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The making of 'Judgement Day'
Members of Surrey Border Film & Video Makers recently made a film called ‘Judgement Day’ which involved a large proportion of the total membership in a grand one-day concerted effort. At their January club meeting members heard how the idea for the plot was hatched by member Margaret Firmston after walking around the private estate made available to us just outside Alton. Another member, Rita Wheeler, then talked us through the various stages involved in turning the original script into a shooting script for the four camera teams involved. A total of 350 minutes of raw video was captured on the day, providing a mammoth task for the editor to cut down to the final 14 minute video. Gordon Sutton, the club’s vice chairman, took on this unenviable task. In an enthralling talk he let us into many of his editing secrets which helped him achieve such an excellent result. Not least of his tasks was to manipulate a dramatic fire which was to show a large house burning down. Not surprisingly the owners were not willing to allow this actually to happen. However, to watch the video anyone would think it had! What marvels can be performed at the hands of an editor given sufficient dedication, expertise and, of course, a computer! As a finale to the evening we watched the complete ‘Judgement Day’ video and although some members had seen it before this was now with the insight of how the many special effects had been achieved. Congratulations to all involved. |
