Tag: Competition

OVFM Club Meeting Tuesday October 11th 2011

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FINAL ROUND!!

 

And so the final round of this year’s competition is upon us. We’ve seen some interesting films thus far although it is fair to say that the response has been little underwhelming, with the highest number of films submitted for one session being just five (in the last round, the results for which can be found HERE).

Of course this may be because people are leaving it to the last minute before making their films which would suggest, if this is the case, that this closing round could break the record for films shown in one evening!

So, who out of the following will be marking their mark on this year’s competition with their submissions?

 

Ann and John Epton

Susan Ward,

Annabelle Lancaster

Chris Coulson (I bet it’s about cats…)

Bob Vine

Zoe Taylor

Mike Turner

Jim Morton-Robertson

Mike Bishop

Steve Wheeler

Christine Collings

Harold and Maisie Trill

 

We also have an updated list of members who have yet to participate in any of the previous which can be found HERE If your name is on it and you have a film then please bring it along and make the most of your last chance to enter the contest.

As always it would be greatly appreciated if you could reply to this post and kindly let us know is you are going to be submitting a film or not, as this is a great help for planning out the evening, especially for our resident master of the media players Simon “Snapper” Earwicker.

See you on Tuesday and good luck to all who enter a film!

Kent Film Festival 2011 Results

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Kent Film Festival 2011 Results

by Mike Turner

 

As Chairman of the Kent Film Festival, I was delighted that so many OVFM members attended this event and I would like to thank you for your support especially if you also entered a film

We always try to show as many films as possible and this year we projected 70% of all entries. It could have been a few more but my co-presenter, who shall be nameless, hit the wrong item on the computer screen resulting in the large silver screen disappearing into the ceiling of the theatre. Fortunately, order was quickly restored and the audience appeared to be highly entertained by this unexpected event.

The trophy for the best film in the festival was won by Spring Park Film Makers with their film “Unfounded Rumours” about the development and demise of the Dunton Green to Westerham Railway. OVFM also had winners as follows:-

 

Best One Minute Film: Garden Tips by Colin Jones

Best Documentary: Finnish Foibles by Reg Lancaster

Best Editing: Engine Turning by Barbara Darby

Best “Other”: Dungeness by Mike Coad

Best Kent Subject: The New Romney Story by Gwen and Alan Whippy

Commended Certificate: Connoisseur by Barbara Walker.

 

Congratulations to all the winners!

 

Why not join us for Kent Film Festival 2012 for a fun day and you may even win a trophy!!

 

More information is available on the Kent Film Festival website HERE

 

Mike Turner

Kent Film Festival 2011 – 24th September

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Kent Film Festival 2011

 

Wearing my Kent Film Festival Chairman’s hat, I would like to applaud members of OVFM for their support of the Kent Film Festival as this year your 20 entries represent a staggering 40% of the total number received. All of you deserve a trophy but I have no influence over the judges unfortunately. However OVFM do have an outstanding record of winners over the years and it will be a real pleasure to welcome you at the comfortable Powell Theatre within the Christ Church University Campus, Canterbury on Saturday 24th September. The Film Festival starts at 11-00am (doors open at 10-30am) with excellent restaurant facilities and tickets available now from Freddy Beard at the special price of £5. It is a fun day and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

More information is available on the Kent Film Festival website HERE

 

Mike Turner

OVFM TOP TEN COMPETITION 2011

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The annual OVFM Top 10 Competition  is now under way with the eventual winner to be announced at the Oscars ceremony in 2012! To learn more about the Top 10 click HERE.

Meanwhile here are the results of the individual rounds. Be sure to check back as the competition progresses.

 

ROUND ONE RESULTS (held June 7th 2011)

1st – “Engine Turning” by Barbara Darby    53.89

2nd – “The Miracle” by Lee Relph     51.45

3rd – “To Italy by Gondola” by Andy Watson   50.36

4th – “Iguazu Falls” by Brian Pfieffer    46.68

 

ROUND TWO RESULTS (held July 19th 2011)

1st – “Connoisseur” by Barbara Walker    54.19

2nd – “Survivor’s Leave” by Simon Earwicker    50.30

3rd – “Three Boys In The Blitz” by Derek Allen   44.54

 

ROUND THREE RESULTS (held August 16th 2011)

1st – “Picture, picture on the wall” By Mike Shaw  58.26

2nd – “Switzerland” by Bob Wyeth  47.39

3rd – “Pearl on the Med” by John Ransley  37.82

 

ROUND FOUR RESULTS (held September 13th 2011)

1st – “Why are Icebergs Blue” by David Laker   54.66

2nd – “Out of the Darkness”  by Jane Oliver  48.34

3rd –  “Conversation with Diana Springall ”  by Jim Morton-Robertson     48.21

4th –  “Lago di Garda”  by Alan Smith   43.03

5th –  “Floriade” by Richard Pugh  36.68

(This may have been his first entry into a club competition.)

 

ROUND FIVE RESULTS (held October 11th 2011)

1st  – Chatsworth” by Susan Ward  51.78

2nd  – “The Garden Shed” by John Bunce  50.67

3rd  –  “Bells Down” by Harold Tril  49.02

4th  –  “Percy Pitcher remembered” by Hugh Darrington  48.20

5th  –  “Year Zero” by Mike Coad   47.92

6th  –  “Finding Granny’s Granny” by Anna Littler  47.72

7th  –  “Teego’s travels” by Chris Coulson  47.05

8th  – “1759” by Mike Turner  42.78

9th  –  “One of my other hobbies” by Roger Wheatley  40.13

 

With the qualifying rounds now complete the Top Ten finalists have been notified and have until January 3rd 2012 to make any necessary adjustments or revisions to their films based on the feedback given during the screenings and the winner will be announced at the Oscars.

