AV News 182 - November 2010
Digital AV Summer School
John Bell
The invitation to attend the summer school came in a roundabout way from
my visit to Capel Curig, I attended the AV meeting for the very first time earlier
this year and it was a brilliant day - meeting all these AV enthusiasts!
Whilst there, the group had some information on an AV summer School, to
be held in the wonderful picturesque Peak District of Derbyshire - from
Monday the 19th of July to Thursday the 22nd July.
This was to be led by Keith Brown FRPS FIPF EFIAP MPAGB APAGB and
Richard Brown FRPS FIPS EFIAP two of the UKs best known AV workers.
So off I went Monday morning - with laptop, camera and plenty of note
paper - eager to learn! The School was attended by 5 in total - me being the
youngest pupil to one lovely lady - Margaret, who was 75 years old, but could
she teach me a thing or two about the PC!!!
Not being sure what to expect as I am very new to AV work, I have to admit
I was a little nervous and apprehensive, but I didn't need to be as the group
was so friendly and even though they had many years of AV work behind
them and some fantastic sequences to show - I was made to feel a part of
the group straight away!
Keith and Richard took it in turns to present a session each morning, they
covered such things as: finding the original idea for a sequence right through
to the completed sequence. They helped us understand the need to choose
the right piece of music, how to put the script together - layout and timings of
script - with handouts so we could remember how to do this when we went
back home.
One of the examples
shown and that was of
real help to me was a
sequence Keith brought
along of his award
winning AV of George
Harrisons life, 'The Quiet
One'
After we watched this
masterpiece he then
showed us how he put
the music and the script
together.
This really opened my eyes as to how one should coordinate a sequence and
the work involved! Keith's presentation really showed to me that a well
thought out script, introducing the right images and music at given points in
the sequence, was well worth the time and effort.
Beginning to think 'Can I really do this?'
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