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OFVM Film Oxford Cinema Tent Reading & Leeds Festival 2010[Tuesday 17th August 2010]

Once again OFVM Film Oxford will be programming the cinema tents at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. The running order and content, for features and shorts being screened at both festivals can be seen below. Have a good festival and check out the cinema tent.

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Experimental Film Course for young People[Tuesday 3rd August 2010]

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Studio LIVE 305 - goes LIVE[Friday 23rd July 2010]

Studio LIVE 305 goes LIVE this Monday 26th July. Set your alarm to 3.05pm each day to catch live internet TV from the Film Oxford studios.

Link below

 

Studio LIVE 305 is part of SUMMERSCREEN 2010

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Adobe Groups Meeting 22nd July[Wednesday 14th July 2010]

Adobe Groups social on Thursday 22nd July at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford



Come and join the Oxford Adobe Groups for a social event for the summer.



Flash Oxford, Adobe CS Oxford (aka Oxford Dreamweaver User Group), and Premiere and Post, are having an informal pub gathering to network and chat. Just turn up, grab a drink, and help us thrash out ideas for future events.

You can RSVP and comment on our Adobe Groups page

The Time: 7.30 - 9.30pm

Venue: Far From the Madding Crowd pub, Oxford

10-12 Friars Entry

Oxford OX1 2BY

Get Directions

01865 240900

Directions: It's down the alley between Gloucester Green and Magdalen Street. Travelling up from Cornmarket, go past Debenhams then turn left after trying to buy a latte at Starbucks in the old Borders and before buying your sweater from Jaeger. Or click on this link to see a map: http://bit.ly/bqND7c



Check out the Adobe groups page at OFVM.

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Summerscreen 2010 website now live![Tuesday 22nd June 2010]

The Summerscreen website is now live! Get to see what's going on and book you place on the workshops, tours and screenings.  Click SUMMERSCREEN 2010 to go to the site.

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Adobe Creative Suite 5 launch party 22/6/10[Thursday 10th June 2010]

 

Tuesday 22nd June at Malmaison hotel, Oxford

Join the Oxford Adobe Groups for a social event to learn about the new Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 software.

Adobe CS5 unleashes new ways to generate amazing work, collaborate effectively, and deliver virtually anywhere.



We'll have screen demos of CS5 software at work, presentations, and plenty of time for networking and chat.



There's a free drink for the first 30 and Flash Oxford are presenting their award for the best Flash animation/game entered into their competition.

RSVP at our Adobe Groups page (you'll need to sign in to Adobe)



The Time: 7.30 - 9.30pm

Venue: The Vistors' Room,  Malmaison Hotel, Oxford.

We're delighted that Malmaison have very kindly agreed to allow us to hold this event in their Visitors Room at their Hotel in the centre of Oxford. This is the old prison building. Hop in a getaway car from the station and ask the taxi driver to take you to the prison. Follow these directions, or simply put OX1 1ND into your Global Positioning Hot Hotel Seeking System.

Oxford Castle

3 New Rd, Oxford, OX1 1AY (or OX1 1ND for Sat Nav)



The Visitors Room is not exclusively reserved for the Adobe Groups, so please don't get upset if you have to mingle with the general hoi polloi. They're not infectious.



Please note the change of date AND change of venue for this special event

 

MalMaison 3 Oxford Castle, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1AY.

google map

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Sons Of Cuba Film O.N.E. network event 24th May[Wednesday 19th May 2010]

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Shadowlight Artists event at Modern Art Oxford[Tuesday 4th May 2010]

 

 

 

 

OFVM Film Oxford, supported by the Arts Council and other organisations has discovered, trained and nurtured eight talented digital artists with learning disabilities as part of the Flash Frame project.

 

Diverse, personal and moving, the work explores a huge range of subjects; from an autistic artist’s zeal for domestic appliances to how the blind experience film, comedy drama and shadows & reflections. The work draws on a wide range of traditions and media, encompassing elements of animation, photography, painting, music and dance alongside advanced digital techniques.

 

 

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Premiere & Post - Adobe Groups meeting this Thursday May 6th[Monday 3rd May 2010]

Premiere & Post - Adobe Groups meeting this Thursday May 6th  FREE EVENT



7.30pm - 9.00pm



Forget election night join us at OFVM this thursday for drinks and a raffle of $2000 of Adobe software (CS5).



There will be demonstrations from Adrian Dodds from intoreality - http://www.intoreality.co.uk/



+ an Encore demonstration by Richard



See you there! (pub afterwards if everyone feels like it!)

 

For further information please contact production@ofvm.org

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OFVM tutors Photography Exhibition[Monday 26th April 2010]

Suzy Prior is exhibiting some of her brilliant photographic work (along with Photographer Kate Mellersh) at St Margarets Institute, Polstead Road, Jericho May 8th & 9th 12pm-6pm.

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Adobe Flash User Group Prize Draw 22/4/10[Wednesday 21st April 2010]

Adobe User Flash User Group Thursday 22nd April 7.30pm

OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3AH

FREE EVENT

To celebrate the launch of Flash Builder 4, Adobe have sponsored this month's meeting with free software prizes, T-shirts and pizza. We will be taking Flash Builder 4 for a test run. Let's see just what Adobe have achieved with this new release in their drive to increase creativity and productivity.



After a short overview of the ever-expanding Flash Platform, we will have a live demo of Flash Builder 4. To liven things up Flash Oxford have challenged Dreamweaver Oxford to a “design smackdown”.   The task is to produce a web app in just 30 minutes from scratch (well, almost from scratch). How much easier, better, and sexier is Flash Builder compared to Dreamweaver and associated tools? Join a team and help John, Tim, Alun and Glenn avoid public humiliation!



This will be followed by free pizzas and the prize giveaways. (Please RSVP email@flashoxford.com with your pizza topping request).



Prizes this month

Two copies of Flash Builder 4 and Cold Fusion Builder 4 to be won.



Adobe quality T-shirts



Dreamweaver Oxford’s raffle: $2100 of Adobe software to be won.*



http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/



Hope to see you at OFVM on Thursday night!



54 Catherine Street

Oxford

OX4 3AH

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Oxdox 2010 International Film Festival[Tuesday 30th March 2010]

Full programme and book online from April 2nd  www.oxdox.com

Tickets also available at UPP Box Office from April 2nd.

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The Oxford Screenwriters Network[Tuesday 30th March 2010]

 Who is it for?

• Attended OFVM ADVANCED screenwriting course (not just introductory course)


• Working as a screenwriter/script editor in paid capacity (TV or film)


• Writer credits on Funded short (Screen South, Film Council etc)


• Writer Credit on a low or micro budget feature


• Screening writing degree or postgraduate qualification

Meetings

Planned to run fortnightly on Sunday evenings starting  7pm

Date of first meeting - once we have enough interest we will arrange a date.

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OFVM tutor Suzy Prior featured in British Journal of Photography[Tuesday 23rd March 2010]

 See article about Suzy below:

 

 

 

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Adobe User Groups Meeting Thurs 25th March[Friday 19th March 2010]

Adobe User Groups Oxford Thurs 25^th March 7.30pm FREE EVENT

OFVM Film Oxford

54 Catherine Street

OX4 3AH

 

The three current Oxford based Adobe User Groups will hold a joint meeting where discussions and demonstrations will include:

 

Dreamweaver / Photoshop. For the Dreamweaver group, Alun will give a fabulous presentation about Prezi, the Flash presentation tool, using ... Prezi, the fabulous Flash presentation tool!

Glenn will walk us through Adobe’s BrowserLab.

 

Flash.  Flash Oxford will review the latest issues of Flash and Flex Developer

magazine (FFD).

 

Premiere & Post.  Premiere & Post will give a demo on chromakey in Premiere & After Effects using key light plug-in, (including editing of After Effect compositions on the premiere timeline.)

 

For further information contact production@ofvm.org

 

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Dance on Screen Phoenix Cinema 21/3/2010[Wednesday 10th March 2010]

Booking in person or by phone on 0871 704 2062.

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BAFTA and Film One event Joanna Hogg Unrelated[Wednesday 3rd March 2010]

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Adobe Group Flash Oxford Friday Feb 26th[Tuesday 23rd February 2010]

Adobe Group Flash Oxford

Friday 26th February 7.30pm. OFVM Film Oxford

After an extended Christmas break the Flash User Group starts afresh 

this Friday. We have been working hard to come up with monthly themes 

to take us through the year. As ever we are hoping to cater for a wide 

range of Flash users and provide an opportunity for informally meeting 

other Flash users. We also will continue our regular software give-

aways.



This month we will look at Camtasia. This is a screen recording 

software suite that allows you to record a presentation or tutorial to 

a video file. You can then edit and save the result as flash web page. 

There are some great features in this package and John Twycross will 

demonstrate how to use it and also how he has used it to teach 

animation. TechSmith, the makers of the software, have given us a free 

copy of Camtasia and Snagit to give away on the night.



Tim Watts will be introducing a competition to take place of the Adobe 

software raffle entitled Slapdash. The winner of the competition 

will win an Adobe software bundle worth over $2000. More details will 

be revealed on the night.



Finally to round off the night we will have a Flash Surgery. This is 

an opportunity to ask for help or advice on any projects or ideas you 

are working on. Feel free to bring along any work to show. This is an 

open session where you should not be embarrassed to ask questions and 

join in the discussion.



We hope to see you there.



John Twycross  Flash Oxford

email@flashoxford.com

www.flashoxford.com



Venue

OFVM Film Oxford

54 Catherine Street

Oxford

OX4 3AH

 

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BAFTA & Film ONE[Tuesday 23rd February 2010]

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Womens filmmaking course and Screening[Wednesday 17th February 2010]

We have places available on ourt womens filmmaking course called Reel Women, only £20 to women on benfits,

There will be a screening of the film and work by other women filmmakers with directors Q&A on 12th March at 7pm. All welcome.  More details to follow.

 

 

 

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Location Oxfordshire - open for business![Tuesday 16th February 2010]

                

Location Oxfordshire www.locationoxfordshire.co.uk – the new service for the film, TV and photographic industries visiting Oxfordshire is now up and running. The service, run by OFVM film oxford, offers support and advice as well as a locations and services data base. If you have a company that has something to offer visiting film crews or maybe a unique location that you want to promote internationally, visit the web site and add your details. It’s as simple as that!

 

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OFVM trustee wins at Sundance[Wednesday 10th February 2010]

Rob Lemkin wins at Sundance

Oxford based filmmaker Rob Lemkin of Old Street Films and Thet Sambath have been awarded the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for Enemies of the People. Rob is the founder and director of Old Street Films. He has produced and directed over 50 documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, The History Channel (US) and Arts & Entertainment. He has won numerous awards in Britain and abroad, and his work has appeared in major documentary strands for C4, BBC and ITV. He has made several films about the history and politics of Asia including The Real Dr Evil (BBC/Arts & Entertainment 2003), Who Really Killed Aung San? (BBC2 1997), Malaya: The Undeclared War (BBC2 1998), China: Handle with Care (C4 2001) Bearers of the Sword (C4 2002).

Rob is also a member of OFVM Film Oxford Board of Trustees and everyone here congratulates him on his success.

If you would like to find out more about the film visit http://enemiesofthepeoplemovie.com or go to Facebook 'Enemies of the People'

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DSR 250P full size camera for sale[Thursday 4th February 2010]

Offers in order of £1200

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20 Channel Soundcraft Folio Mixing Console For Sale[Thursday 4th February 2010]

 

Offers in Order of 175+

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Adobe Users Group Premiere and Post 21st Jan 7.30pm[Wednesday 13th January 2010]

Adobe Users Group Premiere and Post

Thursday 21st January 7.30pm

OFVM 54 Catherine Street Oxford OX4 3AH

Free event

 

For he first meeting of the year for Adobe User Group Premier and Post  we will be having demonstrations about particular aspects of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4:

• Using sound compression


• Nesting


• Blend function

We will also be looking at the  amazing playback and rendering engine for Adobe Premiere Pro, called the Mercury Playback Engine.

For further information contact production@ofvm.org

 

What are Adobe groups?

These are monthly meetings of professional users of Adobe software. The aim is to provide a self help environment and to get up to date information from Adobe. Often outside experts in their field are invited to speak at the meetings. They are not for total beginners nor are they any substitute for training. The groups are free to attend. Adobe supports these groups.

Those using Premiere, After Effects and other Adobe post production software in a professional capacity.

 

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Thankyou Skinhead Girl Screening Thurs 28th January 7.30pm[Wednesday 13th January 2010]

 

 

 

The Director will be present and there will be a post screening Q and A session.

The event is free but places must be reserved in advance.

To reserve a place contact production@ofvm.org

Quotes:

It's so morally complex and intricate that it required narrative skills of the highest level as well as unflinching honesty to tell it as well as you did. I was blown away.

'To an outsider, the skinhead movement may seem to be a male dominated subculture. However, as this film explores, it is truly a place where many females felt they belonged.

'Subcultural Pink Bits - Full Review on www.myspace.com/subculturalpinkbits

Full interview and review:

http://www.skinheadawayoflife.com/shaz_interview_1.204.html

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year[Monday 21st December 2009]

OFVM Film Oxford will be closed from Wednesday 23rd December and re-open on Tuesday 5th January. We wish all our students, clients and partners a very merry Christmas and successful 2010.

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Adobe User Group. Thurs Dec. 17th BAFTA nominated Brothers McLeod[Monday 7th December 2009]

Adobe User Group meeting December 17th 7.30 - 9.30pm

OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford OX4 3AH



We have a Christmas and animation special this month.



Fabulous news, our guest animators have confirmed they will visit us on

December 17th for our final meeting of 2009.



The award winning, BAFTA nominated Brothers McLeod (Greg and Myles) have a

track record in creating animation for TV, web, and film. They are

represented by Aardman Animations as Commercials Directors and have directed

campaigns for Skittles, Stena Line, and Guinness amongst others. They have

written and directed series for BBC (Pedro and Frankensheep) and Tate

Galleries (Art Sparks), and written for a range of TV, Games and web

projects (Noddy, SpongeBob SquarePants, NHS Relationships and Sex). They

have a well established YouTube channel and have had several internet

successes including Spamland and Fuggy Fuggy which was picked up by MTV and

Mondo Media. In 2009, they were nominated for a BAFTA in the Short Animation

category for their film Codswallop.



Check out their animations online on the Brothers McLeod web site

http://www.brothersmcleod.co.uk/about

You Tube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/brothermcleod

subscribe to Twitter updates http://twitter.com/brothersmcleod

oh all of that!

 



As it's the Christmas period, we'll be having pizza (sponsored by Glenn, our

co-manager), beer (John and myself), juice, nibbles and anything else you

can bring yourself, and there's another chance to win $2000 of Adobe

software in the the Dreamweaver group raffle.



Let us have your pizza choices before the night.



And please bring along your own short animations to show us too, to keep

with the animation theme for the evening, or just be prepared to show us

your favourite online animation.



When: Thursday December 17th 7:30pm - 9:30pm, and afterwards most likely at

the Rusty Bicycle pub

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Adobe Dreamweaver Groups 20/11/09 Imagery & Live Cycle[Tuesday 17th November 2009]

Friday 20th November 7.30pm - 9.30pm

OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford OX4 3AH

In November at OFVM Film Oxford, the Dreamweaver User Group will focus on imaging software, and the Flash User Group are visited by Mike Ellis who will talk about LiveCycle.

Since the acquisition of Macromedia by Adobe, they have been busy integrating the Flash and PDF technologies. The best example of this is their LiveCycle Enterprise Suite platform. Livecycle is a J2EE server based platform for delivering improved user experiences and document automation. It is an area that runs in parallel with the main developments in the Flash platform so this session will be of interest to Flash and PDF developers/designers alike.

The presenter, Michael Ellis, formally of Adobe Systems, has now set up a company focused on the use of Livecycle. He will explain what the platform is, how the underlying technologies are being used, and why this is very relevant to those interested in Adobe technologies.

Alun Ward will take us through Photoshop.com the Adobe tool for editing images online and how it integrates with existing photo collection sites such as Flickr.

Glenn Clarkson will show how he created an award-winning presentation for a housing association using Illustrator, Photoshop and PowerPoint.

