AV News 197 - August 2014
'Talbot House' Which became a home from home for soldiers in the First World
War; 'Thomas' A young man in Ireland joins the British Army; 'A Rich Legacy'
The life story of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas; 'The Black Chair' A story of a
Welsh poet and a Belgium furniture maker; 'Merthyr' Is about the miners
struggle during the demise of coal mining in south Wales.
Between sequences using PTE they went through a number of
demonstrations and methods, from importing the images and on incorporating
vertical images onto a backing image, to the building of a soundtrack
explaining as they went along how they include sound effects. Incorporating
them at just the right level often means that they are almost inaudible, but they
subconsciously set the atmosphere and scene, another tip was that too often
bird sounds are far too loud and overpowering. Also mentioned was how to cut
and edit the music and voiceover as well as altering the volume levels. All of
this must have been a great help to the less experienced workers present.
During these demo's some tips where given to Linda and Edgar from the floor
for which they were most grateful, which just goes to show everyone can learn
from these days.
All too soon the day drew to a close with people saying what a wonderful
event this had been and how interesting, informative and inspirational the
afternoon sessions were, with the meticulous attention to detail that shines
through in all of Linda and Edgar's work. So as people said their good byes
venturing out into the mist and gloom for their journeys home, I feel sure that
many will have departed with increased knowledge and encouragement eager
to try and incorporate into their sequences some of the tips learnt during the
day.
From all at The Northern Audio Visual Group our very special thanks go to
Linda and Edgar for making this such a memorable day.
M id T h a m e s A V D a y - W o k in g h a m
Peter Harms
Usually on these Days, the sun is beaming down and we are all sitting inside
in a darkened hall but it was raining on Sunday 27th April so 60 souls were
happy to be inside. As usual, the day started with attendee's sequences and
we were treated to 21 offerings
covering a very wide range of
subjects
including,
historical,
humour, abstract, travelogue,
biographies and - inevitably for this
anniversary year - war reflections.
Our guests on this occasion were
Edgar Gibbs FRPS MPAGB AV-FIAP
and Linda Gibbs MPAGB AV-FIAP
who offered brief but very useful
comments on each sequence of
which more later.
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