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This page shows you what we're planning for the next few months. Events are on Monday evenings unless noted otherwise. See this page for details of where we meet.
Except where noted otherwise, there is a time limit of 15 minutes on all competition entries.
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5 January 2004 |
Annual General Meeting including election of committee for 2004. |
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12 January |
Film of the Year 2003 We choose the best film made by our members in 2003. This competition is open to any film that was placed first or second in any club competition in 2003. Ben Simon and Shawn Lindsell very kindly agreed to judge the competition for us. After much deliberation over seven excellent entries, they announced the winner as Westonbirt International Festival of Gardens 2003, by Nigel Longman. |
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19 January |
Discuss programme for 2004. |
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26 January |
Joe Kay Trophy Competition Borehamwood versus Harrow Cine and Video Society, at Harrow. |
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2 February |
Members' Videos With discussion, advice and criticism. |
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9 February |
What do judges look for? If you've ever been stung by a judge's criticism of your video (or even if you haven't), this presentation by Steve Pemberton about common mistakes will help you to improve. |
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16 February |
Advice evening A chance to discuss any problems or questions about equipment and video-making in general, in small, informal groups. |
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23 February |
DVD evening What does this new medium offer to the amateur video-maker? |
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1 March |
Auction Members may bring any items for sale. 10% of the proceeds will go to the club. |
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8 March |
Fraser Brown talks to us about the innards of video recorders and DVD players. |
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15 March |
Open Competition Make a video, about any subject, that lasts no more than 60 seconds. The winner was The Happy Minute by Nigel Longman. |
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22 March |
DVD Authoring A talk from Ray Liffen. |
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29 March |
Chicago - My Kind of Video Steve Pemberton and Breda Quirke give an illustrated talk about their recent holiday. |
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5 April |
Wedding Videos Most people who own a camcorder have been asked to film a wedding at some time - and those who haven't probably will be. The plan tonight is to bring along five minutes of a wedding video that you feel turned out particularly well and discuss what worked and what didn't. |
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12 April |
Easter Monday - No Meeting |
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19 April |
Open Competition Make a video, about any subject, that lasts no more than five minutes. The judges will be looking out for videos that are especially comical - for the right reasons, of course! The winner was Province Town, by Barbara and Peter Norman. |
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26 April |
Talk from Ron Haddock of Chess Valley Films. |
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3 May |
May Bank Holiday - No Meeting |
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10 May |
Night Shots We investigate the creative possibilities of our camcorders' low-light and 0 lux shooting features. |
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17 May |
Documentary Competition for the Dennis Edwards Shield Make a documentary, about any subject, that lasts no more than 15 minutes. A documentary is "based on real events, places, or circumstances and usually intended primarily to record or inform." (New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). You may make a video about a place where you went for a holiday (see also the Holiday Competition, below). |
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24 May |
Animation |
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31 May |
Spring Bank Holiday - No Meeting |
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7 June |
Planning of Group Films To be made during the summer break. |
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14 June |
Open Competition Make a video, about any subject, that is based on or inspired by a song or poem. (Note that this competition has moved from 21 June because of a BBC Band concert at Allum Hall on that date.) The winner was The Wanderer, by Peter and Barbara Norman. |
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21 June |
No Meeting because of a BBC Band concert at Allum Hall. |
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28 June |
Open Evening As part of the town's Civic Festival, we invite the general public to a showing of some of our videos. |
Summer Break
The club is closed during July and August, giving you more time to take advantage of the good weather to shoot lots of video.
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6 September |
Members' Videos With discussion, advice and criticism. |
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13 September |
An evening with Paul Fitzjohn Paul tells us about the challenges in videoing and editing a musical. |
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20 September |
Open Competition Make a video, about any subject, that lasts no more than 10 minutes. The winner was The Sky Patrol, by Peter and Barbara Norman. |
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27 September |
Group filming The final scene for this year's club film. |
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4 October |
TBA |
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11 October |
An evening with Ben Simon |
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18 October |
Holiday Competition for the Bert Dewdney Shield Make a video about your holiday, lasting no more than 15 minutes. |
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25 October |
Visit from AKM Music This company sells CDs of music suitable for use in video soundtracks. Once you've bought a CD, you can use as much as you like in your videos without further payment. |
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1 November |
Members' Videos With discussion, advice and criticism. |
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8 November |
Open Competition Make a video, about any subject, that lasts no more than 20 minutes. The winner was A Visit to Exbury Gardens, by Roy Osgood. |
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15 November |
HACCA and Joe Kay Selection We decide which films to enter into these competitions. |
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Saturday 20 November |
HACCA The 35th annual HACCA competition, to be held at Borehamwood. |
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22 November |
Talk from Peter Norman Peter talks to us about his time as an employee of the BBC. |
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29 November |
TBA |
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6 December |
No Meeting because of a BBC Band concert at Allum Hall. |
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13 December |
Christmas Party |
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20 December |
No Meeting |
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27 December |
No Meeting |
Events held in previous years
If you're in charge of the programme for another club, feel free to use or adapt any of the ideas you find here for your own purposes.
Programme for 2003.
Programme for 2002.
Programme for 2001.
Programme for 2000.