Glenn will also show the beta release of Lightroom V3.

In addition, in response to members’ requests, we shall be visiting Lynda.com to look at Using Masks in Photoshop.

If you have any specific areas of these tools you would like to have covered please let us know (info@dreamweaveroxford.com).



Bring along a friend or colleague, there will be lots of opportunities for networking with likeminded creatives.



See you there.



Advance warning of our December meeting. Thursday December 17th, 7:30pm, OFVM Film Oxford, Christmas social and guest animators.



OFVM Film Oxford, can be found here:



http://tiny.cc/yTEyB

Link:  Adobe LiveCycle

 

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Adobe Premiere & Post Group 12/11/09[Tuesday 10th November 2009]

OFVM has set up a new Adobe users group for Premiere, After Effects and other Adobe postproduction software, called Premiere & Post Oxford.



The first meeting is 12th November at OFVM 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

 

What are Adobe groups?

These are monthly meetings of professional users of Adobe software. The aim is to provide a self help environment and to get up to date information technical and other info from Adobe. Often outside experts in their field are invited to speak at the meetings. They are not for total beginners nor are they any substitute for training. The groups are free to attend. Adobe supports these groups.

Please RSVP to office@ofvm.org

Details

http://www.ofvm.org/adobegroups/

You can also visit the group on the Adobe Site and

join the group

(you don't have to join to attend first meeting)

Adobe Site page

Premiere and Post Oxford



On the OFVM adobe groups page their are also links to two other independently run (but supported by OFVM) adobe groups. These are for Flash Users and for Dreamweaver/Photoshop users.



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Reel One Network Event 8/12/09 Media Design & Production[Tuesday 10th November 2009]

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Admin Job at OFVM[Tuesday 10th November 2009]

Course Administrator/Receptionist - 15 hours per week at £8.00 per hour



OFVM film oxford is a busy, dynamic centre for digital media training and production in the heart of East Oxford. The charity set up in 1985 has become a flagship social enterprise receiving support from Screen South, Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council. We are looking for a skilled, confident and friendly office administrator/receptionist to work with the Course Manager.



Job Specification

•    Deal with enquiries (phone/email/in person)

•    Take course bookings and payments

•    Course administration paperwork

•    Basic financial admin including petty cash, invoicing, paying bills

•    Ordering and managing office and stock supplies

•    Data entry and preparing monitoring statistics for funders

•    Taking minutes at meetings



Personal specification

•    Can work unsupervised

•    Deal with tasks proactively

•    Fluent in English

•    A good communicator

•    Good organisational skills

•    IT literate (Microsoft office)



Hours

Ideal hours would be Mon - Wed 9.30 – 2.30/3.00 but some flexibility negotiable. (Very occasional evening meetings)



Contract

The contract is for 6 months initially with the intention to extend further.



OFVM film oxford is an equal opportunities employer and aims to recruit, retain and develop a committed and diverse workforce.



Deadline before noon 1st December 2009

Interview day for shortlisted candidates 7th December 2009

Send CV, contacts for two referees and letter why you’d like this job to OFVM.



OFVM film oxford

54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH

Web www.ofvm.org

Email office@ofvm.org

Charity no: 1041014

Oxford Film and Video Makers Ltd. Company Reg. No: 02022892

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Film ONE - Bex Hopkins network event[Monday 26th October 2009]

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Adobe User Groups Wed 21st October 7.30pm[Tuesday 13th October 2009]

Wednesday October 21st, 7.30pm – 9.00pm



This month, the Adobe User Groups have Stephen Newberry, Technical Resources Mananger at Adobe HQ (UK), coming to talk to us about all things Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign, at OFVM.



If you have any pressing topics you’d like covered, APART from the future direction of Adobe products (aka the ‘roadmap’), do let Alun know as soon as you can info@dreamweaveroxford.com



You can find out a bit more about Stephen at Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenewberry



There’ll be time for questions after his presentation, and the usual chat with likeminded creatives from the Oxford area.



Keep up to date with the User Group and RSVP please at the Adobe Groups site:



http://groups.adobe.com/groups/6c54b074f9/summary

 

Advance notice too of the November date: Friday November 20th

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Screen South Digital Shorts Roadshow 1/10/2009[Monday 28th September 2009]

                                                                                       

OXFORD DIGITAL SHORTS ROADSHOW

6.30pm at OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine St, OX4 3AH  www.ofvm.org

(Photo: The Last Breath, Dir. David Jackson)



Calling all emerging Writers, Directors and Producers. Our Digital Shorts production and Skills programme is now open for applications.

Screen South will be choosing up to twelve projects to take part in a development programme, following this we will commission four to six short films, which could be anything between one to fifteen minutes duration. Filmmaking teams will be awarded a production budget of between £7000 and £13000 to make their film with the support of Screen South.

The evening will include an overview of the Screen South Digital Shorts programme and Q&A with executive producer Nicole Dade who will be talking about what sort of films we are looking for. There have been a couple of changes to the scheme this year so make sure you come along to find out how to make your application count.

We will be screening some seminal short films to get you inspired, and there will be a Q&A with a previous successful Digital Short filmmaker about working with Screen South and the UK Film council to make a short film, and the impact it has had on their career.

The evening will be rounded off with networking drinks - a great opportunity to meet filmmakers from your area. Who knows, they could become future collaborators.

Please register by emailing digitalshorts@screensouth.org. We look forward to seeing you there.

Please pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested.

 

 

Thursday, 1st October 6.30pm @ OFVM, 54 Catherine St, OX4 3AH www.ofvm.org

 

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OFVM Film Oxford Cinema Tent Reading / Leeds 2009 programme[Friday 21st August 2009]

 

 

 

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BAFTA & Film ONE Preview 'Away We Go' with Producer Pippa Harris.[Monday 17th August 2009]

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Summerscreen Best of the Fest on web to view[Tuesday 28th July 2009]

See Summerscreen Best of Fest video (in 5 handy parts) on Summerscreen page

http://www.ofvm.org/summerscreen/index.php

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Free Screenings Summer Screen 2009[Wednesday 15th July 2009]

Two free screening events as part of Summer Screen 2009.

Film Under the Stars will be showing Mamma Mia in Hinksey Park on Saturday 18th July. Screening starts around 9.15pm. Bring along a blanket and popcorn, and don't forget your singing voice!

Turn It Up! - a Big Voice Film. Fed up with bad press for young people? Turn up, tune in and find out what children's rights really mean. A short film directed by Karim Kahn (Deputy member of the Youth Parliment for Oxford City), with supporting shorts from youth groups around the county.  Wednesday 22nd July, 4.00 - 5.00pm Phoenix Picture House, Walton Street, Oxford. This event is free but booking is essential. Please contact Zoe Elford on 01865 256681 or zoe.elford@oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

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UNIT 20 SCREEN - Westgate Studios[Tuesday 30th June 2009]

Dance, Documentary, Drama, Digital Art – now screening on the window of Unit 20 in Westgate Shopping Centre, Oxford. Catch some of the most exciting work produced through OFVM film oxford in the last 2 years. The screen runs from Mon - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00 and until Saturday July 18th  when the unit will be taken over by Summerscreen LIVE at 2.45 with the BBC for the festival week.(Unit 20 is around the corner between Sainsbury and the herbal medicine shop!!)

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SUMMERSCREEN 2009 - LIVE + KICKING![Monday 29th June 2009]

For details of all activities www.ofvm.org/summerscreen

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Adobe User Groups Friday 5th June[Tuesday 2nd June 2009]

Flash Oxford – Meetup - 7.30pm Friday 5th June 2009



For June we are planning an informal social meetup and are arranging pizza and drinks for everybody. So do come along and meet other Flash & Flex animators, designers and developers, internet professional or other interesting people.



We will have a copy of Flash Catalyst and there will be a chance to get hands on and see if it really is as easy as Andrew Shorten made it look last month. Being part of the Flash Catalyst User Group Tour there should be lots of Catalyst and Flex related freebies as well as the most popular $2100 free software bundle.



Further information email John Twycross

email@flashoxford.com



Venue: OFVM, 54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH

7.30pm until 9pm

Location: http://tiny.cc/ghNTd

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Thankyou Skinhead Girl Film Premiere 24th May[Tuesday 19th May 2009]

Thank You Skinhead Girl - Film by Sharon Woodward (An OFVM Production Award)

 

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OFVM film oxford presents SHOWCASING SHORTS 14/6/09 Ultimate Picture Palace[Tuesday 19th May 2009]

 

 

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Reel One 13/5/09 Rosemary Richards BBC Video Nation[Friday 1st May 2009]

 

 

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Adobe User Group 6th May Andrew Shorten (Adobe) Flex, Flash & Air. Free CS4 software prize draw worth over $2000[Friday 17th April 2009]

 

May 6th at 7.30pm at OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3AH 

Andrew Shorten works for Adobe as a Platform Evangelist and has offered talk about Flex, Flash and AIR and the opportunities these technologies present to enrich web and desktop experiences. He will be presenting an update on the Flash Platform, showing an early build of Flash Catalyst and demoing some of the new features in Flex Builder Gumbo. You can find out more about Andrew at his web-site  http://ashorten.com  .

 

There will also be a big prize draw and someone will also walk away with a free CS4 software bundle worth over $2000.

Venue: OFVM – Film Oxford, 54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH

Starts at 7.30pm Free event

Location:  http://tiny.cc/ghNTd

 

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OFVM Film Oxford shorts @ Oxdox International Film Festival.[Friday 17th April 2009]

 

 

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Reel One network event 29/4/09 Location, Location, Location![Friday 17th April 2009]

 

 

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Reel One network event 30/4/09 'The Producers Role' Guest speaker Hank Starrs[Monday 6th April 2009]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - The Producer's Role

Guest speaker, film producer Hank Starrs.

Thursday 30th April, doors open 7.15pm.  Free event

 

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Adobe User Group 24th March - Away 3D and 3D in Flash[Friday 13th March 2009]

 

Away3d and the future of 3d in Flash

Hosted by Rob Bateman, a Flash developer who has been integral to the creation of Away3d a realtime 3d Flash engine. He will provide an overview of this exciting open source project and discuss examples of work created using Away3d. This session should be of interest to coders and animators interested in cutting edge Flash development, along with Dreamweaver group members who are interested in seeing how 3d can be practically applied to the web.

 

For more information on Away3d check out Rob’s blog at http://www.infiniteturtles.co.uk

 24th March at 7.30pm at OFVM.    Free event

 

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Reel Women Networking Night & Screening - Friday 6th March at 7.30pm[Friday 6th March 2009]

Celebrating Women Filmakers - Screening and Networking night

Part of Oxford International Women's Week http://www.oxfordwomen.co.uk/

Friday 6th March at 7.30pm - ALL WELCOME (THIS IS NOT A SINGLE SEX EVENT) Contact Alison ali@ofvm.org

Come and meet women filmmakers, see some films and have a glass of wine on us.

Key Speaker - Florence Corvez Curtis

Florence has over 15 years experience as a film-maker. She started her career working for MTV Europe, Channel Four as well as for the corporate sector.  For the last seven years, she has concentrated producing and directing documentary films about international issues for BBC World, Five and Discovery Europe as well as charities. She has made films about sustainable development in Cambodia, aid efforts during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, covered the Mozambique floods as well as stories about women and children’s rights amongst many others.

In 2002, she worked with children on Rooted, a Children’s Bafta- nominated series for Five in the UK. She was most recently Series Producer of togetherTV*, an EU funded media project which raises awareness of people’s lives in developing countries through short videos for broadcast and schools. Florence is currently an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University in ‘Professional Media Practice’ to Digital Media students.

Shortlisted at the One World New media Awards 2006*

 

There will also be the premiere of the film currently being made on the Reel Women course. The film will be completed that day and screened during the evening event.

 

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Dance Shorts Premiere 8/3/09 Phoenix Picturehouse[Thursday 5th February 2009]

Dance on Screen (Film Shorts)

Sunday 8th March 09 (4.00pm)   

Phoenix Picturehouse  booking in person or by phone on 08717042062

www.dancinoxford.co.uk



As part of the Dancin’ Oxford Dance Festival 2009, Dance on Screen offers an opportunity to see the best of dance film shorts. This event will feature the premier of five short films by Oxford-based dance film-makers (commissioned by OFVM), plus screenings of dance shorts by accomplished regional, national and international dance film-makers.



OFVM commissioned films:



TripSwitch - Naomi Morris.

Lighting the human body in motion. Exploring positive and negative spaces. Finding abstract forms, patterns and textures.



Nietzsche's Oxygen  - Jo Fairfax and Fiona Millward.

A visually eloquent, yet melancholic film that draws on animated image, text, movement, and sound. Exploring the pursuit of freedom to make way for values of personal excellence and creative acts over the herd instinct.



Half a Dozen Roses - Joe Lott.

"Love, in the opinion of wise men, is nothing other than madness." (Orlando Furioso, Ariosto, 1532)  So, why do we all crave insanity?  Half a Dozen Roses is a collection of six short films on the theme of love. Together they weave the story of a modern relationship in crisis.



Into Your Arms - Ruth Pethybridge.

An intimate look at Argentinean Tango that attempts to go beyond the stereotypes and get inside the dance and its illusive embrace.



Forms of Freedom – Helen Edwards.

A dance film reflection on Participatory Arts Practice in a Women's Forensic Unit. The work is a non-linear narrative compassionately, reflectively and evocatively dancing the cultural natures of choice and freedom, through movement gestures and weaving of images of inner and outer landscapes.

For further information about the films or the screening please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

 

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Oxdox International Documentary Festival. NOW ON[Thursday 5th February 2009]

Oxdox International Documentary Film Festival



Oxdox is back and will run this year from April 21st to 28th at the Ultimate Picture Palace in the Cowley Road.

Over 100 films will be screened in Oxford, Milton Keynes and London.  Nearly all the films screened are UK premieres from internationally acclaimed directors.  Special strands include new films from Iran; the latest films on the Environment; Food; Politics; Astronomy; Art; Music; Dance; Extreme Sports and human interest stories from around the globe.  Post screening discussions with the winners of Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Sundance Festivals. 

www.oxdox.com

 

 

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ADOBE USER GROUPS - Wednesday 4th Feruary - Panoramic Photography[Wednesday 28th January 2009]

Adobe Groups - Next meeting 4th February – 7.30pm  Free event



This month the Oxford Dreamweaver and Flash groups will combine to look at panoramic photography.



Dreamweaver Oxford



Paul Forsey will provide a brief overview of taking and making 360 degree panoramic photographs using a digital still camera, Adobe Photoshop and Realviz panoramic software. This will include an introduction to field technique, organizing your workspace and the kind of equipment required for successful hardcopy and online applications. Paul Forsey is an artist/designer based in West Berkshire.





Flash Oxford



Following this theme, John Twycross from Live Pictures will take a look at how to use panoramic photographs in Flash. He will conduct a review of both the “360g Flash Panorama” and “FlashPanos” open source engines for Flash. There will also be a brief round up of commercial flash extensions that are available.



 



Venue: OFVM – Film Oxford, 54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH



Location:  http://tiny.cc/ghNTd

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REEL ONE Network Event - UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS - Wed 28th Jan 2009[Wednesday 17th December 2008]

Wednesday 28 January 2009 7.30pm start.  Free event

 

FREE MONTHLY REEL ONE NETWORK EVENT

For local Filmmakers, Screenwriters, Digital Artists and crews.

Meet up and find out what’s going on.

With guest speakers and exclusive screenings.

 

NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DONT

UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS GO PUBLIC!

 

Doors 7pm Starts 7.30pm

Venue: OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford OX4 3AH

Email: sue@ofvm.org / www.ofvm.org

 

 

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ADOBE USER GROUPS - Wednesday 7th January 2009 7.30pm[Wednesday 17th December 2008]

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OFVM film oxford MIDAS Production awards - 2nd Feb deadline![Wednesday 3rd December 2008]

 

 

 

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Adobe User Groups Christmas Party 10/12/08[Monday 24th November 2008]

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REEL ONE RETURNS WEDS DEC 3rd - MEET THE TALENT SCOUT![Thursday 6th November 2008]

Reel One Returns on Wednesday 3 December 2008 - The monthly network event at OFVM Film Oxford for screenwriters, filmmakers, digital artists and freelancers to meet and get to know what’s going on. Always a good atmosphere with refreshments - see you there! Details below.

