Amateur / non-commercial films on the web

[Dave Watterson]

We have occasionally mentioned websites with non-commenrcial movies that are
streamed or can be downloaded. I have just visted an Australian one: www.wollongongcc.org.au

This is a small club with a stills group and a video group. Explore the
video section - there's an interesting newsletter and there is also a small
gallery with sequences of stills and videos. I specially like last year's
winner which is a standard report on a trip along a preserved railway line,
but enlivened by presenting it as a battle between "Murphy" and the "Volunteers"
- as each breakdown, line blockage etc is attributed to Murphy but the railway
enthusiasts fight back. It's a great idea and makes this little movie a
gem.

In many ways I take as much delight in a good idea like this, as I do in
movies which are technically better and more detailed in structure. John
Devenish is obviously a man of ideas with a sense of humour.

Dave

[Ian Gardner]

"Dave Watterson" <forums@theiac.org.uk> wrote:

We have occasionally mentioned websites with non-commenrcial movies that
are
streamed or can be downloaded. I have just visted an Australian one: www.wollongongcc.org.au

This is a small club with a stills group and a video group. Explore the
video section - there's an interesting newsletter and there is also a small
gallery with sequences of stills and videos. I specially like last year's
winner which is a standard report on a trip along a preserved railway line,
but enlivened by presenting it as a battle between "Murphy" and the "Volunteers"
- as each breakdown, line blockage etc is attributed to Murphy but the railway
enthusiasts fight back. It's a great idea and makes this little movie a
gem.
Dave

I have not seen this film yet but these sort of films can be interesting.
It reminds me of the tv programmes we get over here like `Airport` or `Railcops`.
Instead of saying such and such does this job, they film it like this....
.... `This is Joe Blogs, he directs the planes, He has a serious problem................`.
It keeps you glued to watching the film.
.......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

Ian (cannot think of a funny comment!) Gardner

[Dave Watterson]

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

IF !!! What's this? Mutiny?

Do I have to send the team of specially trained attack hamsters over on the
ferry to the Isle of Wight to force you back behind the camcorder?

Dave

[Ned C]

Thanks Dave,

I visited the website,viewed and enjoyed the video, left a message and received
a response. Liked their video group newsletter as well.

Come on Ian, hoped you will have an entry for AMPS this year!

Ned C


"Dave Watterson" <forums@theiac.org.uk> wrote:

We have occasionally mentioned websites with non-commenrcial movies that
are
streamed or can be downloaded. I have just visted an Australian one: www.wollongongcc.org.au

This is a small club with a stills group and a video group. Explore the
video section - there's an interesting newsletter and there is also a small
gallery with sequences of stills and videos. I specially like last year's
winner which is a standard report on a trip along a preserved railway line,
but enlivened by presenting it as a battle between "Murphy" and the "Volunteers"
- as each breakdown, line blockage etc is attributed to Murphy but the railway
enthusiasts fight back. It's a great idea and makes this little movie a
gem.

In many ways I take as much delight in a good idea like this, as I do in
movies which are technically better and more detailed in structure. John
Devenish is obviously a man of ideas with a sense of humour.

Dave

[Ian Gardner]

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

IF !!! What's this? Mutiny?

Do I have to send the team of specially trained attack hamsters over on
the
ferry to the Isle of Wight to force you back behind the camcorder?

Dave

Not the hamsters! No..............................
Me and the club have had a difficult time. No, let me refraise that... Me
and three members of the committee have had a no going back situation. I`m
waiting for the AGM at the end of this month to see what happens. If it doesn`t
work out, I may still remain a member and not go to the evenings! I may still
even make and enter the comps without going to the meetings! Anyway, this
isn`t the time or place!

Thankyou for the encouragement, it`s more then i`m getting down here. Anybody
would have thought that I forgot to put sugar in the Chairmans tea!

I`ll PM you Dave maybe tomorrow!

Ian (Lost in my own world) Gardner

[Ian Gardner]

"Ned C" <ned@amts.com> wrote:

Thanks Dave,

I visited the website,viewed and enjoyed the video, left a message and received
a response. Liked their video group newsletter as well.

Come on Ian, hoped you will have an entry for AMPS this year!

Ned C

Do you know NED C. This forum has a family of friends who act like were
part of a family. Isn`t it great that we can all encourage each other when
times get low. Most of us havn`t even seen or met each other before! The
films that we make that have us in them are real blessings don`t you think.
Not only do you get to meet the person, but to start to get to know who they
are and how they speak. The internet is good as well for this.
As for AMPS were see. I`ve never entered this before. I`ve only EVER done
one National and I sent `The Invitation` to the German Comody one that was
free to enter. BTW I havn`t heard anything about how it got on. It was proberly
a con and they send them to Eastern Europe and nic all the ideas and make
them into `Proper Films`!!!
Thanks NED.

Ian Gardner

[Dave Watterson]

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

As for AMPS were see. I`ve never entered this before. I`ve only EVER done
one National and I sent `The Invitation` to the German Comody one that was
free to enter. BTW I havn`t heard anything about how it got on. It was proberly
a con and they send them to Eastern Europe and nic all the ideas and make
them into `Proper Films`!!!

The idea may well get borrowed by others ... but no, it was not a con.
This year the Eulenspiegeleien Festival had 83 entries from all over the
world.
They chose 53 for screening and among them was "The Royal Invitation" by
Ian Phillip Gardner from England.

