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Topic: The smell of film- a film about the 61st BFCC
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted July 24, 2013 08:50 AM
I know what you mean, John, but they're only students and when you're that age anyone, or anything a few years older than yourself seems outdated!
Although, I wasn't like that as a student , but that's just me.
I think, to be fair to them as film (sorrryyyy...) video-makers, they found an approach and stuck with it and it was nicely executed.
The overwhelming thing I thought is that, despite any reservations about the treatment, it was all handled with dignity towards its contributors and subject.
With their material, they could have so easily made it all look so much more voyeuristic, but I think they walked a fine, but nice line between being visually condescending and presenting something with genuine warmth to it.
Often, that is something sadly lacking when "outsiders" see our gentle hobby for the first time, and, all too often, something that current TV producers in the "real" world fail to even be aware of, let alone have the talent to consider.
I'm gonna give them 78%
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Adrian Winchester
Film God
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted July 24, 2013 09:23 AM
Having just seen it, I'm surprised that the comments are not more positive, although I acknowledge that appreciation has been expressed here. It's very well made and they do a good job of giving a sense of the whole day in the time available. If I didn't already go to conventions, it would make me want to attend. Sure, we would all have liked a more upbeat tone and some shots of recent releases on the CHC stall would have helped, but the mood is in tune with Keith's remarks, and as he's a long-standing organiser of the event, they were bound to be influenced by him as well as by what they saw. [ July 24, 2013, 01:11 PM: Message edited by: Adrian Winchester ]
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