The Strathclyde event fell on a dismal
day in November with heavy rain, floods and road closures. However 33 people still managed
to brave the elements and find their way to
Lanark.
This year’s competition theme was
‘Blue’ and four clubs had entered, but unfortunately the person with
East Renfrewshire entry was missing somewhere in the wild weather.
The first film shown was XDL’s entitled
‘Brandon Lewis Ultimate Exterminator’ about a pest
exterminator who half demolishes the house and still did not manage to
get the rat. A lot of work had gone into the making of this funny
film.
Still no film from East
Renfrewshire.
The second film was from Dundee
Camcorder Club entitled ‘Oops!’ This was about a DIY man who tampered
with his fuse box and paid the ultimate price. He met St Peter and was
given a second chance only to blow it again! This film was also funny
with good visual effects.
Still no film from East Renfrewshire.
The third film was from Perth
Film-Makers Club entitled ‘Sapphire Blues.’ This was about a woman who
lost a ring and a mistaken identity. It was a well made film with good
close ups shots.
The club members from East Renfrewshire
managed to breathe a sigh of relief when their fellow members arrived
just as the Perth film finished. Their entry was entitled ‘Life in the
Deep Blue’. This was filmed in the Southern Red Sea with beautiful shots
of the sea life in this area. I personally didn’t fancy swimming there,
the sharks put me off!
The famous Sam tea followed where club
members with a film submitted for the competition discussed how their
points would be allocated.
After tea Ken McRonald was the score
master which resulted in the following
result.
East Renfrewshire
8 points.
Dundee Camcorder Club
9 points.
Perth Film- Makers Club
11 points.
XDL
12 points.
As you can see it was a close run thing
with only a few points between each film. Well done to all the teams for
giving us such a good afternoon’s
entertainment.
The cup was presented to XDL by Peggy
Forsyth who also drew out the theme for next year’s competition, ‘Team
Work’.
We were then treated to the two entries
for the IAC Mermaid and Mini Mermaid
Competitions.
The one for the Mermaid
competition was ‘House Sitters’ by XDL which won the Strathclyde
competition last year, and the one for the Mini Mermaid competition was
‘Alarm Call’ by Jean and Ken McRonald.
We were then shown the IAC promo
film for BIAFF 2010 at Bedford.
This was followed by a beautiful film
that had won the best actor award at the Guernsey Lily. It was about a
man finding a really good bottle of wine and waiting for a special
moment to open and drink it.
The meeting was brought to a close with
a vote of thanks to everyone who had helped make it such an enjoyable
day.
