Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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It’s back! After a break last year when we went to the Bond Museum in London for the club’s annual outing the club ramble returns to give our members its yearly dose of physical exercise. This time the ramble is being organised by Colin “Colin” Jones, taking over the reins from our chairman Simon” …
The highlight of the summer for many in OVFM is getting away from this dreary country of ours and experiencing the delights and wonders of other societies where the sun is likely to be on display for more than a few minutes and the company is usually pleasant and welcoming. Those who choose to …
It’s back! The annual Top Ten competition makes its return and the 2015 instalment kicks off this coming Tuesday night! The procedure as ever is that we ask you to bring in your best film to be judged by your peers in OVFM and the ten films that receives the highest votes over the …
For our next club meeting we shall be inviting another member of the film making community to come to our humble meeting place to share their wisdom and advice with us. The guest speaker this time is no stranger to OVFM having paid us a visit in the past. know for his technical expertise …
with Spring Park A recent annual tradition between OVFM and our friends at Spring Park Film Makers is to share an evening between our two clubs with each taking it in turn to screen a short programme of our films. The pattern is to alternate the hosting of this event and last year saw Spring Park do the …
Yes it is another project evening this time devoted to an old favourite – the Green Screen! We’ve had some fun before exploring the wonders of filming before a green screen and messing about with fun backgrounds and other aspects this technique affords us to great effect so this night shouldn’t be any different. Unfortunately I cannot …
We may not have been at our usual venue and we may have been down on numbers due to health reasons but were we downhearted? Take a look at the photos and you can decide as in a departure from the norm club members were asked to take their own presentation photos – or ‘Selfies’ …
This week’s meeting will see another screening of films that come from outside our club but the standard will just as high, as the IAC logo above might have already indicated to you. The governing body of all amateur film clubs across the UK is involved in many film competitions across the country and even …
OVFM Spring Show 2015 The year has gone so quickly, it is hard to believe that OVFM is once again holding its annual Spring film Show! Now the days are getting brighter, the weather (hopefully) is getting warmer and the colour is returning to the leaves on the trees, we will be to marking this occasion by …
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 …