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Flash Forward Film Festival The Regal, Oxford. 30th Nov. 2008[Monday 3rd November 2008]

Flash Forward Film festival 2008 - films made by people in Oxfordshire with learning difficulties

The Regal, Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1UR

Sunday 30th November 2008

Box Office 01865 241261

Web bookings www.wegottickets.com

Entry £3 for 2 tickets

 

Come along to the 2nd Flash Forward Film Festival, meet the filmmakers - meet the stars!

Films will include drama, documentary and animation, and there are awards to be won!

Make sure you're dressed smartly so you look real good for the red carpet and the paparazzi!

After the films have been seen we will be having a special disco networking session with the dj's from Oxford's STINGRAY club, Oxfordshire's only night club run by people with a learning disability.

For further information please contact Gary Shenton on 01865 792731 or production@ofvm.org

 

 

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ADOBE USER GROUPS - Wednesday 1st October 7.30pm[Thursday 18th September 2008]

Adobe User Groups October 1st: CS4 launch event

 

Adobe CS4 is coming!



Adobe are announcing Adobe Creative Suite 4 on September 23rd 2008. After

that date we'll be able to tell you more about what's in the package.



Come along to the next User Group - we will be checking out what's new in

this update of their primary software bundle. What is so big about it?

Should we all part with our hard earned cash to buy it? Will it

revolutionise our workflows and make our lives easier? You might come away

with useful knowledge, a new T-shirt, new contacts, or just a sense of

childlike wonder.



When: Wednesday October 1st, 7.30 - 9.30 latest



Where: OFVM - Film Oxford, 54 Catherine St, Oxford, OX4 3AH

Free event.

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OFVM Screen Night 19/10/08 Pegasus Theatre[Thursday 18th September 2008]

OFVM film oxford SCREEN NIGHT

Pegasus Theatre Sunday 19th October



The next SCREEN NIGHT showcasing new work from OFVM film oxford is on Sunday 19th October, 7.30pm at The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road in East Oxford.

Tickets can be booked at Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone 01865 722851 or online at www.pegasustheatre.org.uk  Entry £3

For those of you who have been involved in a course production since January 2008, this is the night for the public premiere of your work. It's also a great opportunity to view new films made on the OFVM production Award programme and work made in the local community..

So if you want to see what's been happening on OFVM courses or catch some of the latest films - experimental, documentary, dance and drama, made by some of the best local talent, put the date in your diary now!

Films will include:

The Grave Mistake, Death & Taxes, Stoeger Sense, Counterfeit Revene, Art at Restore, The Elmore Team, Cool Carers, In the Soup, Instinct, St Frideswides Gift, Bronze Eyes, The Art of Memory, Don’t Take It For Granted, Kepler’s Music Of The Spheres, Eye / I, Verity, Dark Glass.

For further information contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

 

 

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Screen South Digital Shorts Information Day 26/9/08 + Guidelines & Application form[Monday 8th September 2008]

Screen South will be visiting OFVM film oxford on Friday 26^th September to give information and answer questions about the Digital Shorts programme.

The event will start at 11am and will last approximately 2 hours.

Films made during the 2007/8 programme will be screened and there will be an opportunity to meet with directors and producers who have been part of the Digital Shorts programme.

Booking is not essential but is recommended as numbers are limited.

To download Screen South Digital Shorts Guidelines 2008/9 click HERE

To download Screen South Digital Shorts 2008/9 Application Form click HERE

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FLASH FORWARD 2008 We Want Your Films! Learning disability film festival[Friday 29th August 2008]

Flash Forward Film Festival 2008

Do you want to be where the action is? - WE WANT YOUR FILMS!

Flash Forward is a film festival by and for people with learning disabilities.  Start making your films today...

Films can be:

Under 5 minutes or under 10 minutes.

We'd prefer your films on Mini DV tape (but we'll also accept VHS & DVD's).

Deadline for entries 31st October 2008.

To download an application form click HERE

or send a self addressed envelope to:

 

Flash Forward, OFVM film oxford, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3AH

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ADOBE USER GROUPS - Wednesday 3rd September 7.30pm[Wednesday 27th August 2008]

Tim Watts, Lead Actionscript Developer from Juice will be looking at Box2D, an open source physics engine for Flash. Covering basic set-up through to some more advanced settings, it will be a fairly fast-paced overview of how to implement the Actionscript 3.0 port of the technology. 

Alun Ward of Eye Division will introduce the Spry Ajax framework in Dreamweaver CS3 and walk through the creation of a dynamic photo album website.

Also there will be over $2000 worth of Adobe software up for grabs.!!

OFVM Film Oxford
54 Catherine St
Oxford. OX4 3AH

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Hot shorts at Reading and Leeds 2008[Monday 18th August 2008]

Check out the shorts and features at Reading and Leeds 2008 Cinema tents. The programmes start at midnight and run 'til the early hours!

        

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Get the message - Screening at OFVM Wednesday 30th July 2008[Wednesday 30th July 2008]

Get the Message!

Short films by youngpeople with something to say. Refugees, young carers, the homeless andothers tell their stories at a premiere screening in East Oxford.
Wed 30 July 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Age: All
Free

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Summerscreen TV now live! Check this out!![Monday 28th July 2008]
As part of the Summerscreen festival of film, fun and fantasy for young people throughout Oxfordshire we present SUMMERSCREEN TV! Go to the website http://www.ofvm.org/summerscreen/index.php  to see the latest stories - written, produced and edited by the youth of Oxfordshire. Each day we have a crew roving the county to out find what's happening in Summerscreen 2008. As the week goes on more reports are filed, so remember to check it out each day to find out the freshest news from Summerscreen 2008.
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Adobe User Group - Flash & Dreamweaver 7/8/08[Friday 18th July 2008]

Adobe User Groups

This month sees the launch of the Oxford Dreamweaver User Group. This will be meeting at OFVM – Film Oxford and will run back to back with the Flash user group. Alun Ward will be hosting this group – details of the first meeting below.  As usual the events are free and open to all.

Flash Oxford User Group - 7^th August 7.30pm at OFVM

This month we will be looking at Adobe Flex. Matt Steel, Technology Consultant from Oxford University Press will be leading the session. Flex is a great way to develop RIA’s (rich internet applications). This induction will provide an overview of Flex Builder development software.

Oxford Dreamweaver User Group - 7^th August 8.30pm at OFVM

We'll take a look under the hood of the next release of Dreamweaver CS4,including Photoshop integration, CSS and Code View updates, Ajaximplementation and Subversion version control.

OFVM – Film Oxford
54 Catherine St
Oxford
OX4 3AH

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SUMMERSCREEN 2008 - Now Live[Wednesday 25th June 2008]

SUMMERSCREEN 2008 (26 July - 3rd August) is now live and taking bookings for film workshops and tours. For booking forms and information on Oxford's festival of 'film fun and fantasy' for young people around the county please click here www.ofvm.org/summerscreen

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Flash User Group Next meeting Thurs 3rd July[Monday 23rd June 2008]

Flash User Group Oxford

The next meeting we will be looking at using After Effects with Flash and discussing how we got on with the latest CS4 beta software. As always it’s free and all levels of users are welcome to this meeting.

Please forward this email to anybody who you think may be interested. Check out the website http://foxu.org.uk or contact John Twycross - email@foxu.org.uk for further information.

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Dance On Camera OFVM Production Award Deadline 7/7/2008[Wednesday 4th June 2008]

OFVM Production Award

OFVM are calling for applications for the OFVM Production Award Dance On Camera.

The OFVM Production Award Dance On Camera will provide production support, resources and equipment for up to 5 projects.

The award is equipment / resources based, not a monetary award. We will support productions up to a maximum of 15 minutes in length, with a maximum of eight shooting days. There is no minimum duration.

The completed films will be premiered at the Dancin’ Oxford Festival in February 2009.

The award is open to OFVM course participants, dance / choreographer filmmakers and people living in Oxfordshire and offers access to OFVM resources, equipment and production support.

The OFVM Production Award is open to all levels of experience but applicants will need to demonstrate that they or their crew have the experience and expertise to deliver their project successfully. Training will not be provided.

For guidelines and application form click HERE

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Flash User Group Oxford Next Meeting at OFVM 5/6/08[Wednesday 28th May 2008]

As always all levels of users are welcome to this meeting. We will specifically be looking at integrating Photoshop and Illustrator design with Flash. I have requested a guest speaker for Adobe and expect to have a video conference session with them. We will also run through a design to product demo. Doors open from 7.15pm, I look forward to seeing you all there. 

Please forward this email to anybody who you think may be interested. Check out the website http://foxu.org.uk or contact John Twycross - email@foxu.org.uk for further information.

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Reel One Event - Weds21May - Improve your Skills, Sustain your Talent[Wednesday 21st May 2008]

FREE NETWORKING EVENT for media professionals, digital artists, filmmakers, screenwriters and freelancers.

Wednesday 21 May 2008

At OFVM Film Oxford, doors 7pm, srtarts 7.30pm

54 Catherine Street, Oxford OX4 3AH Tel 07799411994 email sue@ofvm.org

IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS

               SUSTAIN YOUR TALENT

Edi Smockum is an acclaimed filmmaker and writer, whose media career spans across all production genre and programming.  Edi is Head of Short Courses for the professional arm of the National Film and Television School (NFTS).  After a career in Canada, the US and England, she has been involved in training and consultancy for the television industry for a number of years and works with Channel 4 on initiatives for new entrants to the industry.  Edi will tell you what the media is looking for these days from individuals like you and give you an insiders survival guide to staying in employment. She will also be informing us about Channel 4s 4TALENT schemes too so you can make the break into a TV career and sustain your talents there.  Check out this link for the latest scheme (deadline 19 May) http://www.channel4.com/4talent/national/

National Film and Television School comes to Oxford!!

In June OFVM Film Oxford will be running courses in conjunction with NFTS including how to develop and pitch documentary ideas to commissioners.  Edi will talk more about the content of these courses which will boost your success for future developments.  She will also tell you about the National Film and Television School, the training on offer and the scholarships and grants available to you.

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OFVM & National Film & Television School (NFTS) to run joint workshops.[Thursday 8th May 2008]

and       

National Film & Television School (NFTS) and OFVM are to run a series of advanced workshops and masterclasses.

The first workshop Developing & Pitching Documentaries  will take place on at OFVM on 20th June 2008.

The course will be lead by Edi Smockum, TV producer and now head of short courses at NFTS. Details on main training page or click here.

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Reel One Network Event. Children's TV 24/4/08[Monday 14th April 2008]

Reel One Network Event. Children's TV - Future, Past and Present.   Four Media professionals will giveinsight into working in Children's TV.

OFVM 54 Catherine Street Oxford, OX4 3AH.  24th April.  Doors 7pm. Starts 7.30pm.

Annie Gibbs works for Ragdoll and is at the moment in the middle of filming a series called "What makes me happy" films made with children from around the world in conjunction with Save the Children. She has been involved in all their programming from Rosie and Jim through Teletubbies and now What makes me happy. She is brilliant with children and a complete genius at getting what she needs from totally untrained children working in front of the camera.

Arabella Warner first met Annie when she went to work making the tummy films for Teletubbies where she was Arabella’s producer and she has continued to give Arabella all kinds of invaluable advise. Arabella started at Radio Oxford as Wobbledy Woo the wicked witch from Wallingford a charcter on the Timmy on the Tranny show, then worked as a presenter and producer on the first early morning breakfast childrens show on TVAM. Arabella now mostly writes for children's TV series, including the animation Bottletop Bill and Miss Spider.

Simon Hook directs M.I.High is “Spooks for kids". It is produced for the BBC by Kudos (Production company behind Spooks, Hustle, Life on Mars). In an inner-London comprehensive three teenagers are secretly spies and each week battle to save the nation from a different villain. They are lead by their spymaster (Danny John-Jules) who provides them with gadgets and who maintains an alter ego as the ineffectual school caretaker. By involving stunts sequences, elaborate props, and digital effect it tries to bring grown-up production values to Children’s TV. It has proved a ratings success for CBBC. Simon Hook directed five episodes in each of the first two series and will be showing some representative sequences and answering questions about the show. He will shortly be kicking off the third series.

Dawn Parsonage has worked with Simon Hook. She directs Cbeebies trailers. She will talk about the process of making trailers for Children TV. Including talking about animations, young child direction and idea creation.

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OFVM Production Award Deadline 31/3/2008[Tuesday 18th March 2008]

The OFVM Production Award provides production support and equipment for up to 10 projects per year. The awards are offered three times per year with at least 3 productions selected each time. The scheme is open to OFVM course participants and people living in Oxfordshire (and near bordering counties) and offers access to OFVM resources,equipment and production support. Applications are welcome from all types of projects, e.g. drama, documentary, experimental and dance; they can be film, digital video or new media.

OFVM’s executive committee (as well as guest panellists) will select the projects that will receive the bursaries.  Unsuccessful applicants will be given feedback as to why the panel didn’t put forward their project and suggestions as to how to strengthen their application.

• The award is a production bursary to enable filmmakers, digital creators, animators and dance film-makers create new work.


• The award is designed to assist with the production costs and offer support with production management and organisation.


• When you receive an award, you will be given free access to equipment and resources to help you make your film.


• The award is to promote talent and new ideas. Some training or production experience would be beneficial but not entirely necessary.


• OFVM Production Award is an equipment/resource award – not a monetary award.


• Applicants can apply for production equipment (camera, lights, sound, etc.)


• Applicants can apply for post-production (editing)


• Applicants can apply for a combination of both.

• To apply,you or crew members need to be living in Oxfordshire (or near bordering counties).


• You must be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of film/video production and the commitment and time it takes.


• You must have a clear idea of how you will make your film (storyboard, script, research).


• You should have a clear idea how the award will benefit you and/or members of the crew and cast (further career ambitions, professional development).


• You should have a commitment to promoting the completed work.

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Screen South Information Day at OFVM[Wednesday 5th March 2008]

 

 

Screen South Information Day

FREE EVENT

14th March 2008, Oxford

The next Screen South Information Day will be co-hosted with our network partner
OFVM - Centre for Film & Digital Media.
Information Days give you an insight into Screen South, the RIFE Open Fund process, other schemes and funding available to you as well as a chance to have a one to one session with a Screen South executive.

The Day will also have a special focus on the forthcoming Cannes Festival Bursaries scheme

(Deadline for Applications: 18th March) .

Screen South encourages people in the region who are hoping to apply for funding to attend an information day.

To register free of charge, please submit 25 words or less about your project/ideas, along with contact details to: info@screensouth.org.

When you register, more details will be emailed to you a few days before the event.

CONTACT SCREEN SOUTH WITH All ENQUIRIES NOT OFVM

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Reel One Network Event - Womens Journey 12/3/08[Tuesday 4th March 2008]

Film and television have long been the domain of men, but more and more women are becoming prominent in the industry, not just behind the camera but in all areas - writing, producing, directing and commissioning. As part of Oxford International Women’s festival OFVM invites you to meet and view work from leading Oxfordshire women who are working in the industry. They will be screening and discussing their work, as well as shedding light on the various sectors and how to succeed and make a living! So come along for an enjoyable evening of networking, screening and discussion.

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Dance on Screen evening[Friday 29th February 2008]

Featuring the premiere of exciting new dance films made by Oxford-based dance filmmakers (commissioned by OFVM’s Production Awards), plus screenings by regional and national dance film-makers. Followed by an opportunity for discussion.

Dates & Times : Thursday 6th March (6.00 - 7.00pm)
Venue : Oxford Playhouse (Top Room)
Tickets : £3 / £2
To book tickets, call Tickets Oxford on 01865 305305 or visit www.ticketsoxford.co.uk. Tickets can also be bought, in person, from the Oxford Playhouse Box Office.

For more information on all Festival events, times, ticket prices and location details, visit: www.dancinoxford.co.uk

 

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Reel One Network Event Shooting People Special 27/02/08[Monday 28th January 2008]

OFVM invites you to REEL ONE - the free monthly network evening for screenwriters, filmmakers, digital artists, drama and documentary crews and you.

