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Friday November 17th 2023
It was time to watch the results of our 'Water' competition. We had several entries including a film showing stills of every
type of water imaginable, which was very interesting and well put together. We also saw an old film of a weir and how the flow used to be adjusted.
Our chairman showed a semi-finished film about the (unlikely) superhero - Waterman! He will hopefully finish it in due course!
We then watched some other films which members had brought in including a view of Constables the Hay Wain and some reminiscences of local
village Yarnton, through the years.
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Friday February 17th 2023
We had an evening discussing interviewing and trying to film an interview. Unfortunately, we had to contend with
a very loud disco in the room next door, so we set up our equipment with a view to discussing the issues that we had.
The notes that we made included having the camera at the eye level of the interviewer/interviewee, making sure that you have the correct cable for
recording sound and keeping away from walls to avoid shadows. We will upload the interview to YouTube.
One of our members had found some good videos made by the BBC about interview techniques. Aimed at children, they had some very useful information:
CBBC Link
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Friday November 18th 2022
We discussed the films which the club has got ongoing including the Blenheim dredge,
Tooleys boat yard and the raising of Hardy, the Bus Museum and the Civil War Film.
Most are on hold until the warmer weather in the spring.
We then discussed Editing software. Each person said what they used.
We also watched the Broughton Cycle Event and the Mechanical Music Museum films which we had filmed several years ago.
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Monday January 27th 2020
We discussed the films that we had made during 2019, then we watched a TV programme called 'The Restless Year'.
This was a fascinating film about the making of The Private Life of Plants with David Attenborough and how the director of the series
went on to make another film, The Restless Year, which used the same stop-motion techniques employed for the ground-breaking
documentary.
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Monday September 2nd 2019
The evening started with a fascinating and enlightening talk by Jan Thomas a professional scriptwriter of theatre pieces and childrens book.
She told us about opening your story with a 'catalyst' situation, opening and closing your story with opposite images and providing a character
arc for your main character, amongst other useful information.
See our books list for two books on scriptwriting which Jan recommended.
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Monday March 25th 2019
We had our annual AGM. Brian Battrick and the rest of the committee agreed to stand for another year and then we watched
some IAC films.
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Monday July 23rd 2018
We had an outing to Lower Heyford to film and then socialise at the Bell pub.
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Monday June 25th 2018
We were treated to a very interesting talk by Richard Simmons about the various types of microphones and their uses.
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Monday April 23rd 2018
Bob Wheeler gave us a very interesting talk on drones.
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Monday March 24th 2017
We had our club AGM, then discussed forthcoming club projects including making a film about the Thames,
the renovation of St Mary's Church in Woodstock and Bloxham Steam Rally.
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Monday September 26th 2016
We watched an early version of the Mock Mayor film which is being edited by our chairman
and also half of the Mechanical Music Museum films which are in the process of being edited.
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May 23rd 2016
We had an evening showing the Bicester Camera Club some of our films.
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July 27th 2015
We had a fun talk and practical evening discussing and trying out interview techniques.
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June 22nd 2015
We were given a very interesting talk about microphones by our resident sound experts Richard and Peta Simmons.
We were shown all sorts of microphones which are available for every application including tie clips, desk, boom
and shotgun. We were given advice on which sort to buy for our cameras and how much money we should spend, the lady
problem (sibilance), how not to wear jewellery, which sort of conection is best (xlr) and much more.
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July 14th 2014
We watched the three entries to Bob's Cassington Bike Meeting competition which were well recieved.
The Oxford canal project was discussed and members agreed to provide footage to Peta for view so as to decide
what additional footage is needed.
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February 10th 2014
We had a ladies night, primarily to show the finished Kirtlington Quarry film to the two
interviewees, Owen Green and Stuart Mabbutt. We watched the film and then saw some other club members films
including a test by Bob Wheeler made using his new quad copter, which he also demonstrated.
