Australian Film and Video Summer 2011 - Federation of Australian ...

AUSTRALIAN FILM 

& VIDEO 

Vol VOL 14 

Summer SUMMER 2011 

Inside this issue: 

Contributors 2 

President’s Comment 3 

Autumn Deadline 3 

Convention Programme 4 

Convention Venue 5 

Galapagos Viewpoint JG 7 

Currumbin Then & Now 8 

Snapshot - GP 9 

Cutting a Shot ACTVCC 10 

Guitar Hero - GP 10 

Southern Sojourn - Gaz 11 

Club Link 12 

Travels With Wade & Val 16 

Pot Shots - IS 21 

Multi Camera Shoot - SE 22 

UK & Ireland Tour - LC 24 

Widescreen Festival 26 

Movie Link 27 

Dolly Parton - Dee 28 

Basically Videography IS 30 

Looking Back - GM 32 

Interview Techniques DF 34 

Freecycle 36 

Aussie Paper Wasps - Jl 37 

Tech Topics - JL 38 

Upside Down Railway FH 40 

Mail Bag 42 

FAMM Ltd Club List 43 

NORAD Santa Website 44 

Back Page 44 

From The Editor’s Desk 

Welcome to the Summer 2011 edition of Australian Film & Video E-Magazine. You 

will notice that the contact email address for AF&V on the top of page 2 has changed to 

the correct address. The previous address was not getting through due to an editorial malfunction, 

we apologise for any inconvenience caused to our readers. 

Have we got a bumper issue for you with plenty of reading to be had over the Christmas 

break. There is a look at the accommodation at the 2012 Convention venue at 

Yowani in Canberra ACT plus a report on the making of the 2010 Australia’s Five Best 

winners by each of the producers who were invited to submit an article on the trials and 

tribulations in getting their production into the competition. 

There is a special report by Dee on meeting Dolly Parton at one of her recent concerts 

in Australia. We have three travel articles in this issue beginning with my short sojourn 

to the south coast of New South Wales, and then there is the continuing travels of Wade 

& Val around their adopted state of Queensland and we finish with Laurie & Narelle 

Chesterfield’s overseas trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland. 

There is the ever popular Club Link with news from around the globe and Stewart Emm 

of the Edinburgh Cine & Video Society tells us about his experience with a multi camera 

shoot. Ian Simpson is with us again with his series on Basically Videography and he talks 

about new cameras in Pot Shots. 

Looking Back has returned with a look at an article about the forming of the Federation 

in 1952 which appeared in the IAC News of September 1952 and was submitted by Gerald 

Mee of the Stoke Cine & Video Society in the UK and Manfred Haering tells us 

about the Upside Down railway in Wuppertal Germany. 

We also have Joe Leon with his informative Tech Topics, and Dave Fuller of Canada 

talks about Interview Techniques for Beginners, while John Lawrie tells us about Filming 

Australian Paper Wasps. 

Freecycle, Changing the World one gift at a time, make sure you read this informative 

article and I’m sure you will find a Freecycle Community near where you live and I encourage 

you to participate. 

I was also hoping to include an article on the “History of Kodak”, but after several 

emails to Kodak I have received no replies, so maybe another time…maybe not. 

With Santa about to kick off on his round the world journey you can keep track of his 

trip on Christmas Eve by logging into NORAD…see Back Page for details. 

Finally I would like to wish all of our readers a safe and enjoyable Christmas and a 

healthy and prosperous New Year in 2012. Merry Christmas. 

Gary. 

NATIONAL CONVENTION 

LYNEHAM CANBERRA ACT 

26th to 30th March 2012 

Under the Auspices of the 

Federation of Australian 

Movie Makers Limited 

We’re on the FAMM website 

http://www.famm.org.au/home/index.html 

AUSTRALIAN FILM & VIDEO—VOL 14 SUMMER 2011 

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Federation of Australian Movie Makers Limited 

Australian Film & Video 

Editor: Gary Peterson AFAMM SSFAMM 

Email: editorafv@famm.org.au 

CONTRIBUTORS 

Technical 

Ian Simpson - Wollongong Movie Makers 

Joe Leon - Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

Division Representatives 

John Lawrie - South Australian Division 

Foreign Correspondents 

David Fuller - Victoria Video Club - Canada 

Stewart Emm - Edinburgh Cine & Video Soc - Scotland 

Peter Smith - Protea Video Club - South Africa 

Gerald Mee - Stoke Cine & Video Society - England 

Guest Contributors 

Wade & Val Hatton - Oakleigh Movie Club 

Dee - Brisbane Queensland 

Jon Grey - Tasmanian Movie Makers 

Laurie Chesterfield - Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

Geoff Peel - Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

Garth & Glenda Threfall - Gold Coast Video CC 

Manfred Haering - Ringwood Movie Makers 

Contributions are always welcome in AF&V 

FEDERATION HONOURS 

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taken to ensure the Honours are allocated to the correct recipient. 

If an Honour has not been attached to your name or the 

Honour is incorrect please let the Editorial Staff know so as a 

correction may be addressed. 

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Australian Film & Video cannot accept responsibility for 

any products or service statement made herein and the opinions 

or comments by contributors are not necessarily the 

views of the Federation, the Executive, or the Editor. 

COPYRIGHT 

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subject to copyright and may not be reproduced in whole or 

part without the author’s consent. Enquiries regarding 

permission should in the first instance be directed to the 

Editor Australian Film & Video. 

FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN MOVIE 

MAKERS LIMITED 

http://www.famm.org.au/ 

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE 

President: Mark Tunningley (02) 6231 9587 

president@famm.org.au 

Secretary: Rainer Listing (02) 6230 3383 

secretary@famm.org.au 

Treasurer: Jim Thornton (02) 6294 8000 

treasurer@famm.org.au 

DIVISION DIRECTORS 

NEW SOUTH WALES – CENTRAL DIVISION 

Laurie Chesterfield (02) 4965 6449 

ln.chesterfield@idl.net.au 

NEW SOUTH WALES – SOUTHERN DIVISION 

Mark Tunningley 

actvcc@yahoo.com.au 

QUEENSLAND DIVISION 

Joan Rennie (07) 5530 5548 

joanren@gmail.com 

Blog: http://joanren.blogspot.com 

VICTORIAN DIVISION 

John Stevenson SSFAMM (03) 9546 7554 

jastevo40@bigpond.com 

TASMANIAN DIVISION 

Don Fitzpatrick 

don.fitzpatrick@bigpond.com 

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION 

Barry Schrapel (08) 8264 1412 

bschrapel@bigpond.com 

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DIVISION 

Trevor Wigg 

netwigg@upnaway.com 

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President Mark Tunningley’s Comment 

Federation of Australian Movie Makers Ltd 

The FAMM Bi-annual Convention is being held at the Yowani Golf Club Lyneham ACT from the 26th of 

March 2012 to the 30th of March 2012. It is being organised by FAMM and the ACT Video Camera Club. 

Members of your club are invited to attend, partners are also welcome. Registration forms as well as a 

more detailed program have been sent out to the Clubs and copies are also available for down loading from 

the FAMM website. Monies and Registration forms are to be with the Treasurer: Jim Thornton 7/11 Florence 

Fuller Cr, Conder, 2906, by the 18th of February 2012. For Early Bird Price pay before 31st Dec 

2011. Ring Jim for Bank transfer details and reference number on 02 6294 8000 or 0422 933 433. You can 

email Jim at: jim.thornton@three.com.au 

Also enclosed were details for clubs to enter the Federation Shield and Australia’s Five Best competitions. 

Please refer to By Law #2 for guidelines. The closing date for these competitions is the 31st December 

2011 and videos need to be sent to John Johanson P. O. Box 137 Calwell ACT 2905. Please note Standard 

Definition only entries will be accepted and to avoid audio conflict we suggest members use mpeg audio 

on DVDs. Videos have a maximum time limit of 15 minutes. 

All clubs are also invited to nominate a club member to receive a Most Improved Trophy for 2011 to be 

presented at the Convention. A “One Minute Video” Competition will be conducted at the Convention and 

clubs may send them in separately or deliver these at registration time on Monday 26th of March. 

A number of flyers have also been sent to distribute to your members as well as a more detailed program 

sheet. 

Clubs are advised that the FAMM AGM will be conducted on Thursday the 29th of March 2012 at the 

Convention. Any motions regarding the Constitution need to be to the Secretary by the 5pm on the 31st of 

December 2011. Any motions regarding By Laws or General Business should be to the Secretary by the 

end of Registration on Monday 26th of March 2012. 

If booking your accommodation at Yowani, you will need to say you are from FAMM and you wish 

to book one of the rooms held by Mark Tunningley. Then supply you credit card details. 

Please check the FAMM website for updates especially during February and March 2012. 

Finally check out the new video on the FAMM website about the 2012 Convention titled, “A Different 

View of Canberra.” 

Mark Tunningley 

President 

WARNING 

Well Christmas is almost upon us and we tend to buy extras to go with our 

Christmas meals such as pickled onions etc. BUT beware with what you 

buy. Just recently I purchased a couple of bottles of Always Fresh Cucumbers 

- Original Dill 680 gm Made in INDIA. Now these were pickled and 

in a jar so you’d think they would be okay even though they were not made 

in Australia. They were not, when I sliced one open it was full of grubs… 

and I’d already eaten one whole. India is now off my list. Editor. 


DEADLINE 

The Deadline for 

the Autumn 

Edition is the 

29 February 2012 

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Canberra Program 

March 2012 

Convention Program 

Activity 

Monday 26th March 

3:00-5:00 Afternoon Registrations 

6:30-7:30 Evening Meal Yowani 

7:30-9:30 Evening Official Opening by the Chief Minister of the ACT Katy Gallagher 

Meet and greet session conducted by Mark Tunningley for participants to mix and get to 

know others in a light hearted and friendly session. 

Tuesday 27th March 

9:00-10:30 Morning A TBA 

11:00-12:30 Morning B Monica Pender. Documentary Maker. Screen ACT 

12:30-1:30 Lunch Yowani 

1:30-3:00 Afternoon A Clare Young. Clare is currently undertaking mentorship with Oscar 

winning writer/director Jane Campion 

3:30-5:00 Afternoon B Trade People, Panasonic , Casablanca, Pro Photo and Video. 

5:00-19:30 Evening Meal Self organise 

7:30-9:30 Evening 20 Shield Videos 

Wednesday 28th March 

9:00 Leave by bus to National Film and Sound Archives 

9:30-10:00 Morning A National Film and Sound Archives - Gallery 

10:00-11:00 Archives Alive Tracey Langner 

11:00-11:30 Morning tea. 

11:30 -12:30 Morning B Film Preservation with examples 

12:30 -12:45 900m walk to National Museum. 

12:45 -1:30 Afternoon A At your leisure, lunch and visit to National Museum. 

1:30-5:00 90 minute return bus trip from the Museum stopping at Red Hill 

Lookout and Mount Ainslie, and passing Parliament House, and the 

War Memorial 

6:30-8:30 Convention Dinner Guest Speaker David Kilby. David has been a presenter 666 ABC 

Canberra, and has been our Canberra’s music expert for decades. 

8:30-9:30 Evening Problem Solving & Discussions. Time set aside for those wanting to 

discuss and view different approaches to making videos. 

Bring some short videos with a difference. Chance to discuss problems 

Thursday 29th March 

9:00-10:30 Morning A AGM 

11:00-12:30 Morning B One Minute Videos 

12:30-1:30 Lunch Yowani 

1:30-3:00 Afternoon A Dan Sanguineti ACT Local film maker 

3:30-5:00 Afternoon B Jimmy Ennett Lights! Canberra! Action ! - Winner 2011 

5:00-7:30 Evening Meal Self organise 

7:30-9:30 Evening 20 Shield Videos 

Friday 30th March 

9:00-10:30 Morning A Pat Gallagher Videographer at Parliament House 

11:00-12:30 Morning B Lara van Raay. Documentary Maker. ABC Open Producer 

12:30-2:00 Lunch Yowani - finish 


Yowani Reception 

Entry Road to the Units 


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Deluxe Unit 

Disabled Facilities 

are also available 

Yowani 

Golf Course 


FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN MOVIE MAKERS LIMITED 

AUSTRALIA’S FIVE BEST 2010 

Following is a report from each of the Producers of 2010 Australia’s Five Best which covers their trials and 

tribulations to produce an entry worthy of a place in Australia’s Five Best. To refresh your memories the 

results were as follows: 

First Place: 

Second Place: 

Third Place: 

Fourth Place: 

Fifth Place: 

First Place 

Galapagos Viewpoint by Jon Grey. 

Tasmanian Movie Makers 

Currumbin Then & Now by Garth & Glenda Threfall. 

Gold Coast Video Camera Club 

Snapshot by NVM Group Production. 

Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

Cutting a Shape by ACTVCC Video Group. 

ACT Video Camera Club 

Guitar Hero by Geoff Peel. 

Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

RUINED PLANS! 

The making of Galapagos Viewpoint 

Jon Grey - Tasmanian Movie Makers 

Every one of our recent overseas holidays has been partly spoilt by the fact that a large and heavy tripod 

had to be lugged around, together with a video camera and backpack! With the Galapagos Islands trip 

looming, I decided not to let this happen again. Instead the plan was to make the trip more enjoyable by 

sticking to still photography. With this in mind I bought a medium sized “still” camera….a Canon SX1 iS. 

