The February meeting was a club competition. Five films were entered: The first film was by a group of students. Called ‘Living in the Dark’, it told of the hard life and high expectations of illegal immigrants who expressed their disappointment and distress when they arrived in this country to find that they could only get poorly paid jobs. The filming was dramatic, the theme heart rendering. The second film, called ‘Oh Boy!’ was about a nightmarish shopping trip with an inquisitive young boy. The camera-work was superb with beautifully smooth and steady tracking shots and realistic acting. The film crew successfully ignored the general rule of thumb not to film with children who are too unpredictable. Apparently most of a day had been spent with the cameras rolling, after which there was extensive and skilful editing. The third film, called ‘Zebon Copse’, promoted a local housing estate and showed the community working together to improve their environment. The commentary and filming were inspired. The fourth film demonstrated how the club can quickly rise to almost any challenge. It resulted from a last minute request for a promotional film to be shown at the December Lord Mayor’s Carol Show to help fund-raising for the Alton and Basingstoke Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit. The film was produced in a remarkably short time and gave a clear insight into the working of the centre and its impact on the lives of its patients. Shots included close-ups of a heart patient covered in electrodes, working on a treadmill and then being interviewed. He went on to explain how the centre had given him back his life. The fifth film called ‘Arson at Yately’ told of the fire in the roof of the local supermarket early in December. It showed dramatic still pictures taken by a local resident and recorded the remarkably quick recovery that enabled the supermarket to be back in business before Christmas. The winner, as judged by the audience, was ‘Alton and Basingstoke Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit’. |
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Press release February 2002 |
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