Leeds AV Group Syllabus 2025/2026
PLEASE NOTE!
ALL CLUB NIGHTS START AT 7.30 PM
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| 5th September | Tim's Tall Tales |
A dive into the inspiration and stories behind some of Tim's "factional" productions | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 12th September | Computer Tips | A refresher on how to use the features of Zoom, different ways to send files, backing up your files | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 19t September | My Favourite Sequences |
LAVG members share some of their favourite AV's - submission deadline 12.00 noon Wednesday 17th | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 26th Septemebr | Analogue Archives 1 - Norman Veale - by Roger Stevens |
The sequences of Norman Veale FRPS EFIAP presented by Roger Stevens ARPS DPAGB. Norma was a master of storytellingback in the slide days. Roger has digitised Norman's AV's and will tell us about the process as well as showing the AV's | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 3rd October | Music, Poetry and Song Challenge | Our first challenge of the year - AV's inspired by Music, Poetry and song (or all three!) Submission deadline 12 noon Wednesday 1st | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 10th October | A Guide to Judging | We will watch a selection of AV's then split off into small groups (Breakout Rooms)to discuss and judge them. We will then all come back together to share our comments and results. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 17 October | Enjoying A in AV with Adrian White | Adrian discussesthe role that music and sound tracks have in his enjoyment of making AV's. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 24th October | WAVG 1 minute or 1 image Challenge | ur first challenge of the season for WAVG Members. Make an AV that lasts no longer than 60 seconds or uses only 1 image as it's starting point | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 31st October | Advisory evening/ Members sequences | A chance to share new sequences or work in progress for friendly feedback and advice. Submission deadline 12 noon Wednesday 29th | LAVG/WAVG |
| 7th November | Animation with John Smith | John will share some of his animation tips and tricks | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 14th November | Now And Then with Keith Brown | A varied programme of AV's from Keith and his late wife, Kate. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 21st November | No Meeting | ||
| 28th Novemebr | 9-5 Minute Challenge | An evening of longer AV's by LAVG members of between 5 and 9 minutes - submission deadline 12 noon Wednesday 26th | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 5th Decemebr | Analogue Archives 2 - John Ruffell showingJohn Podmore's work |
The sequences of John Podmore FRPS presented by John Ruffell. John Podmore was the first person to gain FRPS in AV back in 1971. We will see these plus other examples of his work. | |
| 12th December | LAVG AV Cha & Christmas Card AV's /WAVG Christmas Animation competition | Please bring along your AV Christmas Cards to share with other LAVG members (Max duration 90secs) | LAVG/WAVG |
| 19th December | Christmas Quiz | Our annual LAVG Christmas Quizz with your host Tony | LAVG |
| 27th December | No Meeting | ||
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| 2nd January | No meeting | ||
| 9th January | Adisory Evening/ Members sequences | A chance to share new sequences or work in progress for friendly feedback and advice. Submission deadline 12 noon Wednesday 7th | LAVG/WAVG |
| 16th January January | 321 2025 Competition Top Awards | Watching and discussing some of the top award winning AV's from the 2025 International Copetition. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
23rd January |
Brendan Gillan |
Brendan has a unique approach to his award winning AV's, using tiny models and food. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 30th January | What are we gong to do about AI? - Christine Widdal | Christine will explore what AI is, how it works, what it can do. Whether AI ca be detected and policed. AI images an an Art form. And where's it going. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 6th February | 321 Competition | Our annual Doug Mackrell 321 competition for AV's lastin gfor 3 minutes 21 seconds or less - submission deadline 12 noon Wednesday 5th | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 13th February | WAVG Music interpretation Challenge | Showing of WAVG AV's made to a set piece of music supplied by members | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 20thTech Talk with Tony CollinsonFebruary | Tech talk with Tony Collinson |
Tony takes us through some of the recent changes in various software packages and highlights some useful tips and tricks. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 27th February | AV Chat/ Closed Competition WAVG Only | AN informal evening for LAVG member to discuss all things AV/ WAVG Annual Competitionrestricted to those members who have not won awards in National or International Competitions. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 6th March | St Chad's 50th Anniversary | Celebrating 50 years since the first St Chad's Colour and Music Spectacular showing a replay of the 2015 40th Show | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 7th-8th March | IAC Peter Coles International | ||
| 13th March | WAVG AI Challenge | Following Christine's tak in January, a challenge to make an AV using the various aspects of AI technology. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 20th March | 3 Way Battle | Our annual 3 Way Battle between LAVG,Essex and AN Other- scored by the LAVG Committee | LAVG |
| 27th March | Guest speaker - Rupert Brun - ex BBC Sound Engineer | "Easy on the Cocouts" Following on from Rupert's excellent talk last year, he's back to talk about Sound Effects and how we can incorporate them into our AV's | LAVG/WAGV |
| 3rd April | No Meeting - Good Friday | ||
| 10th April | 4-Way Battle | A 4-Way Batlle between Wilmslow, Adelaide, Exmouth & Worcester AV Groups. Scored by WAVG Members | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 17th April | AV Exchange Evening | Our Annul AV Exchange with Beacon Camera Club and East Leinster AV Group | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 24th April | WAVG - Sound Effects Only | Following Rupert'sTalk, make an AV using only Sound Effects instead of music. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 1st May | 5 Image Challenge Andrew Gags - Type Matters | The importance of Titles and Graphics in AV, plus a few highlights from Andrew's back catalogue. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 8th May | WAVG Annual Competition Keith Brwon Judge |
The ANnuaeol Competition for all WAVG Members, with Keith Brown as judge giving comments | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 15th May | Themed Challenge - "Bygones" | Our last challenge of the year is to produce an AV on the theme of "Bygones" - submission deadline 12.00 noon Wednesday 13th. | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 18th to 22nd | BIAFF Online | Showing the best Films from this years competition, including winners of the Peter Coles International. Online Monday to Friday, ten live in Birmingham over the weekend. | |
| 22nd May | AV Chat | An informal evening for LAVG members to discuss all things AV | |
| 23-24th May | Jurassic Coast International Salon (Online)/Biaff Live | Showing all the Jurassic entries - Online/ Biaff Live in Brirmingham | |
| 29th May | No Meeting | ||
| 5th June | Showcase | The LAVG Annual Showcase - a selection of recent sequences produced by members (with external judge XX) | Joint meeting with WAVG |
| 12th Jue | LAVG AGM | LAVG Annual Meeting | LAVG |