Wednesday 27 February 2008

Held at Oxford Film and Video Makers

54 Catherine Street

Oxford

Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start with free refreshments and great atmosphere.

 

A catalyst for change, growth and innovation; Shooting People helps members get their films made and find the audiences they deserve.

Shooting People Creative Director James Mullighan will discuss how to use the internet and the Shooting People resources to get your film made and seen.

Shooting People is the world's largest network of independent filmmakers with over 37,000 members in the UK and US. As well as utilising the resources on the site, Shooters also use the eight daily e-mail bulletins to share tips and tricks, recommendations and news, and to cast and crew their films. Over 200 films are cast and crewed each week using the bulletin services.

Shooting People has been at the cutting edge of indie film-making resources on the net since its inception in 1998 as the brain child of filmmakers Jess Search and Cath Le Couteur.  The aim is to help its members build a strong independent film scene; "one which can offer alternatives to mainstream cinema, not only in how films are made but how those films are then seen."  It does this by providing its members with resources and opportunities for networking, discounts and special offers on all things filmic, inspirational articles and interviews, competitions, and up-to-the-minute dedicated blogs.  

It publishes books and DVDs and in conjunction with the BFI, NFT and through its sister company Shooting People Films, it screens and distributes independent film. Shooting People patrons include the likes of Mike Figgis, Martha Fiennes, Nick Park and Richard E.Grant

Recent additions to the Shooters network include a Watch Films page, where members can upload their work and showcase their talents to shooters and non-shooters alike, and another dedicated blog, called Tools, which is researched and written by veteran producer Ingrid Kopp and focuses on the latest developments in internet resources and tools for indie film production and distribution.

Shooting people works because it is created by film makers, for film makers. “Shooting People is a necessity for anyone who works, lives and breathes independent film" Morgan Spurlock (Dir: Supersize Me)

 

 

 

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Reel One Network - New Media, New Markets! 23/01/08[Tuesday 18th December 2007]

Wil Harris is the Director of ChannelFlip Media, an internet video company using short TV productions to bring magazine-style content to viewers on the web.  As a company at the cutting edge of new media, Wil is involved in filming content suitable for use on HD TV all the way down to YouTube and iPod. ChannelFlip, which produces ground-breaking online video blogs, combines traditional journalism - about video games, gadgets and films - with low-overhead straight-to-digital video production, innovative distribution mechanisms and lucrative advertising sales.  Wil will be discussing his experience creating content for internet consumption, the benefits and problems of a prosumer-grade digital workflow, monetising video content on the internet and the perils of starting a video company whilst knowing virtually nothing about video production. To see the channel visit www.channelflip.com

James Newman is the founder, with his partner Elizabeth Moriarty, of  Basilisk - an animation, motion graphics and visual effects company based in North Oxford. Basilisk produces a range of work including music videos, short film, animated idents and promotional films for companies such as Virgin, BT and P&G. Much of the work combines live action with animated 2D and 3D elements. It is usually assumed that visual effects are very costly but Basilisk have explored a variety of techniques to achieve results with limited resources and equipment. James will show a  selection of projects, as well as demonstrating how some of them were put together. You can see some of Basilisk work online at www.basilisk.co.uk

 

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OFVM Screen Night Pegasus Theatre 27/01/08[Tuesday 18th December 2007]

OFVM present Screen Night at The Pegasus Theatre.  We will be screening all shorts created on courses at OFVM since June 2007 as well community produced work and OFVM Production Award films.

Films being screened include:  Pimp My Film,  Draw Full of Spoons,  Howies Way,  Usual Suspects,  Y,  3 Things I hate About You,  What Do We Want To Eat Tonight,  Green Print,  Guest,  Form,  Checkmate,  Squeal, Wee Women,  Flatlanders.

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Reel One Network event with internationally renowned VJ artist Ed Cookson 4/12/07[Tuesday 4th December 2007]

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Reel One Network event Oxford Broadcast Production Companies 27/11/07[Tuesday 6th November 2007]

Calling all Film makers and Freelancers!

This Reel One Network evening introduces three of the top broadcast production companies in Oxford: APP Broadcast, Quicksilver Media and Mentorn Oxford (details below).  Come and find out how their business works and the best way to interest them in your latest ideas. 

Free event. Tuesday 27 November 2007. Doors 7.15 at OFVM, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford OX4 3AH.  For more information email sue@ofvm.org

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Dance Film Production Award Evening 8/11/07[Wednesday 31st October 2007]

OFVM are supporting new dance films for the Dancin Oxford festival 2008.  This evening we will be screening previous dance films supported by the OFVM Production Award.  If you are interested in dance, movement and the moving image and potentially working on film projects, then this evening is for you.

For further information contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

 

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Hidden Faces - video exhibition 10th - 17th November 2007[Monday 29th October 2007]

OFVM presents

Hidden Faces Exhibition 10^th – 17^th November OVADA

A journey of self-expression by people with learning difficulties

Opening event – meet the artists – 9^th November 2007 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Hidden Faces is an innovative video art project produced by people with learning difficulties, which celebrates creativity and challenges preconceptions.

Come along to be amazed and entertained, to experience cutting-edge contemporary art, and to celebrate diversity in our community.

 

Hidden Faces is organized by OFVM Centre for Film & Digital Media and lead by internationally recognized video artist Chris Oakley and performance artist Danny Naspirpour, who has Down’s Syndrome and who recently performed work at The Tate Modern. During a series of three-day Hidden Faces workshops, 30 people with learning difficulties from around Oxfordshire took part in a journey of self-expression on the theme of identity. Their video art, together with supporting work, is a creative and highly original installation that portrays what it’s like for them living in Oxfordshire today.

“The aim of the Hidden Faces has been to allow participants to produce work exploring elements of their own identity and relationship to their immediate social contexts. Given a brief introduction to the methods used by contemporary artists in the exploration of self and artists’ use of the video medium, the workshops have provided the means for individuals to find their voices, and share these expressions of self with a broader public. The aim has been to allow those with learning disabilities to carry out their own exploration of themselves and the medium, making their own decisions with the workshop staff acting simply as facilitators.”

Chris Oakley, lead video artist

“Hidden Faces is a fantastic opportunity for people with learning disabilities to be creative and communicate ideas using digital media. People who often have difficulty communicating find digital video an accessible creative tool.”

Richard Duriez, OFVM

Hidden Faces will be open to the public at the OVADA gallery in Oxford from the 10th–18th November 2007. OVADA Gallery, 21 Gloucester Green, Oxford, OX1 2QA (Entrance Gloucester Green Bus Station). For more information, see www.ofvm.org/hiddenfaces and www.ovada.org.uk.

Sat 10th: 11am – 4pm
Tues 13th: 10am – 5pm
Weds 14th: 10am – 5pm
Thurs 15th: 10am – 8pm
Fri 16th: 10am – 5pm
Sat 17th: 11am – 4pm

 

Hidden Faces is part of Faces of Oxford (Reflections strand), in partnership with Oxfordshire2007, Oxford Inspires & OVADA.

Funded by National Lottery through Arts Council England, Lloyds TSB Foundation and Oxfordshire Learning Disability Partnership Board.

 

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Reel One Network event Documentary Film Group 15/11/07[Wednesday 24th October 2007]

 

 

 

 

 

The Documentary Filmmakers Group is the national organisation working to promote documentary filmmaking talent and innovation in the UK. They are the leading provider of industry-focused training for established and aspiring documentary filmmakers. Unusually for a training provider, they are directly linked to a production company, the award-winning Mosaic Films.

DFG organises exclusive events and networking opportunities for those looking to get ahead in documentary filmmaking. These range from evening sessions where filmmakers can get feedback on their works-in-progress from fellow documentary filmmakers, to special pitching opportunities run in partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest, the BBC and EDN, amongst others.

With support from the British Council, DFG is also the brains and brawn behind www.dfgdocs.com - the one-stop globalshop for documentary news, events and resources. In addition they also run the DFG Community, which gives members insiders tips on the latest jobs and opportunities, and great deals on screenings, events, courses and lots more. 

For further information on DFG's work please visit: www.dfgdocs.com

In addition to being the editor of DFGdocs.com, the world's largest online documentary resource, Kerry is a documentary filmmaker and writer, and also heads up DFG membership.  Kerry's interest in the 2012 Olympics borders on obsession and to date she has made two films on the subject. She has recently completed a short documentary about tea - For All The Tea In England - and also writes reviews and features for several film publications, including 6 Degrees Film. As part of her work for DFG, Kerry produces a host of events and initiatives, from the Britain Recut project in partnership with Channel 4 and the BFI, to DFG Newcomers Day in partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest. She is also responsible for organising documentary screenings and the groundbreaking 10x10 initiative where filmmakers can get feedback on their current work-in-progress from fellow documentary filmmakers.

Kerry will be discussing DFG and the wide range of work it undertakes to promote innovation and talent in documentary filmmaking in the UK and overseas. She will discuss the various routes into documentaries and outline DFG's upcoming initiatives for new and emerging filmmakers. There will also be a short screening of recent work from the DFG.

If you need further information email: sue@ofvm.org or phone 01865 792731

 

 

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Free Film Under The Stars Hinksey Park, Oxford. Sept. 15th[Thursday 6th September 2007]

Free Film Under the Stars - Hinksey Park, Saturday 15th September.

This is the re-scheduled Summerscreen screening that was flooded out! Lets hope for better weather!!

Hope to see you there.

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OFVM Production Award Deadline September 17th[Tuesday 4th September 2007]

OFVM Production Award -  Next Deadline Monday 17th September 2007  DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM

The OFVM Production Award provides production support and equipment for up to 10 projects per year. The awards are offered three times per year with at least 3 productions selected each time. The scheme is open to OFVM course participants and people living in Oxfordshire (and near bordering counties) and offers free access to OFVM resources,equipment and production support. Applications are welcome from all types of projects, e.g. drama, documentary, experimental and dance; they can be film, digital video or new media.

Each application for a drama will need to contain a treatment, outline and script (where appropriate) as well as an outline schedule and budget.  A documentary will need to demonstrate research carried out for their project, a list of interviewees and an indication of the style as well as a schedule and budget.Dance films will need to provide an outline proposal and an indication of style as well as a schedule and budget.

The scheme will support productions up to a maximum of 15 minutes in length, with a maximum of eight shooting days.  There is no minimum duration. The OFVM Production Award is open to all levels of experience but applicants will need to demonstrate that they have the experience or crew to deliver their project successfully.

OFVM’s executive committee (as well as selected guest panellists) will select the projects that will receive the bursaries.  Unsuccessful applicants will be given feedback as to why the panel didn’t put forward their project and suggestions as to how to strengthen their application.

If you require further information about the OFVM Production Award, please contact Gary Shenton at production@ofvm.org

 OFVM Production Award in brief!

• The award is a production bursary to enable filmmakers, digital creators, animators and dance film-makers create new work.


• The award is designed to assist with the production costs and offer support with production management and organisation.


• When you receive an award, you will be given free access to equipment and resources to help you make your film.


• The award is to promote talent and new ideas. Some training or production experience would be beneficial but not entirely necessary.


• OFVM Production Award is an equipment/resource award – not a monetary award.


• Applicants can apply for production equipment (camera, lights, sound, etc.)


• Applicants can apply for post-production (editing)


• Applicants can apply for a combination of both.

• To apply,you or crew members need to be living in Oxfordshire (or near bordering counties).


• You must be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of film/video production and the commitment and time it takes.


• You must have a clear idea of how you will make your film (storyboard, script, research).


• You should have a clear idea how the award will benefit you and/or members of the crew and cast (further career ambitions, professional development).


• You should have a commitment to promoting the completed work.

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OFVM Cinema tents@Reading and Leeds Festival 2007[Tuesday 21st August 2007]

 

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SCREEN SOUTH Digital Shorts Roadshow 2007 at OFVM[Monday 20th August 2007]

SCREEN SOUTH Digital Shorts Roadshow 2007 at OFVM

Screen South will be hosting a Digital Shorts Roadshow Event at OFVM in Oxford on Monday 17^th September to provide information on the Screen South/UK Film Council’s Digital Shorts Scheme 2007/8. The events will be helpful to anyone wanting to apply.  Previous work will be shown followed by Q&A sessions with Screen South’s Executive Producer for Digital Shorts, Miranda Robinson and previous Digital Shorts Filmmakers.
Attendance is FREE but please contact info@screensouth.org to book a place as numbers are limited. Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis. Guidelines for the Digital Shorts Scheme 2007/8 will be available on the Screen South website from 3rd September 2007*.
The deadline for applications this year will be October 19th 2007*.

*Screen South reserve the right to amend these dates

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Summerscreen Hit Finale[Tuesday 7th August 2007]

                                                              
Breakdance crews - Messy Jam and Flaw R*tists - celebrate their award outside the Phoenix Picture House. Oxford. (Sunday 5th  Aug)

Best of the Fest – Summerscreen finale
OFVMs Summerscreen 2007 film festival  reached its spectacular finale at a packed Phoenix Picture Palace on Sunday evening. An excited audience were there to see the films made by more than 250 people across Oxfordshire created over the last 10 days. Awards went to Animation Station, The Matrix youth project and Modern Art Oxford with top prize going to Barton Breakdancers for ‘Pimp my Film’ - an amazing breakdance film inspired by 25 dancers from top Oxford crews, Messy Jam and Flaw R*rtists.

"We were simply bowled over by the quality of the films we saw on the Big Screen this year. It was certainly the best Summerscreen OFVM has ever run" Geron Swann. Festival Organiser

 

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SS WEB LOGO[Tuesday 24th July 2007]

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BRITDOCS free screenings @ The Phoenix Cinema[Monday 23rd July 2007]

 

DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y  - Dir. Johan Grimonprez

Feature length documentary of 196’s and 70s hi-jackers. Blending photographic images plus reportage shots and reconstituted scenes, this unwraps our own complicity in the urge for ultimate disaster..

Wed 20.15 Sat 20.00; Sun 18.00

DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE - Dir Kim Longinotto

Shot almost entirely in a cramped courtroomtfhis film presents a series of women in Iran pleading their cases to obtain permission for divorce before a judge, using every possible tactic

Wed 20.30  Sun 16.00

GEORGI & THE BUTTERFLIES - Dir. Andrey Paounov

Georgi Lulchev is a psychiatrist and director of a dilapidated and underfunded home for psychologically challenged men. He has many money making dreams which unfold and fade in this uplifting but never sentimental film.

Thurs 20.30  Sun 20.00

UNKNOWN WHITE MALE - Dir. Rupert Murray

Documentary story of Doug Bruce, a successful New York stock broker who experienced a dissociative fugue state that lasted some time and who subsequently suffered total memory failure.

Fri 20.15  Sun 18.00

37 Uses For A Dead Sheep - Dir. Ben Hopkins

Documentary about the Kirghiz tribe who, until 25 years ago, lived a quasi Iron Age existence. They are now split between those over 30 pining for their nomadic history and the young with modern education and a world of pop music and internet cafes.

Fri 20.30  Sat 14.00

HOW IS YOUR FISH TODAY? - Dir. Xiaolu Gup

Originally a British-commissioned documentary about Mohe, a supposedly mystical town in Northern china. In reality this was an impoverished fishing village of little interest, so the documentary footage had a film script added to it about a screenwriter searching for inspiration by travelling to Mohe.

Sat 14.00  Sun 20.00

ART SHORTS – Various Directors

A selection of favourite short art film documentaries including John Smith’s seminal Girl Chewing Gum, Rachel Davies cinematic Gold, Joe Smith and Rosie Pedlows beautiful Sea Change, Human Radio by Miranda Pennel and the wonderfully candid Anyone Else Isn’t You by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.

Sat 16.00  Sun 14.00.

THE DYING ROOMS – Dir. Kate Blewitt

Documentary that prompted a storm of media coverage on the situation in Chinese orphanages. A perfect example of how powerful documentary can be and how it can have a lasting effect by raising awareness of a particular issue.

Sat 16.00  sun 16.00

SPECKY, TALK TO ME AND SARGY MAN - Dirs. Anne-Claire Pilley, Mark craig and Peter Mann respectively

A wonderful selection fo short documentaries produced by the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation which have been screening in festivals worldwide.

