May 2018 Volume 30 No.11 www.nvm.org.au In This Month s Magazine The President s Report Phil Reynolds talks about February One Minute Competition Open Source StoryBoarding Membership renewal time June May 2018 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 2nd May 57.30pm 6 Wednesday Club Meeting 7 8 9 10 Pocket 11 Filmmaking 12 Plus More... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 8th May 237.30pm 24 25 26 27 Tuesday Committee Meeting Ian Huish 28 29 30 31 June 2018 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 6th June 7.30pm Wednesday Club Meeting 4 5 6 7 Theme 8 Competition 9 10 Phone 11 12 13 14 Memberships 15 16 Due 17 18 19 20 12th 21 June 7.30pm 22 23 24 Tuesday Committee Meeting 25 26 27 28 Phil Reynolds 29 30 2018 COMPETITIONS & FUNCTIONS May 2018 Pocket Filmmaking Plus More... June 2018 Theme Competition Phone Anything filmed or made on a phone July 2018 Intermediate Competition Plus A.G.M
From the President s Desk Just a Reminder NVM Membership renewals are due next month April open competition attracted a healthy 9 films on interesting and diverse themes. I was please to see so many of our club mates producing such watchable and polished short films. Added to that was Stuart's family holiday film and discussion, and the group shoot film: Cleaner Wrasse... I think everyone's quality is improving and it showcases what we are all about here at N.V.M. Congratulations to Robert for his 1st placed film on 'Stink Horns'. I haven't seen one from Robert for quite some time and he certainly nailed it. Well done. And after the competition its not the end for your film. If you have uploaded your film on Vimeo or YouTube, just click on the film's link then copy and paste into an e-mail to Geoff or Ian and they will be kind enough to share your film on our club's web site. If you look at our Facebook page you'll see that it is dynamic and people are watching and following our films. Terry Farrelly's very atmospheric film INVICTUS is now up and running on the home page and if you missed the meeting - check it out. Its certainly worth a look! No competition in May but we are hoping for some interesting discussions. Mansell will relate how he "Shot a Prime Minister!", Geoff will discuss Pocket Film Making, Graham will screen and discuss his "History of Australian Motoring" and Ian will continue with his well received talk on free software. You'll recall Ian spoke about the free transcoding software 'Handbrake'. Amanda was on hand calling up the various screen shots that Ian required and it all stacked up to be a very informative presentation. Well done team! And speaking of presentations - our committee have been presenting some of their favourite short films in the 'Film Of The Month' presentation for a while now and we are looking for a few volunteers to bring along some more and discuss. Do you have a favourite? I'll see you all at the meeting. c{ ÄÄ Ñ exççéäwá. DISCLAIMER In regard to products, services and/or procedures which are either advertised or mentioned in this magazine, members should determine for themselves the reliability and/or suitability of these products for their own particular requirements. Newcastle Video Moviemakers inc., cannot accept responsibility for any products or service statement made herein and the opinions or comments by contributors are not necessarily the views of the club, its committee, its members or the editor. COPYRIGHT All articles and photos appearing in this magazine are subject to Copyright and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the author s consent. Enquiries regarding permission should in the first instance be directed to the Editor, Newcastle Video Moviemakers Inc.
Free Open Source product. We are a small group of iconoclastic, imaginative minds combing technology, tools and processes to create inspiring, emotional stories. Creatives are the backbone of our company. Whether we re developing a new film, a new tool, or a new research project, a healthy, hale creative culture is the key to our success. At Wonder Unit, one of our main points of focus is building the right team. We re looking for leaders with experience in feature filmmaking, animation, videogames, and software development, and we re hoping that s you! If you re passionate about storytelling, committed to quality, and hungry for collaboration, then you ve found the right place. Wonder Unit is committed to seeing artists and technologists grow together. We want to do everything we can to foster a better place to make movies, and to us, that means creating a fun, inclusive, thoughtful, productive, creative workshop where no idea is too big, and no voice is too small. Wonder unit is an equal opportunity employer, and provides competitive salaries, benefits, and perks. 1. Outliner [Not publicly available] A simple outlining tool for quickly writing out and organizing story beats. Break story as fast as you can think. Pitch outlines with presentation and pictures. Export outlines to scripts. 2. Characterizer [Early Beta] Train character values, generate conflicts, dilemmas, and common ground between characters in stories. Extremely useful for creating rich, deep, nuanced characters and drama. 3. Script Visualizer [Not publicly available] Take a script, and play visualize it like a movie. The script will be presented with correct action and dialogue timing. It's easy to quickly experience a script.
4. Storyboarder [Version 1.0.0] Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and show animatics to others. Express your story idea without actually making a movie. Production 5. Producer [In development] Go from script and Storyboarder files to a production breakdown. Breakdown every unique location, shot setup, and everything needed to make the movie. Quickly budget and plan out a shoot. 6. Assistant Director [In development] This is a tool designed to be used by everyone on the set. Based on Producer's breakdown and schedule, everyone will know what shots are needed for the day, specifically what is being shot currently, and what is needed for the shot. It manages ingestion of shots to match against storyboards for coverage and continuity. It also integrates with a wearable hardware device so that crew mark themselves ready for takes. Fast and Simple Storyboarder is designed to be simple. We included the tools you need to board fast and removed everything you don't need. 6 simple drawing tools Light pencil for roughing, Hard Pencil for fine lines, Pen for most work, Brush to tone, Note Pen to write notes, and Eraser!
Add boards with a click There s no friction. Add a board. Draw. Add another. Draw. Duplicate. Copy. Paste. Rearrange. There is nothing stopping you. Enter dialogue and action Add metadata for a board on the right panel. You can also enter timing information and shot type. For everything else, just edit in Photoshop. Click edit in Photoshop Draw your roughs and do layout in Storyboarder. If you need more control, just click the edit in photoshop button Edit in Photoshop and save The board will open up in Photoshop. Just edit as you normally would. Once you save, it will automatically update in Storyboarder Geoff Peel will be talking about this product at our next meeting. For more information go to https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/
CLUB MEETINGS WHEN: The first Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. WHERE: Jesmond Neighbourhood Centre 44 Mordue Parade Jesmond CORRESPONDENCE TO: The Secretary, NEWCASTLE VIDEO MOVIE MAKERS Inc PO Box 67 ADAMSTOWN NSW 2289 Committee meetings: These are held on the Tuesday following the club meeting each month at a committee member s home in rotation. All members are welcome to attend, however a courtesy call to the committee member concerned would be appreciated. Contact us Email: contact@nvm.org.au Location of NVM Club room 44 Mordue Pd Jesmond Neighbourhood Centre