AV News 191 - February 2013
There were nine applicants who between them provided no less than twenty
seven sequences over the three distinction levels. Submissions were
anonymous (although we did identify the authors of one sequence because
they appeared in one image!).
Some of the participants had travelled considerable distance to attend and
others had quietly submitted their work on disk and did not attend in person.
The MC for the day was Peter Brown, who had also acted as co-ordinator of
the entries. He commented that some of the entries had needed some
tweaking to meet the requirements of the format, and reference to the rules
was recommended for future applicants!
The format for the day is that after each entrant’s sequences are shown
the judges retire for deliberation and each then awards a score of between 2
and 5. The scores are combined to determine the success of the applicant.
10 for a pass at CPAGB and DPAGB and 12 for an MPAGB pass. Only the
total scores are announced to the applicant and the audience.
There was only one CPAGB submission, which was unsuccessful. The
first sequence being humorous (always risky!?) and which probably would
have been more successful had the phot