Orpington Video and Film Makers
Amateur Film Makers since 1958 Based in Orpington, Kent, UK
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OVFM Autumn Film Show 2017 One of the most important dates in the OVFM calendar is our annual Autumn Show where we share the fruits of our labours from a year of busy filmmaking, along with some gems from our archive with the public. As the nights are getting darker and colder you’ll need something to brighten them …
Summertime and the living is easy, or in the case of the current climate, the living is wet! But fear not as the inclement weather won’t stop the annual OVFM Garden Party from going ahead, oh no. Assuming the role of host again this year is club treasurer David “Off-Shore Account” Laker who is clearly …
Knowledge is power and in filmmaking, knowledge is as important as artistry and imagination. Sure, making a film may look as easy as pointing a camera at someone or something and hitting the record button, but as we know there is so much more to it than that. Therefore our resident club brainiacs will …
The next club meeting is another chance of us to make a film in an evening (or attempt to) but this time with a twist – we are asking you to bring a prop (and your cameras too)! It doesn’t have to be big (so that’s my 1:1 scale model of HMS Belfast off …
This week’s meeting is a filming project with a difference and requires participation from you, dear club members. In order to get people comfortable with filming and to propagate the understanding of what goes into the preparation and making of a film, the concept for this mini-project is to strip the process down to its …
Well, actually it is only a part practical evening but we promise you that everything is completely congruent. In a two part session, we shall first have a “making of” presentation from John Epton, Sam Brown and Barbara Walker, talking us through the filming of Barbara’s award winning comedy Commute, which featured some nifty …
SERIAC 2017 Results The annual SERIAC film festival took place this past weekend on Saturday April 8th, at the Oast Theatre in Tonbridge. Filmmakers and club representatives from across the South East were present to watch 42 films compete for the many prizes up for grabs, with the top prize of Best Film going to The Bench …
THE RESULTS The annual OVFM Oscars were held on Tuesday March 21st 2017, honouring and recognising the hard work and output of club members over the past 12 months. In case you missed it or need a reminder here is the list of winners: ANNUAL COMPETITION Ian Dunbar Cup (Best film) – Reaching For …
For the first club meeting of March, the floor will be handed over to a guest speaker. This time it is someone who should be a familiar face to those who frequent the various events on the annual SERIAC circuit. Ron Prosser (FACI) has a storied career in filmmaking spanning 60 years, cutting his teeth …
Another annual inter-club competition is upon us, this time it is the Triangle Competition in which three of four clubs – OVFM, Spring Park, Shooters Hill and Epsom – enter films in a three-way contest to be judged by the fourth, with the judging role alternating each year. This year’s event take place on Friday …