AV News 190 - November 2012
International Speakers Tour
Howard Bagshaw ARPS MPAGB
They judged at the RPS International this year, two of the most renowned AV
producers on the continent. Jean-Paul Petit and Jacques van de Weerdt have
worked separately and collaboratively over many years to produce sequences
of note, so they were invited to show and talk about their work to some UK
audiences.
The good thing is that they speak pretty good English and most of the
sequences they showed either had an English narrative or English subtitles.
What's more, their sense of humour is almost English. So for the four groups
they talked to, language was not a barrier. They presented at Cheltenham P.S,
RPS Central region, Wilmslow Guild and RPS Mid-Thames region, during the
week after the 'International'.
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