20th September 2024
It was almost standing room only with fourteen members present, plus a visitor. And there
were 15 shorts. In case you thought that was a typo I’ll repeat that. There were fifteen
shorts!
Matt started the rush with a hard to sort out story of flying pyramids and cubes. Later, Matt,
with the help of imminent professors, explained the origin of U.F,Os. John B reminded us of
the magical fun that is available at Merimbula fun park and Gary D skillfully combined the
beauty of various parks with the lyrics of a popular song. Jackie brought back the magic of
our youth. Those were the days – and then Norm introduced a true magician who, at the
utterance of magical words, changed an orange into a bottle of orange juice. John M
reported progress in the battle with DaVinci and Ron showed how children and the magic of
Harry Potter make a good combination. Joe relived a weekend with mates in a lighthouse on
King Island playing with technology – around with others scattered around the world. It was
Joe’s very first attempt at shooting a video. The endless possibilities when magic and video
are combined was demonstrated by Philip and Helmut rounded off the evening with truly
magical views of nature in all its beauty under crystal clear seas.
Topic for next meeting is ‘House’, and the following, Halloween/Ghosts.
The tech topic this time was colour grading. Norm demonstrated how, - when you know
how - colours can be manipulated in DaVinci. This created quite a bit of discussion among
members suggesting quite a few others know their way around that part of DaVinci too. If
you are that way inclined, I suspect colour grading is an area you can play for hours with
Elizabeth then took over and asked us to go back into our archives and look at our travel
movies. Do they have a beginning, middle and end; is there a theme; do they have a variety
of camera angles; do the movies have a personal touch; has sound been used to its full
potential? Elizabeth warned us that in the not very distant future we are going to be asked
to show these travel movies at the club and have those questions asked. Titles are
something else that will be looked at. How interesting/boring are they?
You have been warned! Start rummaging through your travel movies now.
John M.
P.S. It was nice seeing Jack at the meeting. I’m sure I speak for us all when I wish him the
best of everything when he next goes ‘under the knife’.
were 15 shorts. In case you thought that was a typo I’ll repeat that. There were fifteen
shorts!
Matt started the rush with a hard to sort out story of flying pyramids and cubes. Later, Matt,
with the help of imminent professors, explained the origin of U.F,Os. John B reminded us of
the magical fun that is available at Merimbula fun park and Gary D skillfully combined the
beauty of various parks with the lyrics of a popular song. Jackie brought back the magic of
our youth. Those were the days – and then Norm introduced a true magician who, at the
utterance of magical words, changed an orange into a bottle of orange juice. John M
reported progress in the battle with DaVinci and Ron showed how children and the magic of
Harry Potter make a good combination. Joe relived a weekend with mates in a lighthouse on
King Island playing with technology – around with others scattered around the world. It was
Joe’s very first attempt at shooting a video. The endless possibilities when magic and video
are combined was demonstrated by Philip and Helmut rounded off the evening with truly
magical views of nature in all its beauty under crystal clear seas.
Topic for next meeting is ‘House’, and the following, Halloween/Ghosts.
The tech topic this time was colour grading. Norm demonstrated how, - when you know
how - colours can be manipulated in DaVinci. This created quite a bit of discussion among
members suggesting quite a few others know their way around that part of DaVinci too. If
you are that way inclined, I suspect colour grading is an area you can play for hours with
Elizabeth then took over and asked us to go back into our archives and look at our travel
movies. Do they have a beginning, middle and end; is there a theme; do they have a variety
of camera angles; do the movies have a personal touch; has sound been used to its full
potential? Elizabeth warned us that in the not very distant future we are going to be asked
to show these travel movies at the club and have those questions asked. Titles are
something else that will be looked at. How interesting/boring are they?
You have been warned! Start rummaging through your travel movies now.
John M.
P.S. It was nice seeing Jack at the meeting. I’m sure I speak for us all when I wish him the
best of everything when he next goes ‘under the knife’.
