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 2010 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:

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

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 2011 Winners

Owner	Title	Category	Awards
John Sirett	Diamond Bird	Documentary	1st + VOTY+ Excellence in Photography + Audience Award
Nuts Team	Special Delivery	Drama	1st
Ron Cooper	Tchaikosvsky Vision	Music Video	1st
Ruskin Spears	Toooooo Much Brotherly Love	Special Techniques	1st
Max Milgate	A Natural Gem	Travel	1st

 

Other Awards

Gwen Stoney Prize	Neville Waller
Best meeting Night Videographer Team	Packers Team
Best meeting Night Vidoegrapher	Ruskin Spears
Ted Northover Trophy	Nuts Team

 

2nd & 3rd Places

Owner	Title	Category	Awards
Gordon Davis	Fight to Survive	Documentary	2nd
Andy Doldissen	Pass the Baton	Documentary	3rd
Bob Hallett	The Judgement	Drama	2nd
Ruskin Spears	Under the Bonnet	Drama	3rd
Ami Levartovsky	If the Whole World ....	Music Video	2nd
Ian Howard	The Didgeridoo Man	Music Video	3rd
Ernest Cheung	Free Trip	Special Techniques	2nd
Toolang Group	Falling for Grace	Special Techniques	3rd
Merv Blanch	Up and Down	Travel	2nd
Jim Whitehead	Extract of Beijing	Travel	3rd

 

 

VOTY 2010 Winners

Owner	Title	Category	Awards
Andy Doldissen and Chris Saville	Voyage of La Perouse	Documentatry	1st + VOTY+ Excellence in Photography
Ernest Cheung and Bob Hallett	My Son	Drama	1st + Ted Northover
Ron Cooper	The Session	Music Video	1st
Packers Team	Heaven Sent	Special Techniques	1st
Noel Leeder	Frozen Fantasy	Travel	1st
Max Milgate	"Hangin" Around	Documentary	Audience Award

 

Other Awards

Gwen Stoney Prize	Ian Howard
Best meeting Night Videographer Team	Packers Team: Chris Saville, Don Reade, Kent Fry
Best meeting Night Vidoegrapher	Neville Clare