It’s not even an SLR……. really just a large compact camera with an integrated 20:1 zoom lens and costing 

a bit over $700! (Ten years earlier my standard definition 4:3 Canon video camera had cost five or six 

times that amount!) 

Whilst becoming familiar with the new “toy” before the trip, I discovered that this so-called STILL camera 

produced fairly “fuzzy” still images, but was able to shoot very decent full high definition VIDEO. Plans 

were thus foiled before the voyage even started! It was clear that a Galapagos MOVIE was inevitable! 

Knowing that any kind of camera with an extra-long lens would need a 

tripod, I went out and bought the lightest one I could find (see photo). 

On arrival at the Galapagos Islands I was overwhelmed by the diversity 

of nature and by the fact that most of the animals were oblivious to the 

presence of humans. This allowed unbelievably close access to all 

those animals we’ve become used to seeing on TV documentaries. The 

only pre-planning made for the film was the conscious decision to 

shoot not only scenic vistas and animals, but to include people as well. 

As it turned out, this allowed a fair degree of diversity when editing 

and it was then possible to stick to the classic film-making formula of 

having a beginning, middle and end. 

The recently purchased very “spindly” tripod could only be used with 

static shots. Each image had to firstly be framed, then the “go” button 

pressed, then hands removed so that there wasn’t ANY camera movement. 

This of course means NO panning or tilting on any telephoto 

shots, so animal (and human) movements had to be anticipated! 


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Any hand-held panning and tilting shots were confined to the 

full wide-angle lens setting and without a solid high quality 

tripod, even these weren’t all that smooth, despite the inbuilt 

“image stabilization”. 

The inbuilt microphone was of poor quality and very susceptible 

to wind-noise, so the “wind-filter” was left permanently 

switched on. Since live sound was really of only an incidental 

background nature and music was to accompany the entire 

production, the lack of a high quality external microphone 

wasn’t a total disaster. 

When editing (on my trusty Mac with Final Cut Pro), it was 

readily apparent that those shots containing both humans and 

animals were definitely humorous. So by carefully choosing a 

humorous piece of music, a complete fast-paced comic “chapter” could be created in the middle of the 

film. This provided contrast with the more awe-inspiring “chapters” before and after it, which in turn were 

accompanied by more “serious” music. 

Perhaps the biggest problem was keeping the film-length down to 8 or 9 minutes, with so many useable 

shots on hand! The only solution I’ve found to this problem is to wait for a while before editing. This 

seems to allow one to distance oneself from the material a little….I suppose that in the “real world”, editors 

don’t have this problem because someone else does the shooting! 

In retrospect it’s quite satisfying having created “Galapagos Viewpoint”, but at the current rate it seems 

that I’ll never escape from movie making! 

The making of Currumbin Then and Now 

Garth & Glenda Threlfall - Gold Coast Video Camera Club 

Second Place 

I have always had an interest in the history of the Gold Coast as my great grandparents were early pioneers 

of the then farming district of Nerang, now part of the Gold Coast. As a boy I used to visit my grandparent’s 

farm and listen to stories about life at that time, and we have lived on the Gold Coast for many years 

at Tugun, adjacent to Currumbin. We have made about 6 videos on the early history of the Gold Coast. 

The most difficult part of doing any historical video is getting old photographs of the area, and then piecing 

together an accurate story of earlier times. The Gold Coast City Council has a Local Studies Library with a 

comprehensive collection of photos of the early days. For any photo less than 50 years old, copyright clearance 

has to be sought from the original photographer, and they were very helpful in obtaining this. Copies 

of all of our videos are held in the Gold Coast Library, so this step is essential for videos which may be 

shown to the general public. 

Talking to long-time residents and getting stories of the district is important, with the need to cross reference 

their stories to verify correctness and dates as much as possible, and of course reading up on any official 

histories of the area is also necessary 

We find that before even getting your camera out of its bag, a total story line has to be completed, and as 

many old photographs collected as possible to cover that story. Then with the video camera you attempt to 

capture vision to bridge the gaps – even re-enacting historical scenes, which I did in many of my videos. 

The stagecoach scenes in “Currumbin Then & Now” were filmed – actually some years before, but they 

came in very handy - when I had a friend who owned a replica historical coach. It’s not much use having a 

good story if it can’t be covered by vision – either vision of today or photographs of the past. Then after 

that the story line will need to be adjusted again to suit the vision. 


Old photographs, even though most have been worked on in Photoshop to get them at their best, don’t stand up 

well against HD video of today, so pace and an interesting story line are essential to hold the viewer’s interest. 

In “Currumbin Then and Now”, as in many of our other historical videos, we got a long-time resident to talk to 

camera - in this case about a project he was involved with back in the 80’s to save the Currumbin Creek Estuary 

from over-development. These interviews add to the interest and create authenticity. 

The camera used was a Sony HDR-HC5 in 16:9 format, for the interview I used a Sony DCR-TRV950 - 4:3 

format converted to16:9, with a Tie Clip Genexxa microphone connected. The photographs were scanned into 

the computer and worked on in Photoshop and made 16:9 – all edited in Sony Vegas 7. Music was royalty-free 

– this is essential of course - any video entered in a FAMM competition or shown publicly must have appropriate 

copyright clearance on all material used. I think the whole project took me about 3 – 4 months. 

I was told once that when making a video, don’t be afraid to make a strong point and even be controversial – 

argue your point. In “Currumbin Then and Now” I did just that, disagreeing with the building of the huge Currumbin 

Lifesavers Building on the iconic Currumbin Rock (even though it is a wonderful place to dine!) It is 

something that would not be allowed to happen today. 

Currumbin Lifesavers THEN (1920) and NOW (2010) 

Quick and Nasty Filmmaking for the Brave (or Foolhardy) 

The making of Snapshot 

Third Place 

Group Production - Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

By Geoff Peel 

Each year Newcastle Video Movie Makers, splits into two groups for a little bit of filmmaking rivalry. This film 

was never going to be our group production but somehow ended up being just that. Our group had been toying 

with different ideas for a considerable amount of time without making any real headway. At the 11th hour I decided 

to offer up a silly idea about found photographs that contained clues to the future and the path they might 

lead our protagonist down. Bereft of other easily shot plots and with the deadline looming large, the group took 

a punt and with minimal planning or storyboarding, just began filming. 

We decided the best approach was to shoot the final critical scene and if that worked then we'd continue. Little 

did we know how mentally challenging this particular story would be without having it planned out in advance. 

Knowing what we know now, we should have shot it in reverse chronological order as each scene needed to 

have a photograph of the next scene, a scene which we hadn't yet shot. The last shot also featured a photo held 

in the protagonist's hand that was a photo in photo composition to a level of three. 

The other main difficulty was getting a realistic sequence when our protagonist is hit by the car. Obviously we 

didn't want to endanger our actor (Wayne Sexton) in any way, so the car drove slowly towards him. On playback, 

even speeded up, it looked terribly dodgy. I've always thought that the practical side to filmmaking was 

mostly problem solving and this certainly was one problem that took some thought to overcome. In the end I 

just used still frames as if they were photographs complete with flash and shutter sound, which fitted in well 

with the theme of our plot and took away any need for actual speed. 

Our group had a great time making the film with many of them playing minor on-camera roles. Most importantly, 

we won the group shoot. 


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Fourth Place 

The making of Cutting A Shape 

Group Production - ACT Video Camera Club 

This video arose out of our club having a group category in our annual competition and groups were assigned 

an interview theme. The interview theme came about because one of our members entered one in 

our annual competition the year before and it created a great deal of interest. 

The problems we faced were: to find someone interesting to interview, where to do the interview, whether 

to use 4:3 or 16:9, lighting, whether to include the interviewer, where to position the cameras and to come 

up with suitable questions. Availability of interviewee and club members was also a concern as there were 

six of us. 

Equipment: Two cameras were used alternatively: a Panasonic GS400 and Sony VX2100. The microphone 

was a Rode video mic and it was edited on Corel VideoStudio. 

We had 20 minutes of interview footage which was edited to 6 minutes. We took 5 minutes of cut away 

material on two different days. It took about 15 hours to edit to final cut, which was version 4. – Mark 

Tunningley, Trish Skinner, Judy Tunningley. 

Fifth Place 

The making of Guitar Hero 

Geoff Peel - Newcastle Video Moviemakers 

Generally I'm fairly slack when it comes to filmmaking. I need a looming deadline to get me off my bottom and actually 

shooting something. For this reason I tend to be a fan of the 24 or 48 hour filmmaking contests. Yes, it’s seat of the pants 

filmmaking where everything might come tumbling down in an instant, but just having that deadline invigorates and motivates 

us. This film really took us out of our comfort zone. 

My wife Margaret and I flew into another state armed only with a Canon HV20, a single piece of music by Newcastle 

composer Richard Hair and half a story idea, thought up the night before. We were terribly under equipped to take on the 

challenge that was the "Geelong 24 Hour Shootout". 

For those not familiar with "The Shootout" format, it has the added challenge of not only needing to include required elements 

announced at the beginning of the 24 hours, but also the need for it to be an in-camera edit. That's right, no computer 

editing. This means shooting chronologically or risking "dropping in" and filming in between already shot 

sequences. We flew into Melbourne on the Thursday afternoon and then spent Friday in Geelong finding actors and scouting 

locations. 

We were extremely lucky with both. A local talent agency had supplied initial contact details and we took it form there 

arranging meetings and explaining that we were only excitable amateurs not professionals. The two young lads we found 

to play the main characters were enthusiastic, talented and an absolute pleasure to work with. Margaret reluctantly took on 

the female role as we couldn't find an actress at such short notice. 

The local guitar shop and 7-Eleven store owners were both generous in allowing us access to their premises even rearranging 

window displays to make the scene look better. Shooting was quick and nasty with our small crew of 4 mostly moving 

around by foot in a fairly small area of the inner CBD. 

Overall we were extremely happy with our results especially considering the various requirements that apply to this competition 

and the fact that our home base was an on-site caravan at the local camp ground. We had entered the Newcastle 

Shootout a number of times and had a 50% track record of making the Top Ten, but the judges down south were harder to 

please and sadly we were not in this Top Ten. 

The version submitted to the FAMM screenings was actually a later edited version, which in reality means it has been 

trimmed since there are no other shots available due to the original being in-camera edits. To be critical, the film might be 

a little corny or even preachy for that matter, but it does, I think, offer a little optimism and hope that most people do indeed 

have a conscience and are more often than not compelled by this conscience to do the right thing by others. 

Links 

"Snapshot - Making of" 

http://vimeo.com/6289259 

"Guitar Hero" (Directors Cut) 


"Guitar Hero" (Original) 



A Short Sojourn to the South Coast of 

New South Wales 

By Gary Peterson 

With four days free I decided to travel south to Bateman’s Bay to have a look at the Caravan Expo which was on 

down there. A long way to travel to see a Caravan Expo you say, not really because there were other items on the 

agenda. 

I left Newcastle and headed south on the F3 Expressway and into 

the perils of travelling through Sydney at the edge of peak hour. 

Having survived that I headed for the coast and the Great Pacific 

Drive as I wanted to view and drive across the Sea Cliff Bridge. 

What a magnificent structure, it is a balanced cantilever bridge 

costing $52 million and links the coastal villages of Coalcliff and 

Clinton. The bridge was opened on 11 December 2005. It is a popular 

location for “Love Padlocks”. The Sea Cliff Bridge is one of 

only seven off shore parallel to the coast bridges in the world. 

(Source Wikipedia) 

After leaving the 

bridge I skirted 

Sea Cliff Bridge 

around Wollongong 

and headed for Kiama and Nowra and onto Bateman’s Bay 

which is a nice little town perched on the banks of the Clyde River. 

The following day I visited the Caravan Expo and spent a bit of 

money on some essential items to be used for future travel around 

our great continent, or “around the block” as the locals say. 

Love Padlock on Sea Cliff Bridge 

That afternoon I crossed the Great Dividing Range and headed for 

Canberra, the site of the 2012 National Convention, as I wanted to 

check out the Convention venue and get some photos of the facilities 

there. I booked into a deluxe room for the night and took a few 

photos which are shown in the front of this issue. I then enjoyed a 

nice meal in the Centre’s restaurant. 

Next morning saw an early start as I wanted to head further west to the city of Griffith in the Central West of New 

South Wales as I wished to have a look at and check out a caravan that I was considering buying. 

On leaving Bateman’s Bay I had purchased some stone fruit to 

munch on the way and between Temora and Griffith, there was a 

roadside market which I checked out and bought a punnet of cheap 

cherries to go with the stone fruit already on board. Then fifteen 

clicks up the highway, there it was a huge sign banning the importation 

of any fruit, especially stone fruit into the Fruit Fly Exclusion 

Zone with the risk of a $200 on the spot fine for those who did. 

What could I do, I couldn’t eat all of the fruit and it was too good to 

throw away, so I put the fruit along with the cherries into a plastic 

bag and hung it on a tree branch beside the road and checked the 

location so I could hopefully pick it up on my return journey that 

afternoon. 

