The Christchurch Video Maker [Volume 61 No 9 October 2009]
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Coming events:
October: 19 Annual General Meeting November: 16 CTV Television Studios Visit
We meet in the St James Presbyterian Church Lounge, corner Barrington and Bewdley Streets, Spreydon, at 7.45pm on the third Monday of the month except January and December. Visitors cordially welcome.
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Club News
Next meeting:
Annual General Meeting: 61st The Annual General Meeting of the Christchurch Video Camera Club (Inc) will be held in the Club rooms which is the St James Presbyterian Church Lounge, corner Barrington and Bewdley Streets, Spreydon, on Monday 19th October, 2009, at 7.45pm.
The agenda for the AGM is:
1. Apologies 2. Confirmation of the minutes of the 2008 A.G.M. 3. Matters arising from the minutes of the 2008 A.G.M. 4. Receiving the Annual Report and the Annual Financial Statement 5. Setting the subscription for the 2009 – 2010 year 6. Election of Officers, Committee and Auditor 7. General Business
Only four of the present committee members are available for reelection. Ed Green, Glen Hume and Mary McDonald are not seeking re-election and the Vice President’s position is also vacant. We definitely need new committee members to replace those standing down so please give it some serious thought and come along and offer yourself for election. Think not what the Club can do for you, but what you can do for your Club!
November meeting: November 16th is expected to be a visit to CTV Television Studios, but will be confirmed later. If the visit is not on, then there will be a Member’s Own night. Bring along your movies and show others what you can do and see other member’s efforts. Watch the next newsletter.
Last meeting:
September was the second competition night of the year. There were four entries for the three competition cups. They were:
CupTitleEntrant Score
Novice The Unknown Sport Mike Atherton 65.5% (Radio controlled model planes and gliders)
Novice The Chronicles of Shrek Glen Hume 64.5% (Fantasy training video for Meridian energy)
Bailey Puddles Tom Atherton 65.0% (Young child splashing in puddles)
Lincoln Pictorial Karamea/Heaphy 2009 Robert Trowland 68.0% (Pictorial shots of the bush in the area)
The Novice Cup was therefore won by Mike, the Bailey Cup by Tom and the Lincoln Pictorial Cup by Robert. Congratulations to all the winners.
We welcome new member Mike Atherton to the Club and trust he enjoys his membership with us. He has already made a good start by winning the Novice Cup.
HOYTSNorthlands Cinema Quiz: There were few entries for last month’s quiz, but only one was a winner. The correct answer as to who is the fourth producer of the film The Young Victoria is Sarah Ferguson, more popularly known as the Duchess of York. The winner was Mary McDonald. congratulations Mary. Your Hoyts double movie pass is on its way to you. Other answers included the title HRH, but she lost that when she and Andrew got divorced. Another answer submitted had Sarah miss-spelt and did not include her last name.
The question for this month is: The film An Education, a coming of-age drama based on a memoir by journalist Lynn Barber is set in the 1960s, but in which city? As there was only one winner last month, the second double movie pass will jackpot to this month. Entries can be emailed or posted to the Editor, Christchurch Video Maker, P O Box 2006, Christchurch, 8140, and should be received by October 26th . Entries are limited to one per member. The winners and result will be published in the next issue of the Christchurch Video Maker. As usual the Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Video Tip: If you are using your camcorder as a video camera, (feeding to a separate recorder), and it shuts down after some time (this is built in to conserve the battery), try running it with the tape/DVD compartment door open.
New Magazine: Viewfinder will be a new glossy New Zealand-made magazine for people who enjoy making videos. Aimed at the keen amateur / hobbyist to semi-pro video maker, the magazine aims to offer readers interested in producing better videos the chance to learn new skills, learn from the professionals and share their ideas, tips and tricks – via the pages of the magazine and the Forum on the website at www.ViewFinder.net.nz There is also a list of many video camera clubs on the Video Camera Clubs page. The magazine is for people such as club members and suggestions as to its content are welcome. It is edited by Steve Hart, a journalist and keen photographer who has worked in video production, produced corporate and commercial videos.
The December/January issue no1 of this bi-monthly magazine will feature a review of Panasonic’s new AG HMC41 camcorder. Viewfinder will be available in magazine stores on November 16th .
Humour: How an Economic Stimulus Package works
It is the month of June, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town. He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 dollar bill on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one. The hotel proprietor takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the pig raiser. The pig raiser takes the 100 dollar bill, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel. The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 dollar bill and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her “services” on credit. The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 dollar bill to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there. The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 dollar bill back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 dollar bill, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism . And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how some governments are doing business today.
You know that you have been on the computer too long when you are reading a book and look for the space bar to get to the next page.
