AV News 179 - February 2010
Iris Donovan & Sylvia Williams
Ian Kippax & Dave Wilcox
Another point highlighted was the importance of balancing the volume of
commentary and background music, so that speech can be easily heard. A
useful observation on the continuity of image format, was that, if 'portrait'
images are to be included, they should be grouped as a set within a
predominantly 'landscape' sequence. Authors were alerted to keeping
horizons horizontal, especially in the case of water. Everyone was
encouraged to see as much as possible of other people's work, so that they
could gather ideas and inspiration, in addition to learning from the mistakes
of others as well as their own.
At the end of the day each judge showed the audience one of their
sequences, to give us an idea of the kind of sequences they like to create.
There was much appreciation for the organizers and the judges and it was
wholeheartedly agreed to repeat the event in 2010.
Kent County AV Competition
B o b B ris le y & N e v ille M a rs h
Bob: Folkestone Camera Club hosted the now annual, Kent County
Photographic Association's Annual Audio Visual Competition for the second
year running. From experience gained last year we expected about 100
attendees. Finding a suitable venue at an affordable cost was resolved when
we found the Tower Theatre - a one time garrison church on Shorncliffe
Military Camp - which was available and Folkestone Town Council once
again agreed to some funding.
Neville: Glorious sunshine is the usual weather on AV days, causing extra
black-out problems but that was not the case on Saturday 14 November.
Gale force winds and squally showers throughout the day meant that there
would have been no problems with sunlight creeping through gaps in the
black-out. It was ironical therefore that the competition was held in a theatre,
converted from a redundant church, with very comfortable plush tiered
seating and not a window in the auditorium!
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