Oscar Night. The Picture Parade

Posted on March 22, 2012January 3, 2022 by Simon

You’ve pestered, you’ve begged, you’ve fretted, you’ve sweated. but in spite of all that I’m not going to be stopped!

Alan cuts a dash in the costume de rigueur dicky bow look

So Film Fans, I give you…THE OVFM OSCAR NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS!
Please! Thank you, settle down, mind what you’re doing with that monopod missus, where’s me wash board, I didn’t come here to get insulted…I could have stayed at home!

An Expectant Crowd (not to be confused with a crowd of those expecting!)

Anyway On With The Show. But first I must be serious for a moment. We now live in a highly litigious society where health and safety concerns dog our every move. For some the arrival of conker season doesn’t bring joy but a fearful rush for hard hat and goggles, and fetching something down from the top of the cupboard requires a safety net and padded suit!

But here at OVFM we’re not like that, we laugh in the face of danger…ha ha. Only last week I heard of an OVFM member who didn’t flinch when he dropped his ginger hob nob he just calmly reached down, picked it up and carried on as if nothing had happened. Brave? You bet yer!

And what about the OVFM member who recently took up rollerskating? Determined to fulfil a lifelong ambition and do something adventurous he didn’t hesitate to get out there and have a go. (The doctor says he’s doing fine and the cast can come off in about six weeks).

However after vetting my article the OVFM lawyers (Fleeceham, Grabbit & Runn) have insisted that I preface it with a warning to protect those of a sensitive disposition.

The Comedy Dream Team, Corrie, Colin and Basil

So here goes…
WARNING the following contains images of a grown man in a banana costume, if you are offended by such images (and those of unconstrained handshaking and back slapping too) please look away now. In fact why not look at Reg’s Favourite Films article which has had some really fascinating posts added to it recently.

Yes, I Have no Bananas. Mike demonstrates his unstinting support of ‘Blitz and Bananas’ the film

Still here?
Then sit yourself down, take a deep breath and we’ll begin!

For the full selection of photos visit the gallery.

Sam presents Ann and John with the Vic Treen Trophy

Respectful as ever Lee presents Barbara with her Top Ten Runner Up certificate

David is presented with the Jubilee Shield by Brenda

Colin again with his two leading ladies from 'Team Work', winner of the Mike Turner Plate — Colin again with his two leading ladies from ‘Team Work’, winner of the Mike Turner Plate

Simon and Annabelle the John Bonham -alike star of his ‘Rhythm of Life’ mockumentary

Multi award winning Mike with banana impersonating namesake Mike

Freddy congratulates Barbara for winning the Alice Howe Trophy

Bob is recognized for his great film ‘Switzerland’

John is given a Commended Certificate for his film 'Mystery of the Garden Shed', as seen on the BBC — John is given a Commended Certificate for his film ‘Mystery of the Garden Shed’, as seen on the BBC

Are you allowed to do that Chris? And with hubby there too!

Brenda gets a pressie from Freddy and Chris for all her competition work

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday March 13th 2012 – OVFM OSCARS!!

Posted on March 8, 2012March 12, 2012 by Lee Relph

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls and Miscellaneous – dust off your glad rags as it is once again time for the annual OVFM Oscars!!

Those lowlifes in Hollywood had the audacity to pinch the idea of awarding films with prizes and statuettes some 50 plus years before OVFM came up with it but that hasn’t stopped the club from showing them how it should be done!

On Tuesday March 13^th at the Barnard Rooms, St Augustine’s Petts Wood the crème de la crème of the work created by the talented members of OVFM will be rewarded in a gala evening of epic proportions that will razzle you, dazzle you and – if you play your cards right – bejazzle you!

Last year young Reg “Reg” Lancaster walked away with four prizes (but had to give them back until he was officially awarded them) for his epic drama “Finnish Foibles” followed by the debut outing by someone unknown lump of gristle called Lee Relph, whose contemplative paean to the survivors of the great authors cull of 1922 “Writers Block” bagged three awards. For the full list of winners from last year please click HERE (but not until you’ve finished reading this page!).

So who will reign supreme this year? Can Reg Lancaster score big two years in a row? Who will take home the Mike Turner Plate? Did anyone successfully put a film to music in an award wining style? Which nine films were not voted winner of the annual Top Ten competition? Do you care? If you do then join your affable (or is it flammable? I forget which) host Chris “Cats” Coulson as he guides us through the murky waters of the 2012 OVFM OSCARS!!

