IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

It would take a skip-full of postcards, Howard. But wouldn't it be enlightening to get some feedback from one or some of these film festivals. As to how they operate, how they're financed, who watches the films, how much of a film is watched, if certain requirements must be met that most filmmakers ...

'Fraught' helped us guess, I guess. Some of the loveliest people with bloodshot eyes, foaming mouths, snakes in their hair, yes.

I also note on the front cover that the IAC serves members in all countries of GB, but that Northern Ireland is excluded. Is it possible that no IAC members live there?

£17.65m sure sounds like a 'budged estimate' Jill. Good typo.

Really? We gave this multi-award-winning film One Star? Either all the other awards have been made up, or BIAFF judges were shown a different version.

Good advice Martin. I think we've all got so used to simply 'clicking the link' that using tinyurl has slipped our minds.

Depends if you see it in 4DX mode. I wouldn't bother; I found it a distraction to be shaken in my seat, to have smells whafted at me, to have rain on my glasses, to have smoke obscure the screen and to have electronic flashguns firing at me in the thunderstorms. It's worse than 3D. Give me a bigger,...

That's a good last line. Back in the day our soundtracks were always fighting the noise of the projector, meaning that subtle soundtracks were out of the window. BBC sound f/x of birds used to be the amateur moviemaking joke. Now the only noise the audience hears are the noises you want them to hear.

I did like A Quiet Place, and now I see there's a sequel. The good thing about modern digital audio tracks is that when it's quiet, it really is quiet. Scary quiet. Of course the auditorium amplifiers add some mush, but nothing like the mush we used to listen to from optical and magnetic tracks.

Ah, what constitutes an amateur film popped up again in the between-films discussion on the BIAFF Zoom meetings over the weekend. It does appear that the longer your film (especially if it's produced to meet Netflix's strict guidelines) and the longer your cast list, the more you'll get IAC members ...

I had Gordon Cameron Jackson, OBE, a Scottish actor of some renown, give me mine.

Fascinating to look back at the Movie Maker film write-ups from the early 80s, so thank you for posting the link, Howard. I've spent happy hours reading the pages.

Good points guys. I've often found myself outnumbered by the other two judges when it comes to pushing to the next Star level, so I applaud Dave and Jan's thoughts that we're being too 'mean' and too 'safe' in our Star ratings. At least I push for the judge who rated the film highest to write it up,...

I'm guessing David and Mike Whyman are up2here in getting the multiple centre pages of the next FVM together, listing the BIAFF placings. Checking and double-checking the results must take many days.

A very good ask, Howard. I really enjoyed the film when I asked Michael to send me the Vimeo link. It's a fascinating look at people as they go about their lives - in one day out of thousands. I sent him my unofficial 'judgement', because I was somewhat gob-smacked to read his One Star BIAFF write-up.