Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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As the icy grip of the winter chill maintains its firm hold on us mere mortals we here at OVFM have the perfect antidote – a look back at the recent holidays our members enjoyed in sunnier climes. Holiday films have a tendency to be dull, listless and often unable to fully represent the atmosphere …
THE PREMIERE!!! As you may recall during the recent features on Anna Littler’s film “Blitz & Bananas”, we brought you news that the premiere was being organised for early 2012. Well, we can now confirm that the premiere will take place on Sunday April 1st at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. And no, this …
Deck the Hall with Betamax Tape trulla-la-la… Hark! Are those festive bells I hear a-jingling? It must be the OVFM Christmas Social. So let us raise our voices in a hearty Ho Ho Ho and welcome in the Yuletide Magix! (I mean magic of course, there’s no seedy product placement here, our Christmas is entirely …
“So here it is Merry Christmas…” It’s that time of year again when the decorations go up, carols are sung, the stars shine bright in the cold, winter night sky and all the little girls and boys pray that they’ve been good enough over the past twelve months to warrant a nice surprise from …
An OVFM Christmas Treet! by Annabelle Lancaster When clubs and businesses were invited to take part in a Christmas Tree Festival in the Methodist Church, Orpington the committee decided we should give them support and participate. After all, this is the church where we hold our annual Spring and Autumn shows nowadays. Freddy …
The OVFM Autumn Show “It’s a Calamity…Jane!” Mike Turner grumbles as I enter the hall. “What’s the prob Mike? And by the way don’t call me Jane.” I answer calmly, being used to his outbursts. “Surely you can see what’s wrong!” He continues. “Oh no there’s not some kind of biscuit shortage is there?” I …
It’s new project time and the subject for this one is “Guess Where This Was Filmed”. I would elaborate but there doesn’t really seem to be much need since the title says it all. The date for the screening of your efforts is November 22nd – which incidentally is the same night for the …
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An Epic Tale of an Epic Tale by Anna Littler (click on images to see them full size) Part 4: The Premiere for Blitz and Bananas Although it’s 6 months away, we’re already focussing on organising the Premiere and would value your thoughts on this as we need to make important decisions. We have …
STOP PRESS!! OVFM HITS THE HEADLINES! Some of you may not know that aside from being Mrs. Club President and an aspiring cage fighter, Annabelle Lancaster is also OVFM’s press officer. This past week Annabelle scored a coup for the club by getting us featured in three different local publications with a feature on …
An Epic Tale of an Epic Tale by Anna Littler (click on images to see them full size) PART 2 – TV actors ~ Brian Murphy and Linda Regan It’s been such a pleasure and great fun to work with TV actors, Brian and Linda on Blitz and Bananas. They’ve been so generous with their …