The Plustek range give very good quality, but they start at around 250 pounds. I have tried a few cheap systems, but the results are usually poor.
It will help if your friend has a good image editing program to adjust colours and crop pictures.
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- Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: 35mm slide scanners
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2943
Re: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
My third visit to a UNICA festival had a significant influence on my life. It took place in the Music School: Conservatoire de la ville de Luxembourg on the outskirts of the city. There were two video projectors, both more powerful than any I had hitherto seen. During the World Minute Movie Cup, th...
- Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Free Royalty Free Music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2610
Re: Free Royalty Free Music
I suspect that is because most of the "free music" is intended as mood music - to create or enhance the atmosphere of a scene - whereas most classical composers were writing for an audience that was focused only on the music.
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:42 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Free Royalty Free Music
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2610
Re: Free Royalty Free Music
https://incompetech.com
https://coyamusic.com
http://www.anthonykozar.net/music
https://audionautix.com
These and others can be found on https://www.theiac.org.uk/resourcesnew/ ... oundfx.htm - though it has not been updated for while so check what their websites offer.
https://coyamusic.com
http://www.anthonykozar.net/music
https://audionautix.com
These and others can be found on https://www.theiac.org.uk/resourcesnew/ ... oundfx.htm - though it has not been updated for while so check what their websites offer.
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2943
Re: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
My second UNICA was the following year, in Tallinn, Estonia. The journey was fun. We flew to Stockholm via Copenhagen. Our hotel was the one used for Nobel dignitaries and winners - too expensive to eat in but very comfortable, We had a day to explore the city before catching an evening ferry to Hel...
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2943
UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
Readers of the forum will know the name: UNICA. (It stands for Union Internationale du Cinéma d'Auteur'. The last letter used to stand for "amateur", but many countries have the same arguments about that word as we do in the UK. The idea now is that "auteur" - author - implies a ...
- Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:25 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11328
Re: A Bunch of Amateurs
Tim and Michael - could you imagine members of Bradford Movie Makers having that debate?
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:06 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11328
Re: A Bunch of Amateurs
I am sure you know, Albert, but for the curious:
There are two kinds of best boy: best boy electric and best boy grip. They are assistants to their department heads. These days they may be "best girls".
Who knows what pronouns they may wish to choose!
There are two kinds of best boy: best boy electric and best boy grip. They are assistants to their department heads. These days they may be "best girls".
Who knows what pronouns they may wish to choose!
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:03 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: A Bunch of Amateurs
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11328
Re: A Bunch of Amateurs
Thanks for the tip-off, Ken. At this time of year it was not always easy to get out to the few cinemas that were showing the film.
Hope you and Carol have a very happy Christmas and a merry New Year!
Hope you and Carol have a very happy Christmas and a merry New Year!
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:37 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5570
Re: BIAFF 2023
Follow-on - after IAC Council meeting on Wednesday: https://scontent.flhr2-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/316688317_581786390614934_316544487992481518_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=ImVw7SAn5s4AX9k4i9E&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr2-4.fna&oh=00_AfCHYK-_E5zYzrHlYzEoaaLGkBF...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:51 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: AGM 2022 - what should we aim for?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7217
Re: AGM 2022 - what should we aim for?
Michael - I am nothing in the IAC now ... except perhaps a thorn in the side!
Simon Sumner should have the Zoom recording and I see no reason why he should not make it available.
Simon Sumner should have the Zoom recording and I see no reason why he should not make it available.
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:52 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5570
Re: BIAFF 2023
Further news from the IAC AGM: BIAFF 2023 will last from Monday 1st to Monday 8th May ... most of that time online. It is likely that there will be live screenings in the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Friday 5th to Monday 7th May - with a break during the time of the coronation of King Charles III. ...
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 5:11 pm
- Forum: Film Comments - a moderated forum
- Topic: 50 plus year old film !
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23794
Re: 50 plus year old film !
As a mere youngster in his mid-70s ... it seems to me that for a long time in the amateur film movement, people avoided controversial documentary themes - at least in Britain and the USA. In much the same way as they avoided swearing or nudity, they generally did not film poverty, gay sexuality, inj...
- Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2023
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5570
Re: BIAFF 2023
Still no news of change, so we can only assume BIAFF goes ahead as planned. It will now be in the middle of a three-day weekend with the extra bank-holiday being added on the Monday.
It was very difficult to get a weekend in the theatre ... so probably not much scope for change.
It was very difficult to get a weekend in the theatre ... so probably not much scope for change.
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:58 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: Filming with an iphone
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11267
Re: Filming with an iphone
Keep an ear out for the sound quality - again using the best equipment you can get gold of. Now and then a film appears at a festival, and the sound is "thin" or has other problems. The film maker probably checked on his computer or home tv and found no problems.