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There is a lot to be said for getting together with anyone who shares your enthusiasm - sometimes to learn, sometimes to teach, and always to encourage each other. That's one good reason for movie making clubs. The catch is sorting out what kind of events could be offered to club members. So for the...

So how did it all go?

I have heard privately that the selection of movies shown on the enormous screen looked great - maybe even a little too bright.

Those who were there ... please tell us what we missed!


Dave

One of the delights of these forums is that everyone using them does have a sense of humour (even if they deny it !) and that we all exaggerate from time to time ... either to make a point or to stimulate discussion. From the recent postings in this thread, one point struck me as specially useful - ...

A movie may go against your deepest beliefs: political, moral, religious, ethical ... but you should try to judge them fairly. Movies about abortion, paedophilia, satanism, creationism, National Front, Young Communists etc come along once in a while and have to be assessed. The quote was part of so...

Just a quick comment here ... in the last few weeks I have watched almost 300 assorted non-commercial movies with my judging hat on. Many were excellent. There were far fewer technical faults than a similar collection might have presented in the days of cine. But there were a few issues: Surprisingl...

There is real rejoicing in movie clubs when someone comes along saying they want to be a scene-shifter, lighting gaffer, editor, props person, continuity checker, researcher or writer. The next most welcome newbie is an actor. It seems to me that a lot more might be done when advertising clubs to ma...

Some people like working with clubs, others do not. What surprised me on first contact with the movement is how little time most clubs spend making movies or even talking seriously about how movies are made. So much attention seemed to be paid to technicalities - in my early days cine cameras with m...

I found the rules on formats for the various competitions very confusing and it did stop me from entering initially... I still find conflicts in what does make a 'proper' entry specifically with format and start up methods... It's true, Stephen, that some sets of rules sound like your old headmaste...

BENQ apparently stands for "Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life." The name was adopted by the Taiwanese company who used to be known as Acer. I am intrigued as to why you want to burn DVD+ discs, Willy. The advice we usually get is that DVD- ones are handled by more players than any oth...

The more I check on film festivals which genuinely welcome entries from amateurs, the more I am struck by the sheer number of rules people feel it necessary to lay down. I guess most of these arise from incidents which happened in earlier years. What's worse is that each festival sets out its rules ...

Funny no one mentions that the way you physically store either films or video tapes can cause problems ... not just the atmospheric or electrical problems "Thurso" sensibly mentioned but gravity. Store them flat on a shelf and sections of film can slide out of alignment on the spool if the...

Roy the number is
020 8346 8302 - there was a final 2 missing on the earlier post.

A quick Google search on AXCO +"Regents Park" presents lots of local business listings which includes them ... the power of the internet!

Dave

You could try using your computer in a sealed vault at the bottom of a lake or loch with your own generator and no internet connection. That's pretty safe apart from the occasional curious electric eel ... Billy's advice is good. You can get decent free anti-virus software and programs to scan for s...

Maygirrl is a false name and appears on around 9,110 forums around the net ! This type of spammer is a little more subtle than others - they start with an innocuous topic. If we allowed them to remain there would soon be an advert for an MP3 website of dubious honesty from "her". The user ...

That's a good one, Roy - and welcome to the forum. I am not keen on the sort of judging where you have to stand up at the end of the evening and speak about the films. The art of giving off-the-cuff speeches has little to do with your ability to assess movies. I suspect that some of the sillier rema...