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Port Elizabeth Camera Club INTERNATIONAL AUDIO VISUAL FESTIVAL 2014

All Audio Visual enthusiasts worldwide are cordially invited to enter the Port Elizabeth Camera Club International Audio Visual Festival.

The Audio Visual Festival will be held in Port Elizabeth and partly at De Rust, South Africa during March and April 2014.

All entrants as well as Audio Visual enthusiasts are welcome to attend - add your name to our contact list and we will send you more information regarding the event as soon as it becomes available,

Enquiries: 

Festival Director
Roel van Oudheusden
Telephone: 041 367 3994
Mobile: 082 739 7679
email: roelvanoza@gmail.com

Postal address for entries:

PECC AV Festival
PO Box 5237
Walmer, Port Elizabeth
6065
South Africa

Festival Timetable:

15 March 2014: Entries close
21 - 22 March 2014: Live judging in Port Elizabeth
Public show will now be part of the April 2014 PSSA AV Convention at De Rust
25 March 2014: Results emailed
25 April 2014: Awards posted

Conditions of entry:

There is only one category - Open.

Photographers are encouraged to explore the photographic medium and to use it to communicate their own personal vision incorporating feeling, senses and imagination to the viewer. The photography is not restricted in any way, neither in subject matter nor manipulation during the taking or reproduction stages of the photography.

Entry is open to single entrants, groups and clubs. All participants must be disclosed on the entry form.

Entrants may submit any number of AV's but are limited to a combined total duration of 15 minutes.

Copyright:

Submission of an entry implies that the entrant has obtained any necessary licences or permission to use any copyright material included in the sequence.

Resolution:

From 1024 x 768 px (4:3 aspect ratio) up to 1920 x 1080 px (16:9 aspect ratio) may be submitted.

File size:

The file size of a sequence should not exceed 500Mb.

AV's may contain the entrant's name and should acknowledge the work of other artists (eg music).

AV's may be submitted on a CD or DVD to the postal address above or via an internet service provider such as www.webtransfer.com, Google docs, etc. but need to be received prior to the closing date.

Email your entry form (with tracking number, if applicable) to the Festival Director so that we can follow up on the arrival of your CD/DVD/file transfer.

Enquire if you do not get an email confirming receipt of your entry by 18 March 2014.

We encourage clubs and groups to combine their entries on one CD/DVD and to make one payment to save postage, packing and bank charges.

No entries will be returned and disks will be destroyed after judging.

Entry fee and method of payment:

South African entrants:
R100 per entrant (one or more AV's) for PECC or PSSA members
R200 per entrant (one or more AV's) for non members
Payments must be made by electronic transfer to:
PECC, Standard Bank, Port Elizabeth, branch code 050417, current account number 08040734
Use your surname and name + "AV Festival" as reference on the bank transfer.
No cash deposits please.
Include proof of payment with your entry form.

International entrants:
€20 per entrant (one or more AV's) via PayPal to capephoto2@gmail.com

Entries without full payment will not be judged.

Your entry:

Your CD/DVD/file transfer must contain one folder comprising of the following files:

1. Entry form (excel identification sheet) fully completed and saved with your name and surname e.g. Tom Jones.cls
2. Your AV's with files named correctly, i.e. sequence file has number and title only e.g. 01 Yellowstone.exe, 02 Mardigras.mp4
3. Small portrait(s) of author(s) included as 512x768 px jpeg saved as e.g. Tom Jones.jpg
4. A flyer or poster for each sequence entered (800 x 600 px jpeg format) saved as e.g. Yellowstone.jpg
5. Each entrant must supply a summary in English of each of the audiovisual works entered.
6. Proof of payment with your name as reference (EFT for SA entrants and PayPal for entrants abroad).

Judging and Judges:

All entries will be projected on a big screen fro judging and viewed in the order of receipt by the organisers.

The judging panel will use the standard PSSA AV scoring guidelines to rank the entries and select the acceptances and award winners.

Judging Panel:

Adri van Oudheusden FPSSA

Barrie Wilkins Hon MPSSA, FPSSA (Dux),  Hon FRPS, Hon PSA, FPSA, ESFIAP, EFIAP

Jill Sneesby Hon MPSSA, MPSSA, FPSSA (Dux), ESFIAP, EFIAP

Results, Awards and Exhibition:

Both FIAP and PSSA Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals will be awarded by the judges. FIAP Ribbons and Certificates of Merit may be issued on the recommendation of the judges.

Entrants will be advised of the results by email. No acceptance cards will be issued. Results will be published on the PSSA website.

The first public screening of selected works will be during the April 2014 PSSA Audio Visual Convention at De Rust.

Submissions of entry implies permission by the author for the sequences to be shown in public at the above mentioned event.

A Special International AV Festival - Saturday 22 June 2013

Good Morning All

Midrand Camera Club agreed to host part of this Special International AV Festival (it is being held the week end before at Paternoster for the whole week end) but it was felt that for the Regions up here, it would be nice to have the opportunity to experience and share this Festival albeit a smaller version of it. Also for the benefit of all AV enthusiasts in our regions.

This event will take place at the Nikon premises in the Midstream area, home of Midrand and AFO's club meetings.

08:00 - Registration, tea and coffee
09:00 - Programme commences
12:30 - Lunch
Afternoon - Tea and coffee
16:00 - Programme concludes

The cost for the day will be R100 per person, payable on the day but it is EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL that you inform Evelyn Gibson (evelyng@mwebbiz.co.za) before 15 June 2013 if you will be attending. The numbers are needed for catering purposes.

This type of event is extremely inspiring and encouraging when you see the work being done in this media from all over the world.

Audio Visual Production

This is truly an unique, not to be missed opportunity.

ONLY FOR BEGINNERS

Audio Visual Production

23 and 24 March 2013

At VSS Campus (Pretoria North) (for beginners only)

Audio Visual Production has aroused many heated debates in photography circles. Fact is we live in a visual world and the power of visual communication cannot be underestimated. An AV is everything on TV, from 30 second commercials, through all the soaps, to full fledged movies and also everything that combines audio and visual on the world wide web. Now have you ever seen any of these without a story or a message? Of course not! They're not all good, or equally creative, or equally communicative, but they are all audio visuals!

Course leaders: Hein, Christine and Ryno.

Plan of action!

First Day:

• The power of visual communication;
• The theory behind it;
• The goals of communication;
• The 7 C's of communication;
• Barriers to communication;
• The goals of producing an audio-visual;
• The story line;
• The importance of the audience;
• Script writing and storyboard;
• Voice over - writing it and tips on doing it;
• Idea generation - random word technique and associations;
• Reconnaissance of the environment to help us plan our images and integrate shot plan with script;
• Do complete photo shoot according to your script;
• Add spice by shooting video with your camera or cellphone;
• Adapting the script - pre script to post script to final script

Second Day:

• Selecting images;
• The selection process;
• Continuity and consistence;
• Flow and pace;
• Reviewing the story board and adapting it - getting to the final script;
• Sound recording and voice over;
• Sound mixing using Audacity;
• Basic photo editing in LightRoom;
• Final production

Time: 09:00 to 17:00

Cost: R50.00 per day should you wish to join us for snacks and lunch

What to bring: Your camera, laptop and lots of imagination

We can only take 20 students and will work on first come...

Razor publishers text book: "Audio Visual Production" will be launched at this workshop.

Please visit VSS Website

Contact VSS on telephone 012 565 5204