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EMF Sci Fi Film/Production Coordination

2014-08-19T20:30:49Z

Synacktik: /* Offers of help */

Maybe you have always wanted to be part of a film crew…? Read on!

The committee have accepted a proposal to make a collaborative Sci-Fi film at EMF this year! If you're interested in getting involved, please either get in touch with me (emf at peanutsandwich dot org dot uk ), or edit this page under the relevant heading.
[https://vimeo.com/63572559 Here's an example] of the sort of thing I've done before with friends in 48 hours from script writing to final product - we can definitely make something really cool!

== '''Things that need to be sorted''' ==

'''Leading Man:''' We only just found out the filming proposal is accepted, Since so much of this film is going to be arranged in a bit of a rush now, I want to make sure we have a great actor available from the outset. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3359696/ James Sobol Kelly] is on board and dead keen, but I do need to find enough money to make sure he can afford to do this with us. Please see the [https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/EMF_Sci_Fi_Film pledge page if you're able to contribute to this]

'''Script:''' Happening as I type and if anyone wants to contribute to that conversation, we'd love to have you!

'''Crew:''' We have a director, camera operator and actor. We could use general crew/data technician(s)/sound recordist to save me splitting my attention too many ways.

'''Post-Production:''' We have 2 terabytes on a server at EMF, where rushes will be getting dumped. If we have an editor, they can start working as soon as rushes hit the server. If we have people on effects then effects-heavy shots get filmed first.

'''Editing:''' Having an editor would make it possible to have finished film by the end of the festival (rather than just a film in the can which gets edited later). If anyone is keen to take this on then I am keen to meet you!

'''Effects:''' It's now possible to do pretty respectable effects on a laptop in a field. Anyone interested in this, let me know! You don't need to sign up to do the whole thing but you can cherry pick an effect or two from the script that you fancy trying your hand at.

'''Colours/Sound:''' Adjusting the colours and levels on a film is a rare skill - is there anyone who's done this before and wants to again?

'''Music:''' Any musicians out there who've always wanted to score a film?:) This could be your chance!

'''Actors:''' To some extent the script we go with will depend on if people are keen to be in the film or keen to have their EMF talk/workshop be in the backdrop of the film. I want to be careful not to film people who don't want to be filmed. If you have acting ambitions, get in touch - it'll be great to know you're out there and this could be a step towards stardom!

'''Cameras/lights/sound gear:''' Mostly sorted, although if anyone wants to offer kit I may bite your arm off:)

== '''Offers of help''' ==
{|class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;"| User
! Service Offered
! Links
! Notes
|-
|Steve/TCMSLP
|Music/Soundscapes (Cubase 7.5)
|http://www.coherer.net https://soundcloud.com/steve_netting
|Can bring gear if given warning. Travelling home Sunday PM.
|-
|Blake/synacktik
|Production Sound Mixer - Crew
|
|Experience in theatre, not film but willing to help out on sound recording and other crew duties as needed.
|}

Travel

2014-08-16T18:01:12Z

Synacktik: /* Taxi Dropoffs */

=Travel to EMF2014=

== Site postcode ==

MK17 0BU

== Public Transport ==

=== Shuttle Bus ===
If you are travelling by public transport, we will be running two minibuses to shuttle people to and from the site.

'''Pickup Point''' Bletchley Railway Station

'''Drop off Point''' EMF Site!

The timetable for this is:

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;"| Day
! Start Time
! End Time
|-
|Friday
|10:00
|21:00
|-
|Saturday
|09:00
|15:00
|-
|Sunday
|12:00
|22:00
|-
|Monday
|08:00
|13:00
|-
|}

=== Rail===
[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/BLY.aspx Bletchley Station] is the closest, with trains to London Euston, Birmingham, etc

If you travel by train, you may be interested in the [http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/bletchley-park-(1) 2FOR1 offer] for [[Bletchley]] Park (requires sign up in advance and printing)

For those people who are arriving/departing between Saturday 7 PM and Sunday 1 PM (which should none of you as you should be there from Friday morning), be aware that heading to/from London between Watford Junction and Hemel Hempstead there is no train service due to planned engineering works.

There is a replacement bus service for that leg of the journey, which means the journey is going to be 2 hours (if the buses actually run on time) to/from Euston, as opposed to the normal 30-50 depending if you are on the express train or not.