Sat 18.00

200,000 people invade a sleepy Serbian village for a week of music, drinking, dancing and utter madness – all to the sound of Serbian/Roma gypsy trumpet bands competing against one another.

Sat 18.00 (with Director)  Sun 14.00

THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT – Dirs. Annie Sunberg & Ricki Stern

Powerful and unsettling chronicle of the 20-year struggle to free a man twice convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. 

Sat 20.00

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Summerscreen Free Films Under the Stars[Thursday 19th July 2007]

 

'Flushed Away' - Hinksey Park, Oxford. Saturday 28th July.

 

'Night At The Museum' - Bury Knowle Park, Headington, Oxford. Saturday 4th August. 

 

'Charlotte's Web' - Memorial Park, Wantage. Saturday 4th August. 

 

 

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SUMMERSCREEN 2007 Film Festival[Friday 15th June 2007]

OFVMs youth film festival is shaping up to be even bigger than previous years thanks to a £20,000 grant from Media Box. The lottery grant will bring a new vibrancy to the 9 day festival as young people take on key roles in publicity, promotion and event management. And watch out for the roving news crews out and about around the county, catching the news as it happens for the daily Summerscreen website.  

So what is on offer this year! BBC mini movies, animation workshops, special effects, comedy capers, wicked breakdance on film, Harry Potter tours, Film under the Stars and much, much more.  And dont miss the fancy dress finale at the Phoenix Picture House on Aug 5th where we show everything created over the week. For information www.ofvm.org/summerscreen (web site goes live on thurs 28th June) or contact the office for a festival brochure.

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Reel One @ OFVM 5/7/07 Summer Reel Screening[Thursday 14th June 2007]

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Screen Night @ Pegasus Theatre New date Sunday 3rd June[Monday 21st May 2007]

The re-scheduled date for SCREEN NIGHT is Sunday 3rd June, 7.30pm at The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road in East Oxford. Entry £3. Tickets can be booked at Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone 01865 722851 or online at www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

For those of you who have been involved in a course production since October 2006, this is the night for the public premiere of your work. Its also a great opportunity to view 5 new films made by local dance filmmakers, commissioned by OFVM for the Dancin Oxford and Oxdox festivals.So if you want to see whats been happening on OFVM courses or catch some of the latest films - experimental, documentary, drama, etc. - made by some of the best local talent, put the date in your diary now!

Films will include Time, Love, River through the city, Identity error, Choose life, The Game, Family treasure, Aspire, Call accross the land, Obsession, Lifes a beach, Lucky day, Waste not, Botanical working, The reverse, Feeling ropey, My other half, The clown, Sarah, The Journey, Borderlands, Round dance, Rolys dance film, Parting gifts

If you require any further information please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

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SCREEN NIGHT @ Pegasus Theatre POSTPONED[Wednesday 9th May 2007]

Due to unforeseen circumstances OFVM Screen Night at the Pegasus Theatre on Sunday 13^th May has had to be postponed.

Tickets that have already been purchased will be valid for the new date. If you can’t make the new date then please contact the Pegasus box office for a refund.

OFVM and Pegasus Theatre apologise for any inconvenience this postponement may have caused.

If you require any further information please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

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Reading Festival 07 Call for Shorts[Thursday 3rd May 2007]

Time to get your latest shorts to OFVM for this summers Reading and Leeds music festivals

. Once again the OFVM cinema tent is looking to screen some of the most exciting and innovative independent shorts around – all genres considered! (animation,documentary, drama etc. max 10mins). Please send preview copy (VHS/DVD or Mini DV) to Geron Swann. OFVM. 54 Catherine Street. Oxford OX4 3AH. (SAE for return). Day ticket on offer for all films selected. Call for work closes Friday June 15^th. More info geron@ofvm.org

  

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OFVM Screen Night @ Pegasus Theatre, Sunday 13th May[Wednesday 18th April 2007]

The next SCREEN NIGHT showcasing new work from OFVM is on Sunday 13th May, 7.30pm at The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road in East Oxford. Entry £3. Tickets can be booked at Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone 01865 722851 or online at www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

For those of you who have been involved in a course production since October 2006, this is the night for the public premiere of your work. It's also a great opportunity to view 5 new films made by local dance filmmakers, commissioned by OFVM for the Dancin' Oxford and Oxdox festivals.

So if you want to see what's been happening on OFVM courses or catch some of the latest films - experimental, documentary, drama, etc. - made by some of the best local talent, put the date in your diary now!

Films will include Call Across the Land; Obsession; Life's a Beach; Feeling Ropey; The Clown; My Other Half; Aspire; Family Treasures; Lucky Day; Waste Not...; Identity Error; Choose Life; River Through the City;  Love; Time; Roly's Dance Film; The Journey; Borderlands; Parting Gifts; and Round Dance.

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Reel Women screening. Wed 14th March 7.00pm[Wednesday 7th March 2007]

54 Catherine Street. Oxford. Free entry

Back due to popular demand the Reel Women screening at OFVM in East Oxford - an opportunity for women film makers to present their films and talk about their work.

On show will be some of the best films made by women in Oxfordshire with a chance to meet, network and see what is happening on the local scene.

All welcome. Refreshments available!

Part of Oxford International Womens week

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Oxdox Int. Documentary Festival www.oxdox.com[Tuesday 6th March 2007]

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Reel One Event Music and Film 25/2/07[Thursday 15th February 2007]

Reel One - FILM AND MUSIC
Sunday 25^th February 10am onwards. Free event.
Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Cowley Place, Oxford. OX4 1DY

OFVM and Oxford Contemporary Music have got together to offer an opportunity for filmmakers, musicians and composers to meet, find out what they do and how to get working together. From drama to documentary, experimental to promo, almost all moving image production contains a music score or sound design.

The event will include screenings, talks, debates and discussions on music for film and video, with guest speakers including Miguel Mera, Andrew Wilson and Ross Aitken. There is even a ‘creative speed dating’ session for composers and filmmakers!

If you would like to show work at the networking sessions or as part of the main debate please submit them on DVD, VHS or mini DV to: Tim Hand, Programme Manager, Oxford Contemporary Musicc/o Westminster Institute of Education, Harcourt Hill, Oxford, OX2 9AT, T: 01865 488369

0930 registration

1000 introductions (to the day in general and people speaking)

1010 Andrew Wilson, Ross Aitkin, Miguel Meera leading a discussion of 2-3 short films with original scores submitted especially for the day. Would Neil be willing for one of his to be included?

1040 Miguel Meera: Music and Film in Theory - an overview

1110 10 minutes per contributor (Andrew Wilson, Ross Aitkin, Miguel Meera) on thier work and careers.

1140 Open discussion with panel (Andrew Wilson, Ross Aitkin, Miguel Meera) and audience on music for film/ TV/ video.

Afternoon will be music and dance workshop.

OFVM and Oxford Contemporary Music with Oxford Brookes, Oxford University, JDP Music building, COMA, Oxford Improvisers and Magdalen College School

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Dancin Oxford film premieres[Wednesday 7th February 2007]

Five new fantastic OFVM ‘dance on film’ commissions are to be premiered at the end of

Oxford ’s dance festival – 11^th March 2007 at the Old Fire Station. 4.00pm. Tickets £6.00. (concessions available)

The bursaries are part of OFVMs continuing comittment to developing the top film and dance talent in the region! 

Boderland Limbs (Ana Barbour) Isolated body parts contrast textural landscape of overland underground worlds in a slow rush journey of toes, fingers, limbs and a back.

Parting Gifts (Joe Lott) Where do you go when you have been left behind?

Round Dance (Naomi Morris) Dancing in circles, circles in dancing. Repeating in rounds, round about now. Turning around in an around about way.

Roly's Dance Film (Roly Carline) Roly's autobiographical film explores a diverse range of dance performance in his home town.

 

The Journey (Amarita Vargas). A documentary following the creation of a flamenco-kathak project.

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Local filmmaker goes to BAFTA[Wednesday 31st January 2007]

Thanks to your vote, Joe Kennard, an East Oxford filmmaker, has won the regional nomination for the BAFTA  Orange - 60 seconds Of Fame competition. His film, Celebrate Life will be screened at the BAFTA ceremony this Sunday 11th February in London.

The competition brief was to create a sixty second piece around the theme celebrate. The film takes the form of a message from an old man to his grandson, inspired in part by a friend having a baby late last year. What would you want to tell your grandchild before you died?

See the film yourself on www.60secondsoffame.co.uk

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Postponed: Reel One 'on demand' network evening[Thursday 11th January 2007]

Sorry we have had to postpone the below network evening. We will reschedule Ben's visit in the spring

REEL ONE “BBC On-Demand”

What is the future for TV? Where, when and how will we be watching Eastenders or Match of the Day? Will we be straining at our mobile phones, PCs or PDA’s in this new ‘on demand’ world? And how is it going to affect the programme makers?

An opportunity to find out more about the future of ‘on demand’ TV from the man who is shaping it.

Ben Lavender - (BBC Technical Executive, Future Media & Technology)

Thursday 25^th January 7.30pm at OFVM. 54 Catherine Street Oxford, OX4 3AH.  Free entry.

Ben in recent years invented and ran the BBC iMP (interactive media player) trials (a catch-up TV and Radio service that allows audiences to download the previous weeks programmes over the internet using peer-to-peer and DRM and view them on their PCs, mobile devices and TVs). The trial was pivotal in re engineering the BBC’s role as broadcaster in an on – demand world

Currently he is defining the 5 year strategy for iPlayer which incorporates iMP and the BBC’s existing audio visual consoles in to a live service launching early 2007.

In 2004 Ben won The Royal Television Society Technical Innovation Award as well as a BAFTA for best online entertainment game – Celebdaq, the biggest, most successful online game, the BBC has ever attempted.

Prior to joining the BBC in 2001, he was Technical Director for Mode, leading the development of company’s product suite, business-to-business applications for Internet distribution of music, video and software over using Digital Rights Management. Before that senior roles at Channel 5, MTV, Walt Disney

 

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20,000 for your next short![Thursday 14th December 2006]

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OFVM Community films on ITV local[Thursday 14th December 2006]

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High Definition. One day workshop at OFVM[Wednesday 13th December 2006]

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OFVM cinema launched![Wednesday 6th December 2006]
This week OFVM celebrates the launch of its on line cinema bringing work from courses, projects and production awards to a world wide audience. Just click on cinema and sit back and enjoy some of the latest films coming out of Oxfordshire.
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TV Director to run Shooting Drama course[Tuesday 7th November 2006]

Only six places available
1 Week (daytime), 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2006 (10.30am – 5.30 pm)

See training page for further details
 

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Reel One Network Event November 22nd - Birds Eye View @ OFVM[Thursday 2nd November 2006]

Reel One   Wednesday 22nd November 2006

Rachel Millward, founding Director of ‘Birds Eye View’

Film is the most powerful medium of our time, but only 7% of directors are women.
Birds Eye View brings you the new generation of talented women filmmakers from across the globe.

Rachel Millward is the founding director of Birds Eye View – a platform for women film makers which launched the UK’s first major women’s film festival in London in 2005.

Through their London-based festival and touring programmes, Birds Eye View entertain audiences with innovative shorts, features and documentaries as well as providing educational programmes that inspire the next generation to bring a fresh and exciting future to our screens.

Rachel will be screening some short films by emerging women directors from around the world and discuss the importance and progress of women filmmakers today.

Doors open 7.30pm. Free entry.
OFVM 54, Catherine Street, Oxford, OX4 3AH.

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REEL ONE Network event @ MAO 18/10/06 - Pamela Roberts (IBMF)[Tuesday 3rd October 2006]

Reel One Network Event
Wednesday18th October. 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Modern Art Oxford, Pembroke Street, Oxford.

Pamela Roberts is the founder of the International Black Media Festival.
In it’s short history the festival has screened a range of films and documentaries from the UK, Africa, America and the Caribbean.
The festival's aim is to raise awareness and promote independent black cinema to diverse audiences and debate issues affecting black people within the film and broadcasting industry.
Pamela will be talking about the festival and the experience of black film makers.
So come along, it’s free and there’re drinks and refreshments.

Please note that this 'Reel One' Event is organised in conjunction with Modern Art Oxford and will take place at MAO, Pembroke Street, Oxford.
Further info: katy@ofvm.org

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Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival - Nov 9th @ OFVM[Tuesday 3rd October 2006]
Talent Circle: Major UK short film festival once again visits Oxford.

Talent Circle Super Shorts is the UK's only major film festival for films no longer than 5 minutes. The latest Super Shorts film festival is touring the UK  and will be heading for OFVM with 70 minutes worth of films from the festival. Film industry talent and the general public alike are welcome to the event.

Admission free - Thursday 9th November 2006

Doors open 7.30pm - films start 8.00pm

OFVM 54 Catherine Street East Oxford OX4 3AH

Screening followed by network and drinks. Come along and see some of the sharpest shorts in the UK

For further details www.supershorts.org.uk

Or contact production@ofvm.org

PROGRAMME


SHOWBOX ANIMATION AWARD

Eat Dog Cat Mouse (WINNER) Dir: Kwok Fung Lam
Before mouse finds a way to the delicious cornfields cat eats him with
dire consequence for the food chain.

How Evil Went to Paradise Dir: Petros Papadopolous
The small devil wants to be good - but that is quite impossible.
 
Sheezam Dir: Allison Miller
Garbage man Joe Halpern finds a superhero power ring in the trash.
But the ring that gives him the power was only meant for a woman

 
VIRGIN RECORDS MUSIC & DANCE AWARD

Days of Sleep (WINNER) Dir: Claire Dix
A music video for Leeds based band 'All my friends are dead'
 
Don't F**k with Love Dir: Rachel Mcintosh
Two star-crossed lovers flirt their way through a magical and luscious
1920's paper pop-up New York City.
 
Inside of Me Dir: Shane Downey
The surreal animated video for the song "Inside of Me" by the
Starlight Mints.

 
BEST ACTOR AWARD

Elise Harris, starring in her own film, "Vestal Virgin" (WINNER)
Vestal Virgins were often buried alive if they failed in their duties to the
Goddess Vesta.
 
Iacovos Zannettis, starring in "For the love of..."
A Greek father coming to England in the hope of making a decent
living and provide for this son back home.
 
Nick Ewans, starring in "Wine Tasting"
There's more than one way to taste wine.


FOURDOCS FACTUAL FILM AWARD

Geocaching: From the Web to the Woods Dir: Jeff Orlowski
Scavenger hunting and GPS technology combine to create Geocaching.
This film explores a new hobby through the eyes of three avid
geocachers.
 
The Glass Eye Maker Dir: Tomas Leech
A film about the last glass eye maker in the UK.
 
The Tardis (WINNER) Dir: Nadeem and Bamforth
Based around an underground location in London known as "The
Tardis", this mini-docu follows the lives of three young Asians "who
break the mould."


AVID INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Coffee Break Dir: Larry Ziegelman
Two old high school classmates discover they work together on their
coffee break.
 
Dear, Sweet Emma (WINNER) Dir: Loraine Cernak
Unbeknownst to all, Emma has an uncontrollable dark side.
 
Hotel Hopscotch Dir: Geoff Cordner
With self-effacing honesty and raw humour, moments in street life and
youth are remembered and captured as many die young or disappear.

 
TALENT CIRCLE BEST SUPER SHORT 2006

72 Hours from Now Dir: David Proctor and Peter King
A girl awakes in an abandoned city.
 
Human Caviar Dir: Tony Johnson
On 27th March 1998 Paul Senior began a daily ritual of photographing
himself. This film documents his physical and emotional change over the
following years.
 
Ten Thousand Pictures of You (WINNER) Dir: Robin King
An exhilarating roller coaster ride through the animated pictures of
Sarah's world, as she seeks revenge upon the movie star who broke
her heart.

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OFVM Screen Night @ Pegasus Theatre 1/10/06[Friday 8th September 2006]

The next SCREEN NIGHT showcasing new work from OFVM is on Sunday 1^st October, 7.30pm at The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road in East Oxford. Entry £3. Tickets can be booked at Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone 01865 722851 or online at www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

If you have been involved in a course production since January 2006 then this is the night for the public premier of your work. In addition to course work we will be premiering three new films supported by the OFVM Production Award

The jam-packed bill includes more than 15 shorts completed in the last six months and range from drama, documentary and experimental. So if you want to see what’s been happening on OFVM courses or catch some of the latest films made by some of the best local talent put the date in your diary now!

