Hamish Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) I have added another of dads films for you to reminisce to its seems even more corny, than the last, if that’s possible can you believe I had to jump through so many hoops to get it out there as people had claimed copyright cheeky devils !!! Edited July 26, 2021 by Hamish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Excellent Especially relate to the Wiscombe section as I've been there quite a bit over the years, starting in about 1988. The trees had grown up alot by then - hardly recognised the top end of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy_rich Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Fantastic! Whilst the action is great, I particularly like the incidental scenes of the paddock/spectators. Background stuff/street scenes etc. is something I always mean to take pictures of myself when on holiday, but rarely remember to so e.g. if I went to London I'd have a few pictures of the houses of parliament (or something) but in reality, twenty years later I'd find much more to look at in a picture of a few cars parked outside a Woolies or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 55 minutes ago, richy_rich said: but in reality, twenty years later I'd find much more to look at in a picture of a few cars parked outside a Woolies or something Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Dad understood he was making a club film. And he knew everybody. So could take the pee out of some of his mates. And try an ensure it was all covered. He did the same with his VSCC films. film was expensive and the cameras clockwork. You had to wind them up for about 40sec of filming. Unless he wanted SLO-mo in which case he used twice as much film and the shot just 20sec. as a racer he know the tracks and hill for good track positioning. I think he worked on 4 to 1 film usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Yes, it’s too easy to forget the practical technical challenges and costs of filming back then (and indeed until fairly recently). Clockwork cameras (literally), chemical film, film cost, developing cost, editing by physically cutting and splicing, adding the soundtrack……. Huge efforts…. And yet, here it is (they are), evocative views back into motorsport past that are both different and familiar. Thanks Hamish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 You know your film making nick respect !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Only the barest rudiments….. Can’t help but wonder what he would have made of the current digital tech and the uses he would have made of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1963 at Brands hatch, I was probably there in the paddock bend stand, look for the skinny 9 year old!.... My uncle and grandfather were marshals so we often went to Brands, used to really enjoy the boxing day racing. I remember the Galaxies fighting with minis, the minis would walk all over them usually on 3 wheels but the power of Galaxies told once they were on the straight! Great film! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Enjoyed the video Hamish, and was also intrigued by the comments under it on YouTube - the stuff about Roy James and the Great Train Robbery. Anyway that took me down a rabbit hole and i came across another YT video which looks and sounds like the same Roscoe Films production... but much lower quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWPoOwd4wA Edited July 27, 2021 by PeteStupps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, PeteStupps said: Enjoyed the video Hamish, and was also intrigued by the comments under it on YouTube - the stuff about Roy James and the Great Train Robbery. Anyway that took me down a rabbit hole and i came across another YT video which looks and sounds like the same Roscoe Films production... but much lower quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWPoOwd4wA Yup that’s dad and his commentary and film. 10 hours ago, Nick Jones said: Only the barest rudiments….. Can’t help but wonder what he would have made of the current digital tech and the uses he would have made of it! he would have embraced it. He got BEAULIEU motor museum film dept to help himput his 16mm on to video tape. Dad wanted hi-band u-matic tape as masters. Thisthen went to produce VHSand Betamax commercial tapes that were sold through duke marketing a big motor sport video distributor. Dad then went to dvd. he would have loved digital editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hamish said: he would have embraced it 8 minutes ago, Hamish said: he would have loved digital editing Absolutely no doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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