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Press report: July 06 |
Video Makers Social ‘in’ a model railwayOn a lovely warm Sunday afternoon in July members of Surrey Border Film & Video Makers met for their Annual Summer Social in a member’s garden in Four Marks, near Alton. As the Sun was hot, the shade provided by gazebos was welcome and plentiful enough for members to relax over an informal sumptuous lunch. Afterwards trees provided equally welcome shade for a leisurely afternoon gossip and further refreshment. Remarkable for a video club, only one video camera was spotted in action.
Of particular interest for this event was the spectacular model railway which ran all around the garden. Through tunnels and over viaducts, the remotely controlled trains hooted and puffed their way all afternoon. Later, tea and more refreshments were provided beside the train sidings with entertainment provided by our host who, by popular request, primed the boilers and got the steam locomotives ready to take over from the electric variety. Those members less interested in model railways spent time viewing a demonstration of the new technology ‘high definition’ video, laid on by our host. Many members are tempted by it but also daunted by the cost and other implications. Only a few days earlier the club had held its most challenging competition of the year called ‘Film in an Evening’ where teams endeavour to make a complete film in just one evening. In fact they practice for many weeks beforehand, but the rules of the exercise say that the filming and editing has to be complete in just one evening. This year there were four groups who just managed to complete their films in time to show to members at 9.30pm. The standard achieved seems to go up and up every year, with this year no exception. It was interesting to see that three teams used computers to edit their films with just one editing ‘in camera’. Needless to say the group using the older technique with no computer in sight was first to finish. What does this say for the use of computers? |
