Club News
On Saturday 12th January, the annual club supper was the usual relaxed evening, thanks go to members who once again went to a great deal of effort to make it ''right on the night''.
Of course apart from simply enjoying the evening, the awards for films submitted for inclusion in the 2007 Club Competition were handed out having been judged by members of Warrington Cine and Video Society who kindly agreed to take on the challenge this year. Alan Williams was responsible for the hard work put in previously by Alaister in compiling a tape of the films submitted. The winners of both categories can be watched by a link from the 'Members Films' page along with some presentation photos. The full list of winners is:
Novice Award: Winner Colin Nicholson Last Coconut in Paradise General Short: Winner Helen Wright Venice Street Music Highly Commended John Newton Portmerrion Commended Dora Ainsworth Bradgate Park Editing John Newton Portmerrion Sound Dora Ainswotth Bradgate Park General Long: Winner John Newton The Golden Wreck Highly Commended Alan Williams Friendship Through Flowers Commended Brian Whitworth A Plague on your House Editing Alan Williams Friendship Through Flowers Sound Alan Williams Friendship Through Flowers
The 2008 Mersey 10 was hosted by Preston Movie Makers on the 16th March and once again members (11 in number) lent their support to the event. Helen Wright entered her film ''Venice Street Music'' which was shown and well received but unfortunately did not win an award.
The last drama film made by club members, ''It's a Man's World'', is to be shown at The British International Amateur Film Festival to be held in Harrogate from 17-20 April.
Member's News and Activities
George Clarke submitted his film ''Steam Organs'' to the 2007 IAC BIAFF competition and received a 1 Star Award which was accompanied by very comprehensive judges comments. Well done George!
Brian Roberts returned from the Maldives with his underwater footage and club members were impressed with the resulting film, shown on 'the big screen'. This camera (bought on ebay to try out underwater filming) has already been sold and a new digital camera with all the necessary equipment has been purchased for their next trip to the Maldives in January 2007.
UPDATE:
See how Brian has progressed by clicking on the clapperboard to watch his film ''Manta Point'' taken with this new equipment.
PSM has amongst it's membership, a dedicated ornithologist who has been interested in Natural History since he was a boy. He moved from 35mm stills photography to video in order to record his experiences on foreign bird watching trips. He has films on both VHS and DVD of trips to The Gambia, Costa Rica and Cuba with Namibia/Botswana due later this year. Richard Gabb has appreciated the help and encouragment he has received from members which he has found of great help in moving into the mysterious world of video editing. To find out more, have a look at Richard's website. 
