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OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday July 3rd 2012

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Another OVFM annual tradition supplants our regular club meetings this week in the form of the annual barbecue – or in this case a Garden Party.

Why a garden party? Well, the event this year will be held in the stately home of Colin and Mrs Colin Jones (you know where to look for the address; if not how the hell did you get onto this website?) and they have some shrubs that need digging up and can’t be arsed to do it themselves. So anyone foolish enough to show up with a shovel and wheelbarrow to unleash their inner Titchmarsh will be reward with some food. Possibly.

In following on from last year’s event held at Mike Shaw’s palatial abode, the menu will be another feast of fish and chips style sustenance. Hopefully you all should have filled in the form passed around at the recent club meetings stating whether you were attending and what food you would like to eat. If you didn’t then I’m afraid you’re going to starve.

As before you need to make sure you bring your own chairs, tables, drinks, glasses, cutlery, plates, condiments, washing up liquid, toilet, books, TV, computers, music, oxygen, and as it’s summer, your raincoats, umbrellas, snorkels, towels, change of clothes etc. and, if you’ve got room left in the car, yourselves.

Colin will be opening his doors at 6:30pm then shutting them again as his wife says it lets the cold in. You will of course need the password to gain entrance into the Jones residence and that password can be found wherever you last left it. If you have any trouble parking then you might need to practice more.

It should be a fun evening.*

 

 

 

*Should be but I’m making no promises.

Rob Knox Film Festival 2012 Report

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Rob Knox Film Festival 2012 Report

by

Charlie Caseley

 

This years Rob Knox Film Festival was for me as good as it gets. The entries were first class, and that included those entries that did not make the final show at the Cineworld, because a number of films are shown around the Borough of Bexley at venues such as schools and church halls.

This situation is different from most festivals we attend, Kent and the SERIAC for instance the films are shown in one location, in fact the only festivals that would have their movies shown on a number of screens would possibly be BIAFF and UNICA, but even then it would be in one building. Nellie and I went to one of the preliminary screenings and saw Eco, a Borderline film we had seen at BIAFF and SERIC, and a movie made by a fifteen year old lad that we had seen at BIAFF in a group of films made by young people that was introduced by our very own Sam Brown.

On the final night at the Cineworld Reg and Annabelle, Freddie and some members from Shooters Hill came along with Nellie and I and enjoyed a feast of not just good films but outstanding films. The winning movie was a Russian entry called Ambitious. I have changed my opinion of Russians being completely with out humour this film did not need subtitles to make you laugh, a joy to watch.

In addition to the shows there was the masterclasses hosted by people from the film industry and I am pleased a number of local film makers took advantage of them.

Blitz & Bananas New Screening

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Blitz & Bananas New Screening

WW2 drama film Blitz & Bananas is being shown again on Sun 8 July at 3pm, Darrick Wood Hall, Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8ER.

Again we have a group booking deal – buy 10 and get the 11th free.

Also if you can sell tickets for us and/or help us on the day, you are welcome to a free ticket. Free also to cast and crew and any previous helpers.

There will be wartime entertainment afterwards too!

Doors open at 2.30pm.

I do hope you can join us for another great day out for all ages! If you can sell any tickets or spread the word, you’ll make my day and more!

Download printable version of the flyer in PDF format HERE

There are also photos, blogs and reviews on www.blitzandbananas.com

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday June 19th 2012

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It’s time for OVFM to re-enact the American civil War. Sort of.

The annual North vs South competition is looming again (that’s pretty much how annual events work) and our inestimable chairman Chris “Cats” Coulson has decreed that OVFM as a club (that means ALL of us and not just the same old faces) will make and enter a film in this year’s comp. And win it. (Stop laughing at the back!)

Rather than follow the usual of a selection of random films thrown in for judging, a theme is selected to make things just that bit more interesting. This year’s theme is “No Way Back”. What can that mean? Well that is what we are going to discuss at this week’s club meeting.

So any ideas you may have, be it a title suggestion, a plot outline or even a finished script, bring them along to the meeting and share them with us all so we can debate, deliberate and defenestrate to lay the foundation for what will eventually become OVFM’s 2012 North vs South winning entry! Yay! Go Us!

See you on Tuesday!

OVFM Top 10 Competition 2012 Results

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OVFM Top 10 Competition 2012 Results

 

Here are the ongoing results of the 2012 Top Ten competition.

