Second Lockdown Edition! Classic Newsreels about Orpington and the Surrounding Area As well as making a wide variety of films including dramas, documentaries, and comedies, for over 30 years Orpington Video & Film Makers (OVFM) has been filming in and around Orpington to produce a newsreel of the previous year’s events to include in […]
LOCKDOWN SPECIAL – Challenges for May by Jane Oliver My challenge is for OVFM to make a club film ‘together’ during ‘lockdown’ To start things off, I thought we could take the principle of this film on Vimeo and each try to film an element of it a home, in our own style. […]
You will know that OVFM meetings are cancelled until further notice and should have seen messages sent via email and on this site suggesting various club-related activities that members might undertake during the period that we are not meeting. One of these was to get to know the OVFM website better and avail yourself […]
Due to the current situation with the Coronavirus pandemic, the OVFM Committee has made the decision to cancel the upcoming club meeting. Whilst regrettable this is inevitable under the circumstances but it is hoped once things calm down the Oscars will be held later in the year. Thank you for your understanding and please […]
Yes, I know we said at the last meeting this would be an evening of films from another club, but the Committee changed their mind and didn’t tell anyone! They instead felt that since not all of the films entered onto the Annual Competition are shown during the year at club meetings for a […]
It is with regret that due to current situations OVFM has made the decision to cancel the upcoming Spring Film Show. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we hope you will join us for our Autumn show in October.
RUBBISH It is time to see what you have to share with us regarding our first Film to a Theme project for 2020. I’m sure interest was piqued when we announced this project two months ago, and you have all been busy making something relevant to the theme of Rubbish – maybe you […]
As much as we pride ourselves on creating original work here at OVFM, we are not above pinching existing concepts for our own use, as evident by the theme for our next cub evening – Desert Island Films. But, to avoid litigation by the estate of Roy Plomley, we’ve altered the format a little […]
It’s that dreaded time of year again – the annual screening of club members’ holiday films! Not that there is anything wrong with well shot, picturesque footage of foreign climes in all their glorious splendour but there is something about holiday films that seems to cause filmmakers to take off their sensible editor hat […]
No, I can’t believe it is 2020 already but it is and the start of a new year means concluding some unfinished business from 2019, namely the TOP TEN competition! The three individual qualifying rounds were held over the latter half of the year and from that the ten films with the highest scores […]
