Australian film - Federation of Australian Movie Makers

Christchurch Video Camera Club supply the following snippets of information to consider.
Pioneer has announced that they will no longer make PLASMA TV. Samsung and LG have also confirmed
their cessation of Plasma.
LCD have now over 80% of the market and soon to be seen/released OLED screens that will challenge the
LCD over the next 3 - 4 years. 3-4mm in thickness, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, refresh speeds infinitely
faster than Plasma or LCD. Longevity was a little short, but this issue is now being addressed. Sony had 4
x OLED units at their expo in Christchurch last year, the picture quality was out of this world nothing you
have seen compares. Check out http://www.oled-info.com/oled-tv
Panning Tips: essential in Videography.
When panning with or without a tripod start and stand in the position your pan will finish. Now swing back
to the position to start your pan. You are now returning to a “natural” position and you pan will be
smoother and more controlled.
Start you shot and end your shot with no panning movement. This is essential for editing.
On the lighter side from CVCC.
The English language is strange; skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
What do you call the cabs lined up at Dallas airport? The yellow rows of taxis.
Stable relationships are for horses.
Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realise that is was your money to start
with.
What were the sports teacher’s last words? “All javelins to me please.”
The chorus did everything to perfection, except sing. (George Bernard Shaw, in an 1889 review)
A printer consists of three main parts; the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.
Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit.
Movie Makers Wollongong Camera Club
A snippet from their July newsletter.
A quote from George Burns.
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending;
and to have the two as close together as possible.
(Maybe an excellent quote to keep in the back of you mind for when you make that next epic. Editor.)
Jim Dunn - BRAINTEASER No 1
“This is an unusual paragraph. It looks so plain you would think nothing is wrong with it!
How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph?”
In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is very unusual though, Study it, think about it, but you
still may not find anything odd about it.
Jim Dunn - BRAINTEASER No 2
A man sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of
$50 notes out of his wallet.
He turns to the rich man and says to him,
“I have an amazing talent. I know almost every song that has ever existed.”
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, “I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song
with a lady’s name of your choice in it.”
The rich man laughs again and says, “OK how about my daughter’s name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller.”
What song did the poor man sing?
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