News Archive > October, 2008

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, club member Peter Parker gave a presentation on the principles of movie editing. He illustrated his talk with examples of both his own movies and those of other club members. These showed the importance of the correct sequences, pace, mood and the need for the correct original footage to be shot during the filming stage. The evening developed with a lively question and answer session when members were able to contribute their experiences to the topic.

During the second part of the evening, Graham Easton, the club's website co-ordinator, gave members an update on the improvements that have been made to the club's website and explained how members could easily show their movies online.

The club's entry into the North v South competition was screened for members before being dispatched.

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting. members welcomed Nigel Cliff, the North of England representative for CKE of Shipley, pro video and audio equipment suppliers.

Nigel brought with him a host of HD movie cameras for inspection, a selection of microphones, lighting rigs, chrome key effects equipment, tripods and an HD projector for appraisal. He talked about the latest equipment available and what is likely to be on the market in the near future. The distribution of free samples of camera cases, test cards and editing software was well received by members, who also bought or ordered equipment from CKE.

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, members had the pleasure of watching the entries from the 2008 Annual Competition of Chichester Film & Video Makers. The evening was used as an exercise and discussion forum on the unenviable task of being a competition judge. Three club members had judged the actual competition last May and it was found that their results virtually matched the audience of Morecambe members. The fourteen movies entered varied in length from 56 seconds to 14 minutes. The subjects covered varied from travelogues and cycling documentaries to comedy dramas. The forum was lead by Chris Abram with help from fellow judge Peter Parker.

At Morecambe Bay Movie Makers' weekly meeting, members watched a 75 minute training DVD on "Advanced Camera Techniques," produced in the USA. The DVD went through numerous ways of improving camera angles, picture composition, correct use of the zoom and focusing, all with the idea of making movies of professional quality. The second part of the evening was spent applying the things learnt to film two short drama sequences, which were shown at the close of the meeting.

The first weekly meeting of a new season of the Morecambe Bay Movie Makers was held on Monday at St Christopher's Church Hall, Morecambe. The meeting was a "Showcase Raffle" where members brought in a 5-minute clip to show. For each movie shown, a raffle ticket was given and a draw made at the end of the night for a range of prizes. The movies shown included holidays in New Zealand, Austria and Ireland, a journey around the Lake District, a futuristic animation of a club meeting and outtakes from a wedding video and more.