Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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NON-VERBAL We appreciate the fact that we announced this project just last month (don’t look at me, I don’t make the programme) which hasn’t given you much time for everyone to get your creative juices going or your films made but hopefully some of you have been inspired to put something together for …
TABLE TOP FILMING For this session, it is time to get the cameras out again and do some more filming, this time scaling things down a bit to try our hand at table top filming! What’s that you ask? Well, rather than me explain it to you, I’ll let John Bunce have that honour. Take …
TIM JONES A familiar face to OVFM club members old and new, we weclome Tim Jones, son of Colin, back for another stint as Guest Speaker. Whilst newer club members will know Tim from his previous presentations, for the senior members Tim will be remembered as a fully paid up member of OVFM …
Okay folks we are ready for the second round of the TOP TEN 2019 competition! The first round was rather interesting as the turnout of just 15 people and eight entries meant there were fewer options for choosing people to make comments. Hopefully, this time will be different. For those of you absent last …
It’s late July which can only mean it is the annual OVFM Summer Social garden party! As with last year, this year’s event is once again hosted by Kemsing Mafia members James and Fran Morton-Robertson which means a trip to Sevenoaks for those attending. You can find Jim’s address in the MEMBERS’ DETAILS listings …
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 …