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OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY MAY 17th 2022

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OVFM returns to the club hall of the Barnard Rooms for our next meeting, which will be a mix of filming and discussion to see if we have the seeds for a new project or something to bolster our coverage of the upcoming Jubilee celebrations for the special bonus newsreel we hope to include in our Autumn film show.

 

Per our chair Jane Oliver:

 

We’d like to try something different.  We’re asking members to film something ahead of the meeting whether on phone or camera and either bring their SD card along or download some clips onto a flash drive/memory stick.  Those who prefer to use a camera and take stills can bring some stills along too (on SD card or flash drive/memory stick).  There’s no need for it to be edited.

 

It would be good if clips could relate to the jubilee; there’s lots of bunting and decorations in Orpington High Street and it is likely to be the same elsewhere. On Saturday, Pratt’s Bottom have their fete from 11.30am to 4pm and there’ll be stalls and May Queens from across the Borough.  Anything goes really,  anything red, white and blue, a crown, The Queen’s Head, maybe a picture you’ve drawn, a red telephone box (if you can find one), a pillar box (good if it has a ‘topper’ of a crown or something similar),  corgis or decorations in shop windows; Bromley is having a competition for shop that best captures the Jubilee spirit with eye-catching window displays, so some shops might have started early.

 

During the evening we will watch some of your clips and have a general discussion and see where that takes us.  If any of you don’t have time to film ahead of the evening, there will be an opportunity for you to slip out at the beginning of the meeting and capture something locally should you wish, so please bring your camera or phone if you want to do this. This is a really good opportunity for you to see something of yours on the big screen which might be a first for some of you.

 

We hope to draw the evening to a close at about 9.30pm.

 

It will be good to see as many of you as possible;  I’m sure we are all at the stage where we’d like to get back together again in person….. and please feel free to wear a mask if you are more comfortable doing so.  Equally, those who don’t like wearing masks, there is no requirement for you to do so.  It is an individual choice that we will all respect whatever you choose.

 

As an adjunct to this, there are other local events happening this weekend, so do please consult this post HERE for information if you are short of ideas or something to film.

 

Thanks for reading and we’ll see you on Tuesday evening!

Filming Opportunities – Local Events Spring 2022

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LOCAL EVENTS – SPRING 2022

 

Since we are always encouraging club members to be creative with their filmmaking, there is also the small matter of  collating footage our annual newsreel. This page will list any upcoming local events of interest in the hope some of you will be able to pop along and capture something worthy to share with the public via the newsreel at our Spring public show.

 

If you know of any events you think may be worth filming, do please send them to me via email and I shall add them to this page.

 

Updated – May 21st 2022

 

Sunday 12th June 2022 –Bromley Pageant of Motoring – Norman Park, Bromley 9:30am-17.00pm

Info courtesy of Eventbrite

 

The Bromley Pageant of Motoring is established as something of an institution amongst enthusiasts from all over the world.

 

Where else would you find more than 3,000 classic cars in one place? It is a superb celebration of all things motoring and provides one of the best opportunities available to soak up Bromley’s unique atmosphere of friendly club stands, displays and fellow enthusiasts.

 

The Bromley Pageant is famous for its one-make section where vehicles of each make and model can be entered and parked together. From Ford Cortina’s to Aston Martin’s, more than 1000 cars featured in this area the last time the event was held!

 

With car clubs, our famous One Make Parking, a packed trade area, autojumble, live action arena including The Tigers Motorcycle Display Team, the worlds smallest car and a record breaking solar car, funfair and inflatables, come along and join us for a brilliant day jam-packed full of fun for all the family!

 

Saturday 25th June 2022 – St Giles Garden Party and Fete – Church Road, Farnborough – 10.30am

Great food and drink, cakes and marmalade.  Stalls and games.  Punch & Judy performances.  Listen to the Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Band and the Rock Choir.  Watch the children from Dance Off Studio.I am delighted to say that after an absence of two years this year’s Rectory Garden Fete is going ahead at the later date of Saturday 25th June.

