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2016 North vs South Final – Sunday December 4th

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The 2016 North vs South final is upon us, taking place on Sunday December 4th!

OVFM has five films entered in to this year’s contest on the theme of “Out Of The Blue” and it has been a while since our name has been on the winner’s list so let’s hope 2016 is our year!!

As ever the venue is Farnborough Village Hall, High St, Farnborough Kent BR6 7BB.

A map if needed can be found HERE! (Ignore the picture in the side bar, that was taken across the road from the Village Hall).

Those attending are asked to arrive by 2.30pm for 3:00 pm start. Club members who have entered a film are granted free admission  (non-club members and a partner are covered by their film entry fee) otherwise entry is £5, which includes tea and coffee.

Please contact Freddy Beard ASAP if you wish to attend in order to gauge the numbers for seating and the refreshments.

Hope to see you all there and go OVFM! 😀

 

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22nd 2016

Posted on by Lee Relph

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We’ve now reached the last of the four qualifying rounds of the annual Top 10 Competition meaning this is the final opportunity club members have to enter their film ahead of the final on January 10th 2017.

The remaining listed club invited to submit a film for this round are as follows:

 

Charlie & Nellie Caseley

David Laker

Malcolm Goodwin

Basil Doody

Freddy Beard

Harold & Maisie Trill

Colin Jones

Lee Relph

John & Sylvia Greengrass

Peggy Parmenter

 

If, for whatever reason, you haven’t submitted a film for this year’s contest and still wish to do so, then this is also you last chance to enter.

As ever if you can’t make your designated round be sure to let either Brenda know ahead of time or reply to this post below, or you have a film ready early, please bring it along as chances are it will be welcomed for screening time permitting.

And if you are bringing a film this week then PLEASE REPLY TO THIS POST in the comments/reply section below, letting us know the film’s run time, format (DVD, Blu-ray) and picture ratio (4:3 or 16:9). This is a great help for us when planning the evening out and helping things run smoothly so if you could do us this courtesy it would be greatly appreciated.

The previous results in this year’s contest can be found HERE.

Thank you and good luck to everyone who enters a film!

NTRIAC Online Competition 2016

Posted on by Lee Relph

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Another new film competition for IAC members (and non-IAC members) for the South has been created by Tim Stannard & Alan Colgrave but this one is slightly different.

Instead of having to burn a disc buy a jiffy bag then toddle off to the post office to buy the correct stamps in order to send it, this is one competition you can enter from the safety of your own home! As the legend above says, this is an online competition where you films are submitted by uploading them to YouTube, Vimeo, et al. and all you need to do is supply a link.

The is a very small entry fee involved for both IAC and non-IAC members which is easily payable through PayPal and such, making this one of the easier competitions to participate in. The closing date is November 30th 2106.

All the information, including how to submit your film, can be found on the official site HERE

If you wish to enter but don’t have anywhere to upload your video there is an OVFM YouTube account. Please speak to Vice Chairman Sam Brown to request the log in details and any other assistance in uploading your videos to YouTube.

With this being the inaugural run of this competition it would be great if we could encourage as much interest as possible for Tim and Alan which perhaps will be the start of a new annual tradition among our Southern circuit of amateur filmmakers.

Thanks for reading and good luck to all who enter on behalf of OVFM!

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 25th 2016

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It’s been a while since we’ve held a session like this in OVFM but with a few new members now among our ranks, it’s time to one again open up the floor to our resident experts who are willing to share their wisdom and years of experience with the rest of us in the art of filmmaking.

The line-up has yet to be confirmed but we can hope that previous contributors club president Reg “Bomber” Lancaster and Professor Mike Shaw will be willing candidates to hold court and answer our questions as best they can.

Whatever the subject, be it editing, setting up the camera, framing, composition, getting the lighting, etc. if there is anything that has been bothering you, or you don’t quite understand or simply are on the look out for advice on your next filmmaking related purchase, do be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to get the answers and guidance you need.

So get your thinking caps on and we’ll see you on Tuesday with your questions!

