10:54 pm
- Forum: Film Comments - a moderated forum
- Topic: Computer Animation
- Replies: 7
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- Sun May 04, 2008 12:36 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Has the Zoom finally gone?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6241
- Sun May 04, 2008 9:50 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Has the Zoom finally gone?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6241
Has the Zoom finally gone?
During BIAFF I was not struck by the usual number of zoom shots (whether moving in or out). There were some, of course, but far fewer than in recent years. Have we finally escaped from the tyranny of "the camera has a zoom so I must use it" syndrome? Whenever we have a new technical possib...
- Thu May 01, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: The Cost of Film Making
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15932
The Cost of Film Making
People who worked with cine film remember the days when you counted the seconds of each shot carefully because film was such an expensive medium. One film maker told me that running 16mm was like having a sewing-machine on your shoulder stitching up pound notes as it clattered away. Video media : ta...
- Thu May 01, 2008 9:44 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2008 - The Results
- Replies: 66
- Views: 58069
Just a small point: Life's Little Gaps was made by someone who had been to film school. He now works as a grip (pulling cables and moving lights) in the film industry from time to time. You can read about his production in a lot of detail on the main website. It has puzzled me why IAC set its face a...
- Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:33 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
For a brighter view of the festival take a look at the main website, especially http://www.fvi.org.uk/central/biaff2008/biaff2008-event.html where you can see some fun pictures, details of the new FACIs and read Romy Van Krieken's very funny toast to the IAC. There are also more articles by film mak...
- Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:47 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
Sorry to hear that you were caught by the flu-like bug too, Mike. I know Billy Ellwood, Peter and Mary Rouillard all had it. I suppose it is a risk when you have so many people packed together in a hot hall for hours on end. Any bugs can spread easily. Hope all you sufferers make a quick, full recov...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: Recommended movies on the web - UPDATED
- Replies: 32
- Views: 68798
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...
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:39 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
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...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
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 ...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Premiere Elements 4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6845
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...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:02 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
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 ...
- Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:20 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:51 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
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...
- Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Biaff at Harrogate
- Replies: 44
- Views: 37998
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...