The memory of hot summer days begins to fade. The evenings draw in.
Department stores - with un-seemly commercial vigour - prepare for
Christmas sales. Our winters seem so depressingly long, and our summers
short. However at the beginning of each September the one thing to
put a smile on our faces is the fact that Tuesday nights will once
again become our weekly focal point. The Reading Film and Video Makers
new 2001 /2002 programme kicks off again on the 11th September for
another bumper year!
Whilst you have been away the committee have been busy on your behalf
putting together a really exciting programme. It always amazes me
how every year we can find new speakers to come along to tell of their
experiences and show us the latest developments in film and video
making, but we do, and we have done it again! So don't miss a single
evening!
It's all down to teamwork, the same teamwork that led to the production
of Caversham Remembered, and to the hard work of keeping shops and
libraries supplied. Over 1,000 copies sold! If you stood each video
on top of each other, end-to-end to form a tower, it would reach 667
feet high! A tower 217 feet higher than the London Eye!
I think it is an achievement that we can all be justly proud. It
has not only given our club its current financial stability, it has
ensured members films and videos are shown using the latest top quality
equipment. In addition to all that we have given over 1,000 satisfied
customers an insight to Caversham's past and helped build pride in
a Caversham sense of identity. You may also be interested to know
that a copy is retained in Reading Library as research material for
future generations.
Did you know Caversham has already changed a lot since we filmed
it? What else?? Well everyone who was involved gained an awful lot
himself or herself. The experience, the fun we all had, and the personal
satisfaction of producing something to be proud of.
However it is no good resting on past laurels. It's now 4 years since
we published Caversham Remembered, and naturally sales have slowed
down so it's time to look for a successor. Our Chairman is keen to
produce a new title, as you will see later in this magazine. So give
him your support. I guarantee you will learn more from working on
such a project than you ever will from reading Camcorder User!! Help
yourself, and help your club, get into some real fllm-making!!!
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