Bateman’s Bay Looking South 

Having completed my business in Griffith I told the bloke there 

what I had done and he said he and his wife had done the same thing, but when they went back to pick up the fruit it 

was covered in ants. Fingers crossed I arrived back at the site, located the tree, one amongst many and found the bag 

of fruit with one tiny ant scouting the outside of the bag, the fruit was safe and sound. So I continued on to an overnight 

stay at the Aromet motel in Temora, the alert ones amongst you will have noted that Aromet spells Temora 

backwards. 

The following morning it was back to the Hume Highway and on to Newcastle covering 1,600 kilometres in four 

days. 


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Newcastle & Hunter Valley Cine Society - New South Wales 

During October NHVCS held their annual Movie of the Year and the results were as follows. 

First Place - 2011 Newcastle Show by Neville Coulton. 

Second Place - Poppy by David Waters 

Third Place - Rope by Neville Coulton 

Audience Vote - I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside by Neville Coulton 

Then during November NHVCS screened the 41st Australian Widescreen Festival, showing 16 movies. 

First place went to Rodin’s Vision by Keith & Alison Head and equal Second place was shared by The 

Ouija Board Haunting by Colin Paxman and Cockington Green Gardens by Joseph Davies. 

Source: GAZ 

Newcastle Video Moviemakers - New South Wales 

NVM Inc. has had a very busy year, with members helping out with several community projects. 

We have completed a DVD for Connectability Australia for fire evacuations procedures 

at the Hamilton branch. The IOTAS concert was again videoed with a copy done in record 

time thanks to dedicated members. 

We are in the process of editing a DVD we shot for "Perspectives on Parkinson's", we had a two camera 

shoot with over 8 hours of footage to edit. Our "Festival" was a success, although entry numbers were 

down, it turned out the quality was improving once again. 

We have changed our format in house so we have an extra competition during the year, this has worked, so 

more entries now are shown, 36 entries were entered over our entire years competitions. We have Two 

Themed, One Novice, One Intermediate, Two open with one In House shoot. 

Our "One Minute Competition" will be held in February with the winning entries to be taken to FAMM 

Convention in March. We have had a request to send a DVD over to England as a movie swap and are at 

the moment asking members to bring in movies for this compilation. A heartfelt thanks goes out to all 

members for participating in our clubs activities during the year. 

Laurie Chesterfield President 

Wollongong Movie Makers - New South Wales 

The July Club meeting was a special one; it was a combined meeting 

night between the two groups of the Club; the Photographic Group 

(PG) and the Movie Makers (MM). The topic of Transport was selected 

so that both the Still and Movie members could apply their respective talents to this common subject 

and then present their efforts on the same night and discuss their different approaches to the task. 

The August Club meeting was attended by 9 members and 2 visitors. With key members away the 

programme was changed to be a viewing night where we had the opportunity to firstly view members’ 

videos and then a showreel from Queensland Movie Makers. 

The month of September was a very busy time for the Movie Makers group of the Wollongong Camera 

Club. There were three major events that occurred within the first two and a half weeks and that is not 

counting the regular monthly club meeting. First was the green screen shoot with the students of a local 

drama class. 

The four video clubs that make up the Southern NSW Division of FAMM met in Wollongong on Saturday 

the 17th of September. Now into its seventh year the Combined Clubs bi-annual meetings have proved to 

be a strong platform for fellowship in the movie making hobby. The programme has evolved into a format 

of two one hour presentations, a FAMM Southern NSW Division meeting and a viewing of videos from the 

various clubs to a set theme or topic. 

Source: WMM Newsletter 


Oakleigh Video Club - Victoria 

Time to throw the winter clothes to one side as we now enter the run down to the end of 2011. 

It’s a horrifying thought but Christmas is not all that far away. Hopefully those who may have 

succumbed to a cold or winter sniffles are now in recovery mode and as a club we will all be 

able to enjoy the remainder of our scheduled program of events. 

We continue to meet in the familiar surroundings of the first floor auditorium at the Monash Library in 

Oakleigh, where all our equipment is within easy reach, and to that end, Barrie has been negotiating with 

the Head Librarian for this to continue next year. We have applied to the Monash Council Community 

Grants committee for an “In Kind” grant to cover the rental costs. 

We propose to purchase a Blu-Ray player, which will allow us to get the best results from our High Definition 

projector, and Matt Silk is looking around at the various aspects and facilities offered by the different 

models. Watch this space. 

Source: OVC Newsletter 

Queensland Movie Makers - Queensland 

We had two meetings in July and the 6th July one was the deadline for our Award Movie 

Competition and I was glad to see that 19 movies were submitted and were sent away to 3 

external judges and we expect the results back soon. Then we will have the Award Movie 

night on the 17th August at the OES Hall. After the show the place getters will be announced 

but as usual the awards will be presented at our MOY dinner and presentation night at the 

Carina Leagues club on the Saturday 3rd December 2011. 

So a big thanks to all those club members who submitted a movie and to many others who assisted with 

their production. Thanks also to members from other clubs who sent us their movies and I think that we 

should all make an attempt to join in their competitions when ever we can. I will try and publish a list of 

clubs that run open comps each year in the next newsletter. 

In the seventy odd year history of Queensland Movie Makers the Club has been privileged to have some 

memorable members as Club Patron. Names such as Ken Blyth, Alf Bartlett, Alex Lettice, Arthur and Edna 

Jenks, George and Goodie Nelson, Merv and Bessie Peake, Don and Fay Finlay and Lillian and Don Chapman 

are just a few. Having noted those names it seems a pity not to expand the list further but the purpose 

of this short notice is to record that our Patron, Don Chapman, of several decades has recently advised the 

committee of his retirement from that position. 

Our big event for the year, the Award Movie Festival was presented to club members and friends on 

Wednesday the 17th August and was a very successful night by everyone’s comments afterwards at supper. 

We had 19 movies with a combination of in house and other clubs’ entries and one from overseas. So congratulations 

to everyone who participated and a very big thanks to everyone who helped to make it run so 

well. 

Source: QMM Newsletter 

Christchurch Video Camera Club - New Zealand 

I wonder how many Club meetings have been postponed due to snow over the past 65 years? 

However we had a great night when we finally got together the following Monday. I’m sure 

you will agree that the air race DVD was a blast from the past! 

On the negative side, it was a year of earthquakes and snowstorms, we had to postpone one meeting due to 

snow, however on the positive side we had record entries for both of our competition nights. 

Source: CVCC Newsletter 


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Protea Video Club - Cape Town - South Africa 

Last year’s epic “Trek” video presented many challenges none more than trying to get thirty 

hours of raw footage down to an eight minute meaningful video for entering in the Protea 

competition. Peter suggested the Club should try it as an editing exercise, sadly only Alan P, 

Peter and Mike took up the gauntlet, the others I fear feeling it was too much of a daunting 

task. Although we all used similar footage it was interesting to see how we went about the task in such different 

ways, which makes me wonder, does our own personal temperament subconsciously govern the 

way we edit? For example do those with a calm placid nature incline to edit their clips in a slower more 

lingering manner than one who perhaps, is always in a rush and wants everything done by yesterday, edits 

their clips shorter and slicker. 

It will be interesting to see what the judges think. All the entries are in and now with the judges. We would 

like to take this opportunity to thank all those who took time out of their busy schedule to enter what we 

think is still a worthwhile competition. We had seventeen entries, but two had to be disqualified due to being 

over the eight minutes maximum. Please, in future, make sure you read the rules. One of the main functions 

of the competition is to see how well one can edit and not let clips drag on unnecessarily. 

At last we have all the adjudication sheets back from the judges and have a winner of the Protea Awards 

competition. It is interesting to note how three judges, working independently from each other, can differ 

so much in regard to Subject matter, Editing, Sound and Photography. Also how a male judge can differ 

from female judges, in some cases, by nearly one hundred marks. We know judges try not to allow 

‘Subjectivity’ to come into the equation, also likes and dislikes, but it’s very difficult for these not to play a 

significant role in deciding the final result. 

Our winner of the Platinum award goes to Uwe from the Johannesburg Video Club with his very telling 

documentary, “Vets on Location”, about how volunteer helpers and veterinary surgeons go in to the townships 

to help the animals and sadly, at times, have to put some of them down. One judge commented- 

“Wow, what a professional film! I felt like I was watching National Geographic. The Story from beginning 

to end was deeply emotional and exceptionally well told”. Mike from the Protea Video Club came a close 

runner up with, “Timeless Rails”, a story about the Hexpass Express and some of the history behind the 

original line. One judge commented-“Excellent film! Very professionally done. This film flows well, with 

ample information and gripping imagery”. One of the judges awarded top marks for Graham Denniston’s, 

(JVC), “SAAF Museum Flying Day” commenting, “Passionate about subject and it shows”. 

Source: PVC Newsletter 

Stoke Cine & Video Society - United Kingdom 

As I am also the librarian for Stoke CVS I was asked a question by our competition officer 

Phil Dorman, which was, did I a back up of all the films in the library? and there over 200! I 

said I had them all on a computer external hard drive set up as a mirrored raid…. i.e.…. 2 x 

1 terabyte hard dives in one case, one drive set up to mirror the other hence 2 copies, I also 

keep each film on a mini DV tape, so in theory 3 copies!! But said Phil are they all kept together? I had to 

say yes to that as they were all in my office. 

Phil went on to tell me about Ken Russell, the film director, who had a fire at his home and lost most of his 

work and backups due to the fact they were all stored together at his home. That definitely made me think, 

whilst we never expect to have a fire, having smoke alarms etc….. Ken Russell also had smoke alarms 

which saved his wife's life but not his movies as the fire spread far too fast! I now have a second backup on 

two more external hard drives which are kept at our President, Gerald Mee’s house, and, even if they will 

be not quite as up to date some of the time as mine are at home the majority would be saved. So take heed 

with your films and pictures, and store them elsewhere as well, you cannot ever replace them when they are 

gone! 

June Edwards 

Source: SCVS Newsletter 


Surrey Border Film & Video Makers - United Kingdom 

For several years now, the winners of the annual North - v - South film competition have been 

from the north. Last year Rochdale Movie Makers won the competition with their film 

“Tomorrow” so in an effort to see the quality of the films from clubs in the north of England, we 

invited Rochdale Movie Makers to send us a Show Reel. 

The Show Reel was presented by their member Geoff Alexander who gave a commentary and short explanation 

for each film. My personal favourite was “Sparks Becomes Flames” which came first in the Northern 

heat of the North - v - South competition but did not win the main prize. The first part was filmed during 

the war then moved into the 21st century, all done with no dialogue, and a neat twist at the end. Other 

favourites were: “Out of the Woods”, “Physical Education”, “Van Gough” and “The Governor.” 

Source: SBFVM Newsletter 

Los Angeles Cinema Club - United States of America 

On Saturday, September 10th, I attended the video workshop put on by Walt Gilmore, our 

president. Although the subject was “How to Edit a 1 Minute Video in One Hour” Walt also 

shared some tips and tricks on editing. Personally one tip on copying the audio and adding it 

back onto a separate timeline, out of phase, solved a nagging problem I have had with the last 

two videos I taped. I was having a difficult time eliminating unwanted background noise. The trick of using 

reverse phase audio cleared up the audio and solved my problem. 

This technique is not unique to any one video editing software but can be used with any program. Although 

I changed the masthead for our News Bulletin and dropped the “video workshop” wording, I still think 

workshops should continue to be an integral part of our club. Many of you have demonstrated talents that 

have the potential for a workshop. I would encourage you to develop a workshop for presentation at one of 

our meetings. If you need help in preparing a presentation, don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance. 

Source: LACC Newsletter 

Australian Widescreen Association - Victoria 

The Australian Widescreen Association was founded in 1972 and is a group of enthusiasts 

shooting and photographing in panoramic or “widescreen” formats. Video or 

film is shot using an anamorphic unit added in front of the camera’s own lens, or in 

native widescreen formats. 

An alternative method for widescreen is masking the top and bottom of the camera image to give a greater 

width to height ratio. Projection slides are shot in one of several ways - using anamorphic lenses in front of 

the camera lens and then the projector lens; cameras which can mask the top and bottom of the normal 

35mm frame, or cameras such as the Widelux or Horizon which shoot a wider (longer) frame on 35mm 

film. 

Some of our members shoots 3-D widescreen slides using two Widelux cameras. The two pictures are projected 

using Polaroid filters on the slide projectors and are viewed while wearing specially aligned Polaroid 

glasses. 

While most of our members are amateurs, we do have a few members who work in the film and television 

industry. We like to make contact with widescreen enthusiasts throughout the world, are happy to assist 

where possible with any widescreen queries you may have. 

Source: AWA Website 


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TRAVELS 

With Wade & Val 

Boldly 

Going 

THE LAST LEG….Part 3 By Wade & Valerie Hatton 

7 th August 2011. 

Having agreed on a 120 day settlement we left Hervey Bay looking forward to our return in early November. 

Our next stop was Woodgate Beach approximately 150 Kms by road even though it can be seen from 

many points in Hervey Bay. There we met friends from Melbourne on their annual visit to enjoy some presummer 

weather. Although the nights were rather cool the warm days made up for any inconvenience. 

The beaches were pristine and the dogs loved chasing birds along the vast sand banks that went on forever. 

The days were spent visiting local towns of interest such as Maryborough, Bundaberg (of course the Bundy 

Rum factory) and the now infamous town of Childers. 