=== Air ===

Closest airports are (in order) LTN, LHR, BHX. LGW and STN are also possible.
Minicab taxis (pre-booked) from airports to site:

{|
|LTN
|~35GBP
|40 mins
|-
|LHR
|~65GBP
|70 mins
|}

==National Express==

Run coaches from major airports, and other towns/cities where you might not be able to get a direct train service to Milton Keynes/Bletchley without going in to London, wandering around the underground to get to Euston Station and adding cost.

The Milton Keynes Coachway is a stone throw from the M1 J14. Its quite a distance to the EMF camp (10 miles by car) or the Milton Keynes train station (4 miles) so a mini cab isn't going to be cheap, considering if you have large ruck sacks they'll charge you for the luggage.

The suggested way is to use the park and ride bus service to the Milton Keynes central train station which is £2 something. It runs every 15 minutes, and takes about 15 minutes. You can take in the sites of Milton Keynes.

Then hop on the next southbound London Midland train to Bletchley which is £3.50. They are every 30 mins. This takes about 5 minutes - its the next stop. From there the shuttle bus can transport you and all your gear to site.

== Road ==

==Driving==
If you have spare seats consider offering them on the [[Car_Share]] Page, this will also help split the cost of fuel and parking.

The post code of the site is MK17 0BU, and most sat nav systems will do a reasonable job of getting you there. '''To reduce the disturbance to our neighbours, please avoid driving through the towns of Bletchley and Newton Longville if possible'''. If you're coming from the M1 motorway, please follow the following route:

===Coming From the North (M1 Southbound)===
# Leave the M1 at exit 14 (signposted Milton Keynes/Newport Pagnell)
# Head towards Milton Keynes/A509 (S)
# At the first large roundabout (Milton Keynes has lots of roundabouts) take the A4146/Childs Way towards Aylesbury/Milton Keynes South
# At the next roundabout, take the first exit (A4146/Tongwell Street towards Aylesbury).
# Carry on along the A4146, crossing over three roundabouts.
# At the next roundabout, take the third exit (A4146/All through traffic)
# Straight ahead at the next roundabout (Milton Keynes South & West). You'll pass a lake.
# At the next roundabout, take the first exit (A5 South Dunstable/Aylesbury)
# At the next (!) roundabout, take the third exit (A4146 Gt. Brickhill/Water Eaton)
# Cross straight over two more roundabouts, following the signs to Aylesbury
# At the next roundabout, take the second exit to Drayton Parslow/Newton Longville.
# You'll be pleased to hear that was the last roundabout you'll encounter (the 12th!)
# Go past the first junction (with a turning towards Newton Longville)
# At the next crossroads, turn right towards Newton Longville along Newton Road.
# Just as you enter Newton Longville ("please drive carefully") the road turns sharply right. Take the left at this junction (it should be signposted EMF).

[[File:M1_route.png]]

===Coming from the South (M1 Northbound)===
# Leave the M1 at exit 13 (signposted Milton Keynes South/Bedford).
# Head toward Milton Keynes/A421 (W) from the first roadabout.
# Cross (second exit) the second roundabout shortly afterwards.
# Follow this fairly long (for Milton Keynes) section of single carriageway road.
# At the next roundabout (John Lewis distribution centre) cross straight over.
# At the next roundabout (one of Milton Keynes two space-time discontinums where supposedly parallel roads meet) take the second exit onto Groveway (H9).
# At the next roundabout take the first exit (A4146 Tongwell Street, V11)
# Follow the directions from the north from step 6.

===Parking===
If you are driving you will need to buy one parking ticket per car. There is no nearby public parking. Please don't park elsewhere as you will inconvenience our neighbours or block access to the site.

===Taxis===
Below is a list of local taxi services. Entries will be added and removed as we confirm their coverage of the camp site.

* [http://www.skylinetaxis.co.uk/fare-price-guide.html Skyline Taxis]
* [http://www.eezycabs.co.uk/rates/ EEZY Cabs]
* [http://www.speedlinetaxi.com/ Speedline Taxi]
* [http://www.greenlineairporttaxis.co.uk/ Greenline]
* [http://www.rafflescars.co.uk/ Raffles Cars]

Drop-offs will likely be the same location as the shuttle bus drop off point.