Be there or don’t. It’s up to you.

OVFM TOP TEN COMPETITION 2012

Posted on February 9, 2012June 9, 2022 by Lee Relph

It’s baaack!

The annual OVFM Top 10 Competition for 2012 is due to start soon and once again it will be contested over five rounds across the year. In the 2011 competition we had 24 entries – can we top that number this year?

Competition organiser Brenda Wheatley has released the line-ups for each round so please check to see in which group your name is included:

Round 1 (22^nd May)

Bob Wyeth

Lee Relph

Mike Turner

Frank Hyde

Jane Oliver

Gwen Whippy

Bob Vine

Mike Graham

Ian Menage

Ed Jarnot

Sam Brown

Cherie Hamlet-Smith

Round 2 ( July 17th)

Peter Mitchell

Val Pinkerton

John Bunce

Hugh Darrington

Colin Jones

David Laker

Mo & Peter Lodge

Annabelle Lancaster

Charlie & Nellie Caseley

Barbara Darby

Chris Coulson

Lizzie Mathews

Round 3 (August 28th)

Barbara Walker

Alan Whippy

Reg Lancaster

Freddy Beard

Brenda & Roger Wheatley

Peter Llewllyn Smith

Jess & Richard Pugh

Barbara J. Darby

Simon Earwicker

Harold & Maisie Trill

Jennie Jarnot

Mike & Jo Coad

Round 4 (September 25th)

Christine Collins

Brian Pfeiffer

Mike Shaw

Craig Robinson

Peter Reilly

Ann & John Epton

John Ransley

John Alford

Tony Faller

Pat Palmer

Anna Littler

Ann Perrin & Alan Gage

Round 5 (October 23rd)

Andy & Marian Watson

Jim Morton Robertson

Barbara Walker

Mike Bishop

Andy Webb

Basil Doody

Sylvia Snipp

Ray Hewitt

Derek Allen

Alan Smith

Malcolm Goodwin

Susan Ward

Len Lawrence

If you don’t have your film ready by the given date please let Brenda know so that she can try to find someone else to fill the gap in the evening. If your film is ready early please bring it along on a top ten night and if there is time we will show it.

If you miss your given round you can bring your film along to a later one, but it will only be shown after those drawn for that round, if there is time.

Be sure to check back as the competition progresses.

Now get filming people! 🙂

OVFM Club Meeting January 3rd 2012

Posted on December 29, 2011December 29, 2011 by Lee Relph

Hello and Happy New Year to you all!

I trust you’ve all managed to remain relatively unscathed by the Yuletide celebrations but that is now in the past and here at OVFM it’s business as usual. And what better way to kick of the new year than by finishing up last year’s Top 10 competition.

It’s been a hard fought contest, the likes we have not seen since John Prescott and Eric Pickles both spotted the last roast chicken in the House of Commons canteen. The ten films we will see again during this week’s meeting scored the highest points by you, the OVFM faithful, during the qualifying rounds. We have an eclectic mix of films all vying for the esteemed pole position, which has been claimed by such club luminaries as Mike Shaw, a Barbara Darby, Hugh Darrington and (surprise surprise) Reg Lancaster (whose only remaining contest he has yet to win is Miss OVFM although I believe he is making a concerted effort this year!). The full list of winners can be found HERE.

To keep things interesting for us (or maybe an act of pure sadism) our resident competition organiser Brenda Wheatley will not be releasing the competing film titles beforehand – although the finalists themselves have been notified to give them a chance to fix any issues raised during the feedback sessions at the first screening (although I can confirm that at least one finalist wasn’t able to amened my…er, his film so you’ll have to make do with the original version warts and all and be done with it).

Also this meeting is the last date for submitting your entry forms to the Annual Competition. More details, including a downloadable entry form, are now up HERE.

Good luck to the ten finalists and see you all on Tuesday!

OVFM Annual Competiton 2011

Posted on December 29, 2011December 29, 2011 by Lee Relph

OVFM Annual Competiton 2011

Yes folks it is that time again for all of you who are brave enough to have your films judged by a panel of experts in the fiercest battle of filmmakers known to man – well, in the Orpington area at least.

Last year’s competition – the complete list of winners can be found HERE – included multiple wins for veteran misery guts Lee Relph and promising newcomer Reg Lancaster. Will they triumph again this year? Only you can stop them!

