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by Jameela M Boardman
Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12807

Re: Peculiar Camera Mounts

UPDATE You must use the URL of the image itself, NOT of the page in the address bar, which in this case is 'One Drive'... Do this by right clicking or long tap on the image in its original location, then choose 'Copy image location'. This is then pasted into your forum post, and 'Insert Image' clic...
by Jameela M Boardman
Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:44 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12807

Re: Peculiar Camera Mounts

Thank you Richard...

Inspirational to all us lone filmmakers!
by Jameela M Boardman
Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12807

Re: Peculiar Camera Mounts

Dear Richard, I think your URL won't work directly as an image in the page because it is 'embedded' into 'One Drive'. To work as an image file, it needs to end with an image file extension like: .jpg .png .gif It is a tremendous pity that uploading images to this forum wasn't easy for all of us! But...
by Jameela M Boardman
Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:38 am
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12807

Re: Peculiar Camera Mounts

There was another 'peculiar' shot I did with this Lumix compact camera and the fan, but I don't have a photo of it. It was in the local woods near here, and I set the fan horizontal with a bit of plywood over the three blades, with the camera sat on top resting on its back looking upwards towards th...
by Jameela M Boardman
Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:58 pm
Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
Topic: Peculiar Camera Mounts
Replies: 13
Views: 12807

Peculiar Camera Mounts

https://www.northspirit.org/camcorder-on-ladder.jpg For this scene, I needed a camera mounted high up on a wall opposite the stairs to a couple of attic rooms, to create the illusion of a coffee house with a balcony. Using a piece of flat mild-steel strip bent into an 'L' shape, with a hole drilled...
by Jameela M Boardman
Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:29 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Manifesto for Change
Replies: 22
Views: 23440

Re: Manifesto for Change

I have just watched the 'Rocky Balboa' DVD again, for the umpteenth time now. The Rocky films have a very strong message... "It's not how hard you can hit, but how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward - that is how winning is done." I have never been to a boxing match in my l...
by Jameela M Boardman
Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Manifesto for Change
Replies: 22
Views: 23440

Re: Manifesto for Change

Ah but... In an abstract sense, yes filmmaking skills are independent of the purpose or the intention of film, but our purpose or intention becomes inherent in our approach to the technical issues... If one person considers this an engaging spare time hobby, and another person using similar equipmen...
by Jameela M Boardman
Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:10 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: AGM and Survival
Replies: 2
Views: 6635

AGM and Survival

With the current situation over this virus and the imposed draconian restrictions, plus the mess the IAC has got itself into by not bringing younger people forward, the Institute now faces existential threats. The 'Annual General Meeting' is a few days away, and it is intended to be held via 'Zoom M...
by Jameela M Boardman
Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:11 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

Tim, that is a delightful little film, so lovely. Yes if you look for it, there are stabiliser and sound quality issues, but we can beat ourselves up too much about technical issues! ...What made the little film so great was its magic (in more ways than one) and the imagination of being 4 years old....
by Jameela M Boardman
Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:53 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

To clarify what I was saying about using 'Time-Stretch' to facilitate correction in the dialogue no-speaking pauses... When one track is recorded, after speaking one's line, a gap or pause needs to be left before speaking the next line (following the script). Now obviously the whole script is known,...
by Jameela M Boardman
Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:46 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

Moving a bit further along the time-line to the table part https://www.northspirit.org/scn14-garden-top-track.jpg This is the upper track on its own, the frame has been cropped (this character is on a listening pause here) ...'cropped' means transparent to see the track below. https://www.northspir...
by Jameela M Boardman
Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:36 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

Re: two images of myself in the same frame... This is done by using a camera mounted on a sturdy tripod that does not move at all. Also the camera must be one that holds its settings when it is switched off, so that when it is switched back on everything remains exactly the same: Zoom, focus, apertu...
by Jameela M Boardman
Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

Michael, thank you for your encouragement, much appreciated. I do feel strongly that in a world where commercial media is controlled by the few, supporting thought provoking, independent, non-commercial film making is most important. This is the role I envisage for the IAC, which includes but also e...
by Jameela M Boardman
Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:58 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

https://www.northspirit.org/scn14-garden-walk.jpg I admire the way you don't seem to be demoralised by hurtful comments or inaccurate assessments, but alas we are not all so thick-skinned. Above is a freeze frame from a scene of my current project, where both characters are played by yours truly, a...
by Jameela M Boardman
Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:39 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Anyone out there?
Replies: 67
Views: 52810

Re: Anyone out there?

With the greatest of respect, why do you all cling to this "competition culture" when it is clearly inappropriate for artistic work? Why can't a "festival" just be a festival? ...a celebration of the diversity of what can be achieved independently. It is as though you are trying ...