Films being shown include: About a box, 4:2, Game On, Interview, Spring, The Corner, The Game,      Tu Mens, What's Left?, Farewell, Random, Between Friends.

If you need any further information please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

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OFVM @ Reading and Leeds Festival[Tuesday 22nd August 2006]

OFVMs cinema tent at Reading and Leeds will be featuring some top shorts from around the region this bank holiday week end. Programmed around the main features will be 10,000 Pictures of You (Robin King) Life Goes On (Trevor Hardy) Dreamer (Tessa Lewin) Fish cant Fly (Richard Murphy) and Rug (Graham Page) from the Screen South supproted Digital Shorts 2006. OFVM have put together a cracking mixture of animations, dramas and short documentaries alongside the features to entertain through the night. The Cinema tent runs midnight - 4.00am at Reading and midnight - 3.00am at Leeds - in the Dance tents. See you there!

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OFVM Production Awards Next Deadline September 11th[Thursday 3rd August 2006]

The next deadline for the OFVM Production award is September 11th - to get an application form please click the link below.

Download application form

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Summerscreen 2006 - the best ever![Tuesday 1st August 2006]

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Free Films Under The Stars - Headington and Wantage. Saturday 29th July.[Thursday 27th July 2006]

Saturday 29th July. Film Under the Stars. The March of the Penguins (U). Bury Knowle Park. Headington. Oxford. Starts 9.15. Bring a blanket.

Saturday 29th July. Film Under the Stars. Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit (U). Memorial park. Wantage. Start 9.15. Bring a blanket!

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Best of the Fest, free screening Sunday 30th July, Phoenix Cinema, Oxford.[Thursday 27th July 2006]

Sunday 30th July. Best of the Fest. Screening all the great work created over the week. Phoenix Picture House. Walton Street. Oxford. Start 6.30. get there early to guarantee a seat.

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Bollywood Night @ OFVM Sunday 23rd July 7.30pm[Sunday 23rd July 2006]

Bollywood Night!!

Main Hoon Na (12A)
Top Bollywood feature at OFVM.  Free!!

Come along to
54 Catherine Street EAST OXFORD
Sunday 23. Starts 7.30pm
(info 01865 726434)

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Showcase Shootout- Best of local School & FE college shorts. Tues. 25th, 7.00pm[Sunday 23rd July 2006]

Tues 25th July. Showcase Shootout. School and FE College short films.  Open screening, all welcome.  Get to see how the next generation of local talent is developing!  Awards given for best films selected by a panel of local professional film makers.

OFVM 54 Catherine Street East Oxford. Start 7.00

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Summerscreen screenings - free and for all the family[Saturday 22nd July 2006]

22nd July. Film Under the Stars. Wallace and Gromit. Curse of the Were-rabbit (U). Hinksey park. Oxford. Start 9.15. Bring a blanket!

Sun 23rd July. Bollywood Night. Main Hoon Na. (12A). OFVM 54 Catherine Street. East Oxford. Start 7.30 pm (not 9.15)

Tues 25th July. Showcase Shootout. School and FE College short films are screened to local professionals. All Welcome. 54 Catherine Street East Oxford. Start 7.00

Saturday 29th July. Film Under the Stars. The March of the Penguins (U). Bury Knowle Park. Headington. Oxford. Starts 9.15. Bring a blanket.

Saturday 29th July. Film Under the Stars. Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit (U). Memorial park. Wantage. Start 9.15. Bring a blanket!

Sunday 30th July. Best of the Fest. Screening all the great work created over the week. Phoenix Picture House. Walton Street. Oxford. Start 6.30. get there early to guarantee a seat.

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Showcase shootout - call for FE and school work.[Wednesday 5th July 2006]

Reading Festival week end tickets are again up for grabs at this years Summerscreen Showcase Shootout.  We are looking for student docus, dramas, experimental shorts, adverts or promos to be screened and judged by a panel of Oxford film makers on July 25th, 7.00 - 9.00pm, at OFVM. If you are in the 6th form or a local FE College and have produced work that you would like to enter send a DV copy to OFVM by 14th July. For more details phone the festival hotline 01865 726434 or go to  www.ofvm.org/summerscreen

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Digital Shorts Workshop at OFVM[Tuesday 4th July 2006]

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Special Avid deals for local film makers[Thursday 11th May 2006]

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OFVM VJ tutor hitting the big time[Thursday 27th April 2006]

Ed Cookson has not only landed himself a full CBBC stand alone series for his Summerton Mill animation but is also set to be part of the European Champions League final ‘launch’ in Paris. His unique Sancho Plan audio visual live performance has attracted the interest of top sports sponsors UMBRO and will play a to a select VIP group in the Champs Elysee. Ed, appropriately enough, is a mad Arsenal fan!

www.thesanchoplan.com

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Summersceen Festival and local TV[Thursday 27th April 2006]

OFVM's Summerscreen film festival is being supported by BBC Oxford and Central TV for teh second year running. The festival, for young people around the county, will bring BBC Mini Movie workshops to Wantage, Bicester, Sutton Courtenay and Carterton as well as offer TV tours around Central in Abingdon. The Summerscreen programme also includes a 'special effects' week with the Evil Twins, animation and soundscape workshops as well as indoor and outdoor screenings all over Oxfordshire. Other tours on offer include the Summerton Mill animation studio in Banbury and a new Harry Potter ‘Goblets of Fire’ venue at New College in Oxford! The festival runs from 22^nd – 30^th July.

www.ofvm.org/summersceen

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Sell Out for Flash Forward Festival[Thursday 27th April 2006]

OFVM’s Flash Forward festival for film makers with a learning disability has sold out in 7 days. The festival on May 7^th at the Pegasus Theatre in
Oxford
will feature more than 20 shorts from up and coming talent in
Oxford
. The overwhelming popularity of this years pilot mean that plans are already in motion for a bigger festival in 2007.

www.ofvm.org/flashforward

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Bex Hopkins (BAFTA Nominee) at Reel One evening. 27 April 7.30pm.[Thursday 13th April 2006]
 

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Researchers for Film and TV - new course at OFVM[Thursday 23rd March 2006]

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REEL WOMEN SCREENING - thurs 16th March[Tuesday 7th March 2006]

Oxford International Women's Festival.

An evening of short films and work in progress at OFVM. Come along and enjoy a mix of drama, documentary and animation and a great chance to network with some local women film makers. All welcome. Starts 7.00pm. Free.

 

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Reel One Network Evening (re scheduled) - Richard Bradley (Lion Television).[Monday 20th February 2006]

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Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival at OFVM[Thursday 19th January 2006]

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OFVM SCREEN NIGHT[Thursday 12th January 2006]

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OFVM recruiting women film makers[Tuesday 10th January 2006]

OFVM is now recruiting for a 6 day documentary course for women. From scripting through to the shoot and digital edit,  the course is aimed at women on benefit who want a taste of what its like to make a short film. The course costs just £15 and runs from the end of February. For more information see OFVM training.

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Flash Forward film festival - OFVM call for work[Friday 2nd December 2005]

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Summerton Mill now on BBC Tikkabilla[Wednesday 30th November 2005]

Summerton Mill, the stop frame animation by OFVM tutor Ed Cookson is now being broadcast on Tikkabilla, the BBC flagship pre school programme. Ed who runs the VJ ing  and Adobe Courses at OFVM has been working on the first 13 episodes for the last 2 years hidden away in a small studio in Banbury. The animation tells the story of Dan and his friends in a magical valley and is a little like the classic Bagpuss and the Magic Roundabout animations of old. www.summertonmill.com

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OFVM Skills data base launched[Tuesday 15th November 2005]

OFVM has now launched its new skills data base to support local film makers. "This free service should make a big difference for those looking to link up with the incredible talent around Oxfordshire" said OFVM's Richard Duriez who has developed the site. "From screen writers to editors, actors to make up artists, directors to runners, they are all up there and listed". The site goes live on the OFVM web site on 17th November 2006.

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Writing for Soaps in the New Year.[Tuesday 15th November 2005]

Do you think you could write an explosive episode of East Enders? Want to introduce a memorable character in Hollyoaks? Or do you have an idea for a fantastic new soap. Initialize and OFVM are getting together to offer a unique 3 days of workshops with Hollyoakes and My Family scriptwriter Tess Morris.  For more information on dates, cost and booking see www.initialize-films.co.uk

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Summerscreen Minute Movies on BBC web[Tuesday 15th November 2005]

Summerscreen Minute Movies are now up on the BBC web site (see link below). The short films, made during the summer festival in July, include work from young people in Thame, Oxford, Bicester, Banbury and Abingdon.Throughout the week over 1500 people from around the county enjoyed workshops, screenings and special film and TV tours.

               

http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2005/11/09/one_minute_movies_05.shtml

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OFVM Production Award[Friday 11th November 2005]

Next deadline for submissions - Monday January 9th 2006. The awards are open to all people in Oxforshire and near borders and can be drama, documentary or experimental and shot on film or digital media.  An unbelievable opportunity to develop, shoot and post produce your film with the support of a professional film maker.

Click here for the OFVM Production Award Scheme guidelines.

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Oxdox Weekend Course For Directors[Tuesday 20th September 2005]
Weekend Course For Directors With Work In Progress Course runs from 22-23 October 2005 - (limited to 16 places) Following the success of the first Work in Progress course at Oxdox last year, we will be running a second course this year. The course is open to 16 film makers and the workshops will be led by internationally acclaimed directors Mike Grigsby, Kim Longinotto (to be confirmed), Sean Langan, Audrius Stonys and Catherine Rascon. Ian Davies who works as a consultant with the European Commission’s MEDIA+ programme and runs development training sessions in Europe, will advise on Project Identity and The Market. It will provide a unique opportunity for film makers to develop work which they are making, to get feedback and be stimulated by different perspectives. The groups will be small – maximum four people - and will enable detailed feedback for material which film makers are encouraged to bring. This material could be in the form of tapes, written material, photos. The course is specifically designed for work which is already in progress, to help the director create the best film they can. It is vital in the U.K., if we are to work in Europe or take advantage of the increasing popularity of feature documentaries in the cinema, that we need to be as creatively clear and strong as possible. There are practically no arenas to develop or discuss work once film makers have left college and we at times need to be reminded that we are film makers - not just producers of certain types of TV documentaries which can be frustratingly prescriptive and limited in scope. The course is designed to help directors reclaim their voices, to become authors of their own work again. The course will be held in the tranquil surroundings of Oxford University’s Rewley House, where accommodation can also be arranged. Cost of course: £300 All students from the course will receive a 50% discount on all screenings at the Oxdox Festival which runs from October 21 to 28. The cost includes a 3 course lunch both days served in the beautiful surroundings of the university where participants will have the opportunity to continue discussions with the tutors and fellow directors. Full refreshments are also provided throughout the course. Also included is a guest pass for the opening reception of the Oxdox Film Festival.. Please complete the application form available at www.oxdox.com and you can either submit it online or send it with any accompanying material to: Georgia Waite Oxdox 8 Wytham Street Oxford OX1 4SU Email: spellbound.oxford@ntlworld.com
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OXDOX 3rd Oxford International Documentary Film[Tuesday 20th September 2005]
3rd Oxford International Documentary Film Festival 2005 There are 100 films in the festival this year, including a major retrospective of the internationally acclaimed French director of Être et Avoir, Nicolas Philibert, who will be at the post screening discussions of his films. Our own national treasures, Michael Grigsby and Kim Longinotto will also be at the screenings of their films for discussion with the audience. Kim Longinotto’s film, Sisters in Law, won the Prix Art et Essai at Cannes 2005. Superb films (with their directors) from the New Accession States are a special strand in the festival this year. Over forty directors from around the world will be at Oxdox to talk with you about their films. We have introduced for the first time a Schools Film Festival, hosted by Wheatley Park School, on Friday 21 October. There will be a live link with a large state media specialist school in Copenhagen, for the presentation of the Oxdox award for the best film submitted by the school students in Oxford and in Copenhagen. Another first this year, is the introduction of video tech booths at the main festival venue in the Old Fire Station, to view other films made by the directors in the festival. Booking for the booths can be made at the OFS during the festival. Oxdox will tour to the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square after the Oxford Festival. Just one last thing …you will need to see at least 12 films a day not to miss out!
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SUMMERSCREEN FINALE PACKED[Thursday 4th August 2005]
Over 250 young people and friends turned up to Best of the Fest screening at the Phoenix Picture House in Oxford on Sunday evening (31st July). The screening was a celebration and finale of the 2nd Screen South Summerscreen festival (23 – 31st July) showcasing work on the big screen created by young people over the week. Amongst worked screened was animation from Animation Station in Banbury, Special effects from OFVM in Oxford, Minute Movies from Thame, Abingdon,Oxford and Bicester, experimental work from Modern Art Oxford and dance on film from Matrix and Harcourt Hill in West Oxford. “There was an even bigger crowd than last year” said Geron Swann festival organiser “It was incredible to see the response to the screening and just shows the massive enthusiasm for film in the region” Over the 8 days more than 1500 people from around the county were involved in workshops, screenings and tours. Festival information: www.ofvm.org/summerscreen
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OFVM Short Film Festival at Reading and Leeds[Thursday 4th August 2005]
If you are off to Reading or Leeds Music festival (26 - 28th August) make sure you check out the OFVM Cinema, running each night from midnight, in the Dance tent. Alongside the usual big features, we will be screening top shorts from around the country featuring films from Showreel in Brighton, Short Circuit in Newcastle as well as some dance on film gems.
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Digital Shorts - Screen South[Wednesday 1st June 2005]

DIGITAL SHORTS 2005

DEADLINE MONDAY 27 JUNE 5PM

Screen South and the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund are pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Shorts Scheme 2005 for the South East of England.

Click here for the digital shorts guidelines.

Click here for the digital shorts application form.

Click here Project diversity statement
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SCREEN NIGHT at The Pegasus Theatre 5/6/06[Thursday 12th May 2005]
OFVM Presents - SCREEN NIGHT - an evening of new film and video shorts.
Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford. Sunday 5th June, doors open 7pm, lights down 7.30pm. Entry £3.00.
Tickets can be booked online (www.pegasustheatre.org.uk),or in person at
the Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone (01865 722851 - 10am to 1pm) or pay on the door (if not sold out)

SCREEN NIGHT showcases new work from courses at OFVM as well as new films and digital creations by local independent film makers.
The jam packed bill includes over 20 shorts including diverse documentary,
drama as well as experimental work.
If you have done a production based course at OFVM since October 2004 then the public premiere of your production will be screened this evening.
So put this date in your diary - not to be missed!
A full list of films will follow soon.

If you need any further information please contact Gary Shenton on
production@ofvm.org

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Reel One Network Event - Participatory Video[Friday 6th May 2005]
ENCOUNTERS WITH FARMERS AND NOMADS OF THE HIMALAYAS:
Friday 13th May 7pm
A project using Participatory Video to value and share indigenous knowledge and ways of managing natural resources with external agencies such as Research Institutions, Policy Makers and NGOs. You will see extracts from 4 community video messages from Ladakh (India), Pakistan and China (Eastern Tibet) with an account of the recent workshop with scientists and their responses to the films by
Nick Lunch, Director of Insight and Sonam Tsering, Insight Trainee (Ladakh project).