So far as I can see the only other English films screened were:
"The Visitor" by South Downs Club
"Kindermunde(Child's Mouth)" by John Guile

Of the four international films given awards, two were from French film students:
"Bains Douches" and "La Methode Anglaise", one from a Czech guy, Vit Karas
called "The Most Solid Handcuffs" aka "The Strongest Bonds" - which is available
on a collection of UNICA hits available from the IAC video library V306(VHS)
V307(S-VHS) V308(MiniDV) V309(DVD) - no hire fee just post and packing. The
fourth was "Moonstruck" by Bernhard Hausberger and Peter Moser from Austria.
I have seen 3 of the 4 and they take some beating!

I'm not sure about it, but you might get some sort of strangely worded certificate
- a German joke style of writing - eventually, Ian. Don't hold your breathe!

Cheers

Dave

[Ian Gardner]

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

As for AMPS were see. I`ve never entered this before. I`ve only EVER done
one National and I sent `The Invitation` to the German Comody one that
was
free to enter. BTW I havn`t heard anything about how it got on. It was
proberly
a con and they send them to Eastern Europe and nic all the ideas and make
them into `Proper Films`!!!

The idea may well get borrowed by others ... but no, it was not a con.
This year the Eulenspiegeleien Festival had 83 entries from all over the
world.
They chose 53 for screening and among them was "The Royal Invitation" by
Ian Phillip Gardner from England.

So far as I can see the only other English films screened were:
"The Visitor" by South Downs Club
"Kindermunde(Child's Mouth)" by John Guile

I'm not sure about it, but you might get some sort of strangely worded certificate
- a German joke style of writing - eventually, Ian. Don't hold your breathe!
Dave

That`s the name! You are a wealth of infomation Dave. Cool being screened!
I wasn`t going for a win! It was free to enter, so I thought `Why not`. I`ll
have to get my German to English Dictionary out. I keep it by my computer.
I bought it when I first got into Satellite Television 20 years ago. I wanted
to know what all the words mean`t like `Werbung`.
Thanks for the info.
Ian Gardner

[Dave Watterson]

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

I`ll have to get my German to English Dictionary out.

Add to your browser favourites: http://babelfish.altavista.com/
That is an online translation service which gives you ate least some idea
what is being said in a whole range of other languages. It is not perfect
and sometimes what it produces is funny. People everywhere use language in
strange ways ... and we all mistype and misspell from time to time ... which
really confuses computer translation systems.

You can ask Babel to translate a whole web page at a time - but it cannot
cope with fancy headings which are actually pictures on a website.

[fred]

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

IF !!! What's this? Mutiny?

Do I have to send the team of specially trained attack hamsters over on
the
ferry to the Isle of Wight to force you back behind the camcorder?

Dave

Not the hamsters! No..............................
Me and the club have had a difficult time. No, let me refraise that...
Me
and three members of the committee have had a no going back situation. I`m
waiting for the AGM at the end of this month to see what happens. If it
doesn`t
work out, I may still remain a member and not go to the evenings! I may
still
even make and enter the comps without going to the meetings! Anyway, this
isn`t the time or place!

Thankyou for the encouragement, it`s more then i`m getting down here. Anybody
would have thought that I forgot to put sugar in the Chairmans tea!

I`ll PM you Dave maybe tomorrow!

Ian (Lost in my own world) Gardner


You and the sort of people I meet like you in video clubs, are the very reason

I would never join a club again!

[Guest]

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

IF !!! What's this? Mutiny?

Do I have to send the team of specially trained attack hamsters over on
the
ferry to the Isle of Wight to force you back behind the camcorder?

Dave

I have a problem with your site - you all seem to back each other up to the
hilt! You even support the morons !

[Ian gardner]

"fred" <fredkoomer@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

You and the sort of people I meet like you in video clubs, are the very
reason
I would never join a club again!

?????? Please explain Fred..........

Ian Gardner

[Ian Gardner]

"fred" fred::blueyoner.co.uk wrote:

"Dave Watterson" <david.filmsocs@virgin.net> wrote:

"Ian Gardner" <ian@gardner44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
......... It gives me a few ideas if I am still makeing films!!

IF !!! What's this? Mutiny?

Do I have to send the team of specially trained attack hamsters over on
the
ferry to the Isle of Wight to force you back behind the camcorder?

Dave

I have a problem with your site - you all seem to back each other up to
the
hilt! You even support the morons !

Here we go again! Last time it was Peter. Now it`s Mr No-Mates Fred.
Morons. Need I say more.
So Fred. Tell us your story. Do you film? How many years have you been filming?
Do you have a girlfriend??!
Chill out Mate.................
Ian Gardner

[Dave Watterson]

"fred" fred::blueyoner.co.uk wrote:

I have a problem with your site - you all seem to back each other up to
the
hilt! You even support the morons !

I try not to judge people - certainly not by what they write to a group of
friendly people. Yes, for the most part, we do support one another.

We all share an interest in movie making. There's no one way to make movies
and there's no one type of person to make them.

What's the point in getting angry, writing harshly etc? Does it help anyone?
Change anyone?

From time to time we all act oddly / irrationally / irritatingly for all
sorts of reasons. Sometimes others know or can guess the reasons, sometimes
they can't. If a mate passes by in the street without a greeting I don't
immediatley assume they snubbed me. I wonder if they were distracted by something
else in their life. I hope that when I'm acting oddly that other people will
give me the benefit of the doubt. I hope that if I'm feeling down my friends
will be there for me.

I'm not a member of a club - partly because I'm not sure I could avoid the
silly arguments that spring up so easily and the petty politics. I'm happy
that way. Others prefer to be in a group. Each to his own.

What kind of movie making do you do, Fred? Tell us a little about your involvement
in our hobby. Do you make drama or documentary? Wildlife or experimental?
What kind of movies do you like watching?

Dave (often muddle-headed) Watterson