Round One – Held May 22nd 2012

1. “More Than Steam And Smoke” by Sam Brown 55.10

2. “Eco” by Bob Vine 52.35

3. “Looking for Dave” by Lee Relph 51.21

4. “Colours of the Caribbean” by Jane Oliver 51.20

5. “Switzerland Glacier Express” by Bob Wyeth 47.60

 

Round Two – Held July 17th 2012

1.“ Master craftsman Martin Matthews” by Barbara Darby 57.00

2. “History of Santa Barbara” by David Laker 49.40

3. “My Mate Ralph” by Derek Allen 48.94

 

Round Three – Held August 28th 2012

1. “Eastbourne (Empress of the South)” by Mike & Jo Coad 52.65

2. “Masai Miracle” by Andy & Marian Watson 52.41

3. “Autumn in Greenwich Park” by Colin Jones 49.68

4. “Supermarket” by John Bunce 41.96

 

Round Four – Held September 25th 2012

1. “Mud Mad” by Reg Lancaster 53.52

2. “Feel the Thrill” by Brian Pfeiffer 53.03

3. “Look Mum a Swan” by Alan Smith 49.94

4. “Kew Gardens” by John Ransley 47.74

5. “Up our Street” by John & Ann Epton 43.94

 

Round Five – Held October 23rd 2012

1. “Fun With The Ancestors” by Annabelle of Lancaster 53.87

2. “The Second Day” by Chris Coulson 48.30

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“The Sixth Legion” by Jim Morten-Robertson 40.93

 

Bonus “Last Chance” Round – Held December 4th 2012

1. “Blackbird – A Short Nature Story” by Ian Menage 52.16

2. “Village Secrets” by Sue Ward 52.08

3. “Arrhythmic Discord” by Simon Earwicker 51.31

4. “Mr Punch Goes to London” by Ann Perrin 49.97

5. “A Little Gem” by Harold Trill 47.56

6. “Send Me Roses” by Craig Robinson 38.03

 

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday May 22nd 2012

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OVFM TOP TEN COMPETITION 2012

ROUND 1

 

It’s that time again folks! The annual OVFM Top Ten competition 2012 is about to kick off!

Last year’s competition saw 24 entries overall with the winner being Mike Shaw with his clever special effects outing “Picture Picture”. For the full results of the 2011 competition click HERE.

The following members are listed for this year’s first round:

 

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Bob Wyeth

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Mike Turner

Frank Hyde

Jane Oliver

Gwen Whippy

Bob Vine

Mike Graham

Ian Menage

Ed Jarnot

Sam Brown

Cherie Hamlet-Smith

 

Please reply to this post if you will be providing a film at this week’s session.

If you don’t then have a film ready please let Brenda Wheatley know so that she can try to find someone else to fill the gap in the evening. If your film is ready early please bring it along on a top ten night and if there is time we will show it.

If you miss your given round you can bring your film along to a later one, but it will only be shown after those drawn for that round, if there is time.

Good luck to everyone who enters a film this year!

Hold the Front Page! OVFM is Here!

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Hold the Front Page – OVFM is Here!!

 

Yes thanks to the tireless efforts of our club press officer Lady Annabelle of Lancaster, OVFM had pride of place on the front page of the Bromley and Orpington Times (click thumbnail for larger image):

 

 

Thanks to David Laker for the image!

 

**EDIT** – In the 17th of May edition of the Bromley Times this article appeared:

 

 

If anyone knows the identity of the mystery man in the banana suit please let the police know as he could be very dangerous!!

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday May 8th 2012

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Mike & Jo Coad’s “An Asian Adventure”

 

I’m not going to tell about this week’s club meeting….because I’m leaving it up to Mike Coad to do the honours since he and his other half Jo are hosting the evening. So, take it away Mike:

“The committee first approached us about 5 years ago to give a talk on our trip around Asia but at that time we had so much else going on, we had no time to prepare. We were approached again last year to give a talk this May and have put together a Powerpoint presentation called ‘An Asian Adventure’.

Whilst writing up the presentation, it soon became clear that we couldn’t possibly cover the whole trip in one evening so we will cover as much as time will allow and if members want us to, we can always continue the saga at some future date.

Obviously, we are a film club and this evening is not ‘film related’ so we realise it won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. However, we will be delighted to see as many members as can make it to the meeting. If nothing else, it’ll help you decide whether you should opt for Islamabad or Lahore for your next holiday.”

Thanks Mike.

From seeing some of Mike and Jo’s previous films about Asia – including the excellent and powerful piece about year Zero in Cambodia – we should be in for a visual treat.

See you then!

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday April 24th 2012

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What is “aperture”?

What does altering the shutter speed do?

How do I deal with the problem of over exposed light?

Should I use my camera’s mic or an external one?

Why did my wife leave me?

All of these questions are common in the world of amateur film making and for some they remain unanswered. but not here at OVFM as we have our annual Master Class!!

At our next club meeting our team of keen knowledgeable know-it-alls will be taking your questions on the subject of film making from all stages of the process from the preparation stages to the final edit. With many years of experience behind them and numerous film credits to their names, our panel – Chris “Cats” Coulson”, Reg “Bomber” Lancaster and Professor Mike Shaw (along with anyone else brave enough to put their reputations on the line) – will share with us well filled cups of advice and answers from that huge barrel of knowledge and experience.

Well, that’s the plan anyway.

So if you have a question that has been bugging you or there’s something that you can never get right in your filmmaking projects and you don’t know where to turn then bring that bugging question with you on Tuesday to the meeting and put it to our panel and they’ll do their best to answer it otherwise they’ll be forced to go home with their heads hung low.

And don’t forget the OVFM guarantee – your questioned answered or your money back!*

See you on Tuesday

 

*Not a real guarantee.