AV News 194 - November 2013
Around The Clubs
The Northern AV Group
Geoffrey Darling
Our first meeting of the year was the wonderful mix of Attendees Sequences
followed by our Guest Speakers. Our Guests were Dick Williams ARPS DPAGB
and Dave Wilcox, more of the their work
later. A good attendance as ever and we
were fortunate with a break in the
weather except for 2 people whose road
was snowbound!
The 'home' sequences were, as ever,
most interesting and informative starting
with Edwin Stanger's 'Kaleidoscope' as
he used PTE with its various effects to
good use. David Rodway's 'Castle Eden
Walkway’ illustrated how an old mineral
railway line from the Durham Coalfield
has been converted into a nature walk. Peter Appleton with his 'Ammonites'
sequence covered these flat coiled shells that are now fossils. Anne Swearman
produced a sequence, ‘Tynemouth Lifeboat’, highlighting the work of the RNLI
that has been donated to the Station for the public to see. 'Wieliczka' was Jim
McCormick's show on the salt mines, where the carvings are truly remarkable,
in Poland where he was on holiday. Finally Chris Bate showed us 'Peat For The
Fires' where in the Hebrides peat is still cut for fuel. As ever many useful tips,
guidance on improving sequences came from our Guests and other members of
the Group. This all helps AV Workers ranging from potential starters to those
who are very experienced build sequences and use a wide range of subjects of
their personal choice.
Our Guests then gave us a stunning set of sequences on a vast range of
subjects that were both interesting and informative. Having braved the weather
to travel from Essex we had a treat. How they used PTE and built soundtracks
into their work was very informative. One item in particular was the use of an
additional image on screen where the introduction was so subtle and smooth
which all enhanced what were very good sequences prior to that.
Their subjects were very wide ranging covering South Georgia (Pictures
Emailed from there and the sequence made in the UK - a wee bit different),
Namibia, London in all its glory then with a complete negative all the street signs,
Snow, Poetry, Naked Bike Riders (duly censored), Motor bike riders at a famous
London Cafe that had reopened, Oranges and Lemons with all the churches
photographed with the soundtrack of choir music composed for the event.
It does inspire people who come to look at what they do, informative as you
always learn new things and enjoyable. I will use the famous title from Wallace
and Gromit it was 'A Grand Day Out'.
We hope to see you all again on 29th March 2014 when our guest spea