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Next Club Meeting(s):
<summer break>
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2625 Arbutus Road
Victoria, BC
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Club Picnic 2008
Wednesday August 6, 2008
Once again, Margaret was the consumate hostess and welcomed club members to her
trailer site in Crofton for the 2008 Club Picnic. Although the temperature soared to 32C, Margaret had managed to shade
a good amount of space, and the breeze kept things comfortably cool.
As always, the discussion was wide-ranging, from film terminology, to club projects,
to great places to eat. Picnicers also enjoyed the world premier of the Club Production,
"Grandma's Gift." This short movie is based on a story by club member Alice Thomas, that was produced under
the careful direction and leadership of Stan Coe.
Following lunch, some members went for a wander along the boardwalk, visiting
the local Croften museum, and then it was back to the campsite for fruit salad with a dollop (or huge scoop) of ice cream.
Another delightful club event...thank you Margaret.
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Cherry Point Vineyard Visit...
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Victoria---Question: should you be prepared to a) have fun, b) eat well, c) take
some great video, d) learn about and drink some delicious wine, or e) all of the above..?
Well the answer is definitely "E". Our new club members Carol and Fred have
visited the Cherry Point Vineyards, located in Cobble Hill, a few times, and thought it would make an excellent subject
for a club event. Please give Carol a call to let her know you will be coming along and put the following into your schedule:
Wednesday July 23, 2008
10 - 11 am Free time for video practice & free tasting
11 - 11:20 am Free tour of Winery
11:30 am Lunch (purchase from their Bistro menu)
1:30 pm Margaret's trailer at Osborne Bay resort to watch footage and relax.
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Camcorder Workshop
Tuesday June 10, 2008
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SCCA's Panorama
The Society of Canadian Cine Amateurs (SCCA) is a non-profit organization that
promotes the arts and science of amateur movie production. Our club is a member of the SCCA, and contributes information about
club activities and articles to the SCCA's publication called Panorama.
The Spring 2008 issue of Panorama will be out shortly. Take
a moment to visit the SCCA website to see what is new, and enjoy this great newsletter.
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Regardless of whether you are shooting family activities, making a mini-documentry, or creating a music video for
a school band, you can learn to make them better with us. Don't tranquilize your friends and family! Drop into one of
our monthly club meetings to find out more...
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The Victoria Video Club is an amateur video production club, based in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. The club currently has about 24 members.
Our club is open to anyone interested in amateur video production. If you have been looking for a way to
improve your video shooting and editing, or just want to see what other people are producing, then drop in to a club
meeting, check out our extensive book and instructional library, and discuss making movies with like-minded enthusiasts.
We are fortunate to have members who use a range of editing platforms and software solutions---so no
matter what type of camera you are using or computer for editing you are likely to find someone using the same or similar
equipment---including:
- Macrosystems: Casablanca series of video editing systems
- Macintosh: Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro Express, and iMovie HD;
- PC-based: Adobe Premier Pro & Premier Elements, Pinnacle Studio and Magix Movie Edit
Pro;
- Sony, Canon, Panasonic and JVC camcorders---including the
new high definition cameras.
The club's activities include social occasions (dinners and get togethers around town), but our
core goal is to improve our video productions through skill improvement. Shooting technique, editing tools and resources,
scriptwriting, working with actors (be they your grandchildren or other enthusiastic volunteers) are all topics that
come up in our conversations.
The club meetings include screening of videos produced by club members and also by members of other
clubs that participate in an exchange program. Often we return the exchanged videos with summaries of our praise and suggestions
for improvements. Constructive criticism is key.
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