Participatory Video methods are a powerful means of documenting local people’s experiences, wants and hopes from their own perspectives. They initiate a process of analysis and change that celebrates local knowledge and practice, while stimulating creativity both within and beyond the community. The films cover diverse issues from Education to Tradition Versus Modernity and the effects of climate change.
FRIDAY 13TH MAY
7.00 TO 10.00 PM
FREE ENTRY AND DRINKS





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Summerscreen BBC Minute Movies go countywide[Tuesday 3rd May 2005]
This year's BBC 'Minute Movies' will take place in centres in Abingdon, Bicester and Thame as well as East Oxford and Blackbird Leys. The films, to be posted on the BBC web site, will also be screened at the 'Best of the Fest' celebration at the Phoenix Cinema in Oxford on 31 July. The BBC Minute Movies are one of the highlights of Screen South Summerscreen, the week long festival of film and screen for young people around the county. The festival runs from 22-31 July 2005. More details of activities available at the beginning of June on www.ofvm.org/summerscreen or phone 01865 726434
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Showcasing Shorts 2005 Phoenix Cinema 5-7 May[Tuesday 26th April 2005]

SHOWCASING SHORTS 2005
Premiere Thursday 5th May 8.45pm Phoenix Cinema, Oxford.
Repeat screenings Friday 6th May 11.00pm and Saturday 7th May 4pm.

11 films and 95 minutes of new shorts made by the freshest talent that Oxfordshire has to offer – drama, documentary and animation – it’s all here!
Below are the selected films with outlines.

SAUCY SCIENTIST
Director / Producer L Skinner
A spoof comedy animation on the horrors of genetically modified plants and potions. Not for the feint hearted!

BILLY’S DAY OUT
Director Iain Macdonald Producer Fiona McAlpine
Billy is one year old. His family are taking him out today – It should be a fun day and educational too!

CATWEAZLE
Produced & Directed Adam Barnett
This is a documentary about a performing arts club based in Oxford. A heart warming story about musicians, singers, poets, storytellers and performers.

TRAMP
Director James Berridge Producer Will Dunsmure
You are about to commit suicide, when a complete stranger asks you whether he can join you. Jay a disgraced TV personality who has decided to leave his Michelin starred, glamour filled life behind ----Digger a tramp sees this as a way to leave his rubbish filled skip of a life behind. Could you turn the key?

6.6.04
Director Simon Hook Producer Andrew Wilson
One continuous five minute take of incredible escalating human drama, captured unwittingly on a camcorder.

STEALING UP
Director Ruth Platt Producer Darko Staurik
A daughter returns home to visit her mother and finds her subtly changed. A short film about love loss, & memory.

LEAVE ME ALONE
Directed by Martin Briggs-Watson & Andrew Robb Producer Martin Briggs-Watson
In our intrusive world of global communications, how far do you have to go to truly get away from it all? Sam escapes to an Australian beach seeking solitude, sunshine and the soothing hush of the ocean. However, it’s not long before his estranged girlfriend Rachel, left far behind in England, tries to track him down.

LITTLE ANGELS
Director Andi Reiss Producers, Andi Reiss / Damon Burrows
Described as a waiting for Godot with chavs. This dark comedy is a quirky social study of teenage angst and admittance. Four wayward seventeen year olds find themselves in purgatory and awaiting judgement, after having stolen a car and passed into “The Void” by way of a fatal car crash. This film pays tribute to a generation who’s mockly idiocy is a way of life….or death.

PERFECT DAY
Director Andrea Wallace Grant Producer Andrea Wallace Grant / Mark Partridge
Located in south east England during the autumn of 1973, the story observes the plight of a failed salesman and single parent who in a desperate attempt to secure a better future for his 8 year old Daughter finds himself on the wrong side of the law after inadvertently working as a fence for his father. Perfect Day is a meditation on life, hope and loss- an innovative fugue that concludes there is no greater salvation than love.

ANA
Director Mariana Magnavita Producer Lobo, Tony Clark, Mariana Magnavita,
Ana is a 16-year old deaf girl who lives with her Mother and younger brother in an Isolated house in the inlands of Brazil. Ana’s Mother is a bitter woman, Pedro, her brother is the only person who can communicate with Ana. Together they share a world of freedom outside of their home. A delicate portrayal of growing up and loss of innocence.

FLASH HARRY
Director Shaun Magher Producer Tony Jopia,
Harry a UK speed camera, preying on the unsuspecting motorist from his hidden vantage point on a main road.

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Getting Your Shorts Off The Ground[Monday 18th April 2005]
GETTING YOUR SHORTS OFF THE GROUND

SCREEN SOUTH SHORTS SESSION
At OFVM, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford. OX4 3AH
Thursday 5th May 2005. 2.30pm

An opportunity to get the latest news about short schemes both regionally and nationally and to find out what the selection panel and commissioners are really looking for.
In particular there will be discussion opportunities for the following schemes: Digital Shorts, Digital Shorts Plus and Cinema Extreme.
This session will be relevant to first timers and also those who have
successfully completed Digital Shorts and higher level projects.
The session is free of charge. For more information please email info@screensouth.org if you would like to attend.


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Next Reel One Location Location Location 19-4-05[Monday 11th April 2005]
For our next “Reel One” night on Tuesday April 19th we are delighted to welcome Location Manager, Michael Harm. Working on films such as Elizabeth, Nottinghill and Heart of Darkness, his more recent projects include Woody Allen’s as yet unreleased film “Match Point”. Come and find more about him, his role within the industry and how it relates to you and your own film and video ventures!

As always enjoy good company, free drinks and stimulating environment!

The Evening kicks off at 7pm

See you there


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Reel Women Network Night & Screening[Thursday 10th March 2005]
An evening of films & networking for women filmmakers (or women interested in film).

Come & meet women filmmakers, watch films and network (men & Children also welcome).

Free Drinks.


If you have a film you would like to show contact
ali@ofvm.org

7pm Thursday 10th march

Part of International Womens Festival 2005
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Showcasing Shorts 2005 - Oxon Short Film Fest[Monday 7th March 2005]
Calling film makers and animators in Oxfordshire.

How about seeing your work on the big screen, viewed by a paying cinema audience in the City centre and throughout the county?
If you have made a short film or animation in the last 12 months then this is your chance!
Showcasing Shorts 2005 is collaboration between OFVM and the Phoenix Cinema to bring you the freshest new talent that the county has to offer.

Deadline for submissions is 31st March 2005.

For further information click on the link on OFVM homepage.

Showcasing Shorts 2005 is an opportunity for new film makers and animators to show off their talent to the public.
If you have a short film of any genre, be it drama, documentary or animation we’d like to see it.
The only rule is that it’s no longer than 15 minutes!

It’s free to enter and the selected work will be screened at the Phoenix Cinema, Oxford on the 5th, 6th and 7th of May 2005, followed by screenings throughout the county.

Deadline for submissions: 31st March 2005.

For further information and an application form visit
www.ofvm.org/showcasingshorts

Showcasing Shorts 2005 is financially supported by Oxfordshire County Council

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Screen South Information day at OFVM[Wednesday 9th February 2005]
Screen South Information Day
24 February 2005 - Oxford

Please reply to Screen South not OFVM

Information Days give you an insight into Screen South, the RIFE Open Fund process, other schemes and funding available to you as well as a chance to take part in a workshop with an industry professional. You also get a chance to have a one to one session to discuss your project with Screen South staff at an early stage.

Screen South encourages people in the region who are hoping to apply for funding to attend an Information Day.

To register free of charge, please submit 25 words or less about your project/ideas, along with contact details to:
info@screensouth.org

If you do register, more details will be emailed to you the week before.

When you apply, you will not be guaranteed a panel interview if you have not attended a Screen South information Day. Please contact the Screen South office if you need this clarified.


Screen South
Shearway Business Park
Shearway Road
Folkestone
Kent CT19 4RH
Tel 01303 298222 Fax 01303 298227 www.screensouth.org


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OFVM trustee at BBC Video Nation[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
Rosemary Richards, festival organiser and OFVM trustee, has just started work as Senior Producer for BBC Video Nation. ‘Video Nation is about enabling people in the community talk about what is important to them’ said Rosemary who also previously ran the local Six TV Oxford Channel. It is an interesting time to be involved as Video Nation is not only going out on BBC 2 and the BBC website but is soon to be launching its new interactive ‘Your Stories’ service.
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BBC Commission for OFVM film maker[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
Ed Cookson, film maker and tutor at OFVM, has won a major commission from BBC Childrens TV. ‘Summerton Mill’ a stop frame animation a little like ‘Bagpuss’ and ‘The Magic Roundabout’, tells the story of Dan and his friends and their lives in a ‘magical valley’. The first 13 episodes will go into BBC’s flagship pre school programme ‘Tikkabilla’ and be launched later this year. (www.summertonmill.com)
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Work in the industry for OFVM film makers[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
The SEEDA funded ARC project has granted OFVM £2,500 to investigate new links with local industry. ‘We want to get more people into local jobs and this is the first step’ said Geron Swann OFVM Centre Director. ‘We are going to get out there meet local companies and find out exactly the sort of skills they are looking for’. The report will not only map local skills shortages and opportunities but also suggest ways OFVM can further support film makers looking to make a living in the local industry.
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Top Art Museum commission for OFVM[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
Modern Art Oxford has commissioned OFVM to produce a 20 minute film for their ‘Evolving City’ exhibition in June 2005. OFVM film maker Martin Wilkinson will capture the plans, visions and dreams of 20 local people from all walks of life talking about how they see their city in 2015.
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OFVM to support Oxdox[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
OFVM to offer infrastructure and technical support to this years Oxdox festival in October. The centre will also be hosting 3 pre festival events including evenings with top documentary makers working in conflict zones around Europe and the Middle East.


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‘Sell Out’ screenwriting course at OFVM[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
‘Amazing value and just the best way to kick start a career in film writing’ was just one of the comments from students who completed the 2nd scriptwriting course at OFVM just before Christmas. The 20 week evening course developed by the UK Film Council and run by local film maker Jon Spiro has sold out again for its 3rd run starting on 24th January 2005.
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Film course for people with learning disabilitie[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
VOX, the Oxford based organisation supporting people with learning disabilities, has just launched a second production course with OFVM. The accredited course will take 5 people through production skills and end up with a completed short to be screened at the local Film Festival for film makers with disabilities planned for later in the year.
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New OFVM projects[Tuesday 25th January 2005]
Two production courses starting shortly with ‘Alzheimer’s Carers’ and ‘Age concern’ will not only train up 10 people new to film making but will also highlight some of issues facing carers and older people today. The final films, to be completed by June, will be used by Brookes University on their social work study programmes.


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Reel One Kodak Presentation 3/2/05[Tuesday 11th January 2005]
A date for your diary!
The next Reel One network evening will take place on Thursday February 3rd starting at 7.30pm (doors open 7.15pm).
We will be having a presentation from Vic Godding of Kodak. Vic is their technical and training specialist for the UK. His role covers support for TV, Feature Film, Commercials / pop promos and short or low budget films as well as student support.
He will be giving a presentation about the manufacturing of film, looking at emulsion layers and how light and colour manipulate the stock. Also looking at and giving information about various film stocks and speeds and the latest technologies involved.
Post production and film to telecine will also be covered.
So if you’re thinking of shooting on film (8, 16, 35mm +) or just keen to know more about film then this is the event for you! It’s also a great chance to meet up with other filmmakers and find out what’s going on.
It's free and drinks and refreshments are on offer.
If you require further information please email Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org

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16mm Film course Special Offer[Monday 10th January 2005]
We are offering 10 per cent off this comings terms course -see courses page for details.

In addition Kodak will be coming to do a special presentation at a Reel One night in February.

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year[Thursday 23rd December 2004]
All the staff and tutors at OFVM wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
OFVM will be closed from 23/12/04 and will re-open on 4/1/05 (limited opening during the week) Back in full swing from 10/1/04.
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Reel One Network Event - Music Promo Production[Tuesday 14th December 2004]
MUSIC PROMO PRODUCTION
Tuesday 14th December 2004. 7.30pm

An evening not to be missed for anybody interested in making music videos. Carmen Montanez-Callan, Head of Music at Academy Films and Vez, freelance commissioner from Ninja Tune, are coming to share their insider experience of the industry. They will be answering questions and giving advice and tips about the music video industry, so come prepared!
Last year Carmen was a recipient of the Carton TV / Screen South First Cut award for first time directors. Vez is also Deputy Editor of Antenna the bi-monthly music video event held in London - anyone with an interest in the future shape of indie film making would do well to take a look - Daily Metro.

Hope you can come along to see whats going on in the music promo world and meet up with other film makers - its free and theres wine, beer and refreshments.

For further information contact;
louise@ofvm.org
or
production@ofvm.org

Useful links;
www.academyfilms.com
www.antennapromo.co.uk
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'OFVM PRESENTS' SCREEN NIGHT[Wednesday 3rd November 2004]
'OFVM PRESENTS' - an evening of new film and video shorts
Sunday 14th November 7.30pm. The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford.
Entry £2.50
Tickets can be booked online (www.pegasustheatre.org.uk),or in person at the Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone (01865 722851 - 10am to 1pm) or on the door (if not sold out)

A new venue for the OFVM screening that showcases new work from courses at the centre, as well as new films and digital creations by local independent film makers.
The jam packed bill includes over 25 shorts including diverse documentary, drama as well as experimental work.
So if you have done a course at OFVM since Feb 04 then the public premiere will be on this evening.
So put this date in your diary - not to be missed!

Work on show includes:
Art T Centre
Vox Project
Churchyard Transformation
Food for thought
Community Garden
Goldilocks
Upwardly Mobile
House of Memory
Today's Torture
Cool Hand Luke
6 Wind Chimes
Where are you?
The Circle
XR327
The Predator
Beating Addiction
Thinking about it
Pater Familias
Catweazle
Only Sleeping
Daniel Johnson
No Blackberries in Winter
Immortal Minds
Pack of Four

+ more!
If you need any further information please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org
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OFVM Presents - SCREEN NIGHT[Wednesday 3rd November 2004]
SCREEN NIGHT - an evening of new film and video shorts
Sunday 14th November 7.30pm. The Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford.
Entry £2.50
Tickets can be booked online (www.pegasustheatre.org.uk),or in person at the Pegasus Theatre box office, by phone (01865 722851 - 10am to 1pm) or on the door (if not sold out)

A new venue for the OFVM screening that showcases new work from courses at the centre, as well as new films and digital creations by local independent film makers.
The jam packed bill includes over 25 shorts including diverse documentary, drama as well as experimental work.
So if you have done a course at OFVM since Feb 04 then the public premiere will be on this evening.
So put this date in your diary - not to be missed!

Work on show includes:
Art T Centre
Vox Project
Churchyard Transformation
Food for thought
Community Garden
Goldilocks
Upwardly Mobile
House of Memory
Today's Torture
Cool Hand Luke
6 Wind Chimes
Where are you?
The Circle
XR327
The Predator
Beating Addiction
Thinking about it
Pater Familias
Catweazle
Only Sleeping
Daniel Johnson
No Blackberries in Winter
Immortal Minds
Pack of Four
+ more!

If you need any further information please contact Gary Shenton on production@ofvm.org


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Reel One Network Night. 10th November 2004[Tuesday 19th October 2004]
To kick off this season of exciting Reel One networking events we have David Nicholas Wilkinson from Guerilla Films (as in The Guerilla Film Makers handbook) .

David Nicholas Wilkinson of Guerilla Films, distributes films in the UK, getting them in to cinemas, video shops, retail outlets and TV companies. With a unique background in acting and producing, David is coming to talk about low budget production and distribution and how it effects you!

The network evening at OFVM for scriptwriters, film makers and digital creators to meet and get to know who's doing what. So come along, its free and there's wine and refreshments.
For further information contact Louise on louise@ofvm.org or production@ofvm.org
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OXDOX 2004 - Documentary Film Festival[Wednesday 29th September 2004]
About OXDOX

Oxdox International Film Festival brings the best documentary films from around the world to Oxford.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to see a dazzling feast of films screened in 8 venues over 8 days with the directors who made them conducting post screening discussions.

Most of these films you will never get the chance to see again and for many this is the first screening in the UK.

The Corporation will be screened before it goes on general release and will be followed by a discussion with the director, who is flying in from Canada for the screening.

From corporate lunacy, environmental crisis, to political and personal turmoil, these cinema gems humanize us all.

The first European Documentary Network course at Oxdox will be held from October 23-24 at Rewley House. The course will be for directors with work in progress whether it is in the form of tapes, written material or photos.

Don't miss the festival! 22 - 29 October 2004, Oxford.