With 2011 almost at an end (or if you are reading this after December 31st, Happy New Year it’s 2012!!) and the OVFM Oscars just a matter of weeks away in March the time to act is now. Below you will find the entry forms which you can download and print off and bring to the next club meeting on January 3rd 2012 – any later and competition organiser Brenda Wheatley will simply laugh in your face.

As always the entrance fee is £2.00 per person but you can enter as many films as you like. All monies are non-refundable as we have to bribe the judges somehow.

To download the Entry form as an MS Word document click HERE

To download the Entry form as a PDF document click HERE

Good luck to every who enters and remember closing date for your entry forms is TUESDAY JANUARY 3rd 2012!

North vs South Comp 2011 – Southern Heat Report

Posted on November 30, 2011November 23, 2021 by Lee Relph

North vs South Film Competition 2011

Southern Heat Report

by

Mike Coad

The Southern Heat of the North v South Competition took place on Sunday 27^th November at Farnborough Village Hall in Farnborough, Kent.

There were only 14 films entered this year compared to the 29 we had last year but as it is our policy to show all of the films that are entered, at least those who attended got home before midnight.

We were very pleased to see several entries from clubs who had not entered the competition before and hope they will continue to enter in future years.

The fact that nine of the 14 entries were from clubs considerably distant from Farnborough and as far apart as Devon and Derby meant inevitably that they wouldn’t be represented in person. However, we were delighted that Jill Lampert from Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers, who also had an entry in, could join us for the show. In all, 65 people attended which is just slightly up on last year’s Southern Heat.

Our judges were Luton Movie Makers who did a thorough and professional job and we are very grateful for their help.

Following the showing of the films, the audience were once again asked to try and match the judge’s decision.

Audience Vote

1^st Who Do You Love? Leicester Movie Makers

2^nd Taking A Hit Spring Park Movie Makers

3^rd Building A Website Tiverton Camcorder Club

4^th Fleece To Coat Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers

5^th On The Map Gosport & Fareham Camcorder Club

Official Result

1^st Who Do You Love? Leicester Movie Makers

2^nd Not His Type Surrey Border Film & Video Makers

3^rd Fleece to Coat Sutton Coldfield Movie Makers

4^th On The Map Gosport & Fareham Camcorder Club

5^th The Au Pair Nuneaton Moviemakers

Needless to say, nobody in the audience matched the judge’s decision but Norma Classen (a first time attendee) was closest and took the ‘Audience Vote’ prize. She also won a major prize in the raffle so it was obviously her lucky day.

Congratulations to all the Southern Heat winners especially Leicester Movie Makers who topped both the judges and audiences selection.

The Grand Final will be held on Sunday 27^th January 2012 when it is hoped the South can win back the John Wright Trophy after 5 years in the wilderness of the North.

For more information on the North vs South Annual competition visit the official website HERE

Mike Coad

OVFM Club Meeting November 22nd 2011

Posted on November 21, 2011September 19, 2014 by Lee Relph

The next club meeting on November 22nd is a double header as we welcome both entries for a club competition and contributions to the latest club project!

This session plays host to the annual Mike Turner Plate competition, an award

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named after our esteemed (and amorous) Vice Chairman….erm, Dave Whatshisname.

This competiton has been in existence since 1967 and has unusual origins. Mike was screening his latest film at a club night which he believed was his magnum opus – a psychadelic musical version of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard – and would sweep the boards at the club awards. It began quite promisingly when, exactly one minute into the film, the projector (operated by one Reg Lancaster, whose own film won all the awards that year – coincidence?) suddenly failed and the film was destroyed. Interestingly the last image on the

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screen was a close up of a plate. Mike was too distraught to make a copy of the film and it has never been seen again, so ~~out of pity~~ in consolation the club members decided to create a special contest to reward those who can make an entertaining film inside one minute – and thus the Mike Turner Plate was born!

Previous winners include Annabelle Lancaster, Basil Doody and Mile Coad.

While voting takes place at this meeting the results will not be revealed until the OVFM Oscars next March!

Rules for this competiton can be found HERE and good luck to all who enter a film!

Also on this (presumably) cold wintry evening we look forward to seeing the fruits of your labours for the latest club project “Guess Where This Was Filmed?” Guess what this is about….

