OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday March 4th 2014 – OVFM OSCARS!!

Posted on February 25, 2014November 20, 2020 by Lee Relph

“They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway”

Well they have nothing compared to the luminescence of the OVFM Oscars, especially those Yanks who are trying to steal our thunder by hosting their thrupenny bit knockoff version two days before ours!

The biggest event in the OVFM calendar arrives on March 4^th where the hard work and creativity of OVFM club members are rewarded with fetching little trinkets that have had a load of names and dates scratched into them. With bated breath (or fresh breath if you use mouth wash) many of use are on tenterhooks wondering if our names will be added to those which have already caused a huge devaluation to the resell worth of said trophies!

As ever we have many awards being contested including:

Ian Dunbar Cup

Orpington Trophy

Jubilee Shield

Vincent Pons Trophy

Mike Turner Plate

Kath Jones Cup

Peggy Parmenter Knife & Fork

We’ll also find out who has come second to Barbara “Cakes” Darby in the 2013 Top Ten competition.

This year we are thankful to Rod Willerton, Ron Prosser and David Fenn of Haywards Heath Movie Makers for kindly judging the films on our behalf and we believe Messers Prosser and Fenn might be joining on the night, so we can thank them personally (or beat them up if we don’t anything).

And of course it wouldn’t be an award ceremony without the display of high fashion and glamour so members are encouraged to expel the mothballs from their Sunday finest and dress up for the occasion, or if you are so inclined you can indulge in a bit of fancy dress. Last year long time member John Alford came dressed as an empty chair but was devastated when no-one noticed. The moral of this tale? Choose your costume wisely!

Last year’s big winner was Colin “Colin” Jones who took home seven awards although he only actually won five, followed by Mrs. “Cakes” Darby who won three. Who will be the triumphant winner(s) this year?

The only way to find out is to join us this Tuesday March 4^th at the Barnard Room, St Augustine’s Church for the 2014 OVFM Oscars!!

Hope to see you all then!

New OVFM Project – Green

Posted on February 25, 2014August 3, 2020 by Lee Relph

GREEN!

Hello again and here we are with another exciting club project for you to participate in.

The subject this time is “Green”. Now what does that mean you ask? Well, it could mean a number of things: something incorporating the colour perhaps; a tribute to your favourite fruit or vegetable; a tour around your garden; a golfing green; maybe something to do with the environment; a film about author Graham Greene, guitar legend Peter Green or TV impresario Hughie Green; perhaps you have done something using a green screen; you might even have a cold and have coughed up something green; aliens are supposed to be green aren’t they? – whatever it is we ask you to get out your cameras,get filming and show it to the club!

The deadline (i.e: the night we’ll be showing the films) is TUESDAY APRIL 29TH so don’t say we don’t give you enough advanced warning on these projects!

Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing the fruits of your labours on the 29th of April!

50/50 Evening with Spring Park

Posted on February 21, 2014April 26, 2015 by Lee Relph

with Spring Park

Sharing can be a good thing. A rewarding thing. it can help us out of a sticky situation by helping carry the load of a problem or it can lead to the widening of the horizons. If we don’t share things like information and knowledge then we as people and a society won’t grow. It’s also nice to share the fruits of our labours which brings us to this film show evening OVFM will be having with our ~~rivals~~ friends at Spring Park Film Makers!

On Thursday 6th March Spring Park will welcome us to their Club at Emmanuel Church, The Grove, West Wickham BR4 9JS (map can be found HERE) – 7:45pm for an 8:00pm start – for an evening of the finest film making our region has to offer. And Spring Park will show some of their films too!

Both clubs will be screening a 45 minute selection of their films to show but remember, this is not a competition, just a chance to get together with fellow film makers and indulge in a civil and hopefully rewarding night of amateur film making.

If you are interested in attending then please let our Duracell driven secretary Freddy Beard know ASAP as Spring Park need to know how many cakes to provide!!

Thanks in advance to Spring Park for their hospitality and here’s to a good night!
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OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday February 18th 2014

Posted on February 12, 2014January 5, 2022 by Lee Relph

This week’s club meeting was originally going to feature a talk from a chap named Andrew Bishop who had to pull out, so we are grateful to our very own Colin “Colin” Jones for stepping up to the plate in Andrew’s place.

Colin will be discussing animation, a subject I am sure many of us will be interested in and possibly have had idea of trying ourselves. Colin’s presentation will be a mixture of anecdotes and a film show, starting from his own experiments with the medium for opening credits for his family films. Colin’s son Tim picked up the mantle of becoming the animator in the family, making stop motion animation films, a few of which Colin hopes to share with us. Finally we shall look at the collaborations between Colin and former OVFM member and professional animator Dick Horn, whose work we sampled at the last archive evening in the form of Simple Sisyphus.

I hope you can join us on Tuesday for what promises to be an entertaining and enlightening evening.

Th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-That’s all folks!!

OVFM Spring Show 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014February 23, 2020 by Lee Relph

OVFM Spring Show 2014

We’ve reached that time of year again when OVFM invites our members, their families and guests from outside the club to join us in celebrating the days getting brighter, the weather is getting warmer and the trees and plants in bloom once again. As ever we will be to marking this occasion by sharing with everyone the best of the many films made over the past twelve months along with a few gems from the archive. We shall also be taking a look back over the events of 2103 in the annual Newsreel!

As ever refreshments will be on hand as well as our raffle where great prizes can be won!

The 2014 Spring Show will take place on FRIDAY 21st March at 7.30 pm

VENUE – Methodist Church, 19 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington BR6 9JH

DIRECTIONS – GOOGLE MAP

WEBSITE – http://www.orpingtonmethodist.org.uk/welcome.htm

Club members get in free but for others the tickets are £5 – which includes refreshments – and are available from our secretary Freddy Beard on 01689 813616 .

A poster for the event can be downloaded (for best printing results) from HERE (right click on the image then select “Save Image As”) so please print a copy off and spread the word around your neighbourhood!

For an entertaining and sociable evening of drama, comedy, documentary, music, travelogue and more get your tickets a.s.a.p. and bring along your friends and family!

See you then!