Welcome to Northern California’s Premier Video Club
Viewfinders’ Digital Video Club (formerly Cupertino Viewfinders Camcorder Club) meets each month in the Cupertino Room at the Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino, CA 95014. Guests of club members and visitors from the general public are welcome to attend. Admission is free and refreshments are provided by the Club. Please see Calendar on the Events page for upcoming programs.
Club Achievements
The Group has made national and internationally acclaimed award winning movies that include "Maybe Today" 2006, "Dearly Departed" 2007 , "Two Left Feet" 2008, "The Interrogation" 2009 and "Through the Dark Glass" 2010.
November 10th (Wed), 2010
Club Meeting Program:
Annual Golden DVD Awards Night.
Viewfinders Digital Video Club Member Benefits
The dues for 2010 are again just $30 which cover our expenses (prorated quarterly for new members). If you're not already a Club member, you can download our
Membership Form, fill it out and mail it in with your dues check to our Club Treasurer.
The more significant benefits of membership are:
1. Viewfinders Monthly Newsletter. This colorful publication produced by our Club Newsletter Editor, Brian Lucas, contains useful and pertinent info regarding Club activities and useful articles to help you make better quality movies.
2. Screening Eligibility. By being a Club member you'll be able to have your video(s) screened during our monthly general meetings which will give you the opportunity to see your latest creation up on Quinlan Center’s BIG screen.
3. Club Movie-making Production Crew. A special interest group of the Club called Viewfinders Video Productions Group produces an annual club movie designed to compete in amateur movie festivals around the world. Our award-winning movies include "Maybe Today", “Dearly Departed”, “Two Left Feet” and "Through the Dark Glass" which recently won an award by the Society of Canadian Cine Amateurs. All of these movies are available on DVD for purchase at our meetings for a nominal price.
4. Club Annual Membership Video Contest. Movie entries for this annual October event is limited to Club members only. Besides this major contest event, there are through the year several special video "theme challenge" events for Club members.
5. Special Event Notification. To receive E-mail notification of any offline special events, activities or offers, you must be a Club member. Events in the past several years included an evening at Lucas Films at the San Francisco Presidio, at Pixar Films in Emeryville, at the Dolby Sound Studios in San Francisco and recently at the NBC Channel 3 news studio in San Jose.
6. AMPS [American Motion Picture Society] Member. This membership qualifies Viewfinders Club members to enter AMP’s annual movie contest held in late Fall.