Meeting Report

Once again pleasing to see a pretty good turn out for our October club night.

Our competition was own choice up to 5 minutes...the final opportunity to score in the 2015 year of competition. 2 entries received, both excellent viewing...only kept apart by one vote!

1st Cannon Studio- Gio Angelo Moments in Nature  A Well made little movie using country views with excellent use of sophisticated effects...including great scenes taken from a drone...one of many highlights of this film...which shows perhaps a little of the future potential of a club such as ours. Great story with excellent commentary.

2nd Nevill Smith Alaska Inside Passage  An awe inspiring look at scenes taken on a recent cruise, showing town life, beautiful close up scenes of massive glaciers and the ice around them, with special deep colouration not often seen. This was put together very well with a good storyline.

Warren Knox’s film which did not work last meeting was shown...a 1997 film on Akaroa... Warren was a very new club member then, and the Film depicted very well what little change there was to the village generally, though it could not show the expansion since of Cafe life, vineyards and new housing going on all around the area outside the town. His video work was very steady and a great effort on commentary also.

Guest Speaker was Keith Henderson, who has been involved with ships and boats of the Otago harbour for much of his life...archival footage from O.A.M.M. files was shown, and Keith, ably assisted by John Armstrong was able to recall many interesting and often significant details about boats and scenes of racing during the era of power boating in the 1950’s. Many scenes of visiting Naval vessels of the time were also spoken on, and the films gave a good insight into Otago Harbour life over half a century ago. This very well received talk was recorded for archiving.

Workshop Session 5...understanding digital video formats. Peter Begg gave out a well put together document summarising some of the differences in formatting and the effects and uses of them, whilst speaking briefly on the Subject. Time was a little against going into the detail necessary, as this subject can be a complex one for those wanting to delve into it, so it was suggested that it was a good candidate for use on a separate enthusiasts night for those keenly interested in future. Our average hobby movie makers need not concern themselves too much as  the editing process helps to sort formatting out automatically.

Finally a little celebration was held to commemorate life member Frank Weedon’s 90th Birthday. He has contributed years of hard work to the club, was president 1992 to 1995, and played a key role in the production of the 1998 Sesquicentenary documentary DVD..of which we have distributed a large number since. He is still an active member of the committee. A birthday cake was cut in his honour and shared for Supper.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANK...from all the membership.

Meeting closed around 9.35 pm for supper.