Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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The Making Of The Amazing Healing Machine (Or What The Hell Did I let Myself In For?) A personal account of the OVFM Coaching Evenings film project By Lee Relph Part One – A Hard Day’s Night On January 23rd 2012, members of OVFM descended upon the Garden Rooms at St Augustine’s Church, …
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Day Two and the housemates are in a filming state of mind. It’s Tuesday 24th January 2012 and as a shaft of golden sunlight picks out the gold braid stripes on Captain Lee’s uniform his eager crew gather for their early morning briefing. “Well team, we have a Big Day ahead of us. As you …
While Old Man Winter has been quietly cloaking itself in Spring’s mantle (fingers crossed) the Intelligentsia Juggernaut that is the OVFM Coaching Experience has been steadily rumbling onward towards it’s goal…like some giant, steady, rumbling thing. Monday 23rd January 2012 saw a crack team of keen film makers, actors, technical gurus, avid students of cinema …
As the icy grip of the winter chill maintains its firm hold on us mere mortals we here at OVFM have the perfect antidote – a look back at the recent holidays our members enjoyed in sunnier climes. Holiday films have a tendency to be dull, listless and often unable to fully represent the atmosphere …
THE PREMIERE!!! As you may recall during the recent features on Anna Littler’s film “Blitz & Bananas”, we brought you news that the premiere was being organised for early 2012. Well, we can now confirm that the premiere will take place on Sunday April 1st at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. And no, this …
Hello and Happy New Year to you all! I trust you’ve all managed to remain relatively unscathed by the Yuletide celebrations but that is now in the past and here at OVFM it’s business as usual. And what better way to kick of the new year than by finishing up last year’s Top 10 …
OVFM Annual Competiton 2011 Yes folks it is that time again for all of you who are brave enough to have your films judged by a panel of experts in the fiercest battle of filmmakers known to man – well, in the Orpington area at least. Last year’s competition – the complete list …
Deck the Hall with Betamax Tape trulla-la-la… Hark! Are those festive bells I hear a-jingling? It must be the OVFM Christmas Social. So let us raise our voices in a hearty Ho Ho Ho and welcome in the Yuletide Magix! (I mean magic of course, there’s no seedy product placement here, our Christmas is entirely …
“So here it is Merry Christmas…” It’s that time of year again when the decorations go up, carols are sung, the stars shine bright in the cold, winter night sky and all the little girls and boys pray that they’ve been good enough over the past twelve months to warrant a nice surprise from …
An OVFM Christmas Treet! by Annabelle Lancaster When clubs and businesses were invited to take part in a Christmas Tree Festival in the Methodist Church, Orpington the committee decided we should give them support and participate. After all, this is the church where we hold our annual Spring and Autumn shows nowadays. Freddy …