Here is a link to a video clip of the copter:
Phantom Quadcopter
We also watched a film about a Vulcan bomber, a trip around Wolvercote and several short films including
a Jelly Baby!
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January 28th 2013
We saw several adverts made by club members, which should have been shown on the cancelled meeting.
We then saw a very good two minute film on Transport featuring roving reporter, Rupert.
We then watched a rough edit of the clubs Combe Mill restoration film.
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December 10th 2012
We had a talk on putting music to films, including choosing the correct style for your film, sources of music
and copyright laws.
We were shown lots of examples of how music can enhance or even change the mood of a film.
Richard and Peta talked about Creative Commons music which is music that can be used by others under creative commons licenses
so people can share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.
Click here for more information
We were recommended books by Jay Rose called "Great Sound for Digital Video" and "Post Production for Digital Video."
Click here to see Jay Rose's Amazon page
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November 26th 2012
The use of the Green Screen. John Sutherland showed us his blue screen and the retro-reflective cloth and LED ring
which can be used for chroma-keying. He then showed us how to use Adobe Premiere Pro to remove a background from
a video.
We also watched the finished Woodstock Jubilee film made and edited by the club.
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November 12th 2012
A talk on Animation which included information on the history of animation, programs that can be used and examples
of stop motion, 2D and computer animation.
We ended the evening looking at 3D films and pictures taken by club members, including a stone age body which literally
jumped out of the screen!
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October 22nd 2012
The evening started with John Whitlock showing some fascinating old films of Woodstock, including the laying of Marlborough Schools
foundation stone and when the Queen visited Woodstock after her coronation. We had extended an invitation to the
Ladybirds Club of Woodstock who came along and we hope enjoyed watching our films. They also saw some of our Making a cup of Tea competition entries and
films of the Long Hanborough Bus Mueeum and Combe Mill, which is an ongoing project for the club.
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July 23rd 2012
We had a visit from Buckingham Camera Club. We showed a selection of films from our archive and then
they showed a selection of their photographs, printed and as A/V. It was a very interesting evening.
www.buckinghamcameraclub.co.uk
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June 25th 2012
We had a photographic evening. All members that came showed a selection of photographs. An external judge from Kidlington
camera club gave us comments and judged the winners. A very informative evening for members interested in photography.
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June 11th 2012
We started by viewing the results of the competition, "How to make a pot of tea." We had a good range of films that included
John Days informative film about Binnie Hale and John Simmons tale of poisoning!
We then watched a version of last years Forest Fair film for the Wychwood Project that had been filmed
by the club and edited by Bob and Roy Noble.
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Tuesday May 15th 2012
The evening started with a very interesting film from club member Roy Noble about the Woodstock Wall hangings in preparation for the clubs
Jubilee filming.
Also several films were shown that were made from photographs.
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May 9th 2011
Club member Roy Noble presented a fascinating film and talk on the
project that rebuilt the last surviving WW2 hurricane plane.
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June 13th 2011
Club chairman Bob Wheeler provided an interesting insight into his
30+ years experience of Wedding Photography and shared some valuable
skills that he learnt throughout the years. He showed
many photographs illustrating the techniques he used.
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June 27th 2011
The room was divided into four areas and John Whitlock talked about editing using Serif,
Nigel Batts demonstrated stop frame animation, John Banbury showed stills and talked about editing techniques
and Bob Wheeler set up a studio area to workshop interviewing techniques.
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August 8th 2011
We had a walk around Woodstock, led by John Banbury, who gave us a fascinating talk on the
Architecture of the Town. Then, those of us with a head for heights, ascended St Mary's church tower
to take video of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace grounds.
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August 22nd 2011
Club member John Banbury talked on making a shooting script and list when starting
a project.
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September 4th 2011
The club attended Wychwood Forest Fair which we filmed and also had a stall demonstrating editing,
green screening and showing films made by members.
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September 12th 2011
Bob Wheeler showed the progress of the film taken of the Marlborough School Choir, a complex five camera
shoot which was taken for the school and edited by Bob.
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