Some History

In mid 1991 two Australian video magazines carried a notice
by John Weaver inviting interested persons to contact him
regarding establishing a new camcorder club in Sydney.
A number of enthusiasts turned up at the first meeting
and called the club "Northside Camcorder Club".

Almost 20 years later and renamed Sydney Video Makers Club, it is
the biggest video-making club in Australia. 

2 DVD pack of VOTY night 2009 screenings and festivities available on January Club Night, cost $25.00. Also available from the Treasurer - please email or phone him (see "contact us").

VOTY

Toward the end of each year members submit videos to be judged by a panel of skilled external judges. If appropriate, awards are made for videos in the categories:

• Drama
• Special Techniques
• Music Video
• Travel
• Documentary

The best of these is awarded the President’s Trophy as the best “Video of the Year”. Other prestigious awards are made from the VOTY competition entries and from the best of videos submitted for club night competitions:

• Ted Northover Prize for best fiction video entered in VOTY.
• Gwen Stoney Prize to most improved videographer of the year.
• Best meeting Night Videographer team to the team with the highest score for the year.
• Best meeting Night Vidoegrapher to the best individual member with the highest score for the year.
• Audience popular choice award, selected by voting for the videos screened on VOTY night.

Each year dependant on individual entry length usually about twenty of the entries are able to be screened. Judging scores are used to decide which entries are screened. To add to the prestige and style of the evening the event is held in the “Roxy Theatre” part of the Film Australia Facility at Lindfield. Members and their friends can watch their work on a full size screen in a luxurious theatre. Entries close on October club night. Don’t miss out, get your entry in on time - the October 2011 Club Night. Members and teams planning to enter will find full competition entry details in the download section of this website.

 

VOTY 2009 Winners

Owner	Title	Category	Awards
Andy Doldissen	Korean Play Group	Documentatry	1st + VOTY + Audience Popular Vote
Chris Callaghan	The Swan	Music Video	1st
Ernest Cheung, Kent Fry, Rob Nercessian	Divine Dream	Drama	1st + Ted Northover Trophy + Excellence in Photography
Juan and Carmen Maravillas	Carnevale	Travel	1st
Ernest Cheung, Kent Fry	My Camera Talks	Special Effects	1st

 

Other Awards

Gwen Stoney Prize	Kent Fry
Best meeting Night Videographer Team	NUTS Team: Phil Brighton, Mike Elton, Ian Scott, Beryl Stephens, Jim Whitehead
Best meeting Night Vidoegrapher	Kent Fry