More info: https://www.farnborough-kent-parish.org.uk/about_events.html

 

Saturday August 6th 2022 -Priory Live Music Festival – Priory Gardens, Orpington

Priory Live music festival in Orpington Saturday 6th August celebrates original, creative, and diverse artists with the spirit to step out of the box. Described as “A love letter to music” headlined by Scouting For Girls.

 

10 Hours  of fantastic original quality and diverse music, with 2 stages, a market  for creative makers, a great choice of street foods, kids zone with rides, activities, circus and music workshops and a fantastic festival ending fireworks.

 

Early bird tickets are sold out , phase 2 tickets are on sale now via https://www.priorylive.co.uk/

OVFM TOP TEN 2022 COMPETITION

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It’s back! The annual OVFM Top Ten competition is ready to be launched for this year, which means its time to get your filmmaking gear out of the cupboard and get filming!

 

The Top Ten is one of the longest running and hotly contested competitions on the OVFM calendar and whilst things have been a bit mad of late as well as regular entrants no longer being with us, we hope that there is still enough of you to keep this going.

 

Unlike most years, the allotment of members to specific rounds has been eschewed for this year as we are aware that circumstances can change on the turn of a heel. Therefore, we won’t be deciding who gets to enter their film YOU do. We have three dates set aside on the calendar for the screening evenings, giving everyone a degree of flexibility in how much time they have to make their film. However, we don’t want everyone leaving it to the last minute and we end up with a huge list of films on the last session.

 

We also hope that if there is a small number of entries, we can discuss the films with greater depth and offer more thoughtful constructive feedback to help the filmmaker in where improvements could be made if necessary, and give them more time to respond to any queries and comments.

 

The three rounds will take place on the following dates:

 

Round 1: Tuesday July 12th 

Round 2: Tuesday August 23rd 

Round 3: Tuesday October 4th 

 

The final is set for Tuesday January 10th 2023

 

The results of last year’s competition can be found HERE

 

Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing the results of your endeavours!

 

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY MAY 3rd 2022

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Student Films Showcase

 

This week’s meeting will once again be held via Zoom but is a slightly different in its content.

 

OVFM was contacted by Bromley College to watch and give comments ton films made by students of their Media Studies course.  The remit of this project was to produce a 2-5 minute film on one of two subjects:

 

A topical local news item 

A film with the theme ‘Signs’

 

Five films were submitted and we shall be viewing them all on Tuesday evening. The total run time of all five films is 20 minutes, so we propose to spend around 10-15 minutes discussing each film, looking at it from every aspect and providing constructive comments for these young filmmakers as to how and where their films could be improved, as well as what they did right. We shall also be using a specially modified version of our scoring sheet for the Top Ten competition, which you can download and print off in Excel format HERE. The amendment to the form is in the final question “Has the brief been met?”, to be scored out of ten, referring to whether the film fits the remit of its theme or topic.

 

Another purpose of this exercise is to help club members get used to speaking up and sharing their opinions on films as well as learning how to be constructive and tactful in delivering feedback, knowing when to bring up a negative point without causing offence, or how to articulate opinion on a technical issue. All too often when hold film  screening evenings that require members’ feedback, it is the same few people speaking up and we want to encourage everyone to have the confidence to share their thoughts, and this is the perfect opportunity to test the waters so to speak. 

 

Naturally, if you aren’t comfortable with speaking up that is fine too, there is no pressure; however we would like you to still record your scores and comments on the scoring sheet, to give you a point of reference in comparing and contrasting with the thoughts of others. But we do hope to have a substantial turn out for this meeting and that a many members as possible will find this a helpful exercise to participate in – it is about getting everyone involved and helping us help each other.

 

The Zoom link for the meeting will be sent via email by club secretary Barbara J. Darby shortly before it is to take place so please look out for that, and we hope to see as many of you as possible on Tuesday for what should be an  interesting session.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

 

FILM TO A THEME PROJECT – 70

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70

 

Time for another project to get your creative juices going! The theme for this one is “70” which has a number of possibilities and connotations, not in the least the fact that Her Majesty The Queen is celebrating 70 years on the throne this year.

 

We’ve already posted some of the local events happening to commemorate this occasion to go towards a special  Platinum Jubilee newsreel for the Autumn Show in October, but this also makes it easier for you to film something for this project too. 

