Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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GREEN SCREEN It’s time to get practical again with an old favourite, the green screen filming evening! We did a couple of these last year and they yielded some interesting responses from club members in using the clips in different settings, as well as earning some of the makers an award at this …
Ladles and Jellyspoons It’s award season for OVFM which means the 2019 Oscars! Every year we celebrate and reward the efforts of our club members with a small trinket or two, with club awards voted for by their peers and the Annual competition categories judged by an external panel. This …
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OVFM Social Lunch 2019 by Hugh Darrington Great lunch, great weather: ‘Three Horseshoes’ scores a hit! ‘The Three Horseshoes’ pub in Knockholt was voted a hit by the 23 members of OVFM who went to the club lunch there on February 26th. They scoffed from a wide ranging menu from steak pie to …
OVFM once again opens up its door to a guest speaker to drop by and share their work and wisdom with us. This week we welcome “Pretty Casual” Gerald Pecksen of Spring Park Filmmakers: Gerald is a former professional filmmaker with an impressive CV to his name, who made the switch …
For this week’s meeting we are please to welcome Andrew Bishop back to give us another talk on his favourite subject of animation. As you might recall, Andrew from Darkside Animations last gave a talk back in October where he showed us the latest software he and his team have been using in making the …
2018 has gone quickly hasn’t it? It’s hard to believe we have arrived at the last round of our annual club competition films already! Offering club members a chance to test their creativity in three separate categories that pay tribute to past club members, this is one of the more unique and interesting challenges …
For this week’s meeting we are taking a break from our own activities to let someone else share with us the fruits of their labours and the secrets behind how they achieved them., as we invite another guest speaker to the hallowed halls of the Barnyard Rooms! We are expecting to have Andrew …
It’s that time again when we gather together the most esteemed of our filmmaking experts and put them in the spotlight to answer your questions about our noble pursuit. Filmmaking isn’t an exact science since the advancements in technology and ways we can capture and share or footage and the methods in which they …
The TOP TEN 2018 competition continues as we head into round two! The Top Ten is open to everyone in OVFM to submit a film, no longer than 20 minutes on any subject, style or genre, which will be judged and graded by their peers. The ten films that have accrued the highest scores …
We have another practical evening lined up for you for this meeting but this one is different. Instead of learning about filmmaking we are going to hone a different set of skills – our judgement of films. Opinions are like bottoms – we’ve all got one – but it is how we express them …