Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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“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 …
The OVFM Autumn Show “It’s a Calamity…Jane!” Mike Turner grumbles as I enter the hall. “What’s the prob Mike? And by the way don’t call me Jane.” I answer calmly, being used to his outbursts. “Surely you can see what’s wrong!” He continues. “Oh no there’s not some kind of biscuit shortage is there?” I …
It’s new project time and the subject for this one is “Guess Where This Was Filmed”. I would elaborate but there doesn’t really seem to be much need since the title says it all. The date for the screening of your efforts is November 22nd – which incidentally is the same night for the …
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An Epic Tale of an Epic Tale by Anna Littler (click on images to see them full size) Part 4: The Premiere for Blitz and Bananas Although it’s 6 months away, we’re already focussing on organising the Premiere and would value your thoughts on this as we need to make important decisions. We have …
STOP PRESS!! OVFM HITS THE HEADLINES! Some of you may not know that aside from being Mrs. Club President and an aspiring cage fighter, Annabelle Lancaster is also OVFM’s press officer. This past week Annabelle scored a coup for the club by getting us featured in three different local publications with a feature on …
An Epic Tale of an Epic Tale by Anna Littler (click on images to see them full size) PART 2 – TV actors ~ Brian Murphy and Linda Regan It’s been such a pleasure and great fun to work with TV actors, Brian and Linda on Blitz and Bananas. They’ve been so generous with their …
OVFM Autumn Show 2011 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 …
An Epic Tale of an Epic Tale by Anna Littler (click on images to see them full size) PART 1 – Background to Blitz and Bananas ~ How it all began! First of all a huge thank you to everyone who’s been involved in my epic – Blitz and Bananas! For those of you who …
OVFM GOES GREEN!! This week’s meeting will take the form of a practical night where our esteemed chairman and other club members (or Google if things get too tough) will share with us their immense knowledge and experience on a particular film making method. The subject of this seminar was requested by Robert “Bob” …