Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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Another annual tradition here at OVFM is the screening of holiday films where member share with us the highlights of their recent trips either abroad or here on our fair shores. Through their eyes we get to experience the sunny highlights and rainy lowlights from various locations around the world, allowing us to soak …
OVFM Annual Dinner Friday 6th February 2015 – 7pm for 7.30pm It’s time to break out your glad rags as OVFM hits the local eateries for the Annual Dinner! This year the venue is the Darenth Valley Golf Club – The Club House, Station Road, Shoreham, n/r Sevenoaks TN14 7SA (<– this link is a map) The price …
As we welcome the New Year here at OVFM we kick off as always by taking care of some unfinished business vis-a-vis our annual Top Ten competition! The qualifying rounds have taken place and the results can be found HERE with the ten highest scoring films from those individual rounds having now earned their spot in …
2014 NORTH v SOUTH GRAND FINAL REPORT An audience of 62 people represented by 12 different clubs turned up at Farnborough Village Hall for the 2014 North v South Grand Final. We were especially pleased to welcome members from Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers and Lowestoft Movie Makers who made the several hours journey to be …
O come all ye faithful To our Christmas Social I’m sure it’ll be lots of fun Then again maybe not. And so as we wind down in the approach to the end of the year (hasn’t it gone quickly?) we at OVFM tend to mark the occasion with seasonal festivities of epic proportions.Well that’s the plan …
Those of you who were present at the recent club meeting in which films for the Vic Treen Cup (a film set to music) were screened, will recall John Epton’s music video for The Gang Split Up. John has taken our comments and feedback onboard and we no proudly present to you the finished …
This week’s meeting will be made up of a screening of films from filmmakers outside of OVFM, all of which were entries in a recent UNICA competition. To tell us more about it is our club president and film guru Reg “Bomber” Lancaster: “We have a light hearted programme of short films that illustrate …
The nights are getting darker and colder which means another annual OVFM tradition must be around the corner and surprise surprise it is! This week’s club meeting will see three of our long standing annual competitions – The Mike Turner Plate, The Kath Jones Cup and The Vic Treen Trophy – being contested and with the …
Free Coaching Sessions OVFM will be running FREE Coaching Sessions in the New Year to show you how to get the most of your film material. This offer is not limited to those using a camcorder but also includes anyone filming on an SLR camera or smart phone. It also includes anyone who takes only …
It is as if I’ve blinked and missed it because we are already at the final qualifying round of this year’s Top Ten competition! Where did the time go? After round four only pulled just three entries (the results from that round can be found HERE) can we brace ourselves for the usual last minute rush to get a …