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Latest NewsMarch 2010 to January 2012Video of the Year 2011 This year a newcomer to the club, Gulja Thielscher, brought a video breath of fresh air into the club and showed how creative a music video can be using a single camera and a lot of imagination. While new to our club, Gulja showed her experience in her winning video "Bennie James Sings". There was no doubt on the judges' part as to who deserved the top prize for this year.
Bennie James - We All Keep On Marching from Gulja Thielscher on Vimeo. The Peoples Choice for 2011 went to Frank McLeod in part as a sympathetic gesture for his rising so early to record a day in the life of two strappers at Bede Murray's Racing Stables, Conjola, NSW. John Lovell Encouragement Trophy This was the first year that this prize was awarded. Created to acknowledge the contribution to the club by founding member and more recently Life MemberJohn Lovell, the trophy was beautifully made by our Treasurer, Howard Anderson, as a brass replica of a tripod, a design suggested by Tony Mann. The in augural winner of the JLET for the year 2011 another new member, Bob Flynn. It was fitting that the prize was presented to Bobby the man after whom the tropy was named - John Lovell. A first time entrant in any type of video competition, Bob impressed everyone with his video about a young English woman's entry into the Brompton Bicyle Race. Bob says that he was encouraged to enter by Tony Mann and used some of the techniques he picked up as a member to put this original footage in its final form. Video of the Year 2010 Frank McLeod was the fortunate winner of both the Video of the Year and People's Chioce with his nonsense video on hard-to-wash windows. Wizard Window Washing from FrankMac59 on Vimeo. July 2009-February 2010 The time between updates has got a bit out of hand, but herewith some of the activities of MUVC since the last update. Hobby Video For the combined meeting with Shoalhaven, Wollongong and ACT video clubs, some of the members combined to do a video showing various members in pursuit of their hobbies. It really does make you wonder if we should have a personality assessment before accepting membership applications. MudSingers Gala Performance 2009 In late 2009, members attended and recorded the fund-raising performance of this 'a capella' group whose repertoire is strongly rooted in African choral music. Some links to YouTube postings will be available at a later time. Video of the Year 2009 Tony Mann, Vice-President and long-standing member swept the pools this year with his movie 'Puffing Billy', winning both the coveted VOTY prize as judged by ACT club members and the People's Choice Award on the vote of those present at the annual Christmas Party when all entered movies were shown. May-June 2009Since the last update, MUVC members have really been busy, with more projects on the horizon, and most involving other community groups. That has to be a good sign for the future. As well as all this, we have had a change in meeting venue, potentially in the long term, thanks to having a function room at Mollymook Golf Club made available to us. It is hoped this will prove to be more convenient for current and new members into the future. Another sign of progress is the fact that, at almost every meeting this year, we have had visitors, most of whom have become or have indicated their intention to become members of MUVC. Also, we have added a new section (still in its early phase) to the club's website about individual club members and their personal projects. Check that out here. Chooks on a Hot Tin Roof
Now we didn't chose the name but a group of local Milton-Ulladulla women have grabbed this title for their ukelele group and recently asked our club to give them a YouTube presence. While some of the members were a little hesitant, especially in regard to the personal clips, they bravely went ahead and you can see the result somewhere about here:
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Pan flies at
The promotional poster showing the main characters flying, was produced and designed by Malcolm King of King's Art Gallery, Milton, NSW, (http://www.kingstudio.com.au) using an image exported from the video shot on the day and is shown below.
While there had been ‘blue-screen’ projects done before, this was by far the most complex and a good deal was learned, more so in retrospect about the need for very good lighting as well as about the software used. You can sneak a preview at the result below. Squadron
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Pairs Display
February 2009One of the most significant, certainly in terms of this web page was the departure of Annie Stanton, our 'webmaster' from the local area and our club. She will be missed as an active member as well as for her work in establishing this web page. On a more positive note, there has been an influx of new members, gladly welcomed by the 'old stagers'. As to club activities, MUVC has been pretty busy. We have developed something of a niche 'expertise' doing multicamera shoots of local musical and theatre performances, particularly by the Milton Follies and the Milton-Ulladulla Entertainers. We have been invited to record a number of productions and it appears all have been satisfied by the outcome. By charging a small fee, the club has accrued sufficient funds over time to purchase equipment which enhances our activities. We now have our own video projector and screen, a PVR (personal video recorder) which will play high definition movies through the projector or a HDTV, a DVD/VCR recorder/player and a laptop which can be used, through the projector, for demonstrations and also for editing.
A lot of this equipment was used this week when we held a workshop on multicamera editing. The idea behind this day was for members to be 'brought up to speed' in order to share the editing load of multicam projects as well as ensuring the continuity of the club's ability to perform this function. With the re-activation of this web page, it is fondly hoped to keep enough information coming in to make it useful to members and interesting to visitors. Arcadia News ReviewWith the cooperation of the management of the Arcadia Twin Cinema, the club has been preparing short locally-orientated newsreel-type presentations which are shown at the time of the school holidays. Topics range from profiling local organisations, such as the Royal volunteer Coastal Patrol to coverage of special sporting events and even the history of the local public pool. Each production begins with a fanfare, shown below.
Video of the Year 2008Each year the club holds a Video of the Year competition, with members competing for the Phillip Lefevre Memorial Trophy. This year, the winning video by Frank McLeod - shown below - was also fortunate enough to take home the People's Choice Award. Serious challenges have already been issued for this year's competition.
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