Visiting the memorial to the back-packers fire brought home the devastation of the loss of lives, so young 

and enjoying life so much. The building has been rebuilt and now houses a wonderful memorial photo mural 

to the many young men and women lost in the fire. 


We headed off to Agnes Waters looking forward to visiting the Town of 1770. Having booked ahead as 

usual and getting approval for our dogs we were gobsmacked at our arrival to be fronted by the owner stating 

that our dogs were too big and we were not welcome. WHAT! I thought this was a joke, but no, they 

had Googled Manchester Terriers after we had pre-booked and decided they didn’t like them – Layla and 

Raven are less than 20 cm tall. All the other parks were full so we had to change plans and head for Boyne 

Island where we were offered a non powered site in the camping area. This turned out to be very acceptable 

as other caravans were also in the area beside the river with nice walking paths. This gave us a good opportunity 

to see how our battery power would hold out for two days. 


Today we drove to Rockhampton and 

found a lovely park at Gracemere a few Ks 

out of Rocky. We made good use of our 

two weeks here and took in the lovely Botanical 

Gardens and zoo, Archer Park Rail 

Museum where we took a short ride on the 

only working steam tram in the world. 

Then the gold town of Mount Morgan 

where we had lunch at the Grand Hotel 

and visited the local museum which 

housed a great selection of interesting 

items set out in living displays. 


Outback 

Ilfracombe 

Queensland 

equipment that I was familiar with during my 20 years in the photographic industry. 

Of course, we tried our hand at collecting 

Thunder Eggs at Mount Hay. With our 

bucket of water, scrubbing brush and pick 

we set off to make our fortune. It was much 

harder than we thought but lots of fun. Our 

mega collection was cut for us revealing 

some lovely colours and patterns. 

Out at Westwood, Henry Fischer has opened 

his Photographic Museum. His huge collection 

is housed in purpose built wood and 

glass cabinets throughout many rooms inside 

a rented building which was once a service 

station. Henry was very interesting to 

talk to and provided a great amount of detailed 

information. I was glad that I could 

help him out with details on some of the 

30 th August. 

We set off inland to Emerald which we found to be a very clean and neat town with wide, tree lined streets 

and many points of interest for the visitor. We took a drive to Sapphire and Rubyvale where we toured the 

underground mine. Valerie took the opportunity to buy some jewellery from the store, a souvenir of course. 

3 rd September. 

Next stop on our trip was Jericho, we made camp beside the Jordan river with a few other vans. As we now 

had a Honda generator to supplement our power requirements we were not so reliant on the sun hitting the 

solar panels. Parking under trees for shade has a down side in that the panels do not always get full sun for 

charging the batteries. 

The town of Jericho is small but has a little drive in theatre that gets packed out on movie nights; there was 

also a display of the much advertised “Crystal Trumpets” which depicts Moses taking the Israelites from 

Egypt. While we found many of the central Queensland towns to be very friendly and proud of their heritage, 

many of the town’s historic features are funded by local groups without any council or government 

assistance, so a lot of the displays and memorials were becoming a bit tatty and need some refurbishment. 

5 th September. 

We set off for Longreach but decided to stay 

at Ilfracombe which had been recommended 

by some other travellers. The town of Ilfracombe 

is a small country town full of very 

interesting history from the teamsters day. 

Wool and the wool scour was the back bone 

of the area. After the scour closed due to the 

railways increasing the cost of transport and 

the decline of the teamsters the town’s population 

started to recede. However there are many 

historic displays and buildings that capture 

this very important part of central Queensland’s 

past. 

Wade and the 

Qantas 747 at Longreach Qld 

We made use of the free artesian spa a few doors from the caravan park and enjoyed the happy hour each 

night provided by the hosts. The guests were rolling with laughter with the antics of our hosts who recited 

Aussie bush poetry. 


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Qantas Catalina 

At Winton Qld 

At Longreach, 25 kms down the road, we 

took the tour of the Qantas 747 and Founders 

Museum which was a highlight of our 

trip. We had been looking forward to this, 

together with the Stockman’s Hall of 

Fame. Both venues offer a return entry for 

the following day which we gladly accepted 

as one day is definitely not enough. 


Travelling to Winton, we became dinosaur 

hunters extraordinaire. We started off at 

the Waltzing Matilda Centre in town and 

spent a half day touring through the excellent 

historic display. Our next venture was to visit the Australian Age of Dinosaurs preservation area. This 

was 30 kms out of town located atop of a mesa-shaped mountain. The largest laboratory in the southern 

hemisphere is all run by volunteers and houses a large number of dinosaur fossils that need to be cleaned, 

identified and catalogued. Volunteers actually pay for the privilege to work at the site. 


Our further stops were at Hughenden where 

a cast of the skeleton of the Muttaburrasaurus 

is housed, then a week at Charters Towers. 

More history, lovely buildings and a 

great audio visual titled “The Ghosts of 

Gold” presented up on Tower Hill just after 

dusk. The host, who dresses for the part as 

the local newspaper editor, from the 

“Northern Miner” of the 1870s and 1880s, 

Thaddeus O’Kane, scares and entertains 

with snippets of the towns tragedies then 

continues with a multi-media three projection 

screening giving more information 

about the towns historical past. 

Thaddeus is considered to be one of the most fiercely outspoken journalists this country has ever seen and 

we could imagine him watching the proceeding with approval. The following day we took the Venus mine 

tour where we learnt more of the history and early gold days with a wonderful video presentation projected 

onto a water screen depicting more of the ghostly history of the gold days at Charters Towers. 

25 th September 2011. 

From Charters Towers to Townsville was a fairly short distance, and we decided on a park out of town for 

the first week as friends from Melbourne had purchased a house at Tookalea Beach just a few minutes’ 

drive from us. The caravan park boasted that it had the largest sites of any caravan park and they certainly 

did. 

The following week we moved into Townsville and took in IMAX which was rather sub-standard compared 

to what I had previously seen: there were only six people in the theatre and one person does the ticket 

selling and projection. Not sure about the long term prospects of this theatre, the screen was in a bad state 

of repair and this spoilt the presentation. 


The Living Reef Aquarium was very good 

except it was kiddies holidays so you can just 

imagine. It was getting quite warm now in 

Townsville at least 30 degs every day and as 

the rain had hit Cairns we decided to wait until 

next year to visit there. We had met some 

who said the rains had started early and it 

would not be a good idea to travel up there. 

While we had a bit of time up our sleeve we 

took the opportunity to have our toilet repaired 

while at Townsville. After many telephone 

calls we found an authorised repairer. 

They ordered the part after I sent them an 

email with photos of the part. Dometic who 

manufacture most caravan products had three 

goes to get the correct part to the repairer. 

Val & Friend 

The first time we packed the van up and took 

it to the repairer only to find the wrong part 

had been sent, so back to the caravan park 

and unpack again. We finally suggested that they do the job in the morning when we leave for Bowen. 

Thankfully this worked out OK and the problem has now been fixed. 

17 th October. 

Off to Bowen for a couple of nights then to Sarina where we visited the smallest sugar mill that makes a 

great range of marinades and liqueurs – rum, mango, chilli and more. The mango liqueur on fruit and ice 

cream is just excellent! 

23 rd October. 

In Marlborough we suffered a flat battery. Nissan looked after all the details as we were really in a country 

town with no-one to help - they found a garage who sent a mechanic out with a new battery on a Sunday. 

He had just returned home from Cairns the previous night, lucky for us I guess. We were happy it wasn’t 

more serious. 

On the trip to Yeppoon the rear vision monitor gave up so that meant more telephone calls which resulted 

in the monitor having to be posted back to Sydney for repair, in all it was returned in 8 days. Yeppoon was 

a lovely quiet town with lots of walks on the beach although there was a pungent fishy smell due to the barrier 

reef spawning. This was one of the explanations but there were plenty of others put forward. We came 

across the old picture theatre which is now a 

furniture store. The owner who still works 

Charters Towers Qld 

From Tower Hill 

every day was also the owner of the theatre 

and the projectionist so he proudly showed 

us a short pictorial show, on his laptop, of 

the old days of Yeppoon. 

While at Yeppoon we were confronted each 

night with those infernal Cane Toads, they 

stand their ground and will not move. The 

locals seem to not worry too much but they 

can cause issues with pets so lots of care 

was needed at night. Yuk, you don’t want to 

step on one with bare feet. 


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1 st November. 

Our last leg was a night at Boyne Island then Bundaberg for a few days and then back to Hervey Bay. We 

had three weeks before we move into our house so the first week we embarked on the biggest shopping 

spree ever seen. The Good Guys are very happy with us. So now with two weeks left we have planned to 

fly back to Melbourne and visit a few friends to use up lots of Virgin points. The final week will be spent 

back in Hervey Bay and will be slow and easy. Lots of coffee shops of which there are many and many 

walks on the wonderful beaches. 

After travelling over 20,000 klms over the past 7 months we have experienced some exceptional sights and 

met some wonderful friendly people. That is the great thing about travel, everyone has the same agenda. 

We met people who have been on the road for many years and others just starting out. There are many adventures 

to be experienced by the traveller but first and foremost using common sense to keep yourself out 

of trouble is paramount. 

So if you wonder why so many people are moving to Hervey Bay, pay a visit and find out for yourself. We 

will enjoy all that goes with this idyllic lifestyle and will continue our travels again next year. 

Valerie and Wade. 

The Plaza Theatre at Laurieton NSW where they premiered 

“Australia” apparently Baz Luhrmann’s father worked 

there for some time. 

INFORMATION WANTED 

I have found a quantity of what appears to be photocopies of newspaper clippings of “Did You Know” by 

Graeme Donald which someone must have sent me in the early 1990’s. I would like this person to contact 

me as I would like to run them it Australian Film & Video, but before I do so I wish to make sure that Australian 

Film & Video would not be voiding copyright. If I cannot obtain permission to print them then they 

will not be used and unfortunately I will not be able to share them with the readers. Editor AF&V. 


Beyond 1920 x 1080 HD—Canon’s 4K Future 

By Ian Simpson 

Move over Canon’s current video shooting flagship DSLR, the 5D Mk II, a 

new digital SLR camera with 4K Movie Function is under development at 

Canon. This new DSLR is reported to be also built around a 35 mm full-frame 

CMOS sensor but will support the recording of the next high definition video 

format, 4K video, at a frame rate of 24P using Motion-JPEG compression. The 

current high definition format; 1920 by 1080, has 2K resolution. So the nextgeneration 

Canon digital SLR camera will be capable of double the current 

video resolution. Additional details, including the product name, specifications 

and launch date, have yet to be decided. A prototype has already shot an 

episode of the TV series House, but don’t expect Canon’s 4K future to appear 

in the shops in the near future. 

Canon takes on the cinema professionals 

Due for release next year Canon has announced their EOS C300 Digital Cinema 

Camera. There will be two models depending on the type of lens mount 

that has been incorporated. Both models have interchangeable-lens, video 

cameras which feature an 8.3MP Super 35mm-equivalent CMOS sensor 

developed specially for the system, a modular design and a new 

range of dedicated video lenses. One disappointment with this $20K 

priced model is that it cannot shoot 1080 50p footage. The reason given 

is that most users will shoot in the 24p or 25p mode to achieve that 

“film look.” 

Kodak sheds its Image to stay financially afloat 

Kodak has sold its profitable Image Sensor Solutions arm to Platinum Equity in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy. 

Kodak, the once dominant film company, is now in transition to become a digital company concentrating on commercial 

and consumer printing, packaging and laser projection. Kodak has developed a laser-based 3D digital cinema 

projector which it claims will give brighter 3D images. The running costs for this new design laser projector, Kodak 

claimed, would be less because the lasers last longer than the light sources for other projectors. 

FCP-X—Please don’t let me be misunderstood 

Professional editors have been leaving in droves from Apple’s newly released update of its non-linear editing (NLE) 

program, Final Cut Pro X. They have been moving over to either AVID’s Media Composer or Adobe’s Premiere 

Pro. Apple assumed that the professional editors were ready to ditch their tape environment and embrace a solid state 

future—a bad miscalculation. Next the Apple developers assumed editors would not miss the ability to output to 

DVD or Blu-ray discs—another miscalculation. The backlash has become so great that Apple has even issued refunds 

to a select group of pro-users. For a program that once held over 50% of the professional NLE market and was 

used by such filmmakers as the Coen Brothers, David Fincher and Walter Murch, it is disturbing to see it portrayed 

as a mere upgrade of its consumer editor, iMovie. Apple has dramatically misjudged its market. 

Sony’s metal, mirrorless, mini 

Sony’s NEX-7 is a mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera which has a 24.3- 

megapixel Exmor APS HD sensor inside a magnesium alloy body. It has an 

OLED viewfinder, it captures 1080p video at 50p according to the new 

AVCHD Progressive 2.0 standard and has an ISO range of 100-16000. It is 

claimed that the viewfinder provides a bright, detail-packed, high contrast 

view of still images and video, with approximately 100 percent frame coverage 

that rivals pro-grade optical viewfinders. 


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Multi-Camera Shoot and Edit 

Creating a video from a multi camera shoot requires 

careful planning and patience. In relation to a request 

to create a record of an Old Time Music Hall theatre 

production, three HDV cameras were used (Fig 1), 

two recording to tape and the third to a memory card. 

