20 AFV Winter 2013.pub - Federation of Australian Movie Makers

This year the Association has changed most meetings to afternoons in members’ homes in Melbourne. Thissuits members who are now retired. While sadly we have lost some stalwarts over the last couple of years,as we enter our 41 st year we still have a small group of enthusiasts and friends who enjoy meeting to viewfilms and audio-visuals in the wider formats which have now become standard even on our televisions.Some televisions are now appearing in wider than the 16:9 format which was restricted by the originalcathode ray tube widescreen televisions. 4K televisions and projectors are already appearing which havefour times the resolution of current full high definition sets, and 8K screens are set to be released in timefor the 2016 Olympics.This year we are celebrating the 60 th anniversary of the first film released in CinemaScope - “The Robe”.Perhaps even more than CINERAMA this changed our cinema-going experience for ever.The “Monet's Garden” exhibition which is appearing only in Melbourne, featuring 60 of the artist's paintings,concludes with a 6 minute presentation of the garden, shot on five video cameras and shown with fiveceiling-mounted projectors onto a 180 degree screen with a width to height ratio of 5.5:1 – very impressiveand a sight to gladden the heart of any widescreen enthusiast.We still welcome new members and we can be contacted by email on auswide@gmail.com, or see ourwebsite at www.awa.netii.netSan Remo panoramaNEWCASTLE NATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL 20137.30pm 9th OctoberLakes Cinema62 Main Road, BoolarooClosing date for entries & entry formsWednesday 4th September 2013AUSTRALIAN FILM & VIDEO—VOL 20 WINTER 2013Page 47