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by tom hardwick
Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:31 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What constitutes an amateur film?
Replies: 39
Views: 27993

Re: What constitutes an amateur film?

Thumbs up for Last Lines, Ned.
by tom hardwick
Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:00 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What constitutes an amateur film?
Replies: 39
Views: 27993

Re: What constitutes an amateur film?

I know what you mean Tim, nudge. What about $2.3m?
by tom hardwick
Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:31 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What constitutes an amateur film?
Replies: 39
Views: 27993

Re: What constitutes an amateur film?

I think, Ned, that your question should be specifically aimed at David Newman, as it is he who has final arbitration rights over who gains entry to the competition and who does not.
by tom hardwick
Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: What constitutes an amateur film?
Replies: 39
Views: 27993

What constitutes an amateur film?

This year, at the online Zoom BIAFF judging sessions, there were two or three films that blatantly contradicted the spirit of the rules governing eligibility, primarily in the funding department. They've subsequently been removed from our competition, but we still have to be a bit careful. I've been...
by tom hardwick
Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:33 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: The Magazine
Replies: 22
Views: 17491

Re: The Magazine

It's really good to read all these different viewpoints - there must be more words here in this thread than in any issue of FVM. I liked Ned C's reference to N C filmmakers. Nice one. I pip Ken in that I've been writing Positive Image for over 21 years now, and just yesterday had an email from an IA...
by tom hardwick
Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Effect of polarising filters
Replies: 2
Views: 6985

Re: Effect of polarising filters

These clip on shades ARE polarised lenses presumably Peter. If so, then they're polarising the wavelengths of light, and light reflected off different surfaces does behave in different ways. Polarised lenses let you 'look into' a pond, whereas reflected light of grass appears to be unchanged. The di...
by tom hardwick
Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:58 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM articles
Replies: 13
Views: 12645

Re: FVM articles

Graduated filters are ok when used with big sensors (such as are used in your average DSLR) but are a bit of a no-no on the typical camcorder that use tiny sensors and very short focal lengths. Landscapes are generally shot at the wideangle end of the zoom where the depth of field is so great, even ...
by tom hardwick
Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Sad news: RIP Reg Lancaster
Replies: 12
Views: 12004

Re: Sad news: RIP Reg Lancaster

Yes, sad news indeed. He entrusted me to transfer some of his 8mm films to DVD some years ago, and his Needle in the Sky looked so good I used to take it on my club visits to show how good digitised film could look.
by tom hardwick
Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:15 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM articles
Replies: 13
Views: 12645

Re: FVM articles

I think it's a good idea to include your email address Ken, as anything to make it easier for folk to get in touch has got to be a good thing. In the September issue of FVM I tore into the Winait film scanner, listing its good and bad points. One reader had a question for me, but he had to be pretty...
by tom hardwick
Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM articles
Replies: 13
Views: 12645

Re: FVM articles

Thanks for your thoughts Ken. I'm not saying anyone's complained, more saying I don't get feedback on my articles (or very little) so don't know if I'm hitting the mark or talking nonsense. But the mag is a good mix of filmmakers and kit-droolers, and in reality we all get along fine.
by tom hardwick
Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:26 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: FVM articles
Replies: 13
Views: 12645

FVM articles

In reality every article in FVM is a labour or love. We here all know the feeling of facing a blank sheet of paper and wondering what to write about, how to structure the article, who to aim it at, what photos to include, what theme to adopt. So I do read FVM knowing that nobody's getting paid, they...
by tom hardwick
Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:01 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Jameela Boardman's Article FVM October 2019
Replies: 41
Views: 60724

Re: Jameela Boardman's Article FVM October 2019

Ned C - the Wansfell College training weekends were organised by the then IAC training officer Eric Granshaw. They were indeed good days, and on more than one occasion Dave Blundell, David Jackson and I stood shoulder to shoulder as the designated trainers. They started in 2001 and finished in 2008,...
by tom hardwick
Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12825

Re: Peculiar Camera Mounts

I like your enthusiasm for the thought that IAC members will gather here to read articles Jameela, but I fear the reality is that few of them bother to visit. The statistics for the site show how tiny the traffic density is, and I suspect that getting involved with the 'inter-web' is beyond a lot of...
by tom hardwick
Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:30 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: BIAFF ONLINE ...
Replies: 26
Views: 25924

Re: BIAFF ONLINE ...

Yup, it all happened and we saw a great number of gob-smackingly good films online. I got so absorbed sitting there in front of my laptop that my watch kept buzzing me, insisting I get up off my far arse and do ten semi-squat-eagle star jumps on the spot. There really is wide gap from 4* to 5*. The ...
by tom hardwick
Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:41 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: A Great Read
Replies: 7
Views: 9714

Re: A Great Read

And how could I forget? The clickable link - to the eBay seller with the perfect piece of kit, to the YouTube 'how to' demo, to the wonderful short you've just seen on Vimeo.
Easy-peasy on the PDF magazine, hassle on the printed page.