Thanks to all who entered a film and good luck to all the finalists!!

 

Frome Five Minute Festival

Posted on by Brenda Wheatley

Hi All,
As always, it was a most enjoyable event with an excellent turnout. There were 39 films entered and as is Frome’s policy, all 39 were shown. This was down on last year’s total of 47 so we got out before midnight this time.

Quite a number of natural history and wildlife films but surprisingly few comedies. We will keep you in suspense until the next meeting as to how well or not OVFM did but it was great to meet up with Robin and Brenda Hazelton again and to find out that since moving from Orpington and starting up what is now Tiverton Camcorder Club, that they are doing so well. The club is very active in the area and has 25 members, one of whom won the top prize at the Frome 5 Minute Festival as well as recently winning the Penny Cup and the Vision on Festival, both regional competitions with the same film.

The buffet was fantastic as always and I’m sure helps to swell audience numbers..They charge just £2 admission and all the food and drink is free. Can’t be bad! They even provide tea or coffee on arrival.

Frome are putting on their first ever public show at a theatre in the town in May and that is also free to attend.

We finally got home about 2.45am after a most enjoyable evening. At least the roads were clear!

COMPETITION SCORES 2010/2011

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COMPETITION SCORES 2010/2011

TOP TEN 2010

Final scores – a total of 21 Entries

“Otford Pond” by Barbara Darby           55.69

“Finnish Foibles” by Reg Lancaster        55.60

“Plane,Train and Automobile” by Hugh Darrington         54.79

“Art & Design in fabric” by Jim M-Robertson     52.00

“Greenland Ice Cold Beauty” by Brian Phieffer  51.93

“South Foreland” by Harold Trill         51.88

Welcome to Sydney Aquarium” by Jane Oliver 51.07

“Narrow miss” by John & Ann Epton   50.88

“Writers Block” by Lee Relph               49.98

“About YouTube” by Chris Coulson      47.93

“Miles apart where two rivers meet” by Pat Palmer      49.88

“Alexandra’s Story” by Mike Coad       49.21

“It sure beats the Lord Mayor’s Show” by David Laker            49.15

“Touch Down” by Colin Jones                49.13

“Go to Gdansk” by Annabelle Lancaster49.08

“Yakety Yak” by Ann Perrin                   48.49

“Cows” by Simon Earwicker                   47.79

“Cranford” by Bob Wyeth                     43.40

“Bromley Mayor’s awards” by Derek Allen            42.82

“A day of Knights” by Alan Hamlet-Smith           40.55

“A Wedding in Cyprus” by Susan Ward    39.78

 

Scores for the Vic Treen, Kath Jones and Mike Turner plates are worked out by giving 5 points for a 1st place, 3 points for a second place and 1 point for a 3rd place.

 

Vic Treen Cup (Best film cut to music)

 

Helicopter over the Grand Canyon by John Robertson  1

Guitar Solos by Chris Coulson          27

Autumn to Music by Bob Weyth     34

Lollipop by Jane Oliver                      115

Sweet surprise by Barbara Darby   50

Moon Song by Simon Earwicker       35

Dungeness by Mike Coad                   143

He’s the one by Pat Palmer              5

Rosario by Pat Palmer                       2

 

Kath Jones Cup (Best joke film)

Pleasure Seekers by Mike Turner  218

Out for the count by Tony Fallow 126

Charlie and George by Derek Allen            70

 

Mike Turner Plate (Best film under 1 minute)

 

Rocks in Australia by Barbara Darby        18

All in a days work by Derek Allen   29

Crowning Glories by Pat Palmer         44

Get rich quick by Basil Doody           43

Faces of Asia by Mike Coad              62

I’m a BMW get me out of here by Jane Oliver    58

 

The Oscars

It was great to see so many people at “Oscar Night”. Didn’t our Chairman look good in his dress suit?

Congratulations to all the winners and commiserations to everyone else that entered all the competitions but didn’t quite make first place. Without your entries there would be no competition and probably no OVFM.I hope that you all enjoyed making your films as much as we enjoyed watching them, maybe next year you will be the winner. During the last year 26 members made films which they entered in the competitions, let’s hope that next year we will have even more people making films.

The judge’s comments for the Annual Competition are on the club notice board if anyone would like to read them. I have given all entrants copies of all the competition results and any comments relating to their films. All the competition results are included with this viewfinder for anyone who didn’t enter but is interested in the results .Don’t forget the next project is “My other hobby” on 29th March.

 

Raasay Trophy (Best film in no special category)

Winner           “Yakety Yak” by Ann Perrin

Alice Howe Trophy (Best Documentary)

Winner “Finnish Foibles” by Reg Lancaster

Vincent Pons Sheild (Best Fiction)

Winner           “Writers Block” by Lee Relph

Reg Lancaster Trophy (Funniest Film)

Winner “When Freya met Teego” by Chris Coulson

Jubilee Shield (Best film under 5 minutes)

Winner“Narrow Miss” by John & Ann Epton

Priory Trophy (Best Editing)

Winner “Writers Block” by Lee Relph

Rene Morris Penguin Plate (Best Photography)

Winner            “ABO Darby Creation” by Barbara Darby

Heyfield Trophy (BestSound)

Winner “Finnish Foibles” by Reg Lancaster

Orpington Trophy (Runner up to best film in Annual Competition)

Winner “Finnish Foibles” by Reg Lancaster

Ian Dunbar Cup (Best film in Annual Competition)

Winner           “Writers Block” by Lee Relph