IAC AGM at Milton Keynes
24-26 October 2008 |
at Jurys Inn Hotel
Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 2PH |
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Reg Lancaster |
Reg is the new Val !
Reg Lancaster took over from Val Ellis as President of the IAC on Sunday
26th October at the AGM. Reg was Chairman of IAC and at that time wrote about
his film life - see it here.
The AGM itself went smoothly with Alan Atkinson taking over as Chairman and
Linda Gough, no doubt thankfully, stepping down. |
Val Ellis |
| The formal meeting was part of a weekend event hosted by North
Thames Region at Jury's Inn, Milton Keynes. As usual outings were part of
the package and delegates had a chance to visit Woburn Safari Park and Bletchley
Park - the latter not only pays tribute to the WWII code-breakers but is
also home to the Projected Picture Trust.
(www.ppttrust.org but
be warned that you need the free Flash player plug-in to see much of the
website.) |
The Trap |
The annual inter-regional competition, the Mermaid, was won by Bob Lorrimer's
The Trap from NERIAC. Bob writes about making it
here. The Mini-Mermaid competition
for one-minute films was won by Mike Shaw's The Mona Lisa Smile
representing SERIAC.
Guest-of-honour Andrew Vale in his fascinating talk paid tribute to the quality
of cutting in The Trap.
Andrew is a Television Trainer with the BBC. Many experienced delegates rated
his lecture the best in years - and everyone envied his Spanish villa. |
Andrew Vale |
David Jackson |
David Jackson - the IAC NLE tutor and co-ordinator of the iac-nle web
forum - gave useful advice and tips on using Adobe software and his favourite
extras. He concentrated on management of clips before NLE using
Scenalyzer and the features of Premiere Pro CS3 &CS4 that
might tempt you to upgrade. Later in the day he talked about using After
Effects to enhance DVD motion menus and DVD authoring using Encore
CS3. |
Tom Hardwick |
Tom Hardwick whose regular columns in Film and Video Maker make
him a household name amongst IAC members spoke about gadgets, "run-and-gun"
shooting techniques, the pros and cons of various camcorders and recording
media. He showed many clips and convinced us all of the necessity for a
backup-camcorder running all the time during live events. |
DVC in action |
In addition, DVC, the Digital Editing Computer Company which provides
the equipment that many of us use proved their skills when a crashed
hard-disk disrupted their demonstrations - the show was quickly "back on
the air". Many delegates were intrigued by the Edius system and no doubt
credit cards were burning in their pockets as they checked out the kit on
display. |
The lecture rooms were chilly but apart from that all went well. Delegates
enjoyed the company of old friends and made new ones. The next get-together
will be for BIAFF - Britain's major festival for non-commercial film makers,
23-26 April 2009 hosted by CEMRIAC at The Chesterfield Hotel,
Chesterfield.
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