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- Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:37 am
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: August FVM
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14367
Re: August FVM
Not in Somerset yet.
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 4188
BIAFF 2024 - yes or no?
It feels sacrilegious to say it, but have we come to the end of "live" BIAFFS? Jan and I really enjoyed the 2023 event ... we stayed in Birmingham and had a very good time. But there were so few of us in the cinemas. Yes, there were 50 or so attendees on Zoom, which helped. (Online partici...
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: Club and General Issues
- Topic: We seem to be shrinking!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 779
We seem to be shrinking!
Almost every week I hear of a club, which is going under. They may be abandoning some or all live meetings for Zoom. They may be declaring themselves over - and finding some suitable cause to which they can donate any remaining money. WHY? Is it a lingering effect of the Covid lockdowns? As we all g...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Judging-FVM June
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3132
Re: Judging-FVM June
The first part of judging sorts out films into 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, 5-star and Diamond categories. The final judges then have to sort out the prizes - which often means getting advice from other judging teams if the best animation happens to be 5-star or best club film a 4-star ... those ...
- Wed May 31, 2023 7:27 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Judging-FVM June
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3132
Re: Judging-FVM June
To judge by his letter in FVM how much of James Chalmer's ire is caused by the writing skills of the judges rather than the score he got?
Are we asking too much of judges to assess and also to write well?
Are we asking too much of judges to assess and also to write well?
- Sat May 27, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: Judging-FVM June
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3132
Re: Judging-FVM June
One of the hardest things for any film maker to accept is that there is not necessarily a correlation between how hard they worked to make it and how well the film succeeds. Something of that sort is behind the "kill your darlings" advice so often give. Long ago, Ken Wilson taught me, that...
- Wed May 10, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15877
Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
I am very happy to see Albert back on the forum ... these 90-year-old youngsters have a lot to say. Ned, thanks for the thanks. I will make sure the word gets back to the people mainly responsible: Jill Bunting and John Smith (on main controls), Martin Evans (on click control in the cinema), Ian Ben...
- Fri May 05, 2023 9:35 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15877
Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
Sadly not.
- Fri May 05, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15877
Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
I wonder if it may be time to revert to the older system of awards at BIAFF: gold, silver, bronze and blue seals. (These were certificates which had a large foil seal of the appropriate colour attached.) In fact I might suggest losing the blue level. The seal system was changed partly because we ran...
- Tue May 02, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF on ZOOM
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1622
Re: BIAFF on ZOOM
I strongly second Ken. The online sessions give us a chance to see many films we might otherwise not come across. Some are brilliant, some are of the level that I might just - in my dreams - aspire to. There is time for a bit of banter between the audience members and to complain about the judges (o...
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15877
Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
As one who had been a BIAFF (and LIAFF)) judge for many years ... but sat this one out ... I do think you always need to take a week to cool down and then re-read comments. After that, by all means let the organisers know if you think a judgement is badly wrong. As for whether your film/s should be ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: New type of robot tracking shot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1499
Re: New type of robot tracking shot
Look forwards, backwards and sideways to seeing it!
- Sun Mar 05, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 15877
Re: BIAFF RESULTS 2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is amazing - and watching the "Making Of" featurettes roused my admiration ... but it is not the original story and he marries it with the rise of fascism ... too much for my taste. As for old fine artists - some had mush of the grunt work done by apprentices...
- Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:32 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Technical Issues
- Topic: 35mm slide scanners
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1833
Re: 35mm slide scanners
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.
It will help if your friend has a good image editing program to adjust colours and crop pictures.
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Competitions, Festivals and The Art of Film
- Topic: UNICA 2023 in Comacchio, Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2241
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...