The recording formats were HDV on the tape and 

AVCHD on the memory card. 

By Stewart Emm 

To establish a clean audio feed a wireless microphone 

was set up at the front of the stage and fed to camera 

1. Cameras 2 & 3 mikes were also active, so all cameras 

were recording the live audio. This would be 

used later on to synchronise the clips for the multicam 

edit. 

Figure 1- Multi-cam camera set up 

Introducing several cameras to a live event brings many advantages but also introduces another level of 

complexity. The major advantage of more than one camera is that there is always another shot to cut to, 

another angle or close up to add variety to the final cut. 

Editing a multi-camera shoot 

The basic idea is that you line up your video clips with each on their own track in the timeline (Fig 2), put 

the editing software into multi-cam editing mode and simply click on the image or press a key that corresponds 

to the camera you want to switch to (Fig 3). 

Figure 2 - Video clips set up for a multi-cam edit 

It is just like carrying out a multi-camera live shoot, but with the benefit of being able to go back and correct 

the edit points by dragging them along the timeline. Where you make your switch between shots 

should not be at the end of sentences, or other natural pauses, as this will draw people’s attention to the cut. 

The secret is to carry out the switches so that they do not get noticed. 

However before you get to this editing stage you will need to synchronise all the video clips to the master 

sound track. In some cases this may not be taken from any of the cameras but captured on an independent 

recording device, mini-disc or a solid state recorder, and imported into the timeline. In this case all the 

video clips will need to be synchronised to it. Figure 3: Multi-cam edit screen 

(Editor’s Note: One could also take a "live feed" from the venue's audio mixer to a camera, this audio becomes the 

“master audio") 

The usual way is to look at the clip waveforms to find matching peaks and troughs where there is an audible 

indication either from the event action, a clapperboard or just a handclap. Alternatively there may be a 

visual indication such as a flash going off. If your cameras are running for the duration of the performance, 

then it can be quiet easy to set up. 


In this multi-cam edit timeline, one track had a continuous 

sound and video recording (Camera 1) and the 

other track contained a multitude of video clips (Camera 

3) covering the individual acts, but without continuity in 

sound and vision. The job of synchronising each of these 

clips to the master track took some time and patience. 

However it was required to enable the multicam edit to 

proceed. 

Figure 3 - Multi-cam edit screen 

Lessons learnt 

1. Using three different types of camcorder caused several issues when comparing the video footage obtained. 

Due to the lighting conditions of the theatre, over which no control was available, the footage of 

Camera 2 was grainy and lacked the depth of colour camera 1& 3 produced. To be able to cut easily between 

shots the footage needs to look similar. 

2. Not keeping Camera 3 running for the duration of the performance increased the complexity of the track 

synchronisation. 

3. Record the event using similar cameras that also use the same recording format, either all using tape (DV 

or HDV) or all using memory card (AVCHD). 

4. Try to get a clean audio feed to one of the camcorders or an independent sound recorder to provide a 

master audio track. 

5. Some form of camera operator communication system would be beneficial. This would enable specific 

camera operations to be easily co-ordinated. 

Plural Eyes 

Well after carrying out all the synchronisation using visual and audio cues I discovered a piece of software 

called Plural Eyes, developed with the DSLR camera in mind, which could have made my task a lot easier. 

To get good audio with a DSLR camera shooting HD video a separate audio recorder is used. Plural Eyes 

software automatically synchronises the audio track of the camera with the better audio track of the recorder. 

This software can also be used to synchronise multiple camera tracks with a master audio track. 

Plural Eyes is now available for Edius, Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro. A 30 day trial version can be 

downloaded from: www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyesa.html 

Format Conversion 

The memory based AVCHD files required to be converted to MPEG for Adobe Premier Pro CS3 import 

purposes. Coral VideoStudio Pro X4 was used to convert the files. However after loading the converted 

files onto the Adobe Premier Pro CS3 timeline, the software could not cope with the multi cam editing 

requirements, either freezing up or crashing. 

To carry out the final multi-cam edit a 30 day trial version of Edius 6 was downloaded and used. This editing 

software includes a proprietary AVCHD editing engine enabling real time, multi-stream editing of 

AVCHD compressed video without the need for any additional hardware. 

The multi-cam editing feature can accept up to 16 cameras; however I was only using two. It coped with 

the task easily and all transitions and effects are in real time with no rendering needed. The only serious 

drawback is the cost of the software. 

Source Edinburgh Cine & Video Society - Cine Chat Newsletter 


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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND TOUR 

Last August Narelle and I took a tour of a life time. We flew from Sydney to London with an overnight 

stopover in Singapore. The tour was with Insight Tours, and may I say that the knowledge and courtesy of 

all people involved was outstanding, with nothing too much trouble to help and advise on even the smallest 

thing that you may need to know. 

York Minister Chapel 

By Laurie Chesterfield 

Our first stop was in Oxford, a tour, then free time to 

wander around, feel the atmosphere, onto Stratfordupon- 

Avon for our overnight stay. Next we visited 

the walled city of York looking at the leaning houses 

of the Shambles. On to Leeds for the night. Tour the 

Lake District, with a visit to Wordsworth’s grave site 

at Grassmere. Cross over into Scotland to Arith Castle 

Hotel as our base so we can attend the Edinburgh 

Military Tattoo. What an experience, sitting in light 

rain watching one of the world's most spectacular performances. 

The next morning we revisited the Castle 

for a close up encounter with its history, and was amazed on how steep the gradient of the area that they do 

the performance on. We wandered around the town, full of people often 20 deep, street vendors and performers 

everywhere. Found a small alleyway, and had lunch in a shop called "Sugar Cube". 

Crossed the Firth of Forth on our way to the famous 

St Andrews golf course. The town is quaint as we 

wandered around, being a Sunday, hardly a person in 

sight, but using the toilet was a pay as you GO system. 

The Tour director had organized a special ceremony 

with the drinking of Drambuie and a toast to 

Bonny Prince Charlie at Ruthven Barracks with a 

Piper. Tonight we had a 4 course Scottish Dinner including 

"Haggis", for those that wished to try it. 

Ruthven Barracks 

St Andrews 

Today we visited the battlefield of Culloden the scene 

of the 1746 defeat of the Jacobites. An eerie feeling, 

as you contemplate what took place on this site all 

those years ago. We continued on our journey along 

the shores of Loch Ness towards our stopover at 

Wick. 

A drive to John O'Groats the most northerly town on the 

British mainland, for our boat ride to Orkney Island to 

commence a day excursion of these unique Islands. Speaking 

to a local, I asked if the weather was always like this, 

windy about 20 knots about 16 degrees temperature, and 

his reply was, in Winter it has 110 knots of wind and down 

to -12 degrees temperature. 

John O’Groats 


We travelled down the west coast through Ullapool in 

to the "Isle of Skye". The accommodation was clean 

but basic, no shower, just an old fashioned bath. 

Today we took in the magnificent scenery to Glencoe 

on our way to look for the elusive "Loch Ness Monster" 

but alas we are still looking, then onto Glasgow. 

Bidding farewell to Scotland today we crossed the 

Irish Sea to take in the Giant's Causeway in Northern 

Ireland then onto our overnight stay in Londonderry. 

A morning tour around this interesting town with a 

Castle of Mey 

“Queen Mother’s Castle” 

local guide to view Derry's Walls, then across the border into Ireland visiting a churchyard at Drumcliff, 

the resting place of poet WB Yeats and onto our next stop at Sligo. 

Driving through the beautiful Connemara region towards our stop at Limerick, where we attended a Banquet 

at Shannon Castle. A morning visit to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park showing a reconstruction of a 

village street and farm houses over 100 years ago, with furnishings and gardens. 

In Killarney we attended the "Liam O' Connor" Show. Great performers, excellent dance routines, pity 

about Liam's personality. 

Waterford Crystal 

Before we left next morning our Tour guide had arranged 

for all of us to have a ride on a jaunting car, 

which is a horse drawn cart, covering about 3 miles 

around the parkland of Limerick. A drive around the 

Ring of Kerry, plunging cliffs to spectacular lakes 

driving between huge granite mountains, what an experience. 

Today a trip to Blarney Castle, for those that wish to 

be held by a stranger by your their upside down to 

kiss the stone, or take a stroll around the local township, 

nice friendly people to assist in your every need. 

On to Waterford for our overnight stay. 

A visit to the new Waterford Crystal plant is essential, 

as it is in the process of making some of the 2012 

Olympic Games awards, a very informative tour 

guide took us around and we saw close up how they 

manufacture the items. After leaving Waterford we 

travelled on to Dublin, our next stopover. A leisurely 

time to wander around this great city to look at its 

Georgian squares, famous O'Connell and Grafton 

Streets and take in all its wonder. 

Up early to be on the Ferry to go across the channel 

back to North Wales to the Walled City of Chester 

looking at the Black and White Tudor rows then on to Liverpool, home town of The Beatles! 

A leisurely drive today passing the town of Ludlow through the Wye Valley and over the Severn Bridge to 

Bristol. 

A short distance to Bath to view the Roman Baths. What a great nation of people they were. 

Waterford Crystal 

Ball in the 

Grosvenor Hotel 

The things they have discovered while digging at this site are incredible, they continue to find more artifacts, 

and it is a wonder to behold the innovations that they had all those years ago and I would be surprised 

if we could do this now! 


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From Plymouth we did a visit to Stonehenge then 

across the Salisbury Plains back to London. 

High Tea at Harrods 

As we had 4 days to have a look around we did all the 

tourist things, using one day to see all the sights of 

London including High Tea at Harrods. 

Walworth, the birth place 

of Charlie Chaplin 

26 April 1889 

On one day we took a National Express Coach to 

Chesterfield, 3.5 hours away. I was asked at the ticket 

box when would we be returning, I said the same day, 

he was horrified that we would travel that far in a day 

so I told him we go that far for a drink in Australia. 

We arrived on market day that they only have once a 

month. Great bargains everywhere, so I acquired a 

print of the town circa 1957 and while walking the 

town came across an antique shop that had a" Chesterfield" plate for sale in the window. After asking the 

price, the owner asked its significance to me, so I told him that is my family name, he then shook my hand 

and said I was the first Chesterfield named person he had met in over 40 years in the town. 

With the holiday over we flew back home. 

I would recommend the tour we had, it was made 

even better by the 38 other people that we went with 

as everyone joined in the spirit of the trip, 2 Americans, 

2 Canadians, 2 New Zealanders, 2 Tasmanians 

and the rest Aussies. (Aren’t Tasmanians Aussies as 

well...! Ed) 

Laurie Chesterfield 

November 2011 

AUSTRALIAN WIDESCREEN ASSOCIATION 

41st AUSTRALIAN WIDESCREEN FESTIVAL 2011 

Melbourne 24th October & Newcastle 14th November 

We wish to thank the winners and thank all of the entrants in our 2011 Competition. We were pleased to have eighteen 

entries, possibly a record for our Festival. Congratulations to Keith & Alison Head on winning our Festival for 

the sixth time. Also thank you to the Judges Brian Beatty, Von Koutsomitis and John Patterson. The entries were as 

follows: 

Back to the Forties by Tony Andrews Victoria Double Take by Fay Finlay Queensland 

The Last Crossing by Stewart Gordon Queensland Poetic Justice by Stewart Gordon Queensland 

Tic Toc by Gary Hayes Victoria 

The Collector by Fay Finlay Queensland 

Discovering Tagus by José Victor Silva Portugal Yes darling by Fay Finlay Queensland 

The Pelicans of San Remo by Keith & Alison Head Victoria 

Its All Go - At the Show by Tony Andrews Victoria Down the Valley by Garth Threlfell Queensland 

Elf Fantasy Fair by Harry de Wit Holland 

Some Mossy Tassie Treasurers by Keith & Alison Head Victoria 

Equal Second 

The Ouija Board Haunting by Colin Paxman Victoria Cockington Green Gardens by Joseph Davies Queensland 

First Place 

Rodin’s Vision by Keith & Alison Head Victoria 


MOVIE LINK 

Welcome to our MOVIE LINK column). This column will carry Links to Club Movie Sites whether it be on 

their own Club Website or YouTube etc where you will be able to view the latest production which has 

been uploaded to the site. 

What AF&V requires from clubs who would like to participate in this venture are Links to your relevant 

site. We would also like your Club to keep AF&V updated with your latest uploads so as we can keep a 

list on our “Now Showing” poster in the column. 