For further information visit www.oxdox.com

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Dance on Film[Thursday 23rd September 2004]
Friday 24th September 2004. 7.30pm

Oxford Film & Video Makers, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford

A great chance to see new work from local and regional choreographers and digital creators.
With documentary, narrative and digital content, this screening and networking opportunity is invaluable for anyone interested in Dance and the Camera.
As well as material produced in Oxford in the MIST project (2003) and Dance on Film (2004) their is a chance to see work from South East and South West Dance.
South East Dance (Regional Dance Agency based in Brighton) will be guest speaking about their established Dance on Screen work, and talking about their forthcoming programme.

The screening is free and open to anyone with an interest in Dance on Film, Experimental filmaking and Digital creation.

Refreshments will be served during the evening


For more details, contact Claire Thompson (Arts Officer – Dance & Theatre) on 01865 252802
or
Gary Shenton (OFVM) on production@ofvm.org

cthompson@oxford.gov.uk

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Dance on Film[Thursday 23rd September 2004]
Friday 24th September 2004. 7.30pm

Oxford Film & Video Makers, 54 Catherine Street, Oxford

A great chance to see new work from local and regional choreographers and digital creators.
With documentary, narrative and digital content, this screening and networking opportunity is invaluable for anyone interested in Dance and the Camera.
As well as material produced in Oxford in the MIST project (2003) and Dance on Film (2004) their is a chance to see work from South East and South West Dance.
South East Dance (Regional Dance Agency based in Brighton) will be guest speaking about their established Dance on Screen work, and talking about their forthcoming programme.

The screening is free and open to anyone with an interest in Dance on Film, Experimental filmaking and Digital creation.

Refreshments will be served during the evening


For more details, contact Claire Thompson (Arts Officer – Dance & Theatre) on 01865 252802
or
Gary Shenton (OFVM) on production@ofvm.org

cthompson@oxford.gov.uk

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THE ART OF FUNDING YOUR FILM[Tuesday 27th July 2004]
PERFECTING YOUR PITCH & MANIFESTING MONEY WORKSHOPS

Monday 6th September 2004 at OFVM

Join Carole Dean at OFVM in Oxford for these very popular Workshops: The Art of Funding Your Film and Perfecting Your Pitch. Carole will draw from her many years in the film industry as well as from her best-selling book, The Art of Funding Your Film: Alternative Financing Concepts.

WHERE’S THE MONEY? Find out as Carole guides you through the funding labyrinth. Find the money and … find your pitch!

You will pitch in front of the class (optional) to gain confidence and eloquence, as you work in comfortable surroundings. This is for filmmakers who don’t know their pitch, those that have it perfected, and all those in between. A good pitch is crucial to your film being made!

Workshop topics include:

1. Where and how to find donors and investors for indies, shorts and docs

2. Creating the Perfect Pitch

3. Raising funds from local Corps

4. How and where to Brand your film

5. Money from Product Placement

6. Successful fund raising parties

7. Writing & packaging your proposal - what grantors look for

Equally important is the Law of Manifesting, learn what this law requires of you and how you can make a contract with yourself to start that flow of money to finish your film.


Join Carole Dean for a full day on the Art of Pitching AND The Art of Funding.

You will leave the Workshop with...

· Over 100 granting organizations web sites

· Funding data base with thousands of resources

· Hot internet resources

· All the tools you’ll need for making your film ... and a road map to get your film project funded!

Do not contact OFVM - Bookings & Queries see below

Further details can be found at:

www.nevaria.co.uk

And

www.fromtheheartproductions.com

Cost of the workshop is only £85 but if you book in advance this will be reduced to £65.

Places are limited so to avoid disappointment you should book in advance and also get a discount off the initial cost…


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Short Film Premiere at OFVM 23rd July[Monday 28th June 2004]
OFVM will be screening the premeiere of new short film Mr Right(Comedy/Drama) Written and Directed by Sharon Woodward of OFVM's Management Committee and Produced by Richard Duriez OFVM's Office Manager. Production Company "Mischief Pictures".

The Screening of Mr Right will take place 23rd July at 7.30pm. (some refreshments provided but bring a bottle if you can!) Followed by short Q&A's.

We'll then have a break and show, for those who want to stay, the 1999 DV featureThe Devils Feast by the same Director/producer team.

Film synopsis below and also see Mischief Pictures Website



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ScreenSouth Summerscreeen up and running[Wednesday 23rd June 2004]
Screen South Summerscreen leaflets and posters are now out, the web site launched and hotline connected. For bookings see individual activity.
web: www.ofvm.org/summerscreen


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press release - 'Summer screen' film festival[Tuesday 1st June 2004]
Summer Screen 2004, Sunday 1st August – Sunday 8th August
A week long summer festival of film and screen
for young people in Oxfordshire

PLAY BIG SCREEN COMPUTER GAMES OR FOLLOW THE HARRY POTTER TRAIL

This summer Oxfordshire is playing host to Summer Screen, a week long festival of film and screen activities for young people. The festival will include animation, special effects and games workshops, indoor and outdoor screening events, visits to local media and opportunities to meet and work with people in the industry.

Production crews will be out and about making their own ‘One Minute Movies’ for public screening at the Phoenix Picture house in ‘Best of the Fest’ on August 8th. There will be visits to Pinewood studios as well as Harry Potter tours of Oxford and opportunities to find out how to fund your next film through the Film Council ‘First Light’ youth scheme. Workshops include Sci Fi Special Effects, Wizardry magic, Fantastic Flash animation, Mini Toon Cartoon (all with the Evil Twins), Digital Arts, dance and film, VJing and more. There will be countywide screenings including outdoor events, a VJ night, Howard Street community screening and ‘Big Screen’ computer games at exclusive screening venues.

This is the first festival of its kind in Oxfordshire for young people between the ages of 8 to 16, with an innovative and unique video and projection activity for the under 8’s.

Activities will be taking place at OFVM in Oxford, Blackbird Leys Oxford, Animation Station Banbury, Modern Art Oxford, Courtyard Youth Arts (Bicester), Thame Video 4 All, Fusion Youth arts (Oxford) and the Phoenix Picture House in Oxford.

It is hoped that Summer Screen will be an annual event.

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'Summerscreen' film festival for the under 16's[Tuesday 1st June 2004]
OFVM are co ordinating a pilot festival of film and screen for young people in Oxfordshire during the first week in August. Thanks to the support of Screen South, Oxfordshire County Council and now Oxfordshire Community Foundation OFVM, with its partners countywide, will be putting on an intensive week of workshops, screenings, events and visits aimed exclusively at the under 16's.
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Award wining Filmmaker to run OFVM new course[Wednesday 26th May 2004]
Multi-Award Winning Filmmaker Simon Hook will be coming to OFVM to run a new intermediate level course called "Shooting Drama" during the last week of June aimed at developing filmmakers.

See Courses page for detailed course breakdown and Simon's Biography.

Simon recently appeared at the "Reel One" event on 28th April 2004 where he gave an entertaining talk and showed some of his award winning films.


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Award wining writer/director to run new course[Friday 21st May 2004]
Multi-Award Winning Filmmaker Simon Hook will be coming to OFVM to run a new intermediate level course called "Shooting Drama" during the last week of June aimed at developing filmmakers.

See Courses page for detailed course breakdown and Simon's Biography.

Simon recently appeared at the "Reel One" event on 28th April 2004 where he gave an entertaining talk and showed some of his award winning films.
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SCREEN SOUTH DIGITAL SHORTS ROADSHOW 2004[Thursday 20th May 2004]

Screen South launches Digital Short Scheme 2004 with FREE Workshop Roadshow

Screen South is pleased to announce we will be running the Digital Shorts scheme for the South East 2004. The scheme enables filmmakers to make innovative Shorts using digital technology and is run in Partnership with the UK Film Council New Cinema Fund. The scheme will be run in two strands:
Shorts - Six x five to ten minutes shorts with a Budget of £8,000 each
Mini shorts - Six x one to three minute shorts with a budget of £2,000 each
The UK Film Council will retain rights on projects and will manage distribution and sales on a selection of completed films. All budgets include script editing and development.

Screen South is very keen to increase the range of stories that can be told in the short film format and welcomes applications from first-time filmmakers as well those with experience. Digital moviemaking allows the filmmaking tools to be available to everyone who has a passion for story telling and Screen South hopes that the scheme will reflect a diverse range of those passions and tales.

Screen South will be holding Digital Short Roadshows around the region in June which will highlight the challenges that filmmakers face in making digital shorts. The aim of these Roadshows is to assist those who have a basic knowledge of the short film format as a well as provide a focus for the more experienced. The one-day Workshop will introduce you to the opportunities available to you through digital filmmaking. Whether you are a writer, director or producer understanding the process and its various stages will allow you to make the right decisions to get the best out of your story material.

As well as discussing various aspects of the process from script to screen the Roadshow will provide guidance and information on the application process for the scheme. A network session at the end of the day will also provide an opportunity for you to meet other filmmakers who may be potential partners in your project.

To apply for a place on the one of the Roadshow Workshops please email info@screensouth.org to make a reservation. All workshops are free, but places will be limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Roadshows will take place around the region on the following days:
June 2nd Oxford
June 3rd Brighton
June 7th Southampton
June 8th Reading TBC
June 9th Kent

The deadline for submitting short scripts is July 12th. Application forms and guidelines will be available from Screen South. Please email info@screensouth.org for details.


Ricci-Lee Berry
Information Manager
Screen South
Shearway Business Park
Shearway Road
Folkestone
Kent CT19 4RH
Tel 01303 298222 Fax 01303 298227 www.screensouth.org

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Next Reel One Network Evening - 28th April 2004[Thursday 15th April 2004]
Reel One Network Evening 28/4/2004 - Simon Hook, Director/Writer
SIMON HOOK Director/Writer

Simon’s short script Knit Your Own Karma won the First Film Foundation/Sci-Fi Channel Short Film competition from over 2000 entries. Described by jury member Terry Gilliam as poetic and beautifully structured, Simon directed it in May '01 and it played nationally in UCI cinemas in front of Planet of the Apes - the widest distribution of a short film since the 1970s. It has since been screened at Kodak’s Short Film Showcase at BAFTA, and at the Britspotting festival in Berlin where it won Best Short Film.

Amongst his earlier shorts, Same Dog...Whitewashed won Southern Arts' David Altshul Award for creative excellence in film-making and the Hallowe’en Society’s Audience Prize in London and Paris. Later, Uncle Gilbert and the Hurlo-Thrumbo was voted Best of Festival at Winterthur film festival and was sold for broadcast in the USA by PBS, in France by Canal+ and to Air Canada. Most recently the short he shot last year 06-06-04 (working title) has attracted Completion Funding from the UK Film Council.

He has co-written a black comedy feature, Concrete Boots, for producer Myf Hopkins, is developing two features with other writers, a whodunnit and a children's fantasy, and is currently writing a comedy thriller, The Cork, for producer Simon Markham.

In 2002 he attended the Universal Film Masters' Programme, one of five European film makers chosen for a two week behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood as a VIP guest of Universal Studios in L.A.

In addition to directing commercials, corporates and pop promos, he has occasionally ventured to the other side of the camera. He took the lead role in ‘Misadventures’, a harrowing drama documentary about suicide prevention in prisons, which won a silver IVCA award.

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Reel One Network Evening 'Undercurrents News Net[Thursday 11th March 2004]
Reel One Network Evening - April 5th 7.30pm
OFVM will be hosting this launch event for the Undercurrents News Network. Undercurrents News Network seeks out and distributes cutting edge documentaries and animations overlooked by TV broadcasters, the evening will be presented by Undercurrents producers Zoe Broughton and Paul O’Conner. Entry is free and there is wine and refreshments.

The News you don’t see on the News
For 10 years, the award winning media organization, Undercurrents, has embedded video journalists among some of the most radical protest groups. Their dramatic tales can finally be revealed on Britain’s latest innovative news provider, Undercurrents News Network (UNN).

Undercurrents News Network co-producer Zoe Broughton said:
‘Undercurrents News Network will provide an outlet for views rarely expressed in the mainstream press. While the Bush administration’s War on terror continues, we will report from the civilians who are suffering the most. Or when a greedy developer tries to destroy a local beauty spot, our camcorders will provide a witness.’

The first edition of the unique video news service reveals how Hollywood star Martin Sheen supported B-52 bomber-bashing Christians. Also included; how student protests increased the wages of low paid workers, bringing one of the wealthiest corporations to its knees. Laughs are guaranteed when George and Tony’s special relationship is revealed during a hilarious musical parody, plus much more.

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Women's screenings and networking at OFVM[Friday 5th March 2004]
Reel Women
A day of free screenings, and networking opportunities for International
Woman’s Day 12th March 2004

AT The Old Boxing Club
54 Catharine St Oxford

• Screening of films made by women including drama, documentary and
campaigning work. – Plus many more films produced by women filmmakers.

• Networking opportunities for women interested in making films. -
Film offers a marvellous media for getting the message across about
things that matter to you. With digital technology, filmmaking is much
more accessible to all. This day of activity offers a chance to meet up
with women filmmakers, discuss their projects and find support for your
ideas and stories.

Timetable:

11.30 AM to 12.30 Screening

1PM to 1.30 Discussion, Questions and answers

2PM to 3.30 Open Forum for Women to show and discuss there work


Refreshments available throughout the day. Children welcome.


For further information please contact Ali at OFVM. Tel: 01865 792731 or
Email: ali@ofvm.org



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Zodiac Screening Sunday 15th Feb 2004[Tuesday 17th February 2004]
More than 120 people turned up to last Sundays screening and the latest from courses and productions. Check out 'Screen' on Oxford Channel next week where the best of the programme will be shown. See also the Gallery page for a few pictures

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Check out OFVM Gallery[Tuesday 10th February 2004]
This week OFVM launched its own gallery page with stills from productions, projects, courses and screenings. Click left.
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New training bursaries at OFVM[Monday 26th January 2004]
Available to all those on benefit who have completed introductory training at OFVM. We are now opening up other courses for the nominal fee of £15 (16mm Film, Experimental Film + Video, Scriptwriting, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Flash Animation, Cubasis, Creative VJ). Places limited to one per course so if interested please email the following information to office@ofvm.org

Name?
Email?
Phone number?
Postcode?
Date of Shooting Video Course you completed?
Course(s) you wish to do (see website)?
What benefit you are receiving?




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New AVID Pro Courses[Friday 9th January 2004]
AVID Express Pro Editing. Weekend Course + one free practice day.
Cost £175.

A practical course designed for editors who have experienced semi-professional editing packages such as Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro and want to take the next step to AVID. AVID editing systems have become the “industry standard” in both the TV and Film businesses and AVID Express Pro is a great introduction to the software.

The course will give an introduction to capture, bin organisation, composer window, trim mode on the timeline and importing music & graphics.

Course requirements: Basic knowledge of Windows and experience of at least one other non-linear editing software such as Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro.

Course Tutor: Zuleika Kingdom. Maximum of 3 students.

This intensive course runs over a weekend and classes take place at OFVM from 10.30pm until 5.30 pm (includes breaks). Students can also book an additional unsupervised practice day at the end of the course for no extra cost.

Winter Dates
21/22 Feb 2004 or
13/14 March 2004

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'Reel One' packed to the rafters[Wednesday 3rd December 2003]
Over 80 people turned up to Nick and Chris Lunch's talk on the 'Participatory Video Revolution'(Dec 2nd). They showed clips of their work in Oxford and Turkmanistan and talked about how the experience had changed peoples lives. "Its about raising awareness, empowerment and creating dialogue for change" said Nick who has just set up the SWAP Small World Action Project. For further details email nicklunch@yahoo.com
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Canon Camera donated by the Co Op.[Wednesday 12th November 2003]
A big thank you to the Oxford Swindon and Gloucester Co Op for the donation of a Canon mini DV camera. This is a real boost to our training and production resource. Karen Webb, Co Op's Corporate Marketing Manager said "Its just great to know that the camera has found a good home and will be used by local film makers".
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OFVM feature in Camcorder User[Thursday 11th September 2003]
Beg, steal or borrow Novembers issue of Camcorder User to read the feature about OFVM film maker Jim Eaton Terry. He was on Jim's Shooting Video course in January and talks about putting together the course production 'Scary Toys from Hell V'. Its a great piece and good shout for us in a national magazine.(Education,Education,Education. Page 26)
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