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 11th 2016

Posted on by Lee Relph

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It’s round three of the Top Ten already and last time we had two entries so hopefully we don’t have a commensurate number of films for this session. Perhaps with the summer holidays now over club members will have something to share that documents what they got up to while the sun was out a few months back!

Maybe we’ll find out if anyone from the following list will oblige us:

 

 

Jim Morton Robertson

John Bunce

Kuldip Kaur

Barbara Darby

Brian Pfeiffer

Richard & Jess Pugh

Ann & John Epton

Peter Mitchell

Barbara Walker

Annabelle Lancaster

Roger & Brenda Wheatley

 

As ever if you can’t make your designated round be sure to let either Brenda know ahead of time or reply to this post below, or you have a film ready early, please bring it along as chances are it will be welcomed for screening time permitting.

And if you are bringing a film this week then PLEASE REPLY TO THIS POST in the comments/reply section below, letting us know the film’s run time, format (DVD, Blu-ray) and picture ratio (4:3 or 16:9). This is a great help for us when planning the evening out and helping things run smoothly so if you could do us this courtesy it would be greatly appreciated.

The previous results in this year’s contest can be found HERE.

Thank you and good luck to everyone who enters a film!

OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27th 2016

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In one of the more egregious cases of “keeping up with the Joneses”, Basil Doody follows in the footsteps of Colin “Colin” Jones by celebrating his 50th Anniversary with OVFM.

1966 was quite the year – Doctor Who fans were stunned when William Hartnell morphed into Patrick Troughton before their eyes; the English football team actually won a match and The Beatles effectively kicked off the psychedelic era with their seminal album Revolver.

It was also the year that Basil Doody walked into the OCS club room for the first time. One member who was pleased to greet Basil was Colin Jones, since this meant he was no longer the new guy and could pass all the menial tasks onto Basil. For the next year, in between learning how to make films, Basil was also responsible for sweeping the ceiling, feeding the club platypus, exorcising the toilets and watering the fish.

Over the years Basil built up a library of films in which he either starred or directed, whilst became in demand as a voice over artist, although his voice-under skills were less in demand. Ever the team player, Basil would help other club members with their films and eventually would form a small group called The Gremlins with Pete Greenway (no relation).

While comedy was Basil’s favoured genre he also took a keen interest in special effects (but had to give it back as he failed to ask permission first) with his “Sperrymental Films”, as well as his famed “films cut to music” and his not so famed “films cut to ribbons”.

50 years worth of films is quite a lot to look back over, it would be a very long evening for a retrospective, so the Legion Of Doom (aka the OVFM Committee) have threatened Basil to narrow it down to a two hour sessions and he graciously acquiesced.

So join us for a special evening of archive films from one of the club’s most prolific and well regarded filmmakers, and for a slice of cake (we can’t afford a whole cake after Colin’s one broke the bank last year) in celebration of Basil Doody’s 50th anniversary with OVFM.

OVFM Autumn Film Show 2016

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OVFM Autumn Film Show 2016

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 up so why not join us for another evening of films from the very best local amatuer filmmaking talent.

In addition to the usual array of top quality films we will have a mini-Showreel looking back at the big events of the year including the Queen’s 90th Birthday celebrations.

 

This year’s event will take place on  FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER at 7:00 for 7.30 pm

VENUE –  Methodist Church, 19 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington BR6 9JH

DIRECTIONS – GOOGLE MAP

WEBSITE – http://www.orpingtonmethodist.org.uk/welcome.htm

 

Club members get in free but for guests and non-members the tickets are £5 – which includes refreshments – and are available by making a request via e-mail at info@ovfm.org.uk or by telephone on 01689 837730 or 01689 813616. Don’t leave it too late as they tend to get snapped up very quickly!

And of course there is our famous raffle where a selection of wonderful prizes are up for grabs provided you have that all important winning ticket!

If any OVFM club members or our external friends wish to help publicise this event please download a printable version of the poster HERE  (open the file, right click and save).

For an entertaining and sociable evening do join us on October 16th and bring along your friends and family!

