OVFM CLUB MEETING TUESDAY DECEMBER 6th 2016

Posted on November 28, 2016November 10, 2019 by Lee Relph

As the year hurtles ever close towards it conclusion we still have some film business to take care of here at OVFM, in the form of three annual club competitions, created in tribute to past club members.

These three very different contests give club members a chance to test their creativity under explicit criteria and are not as easy as one may think, making this one of the unique and interesting challenges thrown down every year. As always, the three prizes up for grabs are:

Kath Jones Cup

Mike Turner Plate

Vic Treen Trophy

The rules for each of these can be found HERE which we ask you to adhere to, otherwise the subject matter of your film is entirely in your hands, and you can enter a film for one, two or all three categories.

Last year’s instalment had a disappointingly meagre response from club members, with one category receiving just ONE entry, making it a sadly predictable outcome when the winner was announced at the Oscars. So, perhaps this year we can do something about that and make this a real hot competition to end the year on?

Of course, 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, members are asked to submit their entries to the Annual Competition to Brenda at this meeting. the entry forms can be downloaded HERE (this is a Members’ Only page so be sure you are logged in).

Thanks for reading and good luck to all who enter a film/films.

2016 North vs South Final – Sunday December 4th

Posted on November 23, 2016September 27, 2021 by Lee Relph

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 November 15, 2016 by Lee Relph

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 November 12, 2016October 29, 2021 by Lee Relph

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 11th 2016

Posted on October 5, 2016December 16, 2019 by Lee Relph

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 13th 2016

Posted on September 6, 2016December 16, 2019 by Lee Relph

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

Posted on September 1, 2016December 16, 2019 by Lee Relph

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 2nd 2016

Posted on July 27, 2016December 16, 2019 by Lee Relph

Yes folks the Top Ten 2016 competition is finally here!

Our annual Clash of the Camcorders is open to everyone in OVFM to submit a film, no longer than 20 minutes on any subject, style or genre, which will be judged and graded by their peers. The ten films that have accrued the highest scores by the end of the five individual rounds will be entered into the final in January 2017 and the winner will be announced at the Oscars in March.

Here are the club members who have been selected at random to participate in this opening round:

John Alford

Hugh Darrington

Mike Graham

Andy & Marian Watson

Patrick Campbell

Jo Coad

Reg Lancaster

Walter McKenna,

Alan Smith

Bob Wyeth

Jenny Tucker

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.

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

OVFM CLUB MEETING – TUESDAY June 7th 2016

Posted on June 2, 2016January 1, 2022 by Lee Relph

It’s brain cells at the ready for the next club meeting as we are required to bandy around ideas for films to make and enter for this year’s North vs. South competition!

The theme is “Out of the Blue” which is one of those wonderfully nebulous titles that lends itself to a myriad of possibilities and interpretations. And with the many creative minds we have in OVFM there is plenty of fertile ground to be cultivated into some great film ideas.

Similarly OVFM has the opportunity to work with a living breathing dinosaur! Well sort of… Our former chairmen Chris Coulson is now handler to a T-Rex named Dexter and has offered to allow our cameras to capture Dexter on film! If you haven’t guessed by now this means that we need some script ideas to give Dexter something to do whilst on camera.

Therefore tonight is a double whammy of brainstorming ideas and with two different subjects to ponder – or maybe we could combine them into one? (Hint: perhaps someone already has? 😉 ) – we should be in for a productive night!

See you then!

Top Ten Competition 2016

Posted on April 27, 2016November 23, 2016 by Lee Relph

As 2016 rolls on we are just a few months away from the start of the annual Top Ten competition!

As ever the names of all OVFM club members have been put into the hat belonging to our competitions organiser Brenda Wheatley and drawn in random to make up the participants for each of the qualifying rounds that will take place between now and the end of the year, leading to the final in January 2016.

Remember that each film has a 20 minute time limit but can be on any subject and in any style. If you have a film from the past which has undergone a significant revamp (perhaps a new soundtrack, remixed sound, improved titling, tighter editing, extended or redacted cut etc. you are also welcome to re-submit these as your official entry.

And you can team up with your fellow club members if you need help on the technical or casting front, it will be the author of the script/concept who gets the entry credit.

This year there are just four rounds and the selected members for each date is thus:

Round 1 – To take place August 2nd

John Alford

Hugh Darrington

Mike Graham

Andy & Marian Watson

Patrick Campbell

Jo Coad

Reg Lancaster

Walter McKenna,

Alan Smith

Bob Wyeth

Jenny Tucker

Round 2 – To take place September 13^th

Madeline & Annie Ffitch

Mike Shaw

Sam Brown

Simon Earwicker

Jane Oliver

Ian Menage

Bob Vine

Anna Littler

Tony Keable

Pat Palmer

Cherie Hamlet-Smith

Round 3 – To take place October 11^th

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

Round 4 – To take place November 22nd

Charlie & Nellie Caseley

David Laker

Malcolm Goodwin

Basil Doody

Freddy Beard

Harold & Maisie Trill

Colin Jones

Lee Relph

John & Sylvia Greengrass

Peggy Parmenter

To see the current results please click HERE!

To see the complete results of last year’s competition click HERE