Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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North vs South 2013 Grand Final Report by Mike Coad The Grand Final of the North v South Competition took place on Sunday 24th November in the South at its usual venue of the Village Hall in Farnborough, Kent. A 5 hour show which included all 25 films entered into the competition were shown to …
OVFM SCRIPTWRITING EVENING Over the past couple of years our entries for the annual North vs South competition, as well as the Coaching Evenings, has seen an emergence of club members starting to write their own scripts, which is encouraging as our drama/comedy output is somewhat dwarfed in relation to holiday, documentary and sundry …
Just two days before you all don your scariest costumes and go disturbing your neighbours by begging for sweets in the fashion influenced by an age old American tradition (who else could create something so annoying?) in celebration of All Hallow’s Eve, there is the small matter of the next OVFM club meeting …
OVFM Conquers Kent Film Festival 2013!! by Mike Shaw Members of Orpington Video & Film Makers collected three major trophies and a commendation at the prestigious Kent Film Festival (held Saturday 28th September, in Canterbury). The winning films were ‘Steam and Smoke’ (Best Photography) by Sam Brown, ‘Village Mosaic’ (Kent Award) by Barbara Darby, ‘Enid …
OVFM Autumn Show 2013 When the members of OVFM work so hard at producing films it seems only fair that they should get the best showing possible. At club meetings their work is projected onto a large screen, but when we put on a show at an outside venue we’re also able to attract …
After the disappointment of just two entries in Round Three of the annual Top Ten competition we hope that now the summer holidays are effectively over that there will be a greater response for round four. We hope you’ve been busy with your cameras catching the sights and sounds of whichever glamorous locale you invaded …
Let me tell you, if you missed our guest speaker Tim Jones, you have my sympathy, because you missed a real treat! Tim is a Senior Lecturer at Christ Church College Canterbury in the Film and TV Dept. but more importantly than that he has a long association with OVFM. He was just twelve years …
This week’s meeting sees us handing over the reigns to someone else as we welcome a guest speaker to share their wisdom and knowledge of filmmaking. Stepping up to the plate is Tim Jones, who will be familiar to some of the longer tenured club members as he was once one of us. Tim, son …
Sunshine, Showers, Slopes and a…SPITFIRE! With ingredients like that the dish de jour must be the OVFM Ramble! The gang gathered early and there was a palpable enthusiasm to get on and conquer what we would later call ‘The North Face of Shoreham Hill’. But for now we were blissully ignorant of the trial …
Hello All, it’s that time of year again! As always with Deborah and I the emphasis is on the social side of the ramble rather than the macho slog of it. This is not one for those wanting an iron man challenge, but if you do want nice views, nice company, a pub lunch and …