Wollongong Camera Club Movie Makers 

www.youtube.com/wollongongmm 

Brisbane Video Makers Association 

www.youtube.com/user/BrisbaneVideo 

Southwest Video Club 

www.youtube.com/user/SouthwestVideoClub 

Ringwood Movie Makers 

http://www.ringwoodvideo.org.au/ 

Then click on Movie Page make a selection 

Milton Ulladulla Video Club 

http://www.muvc.org.au/news.html 


http://www.gcvcc.com/ 

Then click on “Watch Sample Video” 

Victoria Video Club - Canada 

http://victoriavideoclub.tripod.com/id92.html 

Edinburgh Cine & Video Society - Scotland 

http://www.ecvs.co.uk/ 

Then click on “Showcase” 

Add Your Club’s 

Movie Link Here 

MOVIE LINK 

Now Showing 

Wollongong MM 

Veras Cap (Blue Screen Animation) 

The Hapless Tourist (Weather & an Overseas trip) 

The Falkirk Wheel (Connecting Canals in Scotland) 

Plus a Lot More 

Brisbane VMA 

The Interview (Club Project Short Comedy) 

Harry Redford Cattle Duffer (Club Project Trailer) 

Southwest VC 

Land of Giants (Hot Air Ballooning) 

The Gathering (Drama) 

Ringwood MM 

La Camargue 

The Potato Eaters (Animation) 

Monkami Concert 2009 (One Minute Extract) 

Satire (A Short Extract) 

Microlite (One Minute Movie) 

A Little Girl & A Mirror (One Minute Special) 

Milton Ulladulla VC 

Video Vignettes of Violence (News Report) 

Gold Coast VCC 

The Gift (A Short Movie) 

Victoria VC - Canada 

Gin & Tonic (12 Minutes Plus) 

Edinburgh CVS - Scotland 

Click on “Showcase” for numerous selections 


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Dee and Dolly Parton at her Brisbane concert 

on the 25 November 2011 

Dolly’s sketch 

By Dee 


My Meeting with 

Dolly Parton 

By Dee 

For as long as I can remember I have always been a fan of Dolly Parton, love the lady, love her music. In 1985 she 

toured Australia with Kenny Rogers, and my mum and I went and saw her in concert at the Sydney Entertainment 

Centre. It was a great night, a great show. She is an excellent entertainer. Mum and I had a fabulous evening and 

loved the show. 

I have seen all her movies, have lots of her CDs and DVDs. I have followed her career over the years. She has written 

over five thousands songs and recorded and released over 350 over the 5 decades she has been performing. 

Dolly has also won over 85 different awards in 14 different categories 

Dolly had an official Fan Club for many years, but for reasons unknown to me, she disbanded the Club in 1997. 

Then in 2009 a new Fan Club was formed and I joined the Fan Club in January 2010. Being in the Fan Club, we 

get to hear first hand when and where she will be touring. I knew last year that she would be touring here in November, 

so I waited anxiously for the day to arrive when I could purchase my tickets for her forthcoming concert. 

That day finally came on 16 June 2011. Fan Club members were given the chance to purchase tickets about 10 days 

before the general public. On offer to us, were the best seats in the house. I bought 3 Platinum tickets online, they 

were selected at random and I was offered, floor level, 12 rows back, straight in front of the stage. I thought that 

was pretty good so I purchased them (for myself, my son Joel and my friend Fred). 

Then came the long wait for the concert. A few weeks before the concert, Fan Club members were entitled to apply 

(once only) for a Meet and Greet on the night of the Concert, so of course I applied, and then had to wait to hear 

one way or another if I was lucky enough to win this honour. I checked my emails everyday for 2 weeks to see if I 

had won or not. Then 2 days before the concert, I received my Meet and Greet email congratulating me on being a 

winner. Whooohooo! I was so happy, 2 more sleeps and I would meet my idol – doesn’t get any better than that. 

Was I excited, you betcha, nervous, No. 

I like to pencil sketch peoples faces (from photos) and have done several over the years, so I did a drawing of 

Dolly’s face. (The sketch is used as a background on this page. Ed) I decided to take the sketch with me on the night 

of the Meet and Greet/Concert and hopefully get Dolly to sign it. 

Well, the concert finally arrived on Friday 25 November 2011, I was so excited about meeting Dolly and also going 

to her concert, I felt like a kid at Christmas time. When I arrived I gave my sketch to the president of the Fan Club 

(who is touring with Dolly) and she took it away for Dolly to sign. The president then bought the signed sketch back 

to me. How lucky am I. 

The time to meet Dolly finally arrived 10 minutes before she was to go on stage. There were four of us lucky Fan 

Club members going to meet her. She arrived and I was second in line, one very excited lady. Then it was my turn, 

my big moment. I shook her hand, she asked me my name, I told her and I put my arm around her and gave her a 

kiss on her cheek, she returned the affection, we then had our photo taken together, and I thanked her for signing 

my sketch. It was all over within minutes, but Dolly made you feel special and like she wanted to stay a little longer 

with you, but of course she couldn’t and her staff kept everyone moving along. I left there a very happy lady, floating 

on air. I then rushed up the stairs to where the concert was being held and raced to where my seat was. Perfect 

seats, 12 rows back, we could see her very well. 

The concert was great. She is such a great entertainer, a real professional. She was the only artist on and sang all 

the songs. She sang beautifully and danced all over the stage with the energy of a 20yr old. We had to stop and remember 

this lady is nearly 66yrs old (19 January 1946). Of course she doesn’t look it, but she doesn’t act it either. 

After the show was over I bought a Programme as my memento of the evening, as if I needed that after meeting her 

and getting my sketch signed, and the memories of that lovely evening. 

I arrived one happy lady, and I left an even happier lady. 

It truly was the best night of my life. 

Cheers 

Dee (Dolly Fan Forever) 


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BASICALLY 

VIDEOGRAPHY 

by Ian Simpson 

Recently I was reading some articles written by digital still photographers on how to achieve the most appropriate 

exposure setting for a scene. They all seemed very motivated to get these settings right for the few images they 

took per day or per session. I then reflected on us videographers who take hundreds to thousands of still images per 

day or session. We often let the camcorder’s automation do all the thinking. Amongst all these articles I found one 

by Michael Reichmann that questioned the basis on which all automatic exposure systems have been calibrated. 

(www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml) Since the film days and the through-the-lens exposure 

measurements, the average of the many tones, or brightness levels, in a scene to be photographed was measured to 

be the same as that from the standard 18% grey reference card lit by the same lighting as the scene. This meant that 

this particular mid-tone was placed in the middle of the range of all the tones from the scene. 

If there was a good mixture of light and dark tones then a good exposed picture would result. However, if the picture 

was of a snow scene then the final image would show a grey coloured snow or if it was a night scene then the 

picture would look more like a twilight scene. To further complicate the situation, if the range of tones in the scene 

is greater than what the digital sensor can capture then detail will be lost in the bright or the dark areas or both areas. 

The response of a digital sensor to the variation in 

the intensity of light is shown in Figure 1. A consumer 

model camcorder typically has a five F stop range 

where the response to increasing brightness levels 

(from left to right) is linear. However at either end of 

the straight line the sensor can not capture the tones; at 

the bottom left there is not enough reflected light to 

make an image and on the top right there is too much 

light and so the image is recorded as a pure white tone. 

So if a scene has more than a 5 stop range of brightness 

levels then the digital sensor can not capture all the 

tones and so the user has to make a decision. Similarly 

if the scene has less than a five stop brightness range 

No Signal 

then the user should also make a decision. The first of 

these two situations is obvious; the user has to decide 

whether to forgo detail in the dark areas or the bright 

areas. The second situation is not so obvious. It is to 

Figure 1—Light Intensity Response Trend of an Ideal Digital 

this second situation that Michael’s article was devoted 

and to the tool he recommends to help make the decision. 

Michael recommends the use of the Histogram. In most top-end camcorders and all DSLRs there is, perhaps 

buried in the menu, the option to display a Histogram of the image’s brightness levels as is shown in Figure 2. 

No. of 

Pixels 

at 

each 

Bright 

ness 

Level 

Dark Shadows 

Exposure Adjustment by Zebras or Histograms? 

Bright Highlights 

Figure 2 - Graph of the number of pixels in 

the sensor recording different brightness 

levels 

Saturated 

Signal 

Here the horizontal scale is the change in brightness levels from dark shadows 

on the left to very bright highlights on the right. Whilst the vertical 

scale is a measure of the number of pixels in the sensor that are recording 

each brightness level. Michael recommends turning off the automation that 

tries to centre this histogram between the extremes of dark and bright tones. 

Instead he suggests you manually adjust the position of the histogram by 

moving it as far to the right as you can go without starting to force the bright 

reflecting areas to lose detail and flare out. This is his “Expose to the Right” 

principle and the reason to do this is to maximise the signal-to-noise ratio 

in the image; that is to minimise that grainy looking noise in the image. 

Since this seemed such a big deal for the digital photographers, I began 

to wonder if it was important also for videographers considering that our 

smaller sized sensors are more prone to creating noisy images than the bigger sensors in DSLRs. 


Traditionally videographers have guarded against over-exposure of the brightly reflecting parts of the scene by using 

the Zebra Stripes tool. This tool is an option in most camcorder’s menus and it creates the super-positioning of alternating 

white and black lines over the parts of the image which are, or are nearly, over-exposed. These so called 

“zebras” appear only in the viewfinder or LCD screen and not on the captured footage. Their presence is a warning 

to the camcorder user to manually adjust the exposure to remove their presence from critical areas of the image. 

So I asked myself which approach is best for the videographer; the traditional use of zebras or the digital photographers 

histogram adjustments to minimise noise? Luckily my Panasonic HDC-SD700 has both options and both can 

be displayed on the already crowded LCD screen. So to test out these two approaches I set up a “still life” with both 

light, dark and mid-toned objects lit by the sun. I moved the histogram about by adjusting the aperture setting and 

noted if there were any zebra striping and if so on what areas of the image. However, before discussing the results a 

word is needed on the calibration of the zebras. If the brightness range is considered as going from zero for black 

areas to 100% for pure white areas, then “a normal caucasian skin tone” falls in the range of 55 to 65%. In professional 

cameras the zebras can be set to appear when the area hits 70% brightness and so acts as a warning to ensure 

that the caucasian skin tones are recorded accurately. I could not find at what brightness level Panasonic had set the 

SD700’s zebras but I suspect it is about 95 to 100%. Below I have presented three images and their histograms. 

Zebra stripes appeared 

across the base of the 

butterfly shaped napkin 

holder and across the 

white table cloth in front 

of the items 

Zebra stripes appeared 

only on the base of the 

butterfly shaped napkin 

holder 

The automatic exposure system generated the image with 

the F6.8 aperture setting and it can be seen that the automation 

has nicely placed the histogram in the middle of the 

brightness range. For this setting there were only zebras on 

the base of butterfly shaped napkin holder. 

No Zebra stripes at all. 

Now to follow the “Expose to the Right” principle, I had to 

open up the aperture by half a stop, the F5.6 image. Now 

zebras spread from the base of the butterfly holder to the 

white table cloth. The image is generally lighter in tone. 

If I closed the aperture down by half a stop, the F8 image, 

the zebras disappear but the image is now generally darker. 

All three images have histograms that do not intrude into 

the extremes so each is technically OK, but based on the 

“Expose to the Right” principle the F5.6 image has potentially 

less noise, whilst from the position of retaining detail 

in the highlights the F6.8 image is better. Like everything 

to do with exposure settings it all depends on the “look” 

you want to achieve or what is most important in the image 

the dark areas or the bright areas. It’s all up to you. 


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The following contribution was sent in by Gerald Mee of the Stoke Cine & Video Society in the UK 

and he thought we may like to read what was published in the IAC News of September 1952. 

Australian Film & Video acknowledges the source of this article with thanks. 

NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA 

From the Federation of Australian Amateur Cine Societies 

we learn of a new Federation and of the amazing keenness 

of the Australian Amateurs. This report is sent to us by 

A. T . Bartlett, President of the F.A.A.C.S. 

Early this year, when Amateur Cine Society delegates journeyed thousands of miles across the vast Australian 

continent to meet in their first convention, they fully demonstrated the virility of the amateur cine 

movement in Australia . 

The Convention was called by the Victorian Amateur Cine Society, who, by collaborating closely with the 

organising committee of Australia's first Film Festival held at Olinda (a charming mountain resort near 

Melbourne), brought the amateur section of the Festival into greater prominence and added interest to the 

convention proceedings 

. 

Two delegates flew 1,900 miles from Perth, Western Australia; two more flew 1,000 miles from Brisbane; 

Queensland; the Sydney delegates drove all night to cover the 600 mile highway; the South Australian boys 

motored 500 miles from Adelaide; Tasmania was there, and so was Broken Hill, from the fringe of Central 

Australia, while the three societies from nearby Melbourne were represented in force. At considerable cost 

to their respective societies, these movie men had journeyed vast distances for the sole purpose of knitting 

the cine societies of Australia into a Federation that would shape the future and guide the destinies of the 

amateur movement in Australia. 

As delegates arrived from all points of the compass, nobody knew anybody, so big lapel discs saved introductions. 

Before the three day convention period had elapsed, firm friendships were formed and from the 

discussions a better understanding reached between the various societies. 

Looking back, it is truly amazing that so much was accomplished in three short days. The Festival Committee 

had programmed two short screenings of Australia's best current amateur films each day as part of 

their presentation to the public and which delegates were obliged to attend, interesting lectures by the country's 

foremost authorities on film production beckoned invitingly, as did screenings of professional 16mm 

films from all quarters of the globe simultaneously screened in various halls, but most of these sessions 

were sternly turned aside by delegates in the interests of duty. 

What happened at Olinda is now past but very important history. The fact emerges that the purpose of the 

Convention was achieved, and on Australia Day, 1952 the national anniversary of the Federation of all 

Australian States in 1901, the cine societies of the Commonwealth gave their enthusiastic blessing to the 

launching of another Federation, the Federation of Australian Amateur Cine Societies, already familiarly 

known as F.A.A.C.S. One hundred per cent support was received from every major parent body of the six 

Australian states. 


