Forum chat in FVM

[Dave Watterson]

Congratulations on being willing to share "a C grade video".

One problem with the competition culture in our amateur film world, is that it leaves little room for the newbie, the struggler, the willing-but-not-yet-competent. That was a plus for many clubs - they would screen films by members who might never get an award. Sometimes those films taught lessons to other film makers, or even inspired them.

[Michael Slowe]

Absolutely Dave, but the same must apply for almost every artistic endeavour. How much help did Rembrandt get? Mind you, he was fairly talented in the first place!
The problem is, as I wrote, there are so few outlets for films these days, not only for amateurs, the commercial cinema is really suffering since many cinema goers (me included) are content to view films on line, albeit through TVs. It is a real problem, projection is becoming a part of history.

There are You Tube and Vimeo of course, for the budding film maker, but that's not the same as showing a film to fellow club members and receiving advice.

[ned c]

I agree that being a member of a film audience gives a shared experience and a different perspective compared with lone watching on computer or TV. A reasonable alternative are the Zoom group meetings where we are members of an audience and can provide comments and have a discussion.
Local group viewing is also possible; we do not need a club with a membership and organization. to get together with friends and fellow film makers to share viewing. It does need one or two people to have the will to make it work.

Unfortunately I was unable to be a part of the IAC film evening; how was it for you?
ned c

[Michael Slowe]

It was fine but I noticed that most of the attendees did not join in any chat, I thought that this is the idea of these evenings. There were written comments in the 'chat' box but not many. All the familiar faces were very quiet!

[Dave Watterson]

Time is tight for these evenings ... and people are wary of even suggesting any criticism, in order not to offend.

[Michael Slowe]

Why do people get offended by criticism? Art is always a subjective matter and opinions differ widely on most works of art. It is always good to get comments or opinions on our films because you know that at least someone viewed the film!