1st March 2024
Friday 1st March 2024
I was about to write that all of the usual suspects were present, when Norman raised his voice and called us to attention. Then I noticed a couple of visitors. There was Max, and, a lady sitting in front of me whom I hadn’t the wit to speak to. Then John Millard sat beside her and I was afraid!!. On my count there were 19 members and two guests present.
As we respectfully gathered ourselves, Norman threw the baton to Joe who was pleased he was on time to catch it. Actually it was the microphone and Norman passed it over. So, we launched into the shortcuts segment for which the theme was ‘I am not afraid’.
Matt - goes from strength to strength with his animation. Fearsome prehistoric creatures roamed around, and a small (but not innocent looking) animal spied a bag of gold. Who could resist? It should have been afraid for just after it gobbled it down, the poor thing keeled over and died. No tears.
Gary D. - showed a youtube movie of a group of ‘chancers’ trying to extract a python from a burrow. The ‘hunter’ was expressing some concern as he scrambled into the burrow and came face to face with it. Getting the head out was one thing, but the body was about 6 meters long and quite fat. There was some talk of it being a pregnant female. (tautology - males don’t get pregnant do they?) Maybe ‘she’ was a bit dozy!
Helmut - showed a ‘marshalls’ point of view during motorcycle races at Philip Island. A very busy occupation carried out by volunteers (who are motorbike mad of course), controlling crowds and being trackside.
Norman - has a nephew in the USA who produced a short movie advertising the school yearbook - looking for entries. At ten years old he
could have a future in advertising.
Future topics are:
March 15th Heartless (I guess variations on interpretation will be
accepted.)
April 5th Leap (Joe doesn’t like single word titles so get thinking for a
title next meeting. We need something meaty for April 19th.)
BTW Although March 29th is a fifth Friday, it is also Good Friday and there will not be a social outing.
John Millard mentioned that he has had a call from Colin Prohasky. Colin has been a friend of the club for many years and a number of members have used his expertise, in music production, to produce scores for their movies. He is qualified having spent many years studying, and regularly scores local theatre productions. He also can suggest contacts for actors.
Philip took over to introduce the quarterly competition for which there were four entries.
Expectations from Mouli Ganguly.
Every parents nightmare – a son wasting time playing games on a computer. The parents are not happy with their son’s (lack) of achievement when a friend announces he is going to Harvard. All is well in the end as the son is going to lecture at Harvard in - game playing. There is an old saying – ‘where there’s muck there’s money’. Obviously not only ‘muck’.
Family from John and John Millard.
Once again the brothers meet. Are they different brothers from the last movie or has one done well for himself? Family research has made the connection across many miles. Just shows – you can’t choose your family.
Mira’s Tale from Gary Hegedus.
Hands up if you don’t want to find a mermaid in your bath. Top marks to the gallant homeowner who finds a way to restore Mira to her natural environment whilst, at the same time, fending off ‘Mermaid chasers’. Wonderful choice of actress for the mermaid – she was great in the role.
Age of the Dinnersaurs from Matt.
Another terrific animation with a lively and humorous commentary. The rise and fall of a weird selection of prehistoric creatures with names like ‘Triscarytops’. History as it wasn’t, but should have been - perhaps.
Before he was allowed to tally the competition scores, Philip spoke about his experience in gathering Family History information. With a power point presentation he described the ways to conduct research and record data giving examples of sources for material. He mentioned Lumina Neo as a program for improving photographs and showed examples.
A good introduction to the next segment, by Elizabeth, which enabled Philip to get on with his main business for the evening, tallying the scores.
The current syllabus includes an evening of Family History movies of up to five minutes. As examples of subjects Elizabeth suggested a short history of a parent, or perhaps select one ancestor who might be a person of interest. Newspapers could be used as a source of information.
Australian newspapers can be researched through ‘Trove’. For more info contact Elizabeth.
Ron showed a fine example of a short movie about his research and development of a ‘tree’ using Family Tree Maker. There are many programs available – talk to others to get pros and cons of theirs.
Ron stunned us all with a long chart of his ‘cousins’ prepared for a meeting to celebrate his 90th birthday. About 19 A4 pages taped together is a
long sheet.
Elizabeth showed an American approach using short clips of photos. (Matt suggested using the ‘Ken Burns’ effect to add interest. July 19th is the scheduled date for presentations.
Philip rejoined the activities with the results of the competition. Marks were close, with the worthy winner beiNg
Mira’s Tale. Congratulations to young Gary and his band of helpers. Second was Matt’s Dinnersaurus. Again, well done.
Norman, who had been kept very quiet (does anyone believe that?), took the mic for some announcements.
And, so ended another good evening. Good to see everyone including Karl Walla, a long time member whom we haven’t seen for some time. Now you know the way Karl. Quite a few people were involved to make the evening enjoyable so a warm thank to you all.
A couple of members who don’t get their photos shown too often but always have a presence.
Reminder – NO dinner on the 29th March. This is Norman’s way of letting us know that the evening is over.
It was noticeable that Tony didn’t have his camera to record the evening so I guess John or myself will be reporting for a while!!! The next ‘few’ pages are for Tony to include some reports so, ‘til next time.
Cheers,
Jack
Treasurers Report 1 Mar 2024
Statement a/c $2341 (agrees with Bank balance)
Term Deposit $9717 (reserved for equipment)
Financial members 27
Ron Fry, Treasurer
I was about to write that all of the usual suspects were present, when Norman raised his voice and called us to attention. Then I noticed a couple of visitors. There was Max, and, a lady sitting in front of me whom I hadn’t the wit to speak to. Then John Millard sat beside her and I was afraid!!. On my count there were 19 members and two guests present.
