First Meeting - Tuesday, 2 February 2016 - 11.00am

Hi Everyone,

Ready for another exciting video year? This term we are trying a new format. We'll meet on the first and third Tuesdays at the library and on the second and fourth Tuesdays we'll go on film shoots to capture material which we'll work with at the library meetings.

Let's begin our first meeting, with one of our own 1 minute or less productions. So, your challenge, if you haven't already done so, is to film and edit a short film of about one minute duration between now and the first meeting and bring it along on a memory stick for us to watch.

The main topic for our first meeting will be the Green Screen, or Chroma Key effect. What is it and how does it work? It's not hard, anyone can do it.

GREEN SCREEN EFFECT
A green screen is just that, a green screen, but without 'Chroma Keying' it is not much use. Chroma Keying is the process by which a specific colour element (chroma) is removed from a video scene and replaced (keyed) with a different element. Essentially it's the way video producers remove one background and replace it with another. You have seen that lots of times in films and on television.


The good news ist that with today's editing software, we can just about all do that.

The following programs certainly can do that:

- Adobe Premier
- Final Cut Pro

- Filmora
- iMovie
- Movie Maker

We'll talk about how to do that using the Green Screen Method or Chroma Key. It's not hard. This video below took me all of 15 minutes to produce.

CLICK THE ARROW TO VIEW

The limits of using the Green Screen technique are only our imaginations.

We'll have a couple of new members joining us this year, so please make them very welcome.

SEE YOU ON THE 2nd FEBRUARY. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

Next Meeting Tuesday 1 December 11.00am

Hi Everyone,

On Tuesday, we'll look a a totally free editing program with punch equal to Final Cut Pro X, Premier and all the other very expensive programs, and it runs both on Apple and on PCs. (I wish I had known of this when we did our Movie Making classes). But it's never too late, we'll look at it closely.

While in Melbourne I had a chance to visit the set of the TV drama WENTWORTH while they were filming. I'll have some shots of their equipment.

SEE YOU TUESDAY

Today's Meeting

Hi Everyone,

At our meeting today, we have decided that from Term 1 next year, we will only meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at the library, rather than every week. On alternative Tuesdays we go on video shoots to collect footage . Some of the suggestions so far,

BRISBANE TRAM MUSEUM
ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
BRISBANE RIVER
CITY (STREET SHOOTS)
SOUTH BANK
BRISBANE MARKETS
CITY MARKETS
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
SNAPER ROCKS OR CURRUMBIN

please send us your suggestions.

Nearly the end of our first year

Hi Everyone,

We are nearly at the end of our first year and we are going to change a few things for next term.

When we started this group following our Movie Making classes in the previous terms, we envisaged to run this group as a workshop with everybody working on their own projects during our meetings. But for some reason or other (mainly technical) it wasn't possible.

We have now decided that we will operate this "CLUB" like our very successful camera club. So from our first meeting in the next term, we'll start off with a SHOW AND TELL segment where members show the meeting a short video of 2 minutes or less, then we'll talk about a video subject. I would dearly love members to get involved in researching or talking about a subject, like Roy has expertly done at the last meetings, thank you Roy.


Like the camera club, we will go on field trips to capture footage then present edited versions at the meeting.

I will appreciate your feedback on that proposition, please.

END Of YEAR GET TOGETHER

On Tuesday 15 December, after the meeting, say 1.00pm, you are all invited to 45 Highview Terrace for a get together and a chinwag about our 'new' club and it's direction. Diane and I will provide some drinks. Please bring a plate.

Today's Meeting

Hi everyone,

Today, we showed the finished short movie PEOPLE LIKE YOU. Lark joined us for the viewing.


If you want to see the You Tube version CLICK HERE.

One of our next projects is producing promo videos for Logan District U3A  classes for the Brisbane website. When prospective members check our classes offered on line, they will have a chance to see what't the classes or groups are doing. Some examples of promos are here:

Beading class - BEADING CLASS
Travel Group - TRAVEL GROUP
Camera Club - CAMERA CLUB
Movie Goers Group - MOVIE GOERS GROUP

It would be nice for more people getting involved in shooting these promos. Please let me know if you can help, so far we have teams for PAINTING FOR PLEASURE, GERMAN and MAH JONG but there are many more classes for which we can produce promos.

Please let me know.

But, our short film over, we now have time to help members with their own projects. So one along next Tuesday and bring your gear, so we can do that.

Next Meeting Tuesday 3 November 2015

Hi Everyone,

On Tuesday, we continue editing our projects. Please bring along everything you need, laptops, external drive or memory sticks, if your unedited footage is on those, preferably already in MP4 or MOV format so we can easily start editing.

We are also screening the finished film, PEOPLE LIKE YOU. Here are some scenes from the film

ISABELLE (Lark Lee) and DAVID (Nathan Hedger) settle down for coffee

WILL (Trae Robin) takes their order

DAVID Gets told off by ISABELLE

ISABELLE is not happy

WILL brings their coffee

DAVID thinks there is something going on between ISABELLE and WILL

All will be revealed on Tuesday

Next meeting on Tuesday 27 October 11.00am

Well, looks like everyone enjoyed our adventure last Tuesday. The actors were great and we really had a lot of fun.

(Photos by Will Landmann)

We won't be editing PEOPLE LIKE YOU on Tuesday, but rather on Thursday at my place where we have better equipment and better editing equipment.

So instead, bring your laptops and assemble your BEHIND THE SCENES videos you shot last Tuesday. Those of you who couldn't make it, bring along your own laptops and work on your own projects as the workshop is intended.