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MEETINGS HELD AT:
QUESTION and ANSWER session
Viewfinder NOVEMBER 2015
From the President’s Desk
PROGRAMME
For NOVEMBER 2015 Meeting
Wednesday, 11th November 2015
www.swvc.org.au
MEETING BEGINS at 7.30PM
and CONCLUDES at 10.00PM
“SHOW AND TELL” segment - You are invited to bring “items of interest” to show. If you would like to show an item or do a presentation that would be of general interest, please notify the president one week prior to the meeting so that we can fit you into the programme. - If showing a video (max. duration of 3 minutes, if possible), please present it on a USB drive or DVD.
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“THE CROSSING” 33 MADDECKS AVE
MOOREBANK
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS for the September Video Competition
GREEN SCREEN FILMING
NIGHT
Directed by Trish Glossop
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN
$500 worth of ARTBEATS
ROYALTY-FREE STOCK FOOTAGE TONIGHT!
At last, summer is approaching and the hot weather is starting, so let’s say “Goodbye” to the cold and bring on the sunny days. I hope it will encour-age all of us to film some magic footage and bring it along to look at. I thought last month’s club night was great, and this month will be even better! The club committee has, with the help of Trish, organised a fabulous look into a Green Screen filming, where most of the members will be involved. I have always wanted to learn more about Green Screen filming and now that we are going to do it, I am very excited! But I will miss a lot of it as I will be the invisible man (just kidding)!
I must thank Trish for the won-derful work she has done putting this idea forward, as I know everyone will love the night. There will be flying men, skiing, headless bodies - just a few ideas that you will see. There are many more different shoots, so you all will have to be there…that is why I am not reveal-ing the rest of the night to you!
Thank you Mark, for showing us some of the shots from the BBC video you brought on Green Screen filming last month. It is good to see how the profes-sionals do it.
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From the
Vice President
Be inspired and
Keep the Batteries Charged!!
Mark Franks
Vice President
Stay Focused and Keep Shooting. Bob Hallett President
Sorry David, that you were cut
short again last month, but your
input on new and exciting technol-
ogy that you bring to the club is
invaluable, and I know that you
have so many more things to tell us
about.
Thank you Max and Josie for
the fabulous job you do bring-
ing and getting our supper
ready each club night. I know
each and every club member
does appreciate your efforts,
and also for the work you both
do behind the scenes internally
in the club.
Thank you for supporting our raffle as
it helps run the club. Margo was very
happy to win the Artbeats prize of
$500 worth of
royalty-free
stock footage
last month.
Jan also has a bottle of wine to be won each
month, and it is a bit of fun if you win something.
November is our last general meeting for the year, before the Christmas Party in December, and with the festive season comes more video-making opportunities, with parties a-plenty, and catching up with old friends and family that
we never seem to see enough of.
We all need to be a little bit “in your face” and get
our cameras out, or the mobile phone, to capture
the special moments that make Christmas into
Christmas… people greeting each other, kids
playing in the backyard then opening presents,
excesses of food on the kitchen table,
cracking open a bubbly bottle and toasting to
everyone's good health,
relatives in deep
discussion, and
the light-hearted
moments as kids
sleep on the
lounge tuckered
out,
farewell kisses and hugs.
Wow!... sounds like a good
script for a video... maybe not a
competition winner, but a
winner for the family in years
to come... something that
becomes priceless - something that a credit card
cannot buy!
If you haven’t let Jan
know if you are coming to
the Christmas function,
please do it ASAP for
catering purposes.
See you all at the November club meeting for the
Green Screen night.
I hope Reinfrid and his
wife Laura had a great
time up in Cairns. It
will be good to see
Reinfrid back at the next
club night with some
wonderful footage to
show.
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TREASURE
ISLAND
Until then,
Happy Videoing...
….Jan Hudson
Treasurer
Our next club meeting on Wednesday, 11th November will be the last for the year in our club room, with the planned format being a Green Screen production which will be directed by Trish Glossop. Mario will provide the
lighting and rods for the green screens, with Bob Hallett, Mark Franks and Josie Milgate as our camera operators capturing the action, and myself Jan Hudson,
filming the "behind the scenes" shots of our produc-tion crew as they film our actors -Maureen, Margo, Kevin, Harold, Malcolm, John Stimson, Max, John Wilson, Bob Hallett, Mark Franks and David Llewellyn. This meeting
promises to be a fun-filled night and if all goes to plan and scripts, the footage should make for some interesting entries in a proposed Green Screen competition in the new year. Please make sure you arrive on time as we have a full program and would appreciate members being seated prior to "cameras rolling" on set.
Annual Christmas Party Our December meeting will be our annual Christmas party held on Wednesday 9th December at "Caffe 43" Heathcote Road Moorebank commencing from 7.30pm, with the meal served from 8pm. The meal will be buffet style with the following menu:
Drinks (other than tea
or coffee) WILL NOT
be provided but mem-
bers can bring their
own soft drink or
alcohol if required.
The cost per person is $25, and
for catering purposes, we
require payment and names of
persons who will be attending to
be finalised at our next meeting on the 11th
November.
If any member has any food
allergies (garlic, nuts, seafood etc)
please advise me, and Joey and
Anthony from Caffe 43 will
prepare an individual portion for
you.
Entree/ starters will be: - a Vietnamese salad with Pork and prawns (serve yourself) - Spring rolls and chicken skewer (serve yourself)
Main meal: - Roast pork and Roast Beef (this is carved and served by Anthony), accompanied by Steamed vegeta-bles and Fried Rice (serve yourself) Dessert: Fruit platter and cake platter
Tea and coffee station provided.
