Here are some items of interest from the November / December issue:

SERIAC Council is proposing an afternoon of vintage films from all member clubs in the summer of 2012. Can we support this? Do we have some older films that deserve a wider airing? The location is likely to be the Oast Theatre in Tonbridge.

AV (audio visual) sequences are being suggested as a new film category. We learned from our speaker John Staples earlier in the year that camera clubs use slide shows set to music, as a way to display their photographs. Why shouldn't we also have a go?

I was interested in a snippet from Judith Kenny of Southdowns Moviemakers, describing a workshop evening where members were split into teams and sent out to capture video at locations within five minutes of the club room. At least one of the teams, apparently 'came up with an excellent one-minute scenario, conceived, constructed, acted and filmed all in the space of an hour!' Perhaps we could take some tips from them about how they organised it!

Dates for your diary:

Sunday 27th November 2011: North v South Southern Heat, Village Hall, Farnborough, Kent  contact mcoad@n-v-s.co.uk
Sunday 29th January 2012: North v South Grand Final, Village Hall, Farnborough, Kent   contact mcoad@n-v-s.co.uk
Saturdaay 10th March 2012: SERIAC Film & Video Festival, Oast Theatre, Tonbridge  contact adgp@blueyonder.co.uk
13th-15th April 2012 BIAFF 2012, Hotel Rembreandt, Weymouth    contact David Martin, 14 Mandeville Rd, DT14 9HW