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- Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:12 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Whizz, bang, crash!!!!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9313
I'm in broad agreement with Ned ... but must point out that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is almost all told in 3 second chunks. Either there is a cut, the camera moves to a different position or a character steps out of close-up to reveal something else in the background. However it is done a new i...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:53 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Whizz, bang, crash!!!!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9313
I do know what you mean, Chrisbitz, but the worry is that our attention span gets shorter. That means we get impatient at anything more than the usual 10-15 minutes ... no matter how good it is. I think it is part of the reason Joss Whedon's Firefly series did not command huge tv audiences. The show...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: GRAPHICS & DRAWINGS FOR VIDEO FILMS
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4155
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:37 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Fan Films
- Replies: 53
- Views: 47529
Last year's AMPS festival had a category for Best Fan Film ... I wonder if Ned has any comment. I would have a few worries about copyright issues. Some film companies may be happy with the phenomenon as a form of viral advertising but others may not. Many years ago when analog video editing first be...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:51 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: HDV Hand held
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15901
Knowing that Ned has been making movies for many years and takes a keen critical approach to his own work I am slightly reluctant to suggest this, but ... Is it possible that because of the extra detail and clarity that you are examining the HD footage more closely than you used to do with SD? In ot...
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:06 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: HDV 16 x 9 format
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12170
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:51 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: AMPS winners DVDs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4895
That's great, Ned. For those who don't know ... one of the perks of winning an award in the AMPS festival is a year's membership so some people this side of the pond earned that status ... and some of us have also opted to join even though we are not winners and live far from the USA. AMPS membershi...
- Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13630
Your Brain is like a library Dave. You mean faintly damp smelling, filled with out-of-date info and no new stock ?!?!? (Apologies to all desperately underfunded librarians everywhere - when I am king there will be budgets and staff again.) Actually I'll reveal my two secret weapons: www.howstuffwor...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:30 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: HDV 16 x 9 format
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12170
For the future, it may be wiser for Camcorder clubs to receive video entries in computer file format (mpeg4, mpeg2 or avi) and play these back through HDV projector using a more versatile computer which costs about the same. Interesting idea, Paul ... and you could well be right. Don't confuse the ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13630
Ray said: The projector suggestions are interesting. What pixel count do they have? The last time I looked for a 1080i one it was over £3000. The Optima is 1024x768 pixels and is compatible with 720p as well as 1080i. Stingman said: There are also two types of projecting the image. DLP (Digital Ligh...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13630
By chance I bought the current issue of Personal Computer World magazine today and found a feature on projectors. The one with the lightest weight in their test was 1.4 Kg That was the Optoma EP1691 list price £939. Their review was pretty positive. It gives out 2,500 lumens, gets a bit hot, is not ...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:05 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: This forum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13630
Welcome back, Peter. There is a private email group which sends round robin emails to one another on technical issues. Access to that is restricted to IAC members ... which is why I left it because I prefer open access. There has been a suggestion that we should have an open technical forum here - w...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:12 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Entering Competitions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10888
Ray said: I notice that a lot of these free-to enter festivals ask on the entry form if you are attending. So, I guess, that if you don`t go you don`t get judged!! I can't speak for other festivals but I do know about the Festival of Nations in Ebensee, Austria. That has free entry and gets hundreds...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Kalee 12 Projector & Tain Picture House
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12385
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:29 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: The website
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18333
Our AMPS website needs revamping said Ned and asked for ideas. So ... with huge respect to Richard the AMPS webmaster here are a couple of thoughts. 1) Make it easily visible to all. A large number of users still have screens set to 800x600. Most are around 1024x768. An increasing number - especial...