Thank you again to members who support our
monthly raffle, and to Artbeats for donating $500
worth of Artbeats royalty-free stock footage for
inclusion in our monthly lucky member draw. Last
month the Artbeats prize went to Margo Hallett
and the bottle of wine was won by David
Llewellyn. Congratulations to both members and
remember, to be a winner you must support our
raffle.
Looking forward to seeing you all at our next
meeting, as well as catching up with members at
both the Edius User Group meeting on the 4th
November and club meeting on the 11th
November.
www.advmediaservices.com
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EDIUS User Group
Report
I better stop now and get ready for our group
meeting on Wednesday 4th November.
Until then,
Remember...
make movies, make friends.
All the best,
Reinfrid Langmann
Hi all,
Well, a lot of things have happened since our last
User Group meeting. Edius have brought in
workgroup 8.1 and I'm sure we will all try and get
our head around this upgrade. I wrote to them after
returning from northern Queensland and was
informed that they never mentioned the date of
releasing the upgrade, which is quite correct. So
now we will get to know 8.1 and work with it.
During the month of October, both Laura and I
had a short break in Cairns and Port Douglas,
where we finally met up with our
good friend Andreas Huber, the
CEO from ProDAD.
We all had a fantastic time, especially Andreas. He
is after all, a very hard worker and deserved this
short break, where he was able to follow his
passion of scuba diving. He was very happy to be
able to actually touch some of the inhabitants of
our great coral reef… lucky him!
I was also informed that ProDAD is currently
working on a new plug-in for various editing
programs…however I have been sworn to total
secrecy! The only thing I can say is that it will be
very useful for most of us in the future.
Andreas informed me that after he returns home, he
will again have to visit Japan for business.
ngm.nationalgeographic.com
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JOKES of the MONTH
David Tran
Digital Planet Technologies/
Technical Co-Ordinator Permission granted for cartoons by www.worldstart.com
Last week, we were glad to meet Andreas Huber
CEO from Prodad.
proDAD DEFISHR is the
world’s first fully auto-
matic fisheye distortion
correction solution for
video.
While visiting Australia, Andreas had the opportu-nity to drop in to our office and gave us a run through some of the existing, as well as the new products such as ProDrenalin and Defishr.
ProDRENALIN is a ridiculously simple & afford-able tool for automatically removing fisheye and perspective distortion, stabilizing, correcting rolling-shutter, and even de-noising the video.
David Andreas Reinfrid
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Have fun sharing knowledge.
Josie Milgate
Editorial Officer/Librarian
GREAT OCEAN ROAD
by Bob Hallett
MORNING LIGHT
ON NEPEAN RIVER
by Mark Franks
UNDER THE
PICTON VIADUCT
by Mark Franks
DAISY AND THE
WATER CYCLE
by Trish Glossop
and Maureen Tarrant
VEGAS
by Max Milgate
FRENCH POLYNESIA
by Harold Pollard
At last month’s meeting, members were treated to an enjoyable night
watching the 6 entries in the September (7-minute) Video Competition.
You are able to view them, as well as videos in past collections, on
Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/album/3553296). Thanks to all
the videomakers who submitted entries.
Thanks also to our Competition Manager,
Ron Potter for his efforts to make our
competitions such a great success.
Wollongong Camera Club Movie Makers were excellent hosts of the 22nd Combined Clubs’ Meeting at Figtree Heights Public School on Saturday, 10th October. Members and visitors of ACT Video Camera Club, Milton Ulladulla Video Club, Shoalhaven Movie and Multi Media Group join the Wollongong club twice a year for a Combined Clubs’ meeting which is hosted by each of the clubs in turn.
A special invitation was extended to members and visitors of our club, as well as the Sydney Video Makers’ Club. An enthusiastic group of 16 from our club were treated to a well organised and fun-filled day with informative presentations and very interesting discussions.
“The wonders of wildlife and macro videography” by renowned videographer, photographer and author, Nic van Oudtshoorn (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society) “blew us all away” with the incredible footage he presented.
“Telling engaging stories – scripts, teams and the obstacles we all face!” which was presented by Ruskin Spiers, president of Sydney Video Makers’ Club, proved to be a valuable source of inspiration.
Many thanks to chairman Tom Hunt, and members of the Wollongong Camera Club Movie Makers for your warm hospitality, not to mention spoiling us with a delicious lunch as well as morning and afternoon teas!
John Wilson demonstrat-ing the workings of his personally constructed “Go Spin 360” during the “Show and Tell” segment.
John Tom
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SWVC website:
www.swvc.org.au
CONTACTS:
Bob Hallett (President)
Email: [email protected]
Ph: 0416 139 797
Mark Franks (Vice President)
Email: [email protected]
Max Milgate (Secretary)
Email: [email protected]
COMMITTEE:
Bob Hallett (President)
Mark Franks (Vice President)
Jan Hudson (Treasurer)
Max Milgate (Secretary)
Josie Milgate (Editorial Officer/Librarian)
Ron Potter (Competition Manager)
Trish Glossop (Public Officer)
David Tran (Technical Co-Ordinator)
Reinfrid Langmann
CLUB MEETINGS:
Venue:
"THE CROSSING"
33 MADDECKS AVE, MOOREBANK
Time: - 7.00pm -for coffee and a chat
7.30 pm - 10.00 pm - Meeting
Second Wednesday of the month
February - November
(Christmas Party in December)
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