Federation member societies are listed alphabetically as follows:- 

Adelaide Filmo Club 

Australian Amateur Cine Society 

Melbourne 8mm Movie Club 

Ormond Movie Club 

Queensland Amateur Cine Society 

South Australian Amateur Cine Society 

Tasmanian Amateur Cine Society 

Victorian Amateur Cine Society 

Western Australian Amateur Cine Society 

At the opening meeting a sub committee was formed to prepare a draft constitution for submission at the 

next morning's session. It was midnight before the sub committee sat, and by 3.30 a.m. they had hammered 

out an outline of the constitution, later approved by the delegates and, after legal drafting, is now before the 

full committee of member societies for ratification. 

At this second session of the Convention, Mr A. T. Bartlett, president of the Queensland Amateur Cine Society, 

was unanimously elected first President of the Federation, with Mr A. F. Bottomley, of the Victorian 

Amateur Cine Society, Hon Secretary Treasurer. 

Important items on the agenda attended to by delegates included: 

(a) The arranging of an open competition calendar to avoid clashing of dates by member societies. 

(b) The devising of uniform competition rules and a standard points system of judging by panel groups . 

(c) A clear definition of the amateur code as applied to competition films. 

(d) The exchange of film programmes between member societies and organizations overseas. 

(e) The organizing of annual large scale public screenings of the year's best amateur film by member 

societies in their respective Capital Cities . 

With respect to Item (b), draft competition rules and a draft judges' appraisal sheet is now before member 

societies for consideration, and it is hoped to institute an approved judging method for this year's nationwide 

contests . 

Federation income is to be derived from a nominal member society annual subscription of five guineas, 

plus an annual levy of 2 shillings per member which will be added by the societies to their own membership 

fees. 

The date of the next Federation convention has been tentatively set for Easter 1954, at Brisbane. In the 

meantime, regular bulletins are to be issued to keep the societies informed of Federation activities. 

The F.A.A.C.S. invites correspondence with overseas amateur organizations. The Hon Secretary's address 

is No 1 Grice Alley, Melbourne C1, Australia. 

Something Amusing: Thank you Howard 

From Christchurch Video Makers Magazine 

The three colour Television systems in use around the world have their letters as follows; 

NTSC - Never Twice the Same Colour 

SECAM - System Extremely Contrary to the American Method 

PAL - Peace At Last 


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Interview Techniques for Beginners 

By Dave Fuller 

Preamble: 

Imagine - a Club member discovers a man in his nineties, who lived and worked in 

a logging site for most of his life. He’s a just a little doddery but still has a clear 

mind. What’s more, he has a whole load of 8 x 10 photos and newspaper cuttings. 

He’s interesting to chat with one on one. So many memories of a time in the past. 

Can you see the potential for…..A Club Interview Shoot? 

He’s written a book, copiously illustrated with photos. 

I wonder - Could our Club “Interview” movie help him sell his book on Youtube? 

1. Technical things 

First up, let’s keep things simple. A HOST and a GUEST seated at the corner of a table, one camera, one 

flood-light pointed at the ceiling, one mike placed as close as possible to the host and guest, so it doesn’t 

“intrude” on the Shoot. Establish our “mountain base”; then, as our expertise increases, advance: better 

lighting and audio capture, two cameras and edit syncing, etc. 

2. Mindset 

Director, host, guest and camera-person - all four meet - and focus on the substance you’d like to come 

from the interview. Ideally, a guest has something worthwhile to say about a subject he or she is familiar 

with. We aim to reach a “general” audience. Together, host and guest bring information and opinions and 

delivers these in an articulate but informal, relaxed manner. “Colourful characters”, who have a charm 

with words, believe me, ARE “out there”. The host and camera capture them. 

3. Before the Shoot 

Host and Guest meet informally where they chat about the Guest’s topic. Perhaps the host has read the 

guest’s book or article. In a way, this pre-shoot “happy little chat” should resemble how the Host would 

like the interview to go. A kind of “practise” run. Both parties feel comfortable and the actual Shoot should 

“look” unrehearsed. 

4. Why only one Camera 

Remember, folks, we’re amateurs. But we can make our interview look quite presentable, even look like 

we have two or more cameras, by dedicating a second camera to capturing “cut ins” - of host or guest presenting, 

say, a “rapt, interested” face, or smiles and other body movements, each cut to 2.5 seconds long. 

Nothing overdone. 

Here and there in the interview, there’s little reason why our “floor director”, as necessary, can’t stop the 

interview and place the camera in a new position. A silent signal from the director. Continue. 

5. Talking Heads 

The bane of TV chat shows and uninspired pseudo-documentaries. On and on. And a sobering reason why 

people “turn off”, either with the remote or mentally. 

Visual Strengths: 

Try to discover guests and hosts who are articulate, people who, for example, have some command of 

metaphor and other “descriptives”, who use modest facial supports appropriately, who avoid excessive banalities. 

A dull guest is a sure turn-off. Remember that both parties agree before the Shoot, that the Host is 

the “leader”, the one who directs the “flow” of questioning and comment. Who likes a person whose ego 

hogs the floor? “Give and take” is a happy medium. 

The “art of questioning”, obviously includes mutual respect, not arrogance nor preaching. 


Yes, incisive and relevant questioning IS an “art” that’s maintains “flowing” dialogue. Host, as brief a 

question as possible. Easy on the preambles. Interrupt the guest if his answer tends to be too long or wandering 

off topic. 

DOING the interview Shoot is the key. The more interviews you DO, the better you get at it. 

Support: 

Some where along the road to the Shoot Day, the Host and/or the Shoot director should try to ferret out visual 

supporting material, such as archived photos, old home movies, newspaper cuttings, tangible relics, 

even live shots relative to the points likely to be made during the interview. Cut-ins. Can’t have too many 

of them. Great to break up the potential tedium of “talking heads.” 

6. Nerves 

Both host and guest can easily “fluff” the spoken word. Why not just kill the camera, re-start it in a new 

camera position, same question or response. As soon as possible after the Shoot is done, view the “rushes” 

of the interview together. Great learning experience, at the very least. Also, you cement “bonds” among all 

present at the Shoot. 

7. The Edited Interview 

The introduction to the Interview can be done a few minutes before the Shoot or later. Let the host write his 

“piece”, outlining the “promise” to be delivered in the interview together with a few words about the guest 

and what he’s “up to.” 

But just remember, by deleting parts of an interview, at the editing desk, you may risk losing the continuity 

developed by the host. 

Closing words from the Host 

8. Length of Interview 

Four to five minutes is probably long enough for us amateurs. 

9. Side Benefits of an “Interview” technique 

In a documentary production, why not video an informal “interview” using a “handy” guest? Plan the 

Documentary where you know there is a likely guest who will help you out. But don’t overlook capturing 

brief spontaneous comments, question and answer, or any comment that attracts a response. “Opportunity” 

shots. (A polite request sometimes does the trick.) Modified interview style. 

And having people commenting sure breaks up the “buildings and boats”, “historical facts” etc. in a voiceover. 

Full head shots - impact! Is there a “joker” among us, maybe even a spontaneous one. 

Break up a delivery about a hobby or business venture or a tour destination by inserting “faces” offering 

comment. A brief mini-interview, maybe each as short as under 10 to 15 seconds long. Say you take train 

trip on the Rocky Mountaineer with a couple of friends. With some daring and coaxing, you could set up 

your friends to make comments or ask questions of Rail staff - here and there. 

10. Success 

Did an audience get a kick from the presentation and the information delivered by the Guest? Did miniinterviews 

in a documentary enhance the Show? 

11. Practise. 

Every effort in planning and execution will pay off. Learn by DOING it. 

When you exhibit your travel documentary, be aware of audience reaction to the brief “interviews” in the 

movie. During the screening of your “guest and host”, the Interview Shoot at the table, watch for audience 

reactions and listen for comments. 

Build on successes. 

Dave Fuller 


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The Freecycle Network TM Busts Through the “25,000 Items a 

Day” Mark! With 7.6 m Members Now the Largest 

Environmental Web Community in the World! 

November 9, 2010, Tucson, Arizona - The Freecycle Network is proudly fanning the flames of the grassroots 

wildfire across the globe as the largest environmental web community on the planet as it raced past 

the 25,000 items a day mark this week with growth in more than 110 countries! Our members are currently 

gifting used items in over 4,800 local communities. 

No one could have imagined that what began as a small circle of friends on May 1, 2003, would have 

evolved into the Freecycle seen today. It was then that Deron Beal had a bed that he wished to recycle but 

discovered that the local thrift shops did not accept beds. In an effort to protect our planet and recycle a 

perfectly useable bed, he started a network of friends online and offered the bed. What began as only 30 

members in 2003 has now developed into many millions of members worldwide. 

Now there are over 10,000 volunteers who devote their time and energy to this worthy cause. TFN thanks 

all their wonderful members and volunteers who, they cite, are the reason for their overwhelming success. 

TFN says if people weren’t basically good and giving, Freecycle would not work. But it does indeed on a 

massive, and globally local, scale. Freecycle creates a circle of giving in each of its local communities 

around the world. Working together, we can keep it green. 

The Network is currently growing at the rate of over thousands of new members weekly. This non profit 

gifting movement enables individuals to gift items in their local communities rather than to throw them 

away, thus keeping over 800 tons out of landfills daily. Freecycle was ranked by Yahoo as the third most 

searched environmental term on the planet following only “global warming” and “recycling”. 

Lending credence to their motto of “changing the world one gift at a time”, the amount of items gifted in 

the past year is the equivalent of over twelve times the height of Mt. Everest when stacked in garbage 

trucks - that’s over 500 million pounds of used items. 

Freecycle is globally local -- Each city has volunteer moderators and a unique email group. Anyone living 

in that city is then welcome to post items to be given away or to seek items which they might be able to 

use. Whether it is an old door, a pile of dirt or a computer, it’s probably being given away on one of the 

local groups already up and running as you read this article. 

The Freecycle Network is a private, non profit organization based out of Tucson, Arizona, and stewarded 

by a volunteer near you. Visit www.freecycle.org to find the Freecycle community in your area. 

Liberate a basement near you and keep usable items out of the landfill in the process! 

Acknowledgement The Freecycle Network website media release 

9 November 2010 


Filming Australian Paper Wasps 

By John Lawrie 

Australian Paper Wasps have been nesting under our veranda and eaves of the house for many years now. 

After observing their life cycle over several seasons and finding out as much information from books and 

the Internet, it seemed it would be a good subject for a short documentary video. These are beneficial insects 

as they prey on the grubs and caterpillars that attack our garden plants. The name Paper Wasp comes 

from the paper like cells they build in which to lay their eggs and raise their larva. 

Some Internet articles suggested that the wasps could become a bit wild if disturbed and to keep a good 

distance especially when the nest has grown to a hundred or more workers. However I have lived with 

them for a long time and had climbed the ladder to get up close without ever having had any trouble. 

So, how to get the pictures? To fill the screen with close ups the camera had to be near the nest and in 

macro. But this put the lens very close to the wasps and they then stopped work until the camera was 

moved away. 

Wildlife cameramen using professional equipment are able to use lenses to shoot close up from a distance 

and that give good depth of field, but my local camera store assured me that there was nothing like that 

available with 37 mm attachments for consumer grade cameras. 

After some experimentation, reasonable pictures were obtained with a bright spotlight on the wasp nest and 

the Canon Legria in HD, on full optical zoom with a small amount of digital zoom from a distance of about 

one and a half to two metres. 

The wasps objected to the bright light for a short time and froze on the spot when it was turned on but after 

a while they got back to work. The light was necessary because the wasp nests are in somewhat darkish 

spots under the eaves and veranda. 

After filming on and off for about 18 months there is enough video in the several hours of footage to finally 

tell a 5 minute story on the life cycle of the Australian Paper Wasp. 

I have searched the internet for more information on lenses for consumer grade cameras to give macro images 

from a distance from the subject without success. There are all sorts of ideas such as using parts of 

binoculars attached to the front of the camera 

somehow. But I would like a ready made lens 

to fit the 37 mm fittings. This could be the 

topic for someone to enlighten the rest of us in 

a future issue of AF&V. 

John Lawrie 

An Australian Paper Wasp out hunting 


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© AFV Tech Topics with Joe Leon - Summer 2011 

All Registered Names, Trademarks, Logos and Images appearing in this 

article are subject of Copyright to their respective Copyright owners. 

Dual or Multi Booting Windows … 

Dual or Multi Booting is the procedure of Installing 

and using two or more OS (Operating Systems) 

on the one Computer like Windows 7 or XP. At 

Startup a Boot Menu is presented giving you the 

choice of which OS to boot up to and use. 

The top image shows a single Windows XP OS 

(Operating System) on my PC while the second 

one shows that Windows 7 has been added allowing 

me to boot to either OS at PC startup or Windows 

Restart. 

Why use Dual or Multi Boot OS ? ... 

The answer is simple. You have migrated to Windows 

7 as an example and found some of your 

must have Software and Hardware no longer 

works. Also some of your devices like Printers and 

Scanners may suffer the same fate or work only 

partially. The problem could be a total lack of Drivers 

or Windows 7 Drivers that don’t work. 

