News Archive > March, 2008

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, members watched seven unrelated sequences of movies, compiled by club member Peter Parker, lasting a total of fifty minutes. The sequences included aerial shots from a light aircraft, a garden fete, a water polo match and dog training. Members then split into three groups, each with a laptop editor. Each group began to create a story, lasting approx ten minutes, which must include clips from each sequence. To help with producing a story members are allowed to add a commentary, music and sound effects to the pictures. The exercise will continue over the Easter break and be completed at the next meeting.

Mersey 10 Movie Competition

This year, Morecambe Bay Movie Makers had 5 entries in the competition, which was open to all North West filmmakers. All the club's entries were selected to be shown at the public presentation, organised by Preston Movie Makers on 15th March 2008.

Peter Parker took 3rd place and received a Highly Commended certificate for his movie "Are You Special"

The remaining movies were well received by the audience:

• Dave Weatherley for "A Letter From The Front"
• Graham Easton for "One Degree Centigrade" & "Winter's Demise"
• Geoff Ducker for "Up The A591 And Back"

See video and information about two of Graeme Isherwood's recent films in the Members' Projects section.

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, members welcomed Lunesdale Camera Club for a joint evening of movies and images. In the first half of the evening, Morecambe presented a selection of DVDs ranging from animation to documentary and travelogues. In the second half, Lunesdale members projected a number of digital photographs taken in the Claughton brick works complex, which will be on exhibition in the Lancaster museum in the near future as part of their Lune Valley project. The second part of their presentation was a slide show following a group of walkers over the Austrian Mountains and glaciers.

During the interval, tea and homemade cakes were served.

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, members welcomed Dave Martland the MD of DSM batteries and Terry Evans the owner of JEM distribution.

Dave explained how the modern rechargeable batteries for movie cameras have developed over the years and where the next generation is going to take us with respect to new materials, power capacity and speed of charging. He brought along various samples of batteries, which had been dismantled to show their construction and the control circuits needed to protect the cells. Having worked in the industry for many years he was able to recount visits abroad to obtain materials to allow his company to design and build world-class power cells for the movie industry.

Terry Evans of JEM briefly explained that his company was the major distributor for DSM products and was trading through his Internet company www.technokit.co.uk