OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday September 29th 2015

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This week’s club meeting is the fourth round of the annual Top Ten Competition. For the results of the first three rounds please click HERE.

I realise that before the last round we expounded upon the belief of “quality over quantity” but as we only had ONE entry that is, I’m sure you’ll agree, pushing it a bit. Hopefully we will see an improvement on that number as we enter into the latter stage of the contest and with the summer holidays behind us, you good folk have had some time to put your footage together into a some sort of visual narrative.

The names drawn to submit and entry for this round are:

Barbara Darby

Mike Bishop

David Laker

Leo Staggs

Anna Littler

Walter McKenna

Tony Keable

Chris Coulson

Barbara Walker

 

As ever if you can’t make your designated round be sure to let Brenda know ahead of time or you have a film ready early, please bring it along as chances are it will be welcomed for screening time permitting.

And if you are bringing a film this week then PLEASE reply to this post in the comments/reply section below, letting us know the film’s run time, format (DVD, Blu-ray, Mini DV) and picture ratio (4:3 or 16:9). This is a great help for us when planning the evening out and helping things run smoothly so if you could do us this courtesy it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you and good luck to everyone who enters a film!

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday September 15th 2015

 

SHOW US YOUR FILMS!

It’s a special project evening for this meeting because there is no special project theme!

Don’t worry – it’s not that confusing. Our committee (aka The Legion Of Doom) have been concerned that the filmmaking output of the club members has dwindled somewhat recently, with the same few people submitting films for the project evenings and competitions. Similarly newer club members have yet to show their hands either. To be honest I have been with the club for five years now and there are some people I don’t think I have ever seen submit a film.

So, we have put aside this evening in the annual calendar to have a sort of “open night” for club members who are too bashful or lacking in confidence to enter the Top 10, or have yet to find a project to inspire them, to show whatever films they have to the rest of the club.

If the thought of your film being judged by your peers with the potential for criticism sounds off putting for a neophyte filmmaker the idea is that we simply remove that pressure from the equation. That way, if you want constructive feedback for your film but don’t want to be judged then this is the perfect opportunity for you to be advised without risking anything in the process.

There is also a second agenda for this evening as we welcome the results from the recent “Film In An Evening” session we had a few meetings back. The attending members were split up into two groups and two films were shot. The raw material was then distributed among club members to edit as they see fit and we hope to screen those edits in the second part of this session.

So, if you have an edit for us or you have any film you wish to share with us (between 5-10 minutes maximum), this coming Tuesday is your opportunity to do so. Please let us know by replying to this post below if you are bringing a film along with the format, run time and picture ratio information.

Thanks for reading and see you on Tuesday!

Colin’s Golden Touch

Colin and fellow OVFMers, family and friends
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Colin Celebrates Fifty Years with OVFM.

Fresh from his success leading the August OVFM ramble around Penshurst, the ever dynamic Colin Jones accepted an invitation to share his film making memories at a recent club meeting.

‘An Evening With Colin Jones’ was entertaining, informative and thoroughly good fun. Amongst the films shown were great examples of the documentary, drama and comedy genres that Colin has made during the fifty years he’s been associated with the Orpington Video and Film Makers’ club.

Ever enthusiastic about film making Colin still seizes every opportunity to explore new cinematic styles and ideas and to experiment in new and ever more creative techniques. Colin held club members enthralled with his anecdotes and humorous descriptions of his experiences in the world of amateur film making, experiences that date back to the steam radio days of proper cine film and reel to reel tape recorders!

For those of us only familiar with the modern digital video format the sheer skill and discipline required to shoot on cine film is quite breath-taking and the resultant efforts humbling to view.

Amongst the fascinating films Colin treated the packed audience of fellow club members, friends and family to, were several period pieces that clearly showed how much Petts Wood and Orpington has changed in the last few decades. Thanks to Colin and other club members we have a record of this transformation preserved forever in our archive.

a013Attendees at the OVFM Spring and Autumn public shows will know Colin’s work well as his films are frequently included in the programme.

Thanks for a great evening Colin, thanks for the memories and thanks for all the films…keep up the good work!

Obviously a golden anniversary like this couldn’t go unmarked so thanks to club member Peter a suitably inscribed cake was respectfully proffered, mathematically divided and eagerly consumed!

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