Electronic Eye
Sydney Video Makers club newsletter
Dear <<First Name>>, we are so glad that you are reading this :)
LINK to see club calendar.
The Electronic Eye, or EE for short, is the newsletter for the Sydney Video Makers (a.k.a. SVM) Club. You can peruse past edition of the newsletter on our website. We use this newsletter to advise of our upcoming club meetings and provide pertinent news items from our members. We do not wish to be a "me too" video magazine as there are plenty of those already on the web.
The EE is open to both financial members and non-members who are interested. If you wish, you can easily unsubscribe at anytime and if you got this forwarded to you, and want to subscribe you can do so via our club website.
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This Wednesday - CLUB NIGHT
This is our Kick-Off meeting for the year 2019. Programme for the night:
- 7:30 pm Doors open for coffee and meet and greet
- 8:00 pm Brendan Donoghue Australian Actor/Comedian/Producer will talk about making commercials
- 9:00 pm Coffee break
- 9:15 pm Interview of Peter Broggy one of our latest members
- 9:45 pm Paul to remind us about February's competition
- 10 pm packup
Brendan Donoghue
We are very fortunate to have on our first night Brendan Donoghue, actor, director, writer, producer. See his profile on IMDB.
Brendan Donoghue was born on October 28, 1977 in Australia. He is an actor, known for The Comedian (2014), Underbelly (2008) and Scorched (2008).
Brendan appeared in the 2010 Academy Award nominated Short Film Miracle Fish. One of 5 Blue Tongue Films he has been involved in.
We will talk about how to create an affective advertisement and will show a couple of examples from his work.
Peter Brouggy
Peter Brouggy
Peter joined the club last weekend. Please make him feel welcome, if you see him at the club.
Peter shares the following about himself:
- Age 61, married, two daughters, still employed as an Op Risk Manager at Westpac
- Been a stills photographer since the Box Brownie days
- Got into Video about 4 years ago when I was asked to do a training video at work
- I wasn't confident that my Canon 550D was good enough so I bought a camcorder
- That led to the beginning of my GAS syndrome (refer to Equipment.jpg photo)
- I always wanted to be a TV Cameraman so for the past 4 years, as part of my transition to retirement, I have been reskilling myself (and kitting up) to start a video production business
- I take on projects for family and friends as a way to teach myself and to learn from experience
- I am interested in joining to club to share my interest, to learn more and to contribute whatever I can
We will interview Peter on stage, and he is going to bring a couple of his recent toys to show us:
Zhiyun Weebil LAB 3 Axis Gimbal
9.Solutions Mini C-Pan Arm
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Through the President's Lens
Last Tuesday, the committee launched it's 2019 membership drive with a Meetup meeting on 15/01/2019. We had 6 new inquiring attendees and one of them join up on the night (Welcome Ian Faulkner) and all of the others indicated that they wish to join.
We welcome Ian Faulkner who joined on the night.
Ian Falkner - Joined SVM on 15 January Meetup night.
Please give him a warm welcome if you see him at the club.
Also lookout for a number of new visitors from Meetup, who will be coming to see us in the flesh, so make sure you greet them and welcome them!
Here is the video that we showed at the Meetup night:
MEMBERSHIP
We need to book and pay for the hall in advance, so
please pay you membership in January!
You can pay by
- EFT (Electronic funds transfer, using internet)
- Put your NAME into the transfer comment field
- Pay to BSB: 032-090 Account number: 390-845 Account name: Sydney Video Makers Club
- Cash to the Treasurer (Terry Wayne), President (Paul Szilard), VC (Eddie Hanham) or Secretary (Ian Scott)
- Credit card - see the President (Paul Szilard)
- PayPal.com - send payment to vp@sydneyvideomakers.org.au with your name in the comment
- or request a credit card or PayPal invoice by email
IMPORTANT: Once you have made a payment, please email us at president@sydneyvideomakers.org.au so that we can mark you as financial on the register and activate your website login.
