IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

But, you can see the problem for Festival organisers as the formats and standards multiply. Film makers want their work to be seen in the best possible format but for the organisers the simple solution would to be to accept SD on DVDs only, however the future lies elsewhere so we have to prepare fo...

Is the investment to HD worthwhile on a personal and club level to take advantage of the new format or is SD still the workhorse of the amateur video making community? Putting the question another way. How are the national and international video competition going to deal with HD entries? what will...

There has been much debate at club level about moving over to HD and the cost inpact this will have on the individual club members and the club itself. While high definition video is making a permanent place for itself, SD format (standard definition) isn’t dead and far from it. The mini-DV cassette...

There have several new acts of parliament which came into force in April 2006. All organisations that were previously registered and recognised by HM Revenue and Customs as a charity were automatically entered on the charity register. However this did not imply that that the organisation would be re...

I agree that you will need two camera to capture the image from two slightly separate viewing points before converting it to the 3D effect. I suppose if you put the captured footage on two separate time lines and altered the colour of each. If the left lens is red and the right lens is green, then y...

During the 1950's there was a 3D craze with film-makers. People used cardboard glasses with different coloured lenses to view the film. Can this 3D effect be achieved today using digital video? What equipment would you use to capture the image, edit it and finally project and view it? Is there still...

Publicity can help a club to get new members, but that depends on the enthusiasm of the club membership, a one man band cannot resolve all the ails of a diminishing and aging membership. When a club gets below a critical point - maybe due to the lack of numbers/ filmmakers in the club then it may be...

Strange question, what is your objective? In a prepared drama then lights will be used and there will be a lighting plot, in a run and gun documentary it may be impossible to use lights. An on-camera light may be used for interviews. My guess is that most n-c film makers use lights sometimes. Ned C...

In making a video production is lighting a critical requirement or does a camcoders ability to shoot in low light conditions negate the need to use lighting at all!

Pauline Johnson, a member of Edinburgh Cine & Video Society , has uploaded her recent video "A Glimpse of Dhanakosa". A personal look at a meditation at the Buddhist retreat centre at Dhanakosa, Balquhidder, Scotland; featuring Smritiratna. It can create, in those who wish it, a sereni...