The other reason is being able to Boot to Windows 

XP or Windows 7 gives you a chance to 

learn the new OS and find out if all your Hardware 

and Software works as it should and in case it 

doesn't then you can fall back on Windows XP. 

How to Achieve Dual or Multi Boot OS … 

Second, any data stored on the other OS HDD will 

not be available for use on the one in the PC. My 

preferred method is shown in the image above. To 

the Backup partition have been moved My Documents 

and E-Mails, etc for both OS. Also all my 

Data is never saved to an OS HDD or Partition for 

safety’s sake and to make the OS run faster. 

If you are running Windows XP and need to install 

Windows 7 as well then all that is required is an 

empty partition on the same or another HDD and 

installing Windows 7 to that partition. Next time 

you start up your PC a Menu will appear giving you 

an option to boot to Windows 7 or an Earlier Version 

of Windows with a 30 second timeout. 

It doesn't matter if you have both a OS on a single 

or separate HDD there is available a Boot Loader 

which is Free for all private, non-commercial use. It 

is EasyBCD (1.45 MB) and is used and/or recommended 

by Microsoft and hundreds more. 

EasyBCD Home Page: http://neosmart.net 

Requirements: Microsoft NET.Framework 2.0 SP2 

(NETCFSetupv2.msi - 37.5 MB) pre-Installed. 

After installing and running EasyBCD you’ll be 

shown your current OS and in my case Windows 

XP before adding Windows 7. At one time I had 

Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 as triple boot. 

One way is to use separate HDD with OS of choice 

using bare External HDD and inserting them in a 

Cradle as required. There are two problems to this 

approach. First, if you change HDD OS frequently 

then the contacts could wear out eventually. 


© AFV Tech Topics with Joe Leon - Summer 2011 

All Registered Names, Trademarks, Logos and Images appearing in this 

article are subject of Copyright to their respective Copyright owners. 

Adding another Operating System … 

Click on Add New Entry and then select Type of 

OS you want to add like Windows Vista/7 or any 

other OS which must be already present as on a 

second HDD or another Partition. 

The View Settings show Windows XP SP3 is the 

Default OS and that Windows 7 has been added. 

If you have several OS on separate HDD it’s possible 

to make Images of them and put them all on a 

single partition HDD using EasyBCD to manage. 

Next select Drive (D:\ in example) and Click once 

and it’s done. 

Select Edit Boot Menu and you can choose the 

Default version of Windows to boot to. Rename the 

Earlier Version of Windows to Windows XP SP3 as 

in my case as an Earlier Version of Windows could 

be Windows 9x/Me, etc. 

While at the EasyBCD Home Page you could 

download and install iReboot or Click on 

EasyBCD’s Useful Utilities and select iReboot 

which will download and install iReboot. 

Right Clicking on iReboot Icon on the Taskbar will 

allow you to bypass the Boot Menu at Windows 

Startup and boot directly 

to selected OS. 

EasyBCD has Full or Limited support for many OS 

including DOS, Windows 3.1/95/98/ME and up to 

Windows, Mac OS X running on 32 or 64 Bit machines. 

Please check on the site for more detailed 

information, requirements and limitations. 


Both EasyBCD and iReboot 

can be used on existing 

Dual or Multi Boot 

Operating Systems. 

JPL 

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Page 40 AUSTRALIAN FILM & VIDEO—VOL 14 SUMMER 2011 

The “Upside Down” railway traverses 

the river Wupper in Wuppertal 

Germany.

The “Upside Down” Public Railway in Wuppertal 

By Manfred Haering 

It was in 1962 when I was for the first time in Germany. I had seen a photo in a road atlas of this “Upside 

Down” public railway in Wuppertal, and had always wanted to see it in the real, as I believe monorails 

were unheard of at that time in most parts of the world and it was in 2003 some 40 years later when we had 

the chance to visit friends who live close by in Cologne and were given the chance to see and actually use 

this rail link. 

Well in short we were surprised and amazed at its beauty and its construction being built over 100 years 

ago. It is such a piece of effective public transport, using the contour of the small river called the Wupper 

for a great length of its round trip, a distance of 13.3 kilometres. It takes only 30 minutes to get to Wuppertal 

by train from Cologne and 20 minutes from Dusseldorf. 

The suspended monorail began operation on 1 st March 1901. During World War 2 it was damaged, but it 

was back in operation by 1946 and has had very few accidents in more than 100 years of operation. It was 

in 1999 some 98 years after the opening of the Rail Link it experienced its first major accident with the loss 

of 5 lives and 47 injuries. A strange accident happened in 1950 when an elephant jumped out of the train 

into the river Wupper. The elephant survived! 

Manfred Haering 

To see this movie 

Go to Ringwood Movie Makers website www.ringwoodvideo.org.au 

Then click on “movie page” 


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Gary, 

This is a magnificent edition of your publication. Please keep up the wonderful work. 

Regards Max Smith 

(Thanks for your support Max. Ed.) 

From the pages of the Los Angeles Cinema Club “News Bulletin” 

AROUND THE GLOBE 

Thanks to the Internet, I have met the editor for the Federation of Australian Movie Makers (FAMM) news 

publication, Australian Film & Video, Gary Peterson. 

The Australian Film & Video, is an impressive 40 page publication that includes articles from 13 clubs, 

colour photos, technical articles and reviews. You may click on this link FAMM to go to their web site. 

One of their links allows for access to back issues of their Australian Film & Video magazine. 

I would encourage everyone to visit their site. 

For those of you who are planning a trip abroad, there is a convention planned for March 26th through the 

30th in 2012. You can read about the biennial convention held in 2010 here. 

And finally, Gary and I now send each other copies of our publications. 

Frank J. Pettinato. 

Editor. 

(Thanks Frank for your kind words. Ed) 

NATIONAL CONVENTION LYNEHAM CANBERRA ACT 

26th to 30th March 2012 


FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN MOVIE MAKERS LIMITED 

NEW SOUTH WALES - CENTRAL DIVISION 

Cronulla Video Makers 

www.members.optusnet.com.au/~knowtech/ 

Sec: Glenn Townsend (02) 9525 1522 

seedivers@optusnet.com.au 

Meet: 1 st Monday at 8.00 pm 

Newcastle & Hunter Valley Cine Society 

Website Under Construction 

Sec: Gordon Taylor (02) 4933 7359 

Gordon.taylor@hunterlink.net.au 

Meet: 2 nd Monday at 7.30 pm 

Newcastle Video Moviemakers Inc 

www.nvm.org.au 

Sec: Laura Owens (02) 4969 3117 

lowens@exemail.com.au 

Meet: 1 st Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

South West Video Club Inc 

www.swvc.org.au 

Sec: Mark Driver (02) 4294 1537 

klprior@ozemail.com.au 

Meet: 2 nd Wednesday at 7.00 pm 

NEW SOUTH WALES - SOUTHERN DIVISION 

Milton Ulladulla Video Club Inc 

www.muvc.org.au 

Sec: Frank McLeod (02) 4441 0923 

fjmcleod@bigpond.com 

Meet: 1 st Thursday of Month 

Movie Makers Wollongong Camera Club 

www.wollongongcameraclub.org.au 

Sec: Craig Parker (02) 

secretary@wollongongcc.org.au 

Meet: 1 st & 3 th Thursday at 7.30 pm except January 

Shoalhaven Movie & Multimedia Group Inc 

www.shoalhavenmovie.org.au 

Sec: Margaret Roberts (02) 4423 2017 

shoalhavenmovie@gmail.com 

Meet: 2 nd & 4 th Tuesday at 7.00 pm 

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - NSW SOUTHERN DIVISION 

ACT Video Camera Club 

http://www.actvcc.org.au/main-home.html 

Sec: Trish Skinner (02) 6231 8851 

skinners@homemail.com.au 

Meet: 1 st & 3 rd Thursday at 7.30 pm 

QUEENSLAND DIVISION 

Brisbane Video Makers Association Inc 

www.bvma.org.au 

Sec: Rod Kay (07) 3376 3273 Mob: 0418 180 575 

secretary@bvma.org.au 

Meet: 4 th Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

Darling Downs Movie Makers Inc 

Sec: Peter Hansell (07) 4669 6940 

hansellpw@yahoo.com.au 

Meet: 3 rd Friday at 7.30 pm 


www.gcvcc.com 

Sec: Glenda Threlfall (07) 5534 4485 

ggthrelfall@bigpond.com 

Meet: 2 nd & 4 th Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

Queensland Movie Makers 

Sec: Merv Peake (07) 3356 5051 

bjmcdonald@bigpond.com.au 

Meet: Kedron 1 st & 3 rd Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

Suncoast Video Camera Club 

Pres/Sec: June Beadel (07) 5482 6141 

bijou@activ8.net.au 

Meet: 1 st Tuesday at 7.30 pm 

Aussie Printed 

VICTORIAN DIVISION 

Australian Widescreen Association 

http://awa.freeo.net 

Sec: Tony Andrews (03) 5952 3042 

0409 804 567 

tandrews14@bigpond.com 

Meet: 4th Monday 


Winter May – August at 7.30 pm 

Summer Sept – April at 8.00 pm 

(No Meeting in December) 

Dandenong Movie Makers Inc 

Sec: Terry Fenech (03) 8787 7652 

terryfenech@optusnet.com.au 

Meet: 2 nd & 4 th Thursday at 8.00 pm 

(No Meeting in January) 

Meet: 4 th Tuesday at 8.00 pm 

Melbourne Hungarian Video Club 

Pres: Frank Butterer (03) 9547 3104 

melbhungarianvideoclub@hotmail.com.au 

Meet: 1st Tuesday 7.00pm 

Melbourne Movie Makers Club Inc 

www.melbournemoviemakers.org 

Sec: Verna Mills (03) 9499 5128 

derekhampson@westnet.com.au 

Meet: 1 st & 3 rd Monday at 8.00 pm 

Oakleigh Movie Club Inc 

www.oakleighmovieclub.org.au 

Sec: John Stevenson (03) 9546 7254 

jastevo40@bigpond.com 

Meet: 2 nd & 4 th Thursday at 8.00 pm 

Ringwood Movie Makers Inc 

www.ringwoodvideo.org.au 

Sec: Norm Tillack (03) 9874 2993 

ntillack@gmail.com 

Meet: 1 st & 3 rd Friday at 8.00 pm 


TASMANIAN DIVISION 

Bridport Movie Makers Group 

Sec: Wendy McLennan 

bridportwendy@bigpond.com 

Alternate Contact: 

Sheila Hagendorfer 

hagen@microtech.com.au 

Meet: 3 rd Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

Tasmanian Movie Makers 

Sec: Jon Grey (03) 6228 5595 

j.n.grey@bigpond.net.au 

Meet: 1 st Thursday at 7.30 pm 


SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION 

The Adelaide Filmo Club 

Sec: John Lawrie (08) 8338 8492 

johnandglenda@internode.on.net 

Meet: 2 nd Tuesday at 7.30 pm 

Adelaide Computer/Video Group Inc 

Sec: Marg Folkard (08) 8371 0830 

sundialmarg@kern.com.au 

Meet: 2 nd Friday at 6.30 pm 

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DIVISION 

Western Australia Film & Video Club Inc 

www.wavideoclub.com 

Sec: Brian Brown (08) 9344 2746 

xxxxbbrown@iinet.net.au 

Meet: 2 nd Tuesday at 8.00 pm 

Videomakers WA Inc 

www.vmwa.org.au 

Sec: Tricia Van Nus (08) 9478 5881 

traus@westnet.com.au 

Meet: 2 nd Wednesday at 7.30 pm 

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THE MAGICIAN 

A magician worked on a cruise ship. The audience was different each cruise so the magician did the same 

tricks over and over again. There was only one problem. The Captain’s parrot saw the shows each cruise 

and began to understand how the magician did every trick. 

Once the parrot understood, he started shouting in the middle of the show, “Look it’s not the same hat!” or 

“Look he’s hiding the flowers under the table!” or “Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?” The magician 

was furious, but couldn’t do anything. It was, after all, the Captain’s parrot. 

Then one stormy night on the Pacific, the ship unfortunately sank, drowning almost all who were on board. 

The magician luckily found himself on a piece of wood floating in the middle of the ocean. As fate would 

have it...with the parrot. 

They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, and then two days, 

then three days. Finally on the fourth day the parrot could not hold back any longer and said, “OK, I give 

up, where’s the ship?” 

TEACHER: “Tommy, your composition on “My Dog” is exactly the same as your brother’s...did you 

copy his?” 

TOMMY: “No sir, it’s the same dog.” 

IRISH HUMOUR 

Paddy an Irish handyman went down to the hardware store for some bolts. “How long do you want them?” 

asked the hardware salesman. “Well to tell you the truth,” replied Paddy, “I was sort of hoping to keep 

them.” 

TEACHER: “Millie give me a sentence starting with the letter “I”.” 

MILLIE: “I is…” 

TEACHER: “No Millie...always say “I am”.” 

MILLIE: “Alright...I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.” 

INTELLIGENCE NEEDED 

See if you can figure out what these seven words all have in common? 

Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Asses 

In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same. 

Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa 

Norad Tracks Santa every year so this year track Santa’s delivery on Christmas Eve on his 

journey across the world at http://www.noradsanta.org/ 

So in December come and see him fly again!

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