 

But don’t limit yourself to just this idea, “70” could mean much more – it might be yours or someone else’s 70th birthday this year; or you may have memories of when you turned 70; perhaps something significant happened in 1970 you might want to share with us; You could even go further back in time to a century that has a special year 70 in it.

 

Maybe you are a collector of something unique and have it the number 70; maybe you live or once lived at a house which was Number 70; perhaps this was the bus you took to school or work once upon a time and you have memories of that; Did you ever releases a pop single and it only got to number 70 in the charts? Tells us about it. You never know – perhaps the film you make might for this could be your 70th one overall! 

 

The screening of these films is scheduled for the club meeting on Tuesday August 9th which may seem like a long way away but time has a habit on creeping up us and before you know it, the deadline has arrived.  So get your thinking caps on, your cameras or phones out and see what you can do!

 

Thanks for reading and have fun filming!

2022 Triangle Competition Results

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Last night we saw the three programmes that made up the 2022 Triangle Competition, courtesy of Spring Park, Epsom, and OVFM. the judging was by Staines Movie makers and the results are as follows:

 

Triangle Trophy for Best Programme: Epsom Film Makers 

Croydon Trophy for Best Film: Circle Line Yangon by Pamela Smith (Epsom Movie Makers)

 

Congrats to Epsom for their double win this year. Now we have to ensure that OVFM is in it to win it next year! 

IAC OPEN FILM NIGHT – MAY 29th 2022

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Per the IAC Facebook page:

 

The IAC brings you another relaxed, non-competitive evening of short films. For everyone. For free. Whether your film is brand new, or a rarely seen classic, we want to give it the audience it deserves!

 

Host: Paul Kittel, FACI & IAC Patron

 

*** Entries are now open ***To enter a film:

 

1. If it’s not online already, upload it to YouTube or Vimeo

2. Email the film’s web link to: iacopenfilmnight@gmail.com

 

Film or no film, join us for the online show on Zoom from 7:00pm on Sunday 29th May 2022. Film show starts at 7:30pm

 

Zoom Details:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84701972435…

Meeting ID: 847 0197 2435

Passcode: 123456

 

See you there!

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY APRIL 19th 2022 – TRIANGLE COMPETITION 2022

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One of the key annual events in the OVFM calendar is the Triangle Competition, which we have won on many occasions and maybe this year, we will win again.

 

For those who aren’t aware, the concept is that three film clubs submit a programme whilst a fourth club judges them and declares the winners for Best Programme and Best Film. Those clubs are OVFM, Epsom, and Spring Park with judging by Staines Movie Makers. This will be the first year the competition has run without Shooter’s Hill, which disbanded last year, who were the fourth club, but we are grateful to Staines for stepping up for us this year.

 

Each programme is 30 minutes long meaning 90 minutes of films in total. Epsom and Spring Park have already seen the films so we are the last club to see what they (and we) have submitted. The winners have already been decided but we won’t know the result until the end of the evening whilst judges comments and feedback will be shared for our own elucidation.

The meeting will take place via Zoom, the link for which will be sent out via email by secretary Barbara Darby prior to the event. There will be a short break between the second and third programmes. The complete line-up of films from all three competing clubs is available for download HERE.

We hope to see you all on Tuesday for the event and fingers crossed for another OVFM victory!

Filming Opportunities – Platinum Jubilee Events

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As you may be aware, Mrs. Betty Windsor of London SW1A has been on the throne for 70 years and the nation are going to celebrate this milestone achievement by blocking the streets and making loud noises of the festive variety. Never ones to rest on our laurels (or our hardys) OVFM is looking to compile a special Platinum Jubilee Newsreel for our Autumn Show in October.

 

This is where you club members come in. We are encouraging you to get your cameras out of the closet where they’ve been hibernating since COVID began, go forth into the streets, and capture as much footage as you can of the events taking place in your local area. hopefully, different parts of the borough, and the country at large, will have their own ideas of how to celebrate which should make for an interesting and diverse newsreel – provided we have the footage!

