Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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A thoroughly enjoyable evening first looking at some new short horror films from another filmmaker and then some lengthy discussions afterwards on how some of the effects were made. Quite clever some of them were and not easy to see how it was done. Afterwards a discussion on items for the club newsletter, including looking …
We had an interesting evening firstly Steve discussing and showing how music can change the way a scene works in any film. Secondly Jane showed us some new footage she had taken at a local show and we discussed how best to edit it. Jane also showed some interesting films from someone she knew who …
This evening we mainly looked at Holiday films from the archive. Many interesting films with several films not seen for years that some members couldn’t recall them.
This was an enjoyable evening looking at some members films to the theme ‘Spring’ which could be interpreted in any way they like. We also looked at archive films and tried to guess the ‘Spring’ link in them.
Ovfm members had great fun on Friday evening trying to recreate sound to film clips that had the sound muted. We learnt a lot and found that sound can be very subtle whilst also being essential. We recorded each element of sound seperately, so the audio levels could be adjusted on each sound clip individually. …
Many members turned up at Ron’s lovely home to watch and learn some Archive films. Mainly looking at previous IAC 48 hours challenges as we prepare for this years entry. Also looked at some of Mike Shaw’s short films and ponder on just how it was achieved. Mike was a master of special effects years …
This was a fun meeting where we put together a short comedy film and made up the script on the night. We came up with this film about a shy character who was really not that shy after all. There was spontaneous acting and filming. Everyone took part. Now the editing begins. After this we …
We had an excellent evening of members favourite films where members can select one film from the Archive to show and explain themselves why they chose it. The evening started with a film selected from Hugh Darrington called Call of Duty which was a comedy film with the confusion of a wrong number phone call. …
We had an excellent meeting in Ron’s lovely home where several OVFM members turned up. Ron had put together edited clips of the documentary ‘The Story of Film’ and several were shown then we discussed them and learn about how the filmmakers were thinking at the time. The clips mainly centered around Hollywood films including …
And here we go with the first round of the 2022 TOP TEN competition. Like many of the activities we undertake as a club this one has had to undergo a slight change to fit in with the current climate and limitations of travel for many of our members. don’t worry it doesn’t …