WHY NOT VISIT OUR REGIONAL VIDEO CLUB FRIENDS:
WOLLONGONG CAMERA CLUB MOVIE MAKERS
SHOALHAVEN MOVIE AND MULTIMEDIA GROUP
SYDNEY VIDEO MAKERS CLUB
The Club is available to video community events and
entertainment in the local area. Why not have your community
activity recorded and available on DVD or on-line?
Contact us for details.
We welcome new members interested in getting started in video,
or in
improving their existing skills. All levels of experience are
encouraged to participate.
The Club actively participates in inter-club as well as intra-club
competitions designed to improve member’s video skills. These
are a great way to enjoy the art of video-making, as well as work
toward improved knowledge and skill.
At our meetings we run regular workshops on all aspects of video
production: camera technique, audio, editing etc. These are an
invaluable tool for improving skill levels.
2020 CONJOLA HEAVEN & HELL
Sandra Dodimead
2020 DAIRYING ELDERS
Tash Busbridge
2020 MOGO MEERKATS
Neil Morgan
2020 EMMA GORGE WALK
Paul Gurrier-Jones
2020 HISTORIC BEECHWORTH
Gwen Lea
2020 SOCIAL DISTANCING
Paul Davies
2020 BAD HABITS
Bob & Merinda Antill
VIDEO OF THE YEAR category winners announced at our Christmas Party were:
WINNER of this year’s VOTY was SANDRA DODIMEAD with her entry: “Conjola - Heaven & Hell”.
The PEOPLE’S CHOICE award was also won my Sandra, earning a clean sweep of these two prestigious awards.
And lastly, the JOHN LOVELL ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD was won by
TASH BUSBRIDGE for her entry “Dairying Elders”.
SANDRA AND KEN DODIMEAD’S son BRENT
recently found a camera on the beach at Botany Bay.
It had been lost underwater on March 26th 2016,
and yet still contained the original footage.
The footage revealed the owner (pictured left), as well as the
misadventure which led to the loss.
It’s a remarkable story, and very well worth watching.
CLICK THE IMAGE AT LEFT TO WATCH THE VIDEO
THAT BRENT CREATED.
Watch our 2020 Christmas Party video
HERE
A less than usual roll-up for our March meeting due to other commitments,
but still a decent turnout of 14 members.
Very sadly indeed, the club accepted the resignation of Howard Anderson
as treasurer. Howard has performed this valuable role for longer than
many members can remember - a decade, and has served with a very
capable approach. He will be missed in the role, but not as an active club
member. A rousing round of applause honoured Howard’s contribution.
Replacing Howard as treasurer will be Jan Hudson, who comes with 16
years experience as Southwest Club’s treasurer. Congratulations to Jan.
And the role of Public Officer for the club was moved to Tony Mann as per
the constitution.
As well, the club was treated to a superb presentation by Merinda Antill
covering all aspects of narration - script, vocal techniques, microphone
skills, and more. She concluded with a workshop on scripting and
narrating a 30 second video clip for everyone to paticipate in. What a great
exercise! Watch this space for a link to the
video of her presentation here shortly.
DON’T FORGET our first field trip Video Challenge for 2021.
We’ll be meeting at
Boat Habour Beach at Bendalong at
9.00 AM on Monday March 8th.
Click HERE for the full outline of the morning’s challenge.
And finally, at long last we’ll begin filming of our Inter-club Challenge
video, “A Double Bogey”. Thursday March 11th is the big day!
Watch this space for progress details in due course.
WHAT EFFECT DOES CHOICE OF MUSIC
have on your video?
Watch these two near-identical videos to see how music choice
can impact the mood of your video.
Three minutes each, so not a huge time investment.
“THE MEETING”
slow version
“THE MEETING”
fast version
For our purposes (recording and playing back audio on video
cameras), the following is a very brief summary of what type of
3.5 mm (or 6.5 mm) jack connector you should choose for your
intended purpose.
Note that this topic can, and does, become extraordinarily
complex, and this summary below is a very much distilled version
of the possibilities, designed simply to avoid confusion when
buying microphones and headphones for MUVC members.
TS:
Record on one channel
Playback Mono Sound from one speaker only
SUITED to recording on camera/handycam with
MICROPHONE input. But MONO recording and
playback - undesirable.
TRS:
Record on two channels
Playback Stereo Sound from both speakers
SUITED to recording on camera/handycam with
MICROPHONE input. STEREO recording, as
expected these days.
TRRS:
Record on two channels
Playback Stereo Sound from both speakers
SUITED to use on tablets, smartphones etc.
Connected via the HEADPHONE input.
NOTE: TRS and TRRS jack plugs are NOT interchangeable.
If you wish to use a TRRS plug in a video camera you will need to
buy a converter - easily available on eBay. Look for FEMALE
TRRS to MALE TRS if wanting to use a TRRS microphone in your
camera.
EXPLANATION OF 3.5MM JACK PLUG VARIETIES
A date has also been selected for our next
Combined Clubs Meeting.
The date is Saturday June 5th,
at Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club
St Vincent St Ulladulla at 10.00 AM.
Diarise it now so you make sure you can attend.
IF YOU MISSED THE EXCELLENT TUTORIALS BELOW,
why not take a minute to review them now. Firstly Nick Alexander
explores the club’s new lighting equipment in February,
followed by Merinda Antill educating us on narration script skills,
voice warm-up, microphone skills, and more in March.
Club’s lighting equipment by Nick Alexander
Narration skills by Merinda Antill