11/01/2012 The variety of clips off YouTube brought in by members ensured interesting viewing and discussion. Films included bike tricks, animation, humour, nature in Malaysia. It was an evening idea considered well worth repeating in future.

14/12/2011 Members enjoyed some festive fun despite two of the key organisers falling sick. Thanks to Karen for the many props for her little sketch with a song which set the party mood, enhanced with mulled wine and nibbles. See the video. Various members filmed the event. Jorge explained how to download videos from YouTube for the next meeting in January - a website can help. There were some experiments with filming against a green screen. The committee wish all the club members a very Happy Christmas

07/12/2011 Eight entries for the holiday competition gave members some interesting geographical scenes to contemplate. Summary stills are available. Geoff and Roger were the Stan Olman gurus and they deemed none of the entries were worthy of a nomination. Two groups discussed the merits of the films seen and Geoff and Roger then gave their comments. As Laurie could hardly present himself with the winner's shield, Geoff as a past chairman, did the honours.

30/11/2011 An article in the paper encouraged several visitors to attend Nick's screening of his documentary Naida. Laurie then controlled the sale/auction of various members equipment. Bidding was rather disappointing. After tea Nick screened another work-in-progress documentary on Hardwick Hall.

23/11/2011 Tony illustrated his live filming activities talk with clips from a wedding, band concerts, pantomimes and this season's Intro course, and discussed problems he had encountered and the lessons learned.

16/11/2011 The summer project competition only had two entries, so two variants of each film were shown, followed by a film made in 1977 giving a flavour of a possible summer project for next year. Summary stills are available. Phil was presented with the Teign Cup together with a miniature to keep, and a Sony token which he generously suggest should be used by the club. A raffle was also suggested, but the committee will decide the best way to use it.

09/11/2011 Brian discussed a variety of animation techniques which were used in various filmed recently screened at the Little Angel Theatre in London. Laurie also announced that Phil's A Gentle Woman had won the Teign Cup competition on Saturday 5th Nov. Francis mentioned a possible filming opportunity next June at Goring

02/11/2011 Guy and Alan from the Hemel Hempstead Movie Makers gave members a demonstration of the Magix Edit Pro 17 software. The recent MX versions are the latest but not much different from 17 except for performance improvement claims. He also showed a sample 3D film with the audience wearing the coloured glasses, but the 3D facility was not rated very highly. A simple raffle for a basic version of the Magix package was held which was won by Bernard. Some members experienced with using the packages learnt a few tips.

26/10/2011 Another well supported club competition with 7 high quality entries. Neil and Roger were the Stan Olman gurus and they decide none were worthy of a nomination. Summary stills are available. As each film was only a maximum of 4 minutes, there was time for the audience to be split into 4 groups who were asked to answer 3 questions: What most impressed in the films? What could make them better? and any questions to ask the filmmaker? There was a lot of overlap between the comments from each group as well as from Neil and Roger.

19/10/2011 Dennis Lowe gave a fascinating illustrated talk about the behind the scenes activity and modelling involved in the making of the film Alien.

17/10/2011 On Friday, Laurie, Pete, Tony and John went to Staines for the Gateway competition. The results are shown below. As the previous winner, Laurie presented the trophy to the President of Staines.

12/10/2011 A very good set of entries (11 and 8) for the 1-min and novice competitions. Time ran out for a thorough review and Q&A of the course. Neil and Brian were the Stan Olman judges. Two were considered worthy of a nomination. The filmmakers appreciated their critique. Some summary stills are available.

05/10/2011 Brian presented useful conventions for titles in films, credits, straplines etc. Roger covered software which allows the creation of artistic printing on DVDs and the inlays for their cases. Laurie mentioned the Historypin at Reading museum as Amanda couldn't come to give members her pitch.

03/10/2011 Various members helped man a stall in the Hexagon on Saturday at the Vintage Fair event to promote the club and sell some DVDs. 11 were sold which helped to offset the cost of printing leaflets and a poster.

28/09/2011 Geoff assisted Laurie with a demonstration of editing using Edius - see below. Details for manning the Stall at the Vintage Fair on 1st Oct were discussed with the volunteers.

21/09/2011 The third module of the course covered lighting with practical demonstrations of adjusting white balance, and lights for a subject for an interview, using back lighting, reflectors and sofboxes. The camera images were projected on the screen.After tea the audience viewed and discussed an International film with particular regard to lighting.

14/09/2011 The second module of the course covered audio. After tea three short International films were shown and the audience discussed aspects of the films, with particular attention to the audio. It was a bit difficult with the first one which had only 6 bits of dialogue, and the last one had none at all.

07/09/2011 The opening night was well with attended with several new faces and a good spread of food and drink. Laurie presented the first module of the Introduction to Filming Course which was recorded on camera. Charity Gordon from the Hexagon explained about the Vintage Fair event on 1st Oct involving the BBC Reel History of Britain and offered the club a stand. Karen handled interest in a visit to Don's private cinema, and Jorge explained about a YouTube competition.

30/08/2011 A team of cameramen covered the Road Club Carriage Ride at Yattendon on 14th August.