The Laguna Woods Video Club held its Goldies Awards show – its very own Oscars – celebrating the best short videos created by its members.
In the annual contest’s 12th year, 13 videos were submitted, said Tom Nash, the club’s vice president. Of those, 10 were shown during the awards show Feb. 9 at the 19 Restaurant.
The videos were filmed in a variety of locations, with a diverse range of subjects. One was a poignantly humorous take on aging. Another portrayed a unique way to recycle household trash. In another, a retired physician recorded his volunteer surgeries at a refugee camp in Kurdistan. Yet another was about a journey along the Amazon.
In others, the videographers stayed close to home, filming the wonders of art in Clubhouse 4, the tranquility of Aliso Creek and a garden in the Village, a destructive wildfire in Laguna Niguel.
Club members at the awards show voted for the top three videos.
First place went to Stephanie Brasher for her video “Everything Drips.” Stars Lucy Parker and Don Hill – both nonagenarian club members – depicted the inevitable vicissitudes of aging – to everyone’s applause and delight, and a few nods indicating “been there.”
“I heard someone complain about their nose dripping all the time, and I built upon the idea,” said Brasher, who wrote the script and directed and filmed the video.
She said Parker and Hill were naturals: All she had to do was feed them the line, and in one or two clips she had her video. “They have a ‘yes’ attitude,” she said.
Brasher emphasized that she kept her equipment simple, filming on an iPhone and using no external microphones. She teaches iPhone lessons for the Video Club.
“It’s amazing what you can do. You can find all sorts of fancy equipment, but you really don’t need to.”
Second place went to Nancy Klann-Moren for “Waste Not …,” a video that stood out for its originality and wit. The video showed hand-crafted mannequins measuring 7 feet tall and…
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