Dave Watterson wrote: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 bringing it to life.
Strikes !
Hello forum-friends. I received the film "The Noble Network" only some days ago. Apparently there are not only postal strikes in Belgium. The first copy must still be in Britain somewhere. That's why David Andrew tried again. Many thanks, David.
Big fish
Of course I was surprised that David, Michael ... took more than one extract from the film that I had sent to them. In Royal Tunbridge Wells I said in my speech that I am only a little shrimp in my country. I did not exaggerate. I don't belong to the "Royal Establishment" as we call it. In "The Noble Network" I look like a big fish. I feel embarrassed, but I am proud at the same time. I'm already getting a big neck (= Dutch expression.) In English it's a "big head".
We are growing old
It also gives a nice feeling to see some IAC-friends in the film. We are like one family. There is only one thing we must admit : we are all growing old. My English moustache seems to be a little bit whiter than last time. On the continent we have the same problem. It's difficult to fill up the generation gap and that gap is getting wider and wider. I even have the impression that youngsters who enjoy making films are acting as individuals. Some are making seperate groups and they don't seem to have the desire to belong to our national umbrella organisation. They organize festivals themselves.
New inspiration
Maybe our Belgian IAC, which is called the CvB, can find new inspiration in this film. Indeed you can see an IAC judging panel at work. In my country they fear such a system. At this moment I am a member of a regional committee that is trying to change our system. Now we have made a first step thanks to the IAC. All films will be pre-judged behind closed doors, but with a member of the "Board of Governors" being present. The "finale" will still be a hard competition with audience. Anyway, there will already be more time (= more than 3 minutes) for the judges to evaluate films in a "decent" way and to write comments.
Green martian
I think that the "green martian" gives a touch of sparkle to the film, Ned. I don't know how to express it in a different way in my second/third language. I enjoyed that little man. In my "Until You Smile" documentary I also used a little bit of animation. My friend and folksinger Brian Higbee moved from Kent to Cornwall. In the film you can see the drawing of a car going west on the Map of England. Once a judge was against it. I still don't know why. Mind, there was more criticism on that film and I agreed with it.
God Bless the IAC !
Congratulations again to David Andrew, Michael Gough and other friends who have made "The Noble Network". God Bless the IAC !
! My camera at the time just couldn`t hack it. It was half broken!
