2010-2011 PROGRAMME

All meetings are held at: St Andrews Hall
Albert Road, Caversham Reading RG4 7AW
starting at 8pm, doors open 7:30pm

2010
Tues 14th Sept	OPENING NIGHT AUTUMN COURSE Starts	Welcome to new and old members to another packed season. New joiners for our training course will be able to define their particular needs
Tues 21st Sept	Lighting and sound	Geoff Addis will give us an introduction to video lighting, sound and pre-production planning
Tues 28th Sept	PRACTICAL	Filming a promotional video for club website, a practical exercise with a clear end objective
Tues 5th Oct	THE CURRIE CUP	Our annual competition for the best four minute film or video
Tues 12th Oct	Location, Location, Location	Our guest speaker, Julia Morpeth joins us to talk about the challenge of where to shoot that film scene
Tues 19th Oct	GATEWAY TROPHY TRIANGLE COMPETITION	Its our turn to host this annual competition against the Staines and Bourne End clubs at our Reading venue
Tues 26th Oct	Guest speaker	Rodney Hayward of the Casualties Union visits us to talk about and demonstrate the specialist task of injury make up
Tues 2nd Nov	Bring a guest and spread the word	Francis will present a film show including some archive material
Tues 9th Nov	Competition night	THE BURKE TROPHY for the best ten minute film or video made by a club member who has not previously won a club competition, plus THE CAVERSHAM CUP for the best one minute film or video
Tues 16th Nov	Guest speakers	Jan and Dave Watterson much respected leading figures in the IAC join us to talk about “Reading Film – making sense”. An evening not to be missed.
Tues 23rd Nov	Guest speaker	BAFTA nominated documentary filmmakers True Vision join us to tell how they work
Tues 30th Nov	Films I'd be proud to have made	Phil Martin will talk about his wish list of iconic films. PLEASE note access to hall is only via the front door as the church is having a social and using the kitchen
Tues 7th Dec	Filming challenge	We can’t have access to the Hall this week because it is being used for a Blood Donor session. Meet outside John Lewis at 8pm and then film Christmas lights in Reading
Tues 14th Dec	GOODBYE 2010 + THE GROSVENOR TROPHY	Join us for nibbles & a fun evening including our annual competition for summer project films made by club members
Tues 21st Dec	NO MEETING
Tues 28th Dec	NO MEETING
2011
Tues 4th Jan	NO MEETING
Tues 11th Jan	THE WARD TROPHY	Our annual competition for the best holiday film or video
Tues 18th Jan	CLUB VISIT	Members from the Surrey Borders Club will visit us and show us some of the films that they have made
FRI 21st Jan	ANNUAL DINNER	At Reading Golf Club. Bring your family and friends for an excellent night out
Tues 25th Jan	Legal issues	Simon Parker will answer your questions on legal issues such as copyright and filming in public places
Tues 1st Feb	THE GEAR TROPHY	Our annual competition for the best documentary film or video
Tues 8th Feb	Guest speaker	Tom Hardwick, professional videographer and IAC’s resident technical expert returns to describe his practical, hands on approach, knowledge and experience means this is an evening not to be missed
Tues 15th Feb	Lighting	Stills photographers take lighting very seriously and so do professional film makers, but your average videographer tends to make do with whatever is there. Lighting can make a dramatic improvement to your productions so don’t miss Geoff Addis’s practical lighting talk
Tues 22nd Feb	How music works in films	Ian McDougall will share more of his experience with of the role of music in films
Tues 1st Mar	BERNARD BAREHAM FICTION TROPHY	Our annual competition for the best story film or video. Submit ALL entries to the Bournes cup on DVD for external judging.
Tues 8th Mar	Get your films onto YouTube	Don’t limit your films to just club members or the family, show the world! Jorge Franca shows how easy it is to upload your films to You Tube.
Fri 11th Mar	STAINES INTERCLUB COMPETITION	At Laleham Village Hall, TW18 1RZ at 7.30pm
Tues 15th Mar	PRACTICAL	Bring your cameras along for a hands on evening - get Movement into Movies. Practice using steady-cams and PAG
Thur 17th Mar	WEYMOUTH PENNY CUP COMPETITION	At Wellworthy Sports & Social Club, Weymouth at 7pm
Tues 22nd Mar	CLUB VISIT	Graham Large of Staines Cine and Video Club visits and shares his experience on travelogues
Tues 29th Mar	THE BOURNES CUP	Jan and Dave Watterson will judge and give much valued critique to each entry for the 2010 RFVM annual open competition for the best film or video. Please note that films and video will need to be forwarded to them up to a month earlier to allow time for judging. So don’t leave your editing too late!
Tues 5th Apr	Burning DVDs and BluRay	Confused by technical jargon for creating DVDs and Blu Ray? Roger Chapman shares his knowledge and experience in burning discs using Adobe Encore
Tues 12th Apr		Stop gap films screened due to absence of guest speaker
FRI 15th Apr	READING PREMIERE NIGHT	We invite our friends and families to see the highlights of our year and present our awards at the Reading Golf Club
Tues 19th Apr	PRACTICAL	Filming challenge - produce an advert of any kind filmed in and around the church during the evening
Tues 26th Apr	Screening of advert films	Show the results of edited adverts from last week
Tues 3rd May	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING	AGM business followed by some films
Summer break
Sun 24th July	Social club BBQ	Filming opportunities for members, partners and family at The Meadows by river and Thames Valley Park Drive

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Programme Coordinator :
Karen Cripps

The Programme Co-ordinator is an important job that brings together the speakers, competitions, presentations and workshops into a successful season of weekly meetings.

Don (freelance film editor & teacher) with his summer course members