BIAFF - the view from the cheap seats
From Friday's AV festival to Sunday's Diamond award winners, what a weekend it was ... Alan writes ... As some of you will know (but...
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Gerry
Oct 12, 20202 min read
WAVE - John writes ...
From my memory there were, in the last three decades of the 1900s, four cine (later video) clubs in the Nottingham area. These were...
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Gerry
Oct 1, 20203 min read
Est.1870 ...
Alan asks... Where Have All Our Movies Gone? One of the hardest things to bear about lockdown is not being able to visit my daughter and...
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Gerry
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Lean in ...
Terry writes ... David Lean (1908-1991) was one of our greatest directors, and, like several directors before him, was an editor. Indeed...
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Gerry
Sep 6, 20203 min read
VJ+75 National Arboretum
Patrick writes ... Following the BBC’s excellent and moving VJ+75 DAY recent commemoration from the National Arboretum, we decided to...
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Gerry
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Fabulous Fabio
Regarding videos to be found on YouTube, I do remember asking members a while back how many of their own films they’d uploaded to the...
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Gerry
Jul 22, 20201 min read
Merlin's Quest ...
In response to my recent request for material for future Newspages, within two hours, Merlin had contacted me to notify me about a video...
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Gerry
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out
Terry writes... Alfred Hitchcock was a great technician, and here are a few things he said about techniques in 1936 when looking back at...
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Gerry
Jul 6, 20203 min read
Film it again, Sam
What you may not know about Rob Phillips is that he’s very pro-active in the filming of amateur dance and dramatics in the area. He has a...
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Gerry
Jul 6, 20202 min read
Through a glass darkly ...
Alan's experiences with replacing his camera ... As some of you will know, my trusty Sony A1 camera has recently suffered a serious...
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Gerry
May 30, 20202 min read
Steady as she goes; a brief round-up of Hague ...
John writes ... Many of our members will have heard of Hague, the firm which makes camera supports, cranes etc. (The club owns a Hague...
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Gerry
May 30, 20203 min read
Nuneaton Pen for IAC Southern News
Patrick writes ... I have volunteered to take over from Charlie Caseley, who compiled the Southern region IAC club news page in the IAC...
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Gerry
May 30, 20201 min read
Farewell to Old Bill
Most members will remember the club film, “Old Bill Returns” made in 2008. Nearly all club members took part in filming the dedication...
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Gerry
May 15, 20202 min read
Get Your Five a day ...
Gerry hands Terry the pen ... “ The five C’s of Cinematography are, Camera-angles, Continuity, Cutting, Close-ups and Composition. All of...
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Gerry
May 15, 20202 min read
Voices - They're Everywhere
Who is your - and the Nation’s favourite narrator? A narration can make or break your enjoyment of a film - be it on TV or even at a...
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Gerry
May 15, 20203 min read
Lock Down - Week 8
And the lockdown goes on, although there now seems to be a fair amount of restlessness in the camp after eight weeks. What should the...
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Gerry
May 1, 20202 min read
Alberta? It's all Galatea to me...
Patrick writes: ”For the second time, in so many years, Christine and I went for a day tip on a preserved train to Carlisle. Many will...
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Gerry
Apr 30, 20203 min read
"I see absurdity all around me ..."
“I look at the world and I see absurdity all around me. People do strange things constantly, to the point that, for the most part, we...
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Gerry
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Barry Bucknall - Do It Yourself
Time To Remember? There are those in the club of a certain age who’ve been watching TV in the U.K. almost since day one....well, the...
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Gerry
Apr 22, 20203 min read
MMM league, AGM postponed & Websites
For the benefit of members not on the internet. The club should have hosted a MMM League match on March 19th, but due to circumstances,...
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