Competitions
- February: 30 sec car advert + Open
- April: Horror without dialog (music and sounds effects welcome, but no dialog or subtitles) + Open
- June: Music video + Open
- August: Editing a shared set of footage + Open
- Oct: VOTY entries
Entry dates will be 1 week prior to club night, via internet upload.
We will have external judging in that week, so that on club night we can screen the entries and review the judges' notes and also have a Q&A.
Publicity
Remember where to find us:
- On the internet at http://sydneyvideomakers.org.au
- On Facebook (pst - we now have 295 members there!)
- On Meetup
To help promote our club, we are printing some business cards, which will be available to all members as soon as they arrive:
SVM card Front and Back
Get Involved
Our club is an interactive concept. We want to encourage you to get involved, that way you will not only help the club, but also help yourself to get new friends and to participate. We need people to:
- Join the VOTY sub-committee
- Join our Welcoming Team
- Send in a short article to be published in this Newsletter
- Offer to help run the nights using the projection gear, setting it up and putting it away
- Join a film making team (or start a new team!) and try your hand at directing, script writing, editing video or sound recording, and more
- Suggest discussion topics for a future night
- Share your videos
- Share your knowledge
Paul Szilard
President
“It's better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you'll be too afraid to let things keep happening.” David Lynch.
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Tech Stuff
I know of 2 club members who have on order a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
I am not sayin' who, but it will be interesting to see what these babies look like. Current advice is that they will ship in Australia in February.
Meanwhile a 3rd club member who did have an order in, decide to cancel and he bought instead the well aclaimed Fujifilm X-T3, making him the 3rd person to have an X-T3 in the club.
Fujifilm X-T3, shown with 16-55mm f2.8 pro grade zoom
Paul Szilard - Editor & VP
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Club Teams
Eddie Hanham - Team Leader and club VP
We currently have 4 team leaders:
- Mark Ward's team
- Ian Scott (NUTS Team)
- Paul Szilard (PACKERS Team)
- Eddie Hanham is starting a brand new Team
Eddie has offered to start a brand new Team, so if you are interested, please email him.
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 4 Sale or Wanted
If you have an item to sell, or want to place "Wanted" advert, then contact email the Editor.
Buy and Sell Protocol
Financial members may use this section of the EE to detail information about second hand photographic/video equipment which they wish to dispose of.
This allows other Members to be advised of the opportunity.
The Club is not involved in or have any responsibility for any such sales.
Commercial representation
Direct or indirect commercial representation of new products by members is not permitted in this EE or during Club Activities.
Articles of relevant general interest about new products are allowed in EE.
Place Your Ad?
If you are a (financial) Club Member, then send the following information to the Editor.
- 4Sale or Wanted (which?)
- Contact: Your name
- Item: Summary
- Price: Asking price
- Options: If any
- Description: Any details, with photos and links
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Assets
Club assets that are available for loan to financial members
Mark Ward is the Asset Manager. He is reachable on the email address of assets@sydneyvideomakers.org.au
Loan Procedures
- Club assets can be borrowed by club members that are financial, for club related shooting only.
- Contact the Asset Manager (Mark Ward)
- The borrowing member is responsible for returning the items in the same condition they were in when borrowed. Damage or loss are the responsibility of the borrower.
Audio Kit 1
- RODE NTG2 shotgun mic, with RODE Boom Pole and noise breaking "Blimp"
- RODE FilmMaker radio mic (Lavalier)
- Carry Bag
Audio Kit 2
- RODE NTG2 shotgun mic, with RODE Boom Pole and noise breaking "Blimp"
- RODE FilmMaker radio mic (Lavalier)
- Carry Bag
Lighting Equipment
Items available separately
- LED light panel with mains PSU and stand
- LED light panel with mains PSU and stand (2nd unit)
- Dedo Halogen 150W focusable spot light, mains powered
Miscellaneous Items
- Camera Crane (aka JIB) with stand
- 7" LCD LED Field Monitor (HDMI)
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See you at the meeting - and email me your thoughts!
Paul Szilard
EE Editor
Click to email Paul now
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