As we respectfully gathered ourselves, Norman threw the baton to Joe who was pleased he was on time to catch it. Actually it was the microphone and Norman passed it over. So, we launched into the shortcuts segment for which the theme was ‘I am not afraid’.
Matt - goes from strength to strength with his animation. Fearsome prehistoric creatures roamed around, and a small (but not innocent looking) animal spied a bag of gold. Who could resist? It should have been afraid for just after it gobbled it down, the poor thing keeled over and died. No tears.
Gary D. - showed a youtube movie of a group of ‘chancers’ trying to extract a python from a burrow. The ‘hunter’ was expressing some concern as he scrambled into the burrow and came face to face with it. Getting the head out was one thing, but the body was about 6 meters long and quite fat. There was some talk of it being a pregnant female. (tautology - males don’t get pregnant do they?) Maybe ‘she’ was a bit dozy!
Helmut - showed a ‘marshalls’ point of view during motorcycle races at Philip Island. A very busy occupation carried out by volunteers (who are motorbike mad of course), controlling crowds and being trackside.
Norman - has a nephew in the USA who produced a short movie advertising the school yearbook - looking for entries. At ten years old he
could have a future in advertising.
Future topics are:
March 15th Heartless (I guess variations on interpretation will be
accepted.)
April 5th Leap (Joe doesn’t like single word titles so get thinking for a
title next meeting. We need something meaty for April 19th.)
BTW Although March 29th is a fifth Friday, it is also Good Friday and there will not be a social outing.
John Millard mentioned that he has had a call from Colin Prohasky. Colin has been a friend of the club for many years and a number of members have used his expertise, in music production, to produce scores for their movies. He is qualified having spent many years studying, and regularly scores local theatre productions. He also can suggest contacts for actors.
Philip took over to introduce the quarterly competition for which there were four entries.
Expectations from Mouli Ganguly.
Every parents nightmare – a son wasting time playing games on a computer. The parents are not happy with their son’s (lack) of achievement when a friend announces he is going to Harvard. All is well in the end as the son is going to lecture at Harvard in - game playing. There is an old saying – ‘where there’s muck there’s money’. Obviously not only ‘muck’.
Family from John and John Millard.
Once again the brothers meet. Are they different brothers from the last movie or has one done well for himself? Family research has made the connection across many miles. Just shows – you can’t choose your family.
Mira’s Tale from Gary Hegedus.
Hands up if you don’t want to find a mermaid in your bath. Top marks to the gallant homeowner who finds a way to restore Mira to her natural environment whilst, at the same time, fending off ‘Mermaid chasers’. Wonderful choice of actress for the mermaid – she was great in the role.
Age of the Dinnersaurs from Matt.
Another terrific animation with a lively and humorous commentary. The rise and fall of a weird selection of prehistoric creatures with names like ‘Triscarytops’. History as it wasn’t, but should have been - perhaps.
Before he was allowed to tally the competition scores, Philip spoke about his experience in gathering Family History information. With a power point presentation he described the ways to conduct research and record data giving examples of sources for material. He mentioned Lumina Neo as a program for improving photographs and showed examples.
A good introduction to the next segment, by Elizabeth, which enabled Philip to get on with his main business for the evening, tallying the scores.
The current syllabus includes an evening of Family History movies of up to five minutes. As examples of subjects Elizabeth suggested a short history of a parent, or perhaps select one ancestor who might be a person of interest. Newspapers could be used as a source of information.
Australian newspapers can be researched through ‘Trove’. For more info contact Elizabeth.
Ron showed a fine example of a short movie about his research and development of a ‘tree’ using Family Tree Maker. There are many programs available – talk to others to get pros and cons of theirs.
Ron stunned us all with a long chart of his ‘cousins’ prepared for a meeting to celebrate his 90th birthday. About 19 A4 pages taped together is a
long sheet.
Elizabeth showed an American approach using short clips of photos. (Matt suggested using the ‘Ken Burns’ effect to add interest. July 19th is the scheduled date for presentations.
Philip rejoined the activities with the results of the competition. Marks were close, with the worthy winner beiNg
Mira’s Tale. Congratulations to young Gary and his band of helpers. Second was Matt’s Dinnersaurus. Again, well done.
Norman, who had been kept very quiet (does anyone believe that?), took the mic for some announcements.
- Although the film festival last year was a success, it needs someone to take it in hand if another is to be run this year. An alternative of running a ‘schools competition had again been raised. There was a distinct lack of enthusiasm and the general opinion was that the gains from last year did not justify the effort.
- The next ‘Rumble’ is scheduled for the 18th April. Quite a few indicated participation.
- Some interstate clubs have expressed interest in following our lead with regard to shortcuts. Sydney might send movies to us on the same themes.
- The Sydney club have a competition with the theme ‘Robbery’. We might be formed into groups to produce some entries.
And, so ended another good evening. Good to see everyone including Karl Walla, a long time member whom we haven’t seen for some time. Now you know the way Karl. Quite a few people were involved to make the evening enjoyable so a warm thank to you all.
A couple of members who don’t get their photos shown too often but always have a presence.
Reminder – NO dinner on the 29th March. This is Norman’s way of letting us know that the evening is over.
It was noticeable that Tony didn’t have his camera to record the evening so I guess John or myself will be reporting for a while!!! The next ‘few’ pages are for Tony to include some reports so, ‘til next time.
Cheers,
Jack
Treasurers Report 1 Mar 2024
Statement a/c $2341 (agrees with Bank balance)
Term Deposit $9717 (reserved for equipment)
Financial members 27
Ron Fry, Treasurer
