Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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You may recall a while back we gave notice about the next project theme of Park (full details can be found HERE) and now the time has come to for you share with us the fruits of your labours! As with all of our themes for special projects such as this, we like to …
A Call To Arms by Mike Shaw While our erstwhile Chairman Simon “Snapper” Earwicker was gnashing his noshers outside at the last meeting, shooting an epic club film with the help, of course, of a bevy of club members, inside the clubroom the remainder of the members put on their thinking caps to interpret a …
FILM IN AN EVENING One thing that can’t be denied about OVFM is that we enjoy a challenge which is why we are embarking on another Film In An Evening project for our next club meeting. As the title says we aim to make – or at least capture enough footage – inside the …
Attention club members! We are once again asking for your contributions to the annual OVFM showreel! Quite simply, if there is a major event happening in your area – including Orpington, Petts Wood, Bromley, Sidcup, etc. – and you are available to attend, we hope you will grab your cameras and head on down to said event …
PARK It’s project time once again at OVFM and the topic chosen by the Legion of Doom (aka the Committee) is “park”. While the obvious interpretation will spring to mind, this subject is in fact potentially more nebulous than you may think. Before you go rushing off to your local public gardens with your …
REMEMBERING FRANK HYDE It is with sadness that we have to report the passing of our oldest member, 92 year old Frank Hyde. Newer members may not have been able to put a name to the elderly gentleman sitting quietly on “our” side of the aisle on club nights but Frank was an important …
Film In An Evening – Editing Opportunity Those members who turned up at our film making in one evening recently will have had the opportunity to turn the footage into their own version for a short film. We have already seen an examples from each “team”. It is expected that there will be an …
It’s club meeting time again and this week we will be looking at the fruits of your labours under the banner of our latest project “A Close Shave”! In case you missed the announcement you can find it along with all the details HERE. If you have a film ready or maybe you have one …
CLOSE SHAVE Hello again and here we are with another exciting film project for you to participate in. The subject this time is “Close Shave” which sounds like a very fertile premise for a short film. As ever, how this is interpreted is down to you – you can make a thriller, a horror, a slapstick comedy or …
After a few weeks of meetings held at a change of venue we are back at our regular haunt of St Augustine’s for the OVFM AGM 2015. This is one of the most important nights in our club meeting calendar as it is the night where not only do we elect our committee but YOU …
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