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by Willy
Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:42 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: WHAT IS ENTERTAINING? WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE?
Replies: 31
Views: 28243

Re: WHAT IS ENTERTAINING? WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE?

I don't find my own film "Breendonk", which is a documentary about a concentration camp, entertaining. On the contrary even. I only hope it is an interesting film. Films for BIAFF and other festivals should not always be entertaining. However, I always hope to see as many entertaining film...
by Willy
Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:28 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: STEADY AS SHE GOES
Replies: 8
Views: 9022

The quality of the shots is much better.
by Willy
Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:25 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: STEADY AS SHE GOES
Replies: 8
Views: 9022

quote="stingman" - I`m a firm believer in `the new way of filming!` There is a time and a place not to use a tripod. I`ve see `Hustle` on BBC1 with a 5 minute walking shot, useing a tripod or rails to follow the two people talking, walking, going into a shop and back again. Truely excelle...
by Willy
Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:40 pm
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: The IAC`s 75th Film - Watched at last!
Replies: 5
Views: 6491

I will second that. The Noble Network - as the IAC 75th Anniversary film is known is very good indeed. The subject matter was difficult ... after all IAC is an organisation and much of its work is meetings, discussions, paperwork and so on. David Andrew, who produced it, did an amazing job in bring...
by Willy
Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Opening credits - club & personal logos
Replies: 24
Views: 21089

Re: OPENING TITLES IN GENERAL

I love the way each of our themes on the forum bends and twists its way through lots of ideas - some only loosely connected to the starting point. I asked about logos and Willy's is the best explanation: pride in one's club. Dave I would like to repeat my question : What would you think if we use t...
by Willy
Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:07 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

quote="Dave Watterson I still recall the shame I felt a few years ago when we screened the St. Cuthbert's film "Joseph's Faith" at UNICA and someone behind me muttered "Why on earth didn't they show it widescreen instead of squeezed like this?" Dave After having shown my ne...
by Willy
Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:53 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Opening credits - club & personal logos
Replies: 24
Views: 21089

Re: OPENING TITLES IN GENERAL

I love the way each of our themes on the forum bends and twists its way through lots of ideas - some only loosely connected to the starting point. Dave Yes, in Dutch it's called a "generiek". The kind of letters you use for the title is always essential. I never choose special letters. I ...
by Willy
Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:44 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Opening credits - club & personal logos
Replies: 24
Views: 21089

Re: Opening credits - club & personal logos

The more our club logo is shown at regional and national festival the best for the good reputation of our organisation.


Sorry for the mistake in my message : "best" = "better"
by Willy
Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Opening credits - club & personal logos
Replies: 24
Views: 21089

Re: Opening credits - club & personal logos

I am struck by how many French and Belgian non-commercial films begin with an elaborate club title, often with a fanfare. Dave Yes, Dave, from time to time you are a little provocative. Rules are rules Most Belgian films have a logo. Once we were obliged to make one for regional and national festiv...
by Willy
Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:19 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

Re: Casablanca 2D Editor

I telephoned the Casablanca people for some tech support on this issue, and the way you can do it in Casablanca is to shell out for the pack containing the cine converter effect, which is obviously just a 2D DVE. To computer based editors it may seem like quite a lot of money for this particular pi...
by Willy
Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:58 pm
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

I'm very confused by these answers. Maybe I'm just more senile than I thought. If projecting 16:9 on a 4:3 screen, to get the full picture there will have to be black top and bottom. Changing the picture size doesn't affect the composition, merely the size. Same way with a 4:3 pic on a 16:9 screen ...
by Willy
Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:05 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

[quote="Mike Shaw"]Not sure if that is an answer to my post Willy, but if so - no, there is no change to the composition except that black borders will appear either at the top/bottom, or the sides, depending on the original format and the final format being used. Good photography/composit...
by Willy
Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:42 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

Re: Are you square?

Moreover it would also change the composition of the images. That's also very important. In my opinion your alternative would not be excellent either. By " composition" I mean : I could have cut off the legs of the 50, 100 soldiers or more that are marching or part of their heads. Part of ...
by Willy
Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:20 am
Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
Topic: Are you square?
Replies: 23
Views: 21911

Re: Are you square?

In the last few months I've become aware of an additional issue: mixed formats. One was a 16x9 film which incorporated a few archive scenes. The archive material was, of course, 4x3. But the film maker had not adapted it by adding black edges or trimming top and bottom. The archive material was squ...
by Willy
Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:39 am
Forum: Club and General Issues
Topic: Passchendaele 90 Years Later
Replies: 3
Views: 5063

Re: Passchendaele 90 Years Later

Flemish young man became Canadian soldier ! As I told you : there was a concert with slides and film (archive footage) in Passchendaele Church on Saturday night. It was the moving story of a young poor Belgian adventurer who emmigrated to Canada. He seemed to be very happy there. He was like all th...