Welcome to the home of the Christchurch Video Camera Club
Established in 1948 the Christchurch Video Camera club are a group of video camera and home movie making enthusiasts.
We meet in the St James Presbyterian Church Lounge, corner Barrington and Bewdley Streets, Spreydon, at 7.30pm on the third Monday of the month except January and December.Visitors cordially welcome.
Thursday 29 September 2011
September Update
on Thursday 29 September 2011 - 07:00:11 | by admin
Well it has been a while between updates, the site however has now been fully updated with all the latest newsletters, plus the new rules and judging sheets. The competition nights have had an ample supply of interesting and clever videos too enjoy and the club nights have been very enjoyable with a diverse range of events.
I have decided to remove the site forum because of the lack of interest, it may return in the future if requested.
I'll leave you with this clever short film for inspiration called Table 7
Well with all the shaking I've neglected the site slight lately, however I have just uploaded the latest new letters, and will update the club rules in the next few days. To keep you all amused check out this clip showing a light look at our plight.
Mike.
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Saturday 06 November 2010
November / December updates
on Saturday 06 November 2010 - 17:33:22 | by admin
A few changes have occurred in the time since my last update (at the agm mostly). We have a new president Tom Atherton, a cheaper sub now only $20 and There has been some competition rule changes, they will be updated on the web site in due course.
Check out the newsletters for more information. They can be found under the "article" button at the top of the screen.
Brian was the first winner of the Navah video animation cup with an excellent entry, he produced it with footage mostly from our green screen club night, See it below.
The process of creating movies can be expensive and wasted money in current times is harder to ignore, in the past few years movie makers have been taking advantage of previsualization or "Previs" for short.
A Previs is a 3d animated version of the entire film with all the cuts, camera movements and dialog in place. The director can then watch the entire movie or just a scene from it, then decide if he's happy with the camera angles and flow of the film.
Then in most cases the actual footage is filmed using the previs as a template for then entire film, saving the studios millions in unnecessary footage and effects.
Entire teams of previs artist now produce loosely animate low detail footage, this footage can be reasonably quick to produce and if very quick to render, some previs studios can take advantage of footage rendered in real-time using software similar to that used in modern games, allowing fast changes to items in the scene and camera angles.
This is a recent documentary showing some of the aspects of this new art-form.