 

Here is a selection of events taking place in and around the borough that we hope members will be able to attend and film for us:

 

Orpington’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations – 2nd June – Market Square, Orpington  10:00am – 22:00am

With the high street decorated red, white, and blue, start your extended bank holiday weekend in Market Square for a full programme of entertainment, beginning with a live screening of the Trooping of the Colour and concluding with the lighting of Orpington town centre’s official Jubilee Beacon and fireworks.

 

Open to public, no booking required Find out more: https://www.orpington1st.co.uk/events/orpingtons-jubilee-celebrations 

 

The Knoll Jubilee Weekend – 2nd June – Broomhill Common, Broomhill Road, The Knoll, Orpington

There will be a church service a St Johns Church at 8.30pm followed by a parade to Broomhill Common where a jubilee beacon will be lit at 9.45pm

 

5th June 2022. A community picnic on Broxborune common from 12pm.

 

Open to public, no booking required Find out more: http://www.theknoll.org.uk

 

Halstead Celebrates Her Majesty – 2nd June – Southdene, Halstead, Sevenoaks – 7:00pm

Halstead Parish Council will be Lighting the Beacon on Southdene from 7pm.

 

Come and enjoy a glass of Pimms and a few nibbles – perhaps get your supper from The Frying Squad and eat it in the Village Hall or, if a nice evening, out on the green. Entertainment from the village choir, buglers and pipers plus crafts activities for the kids ( young and old).

 

The Big Lunch – 5th June – Recreation Ground, Halstead, Sevenoaks – 2:00pm

Halstead Parish Council will be hosting a BIG LUNCH on the Recreation Ground from 2pm on Sunday 5th June.

Buy a ticket for a Hog Roast or bring your own picnic. Activities for the kids ( young and old) refreshments and a whole load of community spirit.

 

Open to public, no booking required Find out more: https://www.halsteadparish.org.uk/local-information/queens-platinum-jubilee

 

Queens Jubilee Family Fun Day – 4th June – High Street Sidcup

A selection of activities and entertainment including a trail to find the Queens jewels with prizes to be won, a fancy dress competition, free hair braiding, free face painting and free balloon modelling as well as live entertainment and stalls including pie and mash, ice cream, free candy floss, free souvenir photo, free sweets and books as well as Arts and Crafts.

 

Open to public, no booking required Find out more: http://www.sidcuppartners.co.uk

 

The King with Dirty Feet and Other Royal Stories – 4th June – Sidcup Library, Hadlow Road, Sidcup -2:30pm

Storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton performs royal fairy tales to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022. Free tickets available in advance, in person from the library where the event is being held.

 

Open to public, advance booking/ticket required Find out more: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/bexley-libraries-7939598856

 

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Picnic In The Park – 5th June – Swanley Park, New Barn Road, Swanley 

A Piper will play the Diu Regnare prior to a Beacon being lit. 

 

There will be free entertainment in Swanley Park including Punch and Judy shows, Juggling, Fire Eating, Children’s Races and singing.

 

Open to public, no booking required Find out more: http://www.swanleytowncouncil

 

Hollingworth Road Street Party – 5th June – 37 Hollingworth Road, Petts Wood

Closed/private event for residents of Hollingworth Road Find out more: hollingworthstreetparty@gmail.com

 

 

If anyone else has any notices to share, do please let me know via email and I shall add them to this page.

 

Thanks for reading and have fun anyone attending any of these events.

SERIAC Film Festival 2022 – APRIL 16th

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This year’s SERIAC festival takes place on Saturday April 16th at the Oast Theatre, Tonbridge. The doors open at 1.00 pm for a 1.30 start.

 

This year’s judges are from Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers and the results will be revealed during this annual screening event which OVFM has played a huge part of in the past, and hopefully filsm by our members were entered again this year.

 

Tickets cost £4.00 which can be purchased at the door. Light refreshments will be provided but people are encouraged to bring their own drinks as snacks if they so wish whilst COVID protocol such as wearing masks and social distancing may be in place, so be prepared for that.

Directions can be found via Google maps HERE

 

Good luck to everyone who entered a film and we hope that OVFM is also well represented in the audience too!