User:Synacktik

2014-08-10T08:59:06Z

Synacktik:

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User:Synacktik

2014-08-10T08:58:07Z

Synacktik:

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User:Synacktik

2014-08-10T08:53:55Z

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Villages:Amateur Radio

2014-08-10T08:51:36Z

Synacktik: /* People */

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|Name=Amateur Radio
|Description=ham radio at it's finest.
|Contact=Paul
|Activities=Radio... durr
}}

Moved from [[radio]]

==Contests==
During EMF the following contests will be running

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestdetails.php?ref=99

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestdetails.php?ref=98

http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/contestdetails.php?ref=101

==Special Event Station==
Paul (M0OKE) has applied for an NoV for a special call sign for a special event station, GB2EMF. The question is whether enough people want to operate to keep the station going for the bulk of the weekend. It's unlikely that anybody wants to spend a significant proportion of their weekend running the special event station.

==Talk In==
Talk in has been suggested on 2/70 on Friday. Operator(s) required. Assuming 145.550 MHz.

==Modes & Bands==

Steve M0SPN intends to run Voice, PSK and SSTV on HF. VHF/UHF dependent on availability of masts and beams.

==Local Clubs==
Milton Keynes ARS (MKARS) are literally just up the road from the campsite

http://www.mkars.org.uk/

==Repeaters==
It would be very cool to have a dedicated on-site repeater just for EMF. The practicality wouldn't be too difficult -- M0RND can provide a 2m/70cm colinear (which might be able to be hosted on the main EMF mast), and there's no shortage of radios which can do cross-band repeat, or something could be lashed up with two Baofeng UV-B5 radios and a diplexer.

The awkward part would be getting an NoV for the repeater, and getting it in time for EMF.

===Voice===
GB3VA http://ukrepeater.net/my_repeater.php?id=997

===Digital===
Milton Keynes has its own repeaters, too. Coverage to be confirmed, but GB7BP looks promising, but is DIGITAL. So is probably not much use for us.

http://www.ukrepeater.net/repeaters/maps/gb7bp.jpg

http://www.ukrepeater.net/my_repeater.php?id=180

==Tasks/Status==

{| class="wikitable"
! Task
! Owner(s)
! Notes
|-
| Village/Station || tgreer? || Organisation of tent, power, network
|-
| Radios || (tbc) || Supply of HF/VHF/UHF gear1
|-
| Mast(s) || (tbc) || Supply of masts, rotator?2 * Tgreer has 12m push up mast on his landrover * Hopefully LHS's trailer mast will be ready for then. [https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Project:Mast_Trailer]
|-
| Operators || See below || People volunteering to rotate operation/manning of station
|-
| Special Event Call || Paul M0OKE || Request submitted
|-
| QSL Cards || Steve M0SPN || Assistance required 3
|-
| GB2RS News || (no owner) || Submit event summary to RSGB news
|-
| Southgate ARC || (no owner) || Submit event summary to SARC news
|-
| TX Factor || Steve M0SPN || Initial contact made (to be passed to jontyw if successful)
|-
| Promo Material || Steve M0SPN || Initial contact made with RSGB, Kenwood, Yaseu, Icom, Moonraker, ML&S
|}
1 Steve M0SPN has TS450S & PSU available

2 Cillian (possible V/UHF yagis), tgreer (possible landrover/mast)

3 http://www.centreprint.co.uk/qsl_cards2.htm can deliver in 1-2 weeks, £50 for 250 cards

==Equipment==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:left;"| Item
! Amount
! Status
|-
|Tent/Gazebo?
|1
|3x3m Ordered from Ebay
|-
|Table
|1
|Rental booked
|-
|Chairs
|6
|Rental booked
|-
|}

==People==
A list of people who may or may not be going and may or may not be interested in doing things related to amateur radio.

* David M0TNR `Cillian' (is going, can bring some radio goodies, but doesn't want to dedicate all weekend to it)
* Adam M0RND
* Colin G8TMV
* Paul M0OKE
* Jon M0JSN
* Gavan 2E0UND
* Steve M0SPN (TCMSLP on #emfcamp)
* Kai DB1SQU (SQUelcher on IRC)
* Kimball 2E1FWL (drrk on IRC)
* Relocker PA1BYL
* Paul M0TZO - bringing D-STAR equipment
* Blake KC9CHL

==Villagers==
{{inhabitant}}