OVFM CLUB MEETING – TUESDAY September 13th 2016

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And as quickly as that we move into the second round of the 2016 OVFM Top Ten competition!

We had four entries for the first round (the results of which are HERE) and as ever we are looking to top that number in this round.

The club members who have been drawn for this round are:

 

Madeline & Annie Ffitch

Mike Shaw

Sam Brown

Simon Earwicker

Jane Oliver

Ian Menage

Bob Vine

Anna Littler

Tony Keable

Pat Palmer

Cherie Hamlet-Smith

 

As ever if you can’t make your designated round be sure to let either Brenda know ahead of time or reply to this post below, or you have a film ready early, please bring it along as chances are it will be welcomed for screening time permitting.

And if you are bringing a film this week then PLEASE reply to this post in the comments/reply section below, letting us know the film’s run time, format (DVD, Blu-ray) and picture ratio (4:3 or 16:9). This is a great help for us when planning the evening out and helping things run smoothly so if you could do us this courtesy it would be greatly appreciated.

Also please don’t forget to bring any footage you have for the mini-Newsreel we hope to put together for the upcoming Autumn Film Show.

Thank you and good luck to everyone who enters a film!

Top Ten 2016 – Results

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RESULTS

Here are the round by round results of the 2016 Top Ten competition. Please check back after each round to see the updated scores.

 

Round 1 (held on August 2nd)

1. “Dawlish Air Show” by Jane Oliver    53.39

2. “Obsession” by Jim Morton Robertson    51.28

3. “Heaven or Hell” by Hugh Darrington   50.76

4. “My Welsh Transport Experience” by Bob Wyeth   40.76

 

Round 2 (held on September 13th)

1. “H4” by Barbara Darby   56.35

2. “On a Roll” by John Epton   52.35

 

Round 3 (held on October 11th)

1.”Meet Dexter” by Lee Relph       57.36

2.“Victor Lilia Goes To War “ by David Laker      52.23

3. “Free of charge” by Reg and Annabelle Lancaster      50.67

4. “Mon Dail Mobility” by Andy Watson     49.95

5.“Back Porch Revamp” by John Bunce     48.55

Round 4 (held on November 22nd)

1. “An Historic Route” by Pat Palmer    46.76

2. “A Trip Round Our Garden” by Colin Jones    44.92

 

So, after four rounds and just 13 entries the Top Ten films going onto the final are:

 

1.  “Meet Dexter” by Lee Relph       57.36

2. “H4 by Barbara Darby   56.35

3. “Dawlish Air Show” by Jane Oliver    53.39

4. “On a Roll” by John Epton   52.35

5.  “Victor Lilia Goes To War “ by David Laker      52.23

6. “Obsession” by Jim Morton Robertson    51.28

7.  “Heaven or Hell” by Hugh Darrington   50.76

8.  “Free of charge” by Reg and Annabelle Lancaster      50.67

9.  “Mon Dail Mobility” by Andy Watson     49.95

10. “Back Porch Revamp” by John Bunce     48.55

 

The final will be held on January 10th 2017.  Thanks to all who entered and good luck to the finalists.

 

OVFM CLUB MEETING – TUESDAY AUGUST 30th 2016

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It’s time to find out just who in the OVFM club members find to be the most fascinating and curious out of their peers to make an ambiguous film about them for the rest of us to guess their identity. As announced back at the beginning of July this unique concept is the basis for the latest club project Who Am I? and the results are now due!

Hopefully this different approach to a film topic will bear much fruit and with the club not short on interesting personalities, we should be in for one of the more esoteric and unpredictable nights of  viewing not to mention enlightening and revelatory (in a good way I’m sure).

Reminder – If you are bringing a film this week then PLEASE reply to this post in the comments/reply section below, letting us know the film’s run time, format (DVD, Blu-ray) and picture ratio (4:3 or 16:9). This is a great help for us when planning the evening out and helping things run smoothly so if you could do us this courtesy it would be greatly appreciated.

And further to the recent announcement regarding the special newsreel for the upcoming Autumn film show, please ensure if you have footage to bring it with you to this meeting.

Thank you and good luck to everyone who enters a film!