As always I’m sure many of you have been busy and have risen to the challenge to produce a film which will cause many headaches for your fellow club members when it comes to recognising the location of your film (just as long as it isn’t round the back of your garden shed (apparently that is “cheating” so Brenda Wheatley tells me. Hmph!).

Anyhoo, here’s to another fun evening with your friends at OVFM!

OVFM Club Meeting November 8th 2011

Posted on November 6, 2011January 19, 2020 by Lee Relph

Our first club meeting for November sees two of OVFM’s longest running competitions taking place: The Vic Treen Trophy and the Kath Jones Cup.

The Vic Treen Trophy was first contested in 1978, named after a long time OVFM member and filmmaker who has since decided that the sunnier climes of Spain were more preferable to live in than the coldness of Old Blighty.

Previous winners of this prize for films set to music include Colin Jones, Basil Doody, Mike Coad and (surprise surprise) Reg and Annabelle Lancaster.

The Kath Jones Cup was introduced in 1984 in memory of the first wife of club member Colin Jones.

Previous winners of this prize for comedy shorts include Basil Doody, Hugh Darrington and Mike Turner.

Films for both competitions must adhere to the set guidelines which you will find in full HERE and the winners will be announced at the Oscars next year.

Good luck to all who enter their films this year. Here’s to a potentially fun and rocking evening!!

Latest Competitons 2011

Posted on October 29, 2011August 1, 2019 by Lee Relph

OVFM COMPETITIONS 2011

As the toilet of time is preparing to flush away the last fetid remnants of 2011 for good before the Domestos of destiny freshens the bowl ready for the arrival of 2012, we here at OVFM still have a few competitions to hold.

Taking place in the month of November will be three of our annual contests in which club members are encouraged to enter films to meet a specific criteria. The films will be judged by a panel of esteemed experts once the pub closes and the winners will be announced at the Oscars in March 2012.

The contests and the dates on which the films need to be ready for screening by are as follows:

Kath Jones Cup – Held on 8th November 2011

Vic Treen Trophy – Held on 8th November 2011

Mike Turner Plate – Held on 22nd November 2011

The rules for these competitions can be found HERE

Good luck and we all look forward to seeing your entries!

Competiton Rules

Posted on October 29, 2011April 25, 2024 by Lee Relph

COMPETITION RULES

Rules. You’ve got to have them otherwise we’d all be living in a world to total anarchy and here at OVFM we don’t want that. Anyone who has been to our regular meetings knows what a rambunctious lot our members can be, especially when it is time to resume the meeting after the tea break!

But rules do have a purpose, never more so when it comes to our competitions. Listed below are the guidelines for the three categories that make up the part our major annual competition which is voted for by club members. So avail yourselves with these before making your film and you could be a big winner come the Oscars!

Kath Jones Cup

Members are invited to make joke films not exceeding 5 minutes, either individually or with others; a film which illustrates a joke with the main punch- line at the end.

Vic Treen Trophy

This rewards the bringing together of images and music. There are two distinct options open to members for this category:

A Film Cut To Music – This entails editing your images to match the beat and tempo of your selected musical piece. In other words, the images should change in syncopation with beat of the track and not at random points to ensure a smoother flow.

A Film Set To Music – This involves having suitable music that matches the imagery. You do NOT have to be strict with matching the changes to the beat but there must be a reflection of the mood and tempos of the music in your visuals to create some sort of narrative.

N.B. – If you use a piece of original artist music (eg: a pop/rock song) you are solely responsible for the clearance of its usage per the copyright usage laws. The best way around this is to be a member of the IAC and have your own MCPS Copyright Clearance licence as the club’s licence only covers films produced and presented as a club effort.

Mike Turner Plate

Any type of film, be it comedy, drama, musical, etc. as long as the total length does not exceed 60 seconds.

Annual Competition

The Annual Competition is open to all members and the films, judged by an external panel, are eligible for technical merit awards as well as general entertainment credits.

A £2 entry fee is normally required unless circumstances dictate otherwise. You can enter as many films as you like, to be accompanied by their own separate official entry form, as long as they don’t exceed 30 minutes in length and have not already been entered or won an award in the AC before. You can enter your film if it has also been submitted for the Top Ten or any of the above categories either the same year or in prior years.

The winners of these competitions are revealed at the OVFM OSCARS every March.

Good luck with your films.

Updated 24th January 2022