IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

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...

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...

Come to that why use a Kalee 12 to screen 35mm onto an A4 size "screen" ?!?! See Thurso's YouTube offering. Dave P.S. If I had such a beastie I'd knock holes in walls and make a real cinema at home. We did it for 16mm many moons ago. These days a video projector (I prefer the European name...

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...

I liked both films, Darren. The "dead" cinema was sad but how great that some folk may be willing to have a go at restoring it. It was a shame you did not show us how you actually threaded the Kalee ... but I guess you would have run out of hands if you were also the only cameraman. There ...

Congratulations to Tynemouth Video Club for making the winning entry in this year's North v South Competition: Grant Aid . I'm told the movie had the feeling of David Peffer's humour. So the North win this year, well done. It was also striking that many of the films in this competition are not seen ...

The first time I attended an animation festival with scores of short movies - it was an exhausting experience. Each movie tried to take me on a narrative arc from A to B, grabbing my attention, manipulating my emotions ... so each one felt like a whole movie experience. It felt like watching a featu...

Some fascinating websites there folks - more please! I am sure the new webmaster will be keen to check them out. In passing ... here's a link you might want to keep handy for all those people who send you silly chain emails ... http://info.org.il/irrelevant/may02-smilepop-soapbox4.swf It sums up the...

Some of us have asked for more pictures and maybe video online. I'll do the "defensive thing" on behalf of the old management and point out there are around 3,800 images on the IAC website 20 movies and a couple of illustrative quicktime clips !!! But you guys are right: the point is that...

Wow - there is a LOT of material on YouTube about the film and a few other nice things kicking about on the net like an interview with Pete by an American indie producer Sujewa. On first look at the trailer you think " This guy is not one of us - he must have had a heck of a budget etc... "...

This is getting silly. Stephen : I had to delete your last message for the same reason as before. You linked to your webspace on blueyonder. Your computer is probably set up to automatically give the necessary username and password for that. No one else's is ! Billy - one large photo of Pam Anderson...

The storage issue for discs is matched in our household by the problem of storing MiniDVs in a way which does not mean piles of them crashing to the floor whenever I try to grab one from half-way down the stack. I bought some pricey plastic racks which screw to the wall either horizontally or vertic...

yup... we're getting there !!! Or rather we're not ! Stephen this image was demanding our Blue Yonder password info to see it. I guess that really means YOUR username and password. Since it did that as soon as anyone visited this thread - scaring the bejeepers out of folk - I have taken the liberty...

Regular readers know that one of our correspondents, Fraught", set up a YouTube group for IAC members to post movies. So far not many have chosen to add their work to this. Pop over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OtgoRmXSwE Why don't more of you put your shorter movies onto this group? It c...

Since Jan and I have been using Dell computers very happily for ages - replacing them every 3 years or so. I want to put the other side of the argument. We have used Dell machines for our business and home use for over a decade. We tend to buy them in pairs (his and hers). We had one mechanical prob...