IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Many clubs have over time changed their club name for many reasons. To eliminate the cine tag, to reflect the nature of the clubs activity more accurately or to promote a new image of the club. If you are one of these clubs that has changed your name has there been any positive results from the name...

So (1) would be asking if/how IAC could use the convergence of SLRs and Camcorders to help recruit members for clubs and itself. Could it be an excuse to get a foot in the door of still photo magazines? (2) are you hinting IAC might use its internet presence to bring people together - a sort of spe...

There are many issues that come to mind for discussion after the IAC AGM. 1. The onging convergence of Camcorders/HD SLRS is a threat and an opportunity to all video clubs! 2, The internet allows non club members to get together to produce films/videos. Does the current IAC structure/benefits encour...

Has any video club taken the opportunity to take a step back and look at where you want to be in say five years time - and then considering how you’re going to get there . In other words a strategic review of your club membership, skills and resources. What is your reason for being a member of vide...

Clarification is needed in regard to "tabbed" music (music played on a guitar or keyboard by ear) and its inclusion in videos made for inter club competitions. Is this type of music covered by the IAC copyright agreement for clubs. It is not derived from any specific source ie cd or sheet...

Is there any way to simultaneously play and record a a dvd. The issue is can you record from a Blu-Ray player to an external hard drive or computer, without degradation of the output/record signal, as it is being used to send HD video to a projector. Some Blu-Ray players are equipped with an interna...

I agree that chroma key requires attention to detail to get the best results and several clubs have produced some good videos from green screen sets. The Bristol Film and Video Society made a dramatised documentary on John Cabot's voyage of discovery on the Matthew in 1497. The costume drama, shot a...

Hi - It has taken a long wait to get a response. We have not set up a fixed background but set up a blue/green chroma key background where subjects can be video/photographed and the necessary background superimposed during the editing process. There is an excellent publication called "Greenscre...

A few ideas for articles, but where the articles generate from is another issue: Online Video Screening - Bringing the online world to the real world through a hosted community online screening event[ Shooting video through the lens of a DSLR - is the world of the traditional videographer and photog...

It's funny how a topic gets diverted as the responses are added. My original posting was not a criticism of the existing IAC website, but how it could be develop to include an area where individuals could register their talents and skillls, such as scripwriting, acting, storyboarding, etc to enable ...

The current structure of the IAC website is based on filmaking through local amateur clubs/societies. It is mainly used to i)publicise information regarding local, national and international competitions for them or individual to enter ii) give information on where amateur filmakers can contact a lo...

Has :roll: anyone had experience of using the free download Celtx to create screen scrips. It can be downloaded from http://www.celtx.com . It can be used for several types of script treatment and can allow project sharing with other users. I have downloaded a copy and it does what it says on the ti...

I feel we have the start of a "ginger group" within this current thread and several good ideas and suggestions have been made from many of the contributors. The AFVM is currently only available in a printed format and may be able to get to more people if it also offered an online version. ...

A little contribution to the thread. The FVM is prehaps the only magazine printed in the UK that caters for film & video making. All the commercially published magazines have ceased production and this may also be a reflection on the number of people who were interested enough to buy it monthly ...

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? We seem to have departed a long way from the above question and now seem to be getting posts in regard to how many different format...