Micro Movie Marathon 2014 Winter

What

M33M is a biannual festival of 3 minute (or less) movies made by people in and around Northern Michigan.

The acronym M33M (aka Micro Movie Marathon) is derived as follows: Michigan Movie Makers (M3) + 3 Minutes (3M) = M33M.

All genres are welcome – trailers for longer projects, sneak previews, short form narrative, mini documentaries, spoofs, show reels, experimental, beyond category, commercials, promotional, pure art, animation – s’all good!

Who

All Michigan Movie Makers are encouraged to enter, including entrepreneurs, artists, students and enthusiasts. It might seem counter intuitive to lump together a hodgepodge of expertise and motivations, but a vital community is diverse! We are are an…

Ecosystem?!

We may have different reasons for making movies, but we all contribute to a vibrant production community. Experience and experimentation are complementary.

Everyone can and should enter a 3 minute (0r less) movie.

Where

• Inside Out Gallery, 211 Garland Street in Traverse City (map).

When

• Entry Deadline for 3 minute movies
  11:59 pm, January 27, 2014
• M33M Micro Movie Marathon
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on Wednesday January 29, 2014
  

Why

The pragmatic and essential outcome will be  to create an immediate and accessible inventory of the community, of our collective movie making talent and resources.

Movie making is (usually) collaborative, so we need to know who is out there and what they are doing. The spectrum of Northern Michigan movie makers include entrepreneurs, artists, students, enthusiasts and innumerable hybrids. If everyone entered a 3 minute movie into the Micro Movie Marathon, we’d be well on our way to a comprehensive and accessible inventory of our community.  This would be a real asset for future projects – whether you’re an Oscar Winner or YouTube hero.

A less altruistic motivation for entering M33M are the coveted Major Awards. Just imagine the M33M laurels proudly featured on your project’s web pages, or tastefully framed over the wood stove in your rumpus room

NEW NEW NEW – A double special major award for best rejected TCFF bumper, the prestigious Golden Boot! Yes, the TCFF was last summer, but there’s still a chance to share what the TCFF dared not screen. To be Golden Boot eligible, you must include your rejection email from TCFF, no exceptions!

How

• There are only 3 requirements to enter…
  1. Movies up to 3 minutes long including opening titles and closing credits, but no longer.
     If your movie is longer, playback stops at 3 minutes. An abrupt and inelegant method of showcasing your vision, but available for entrants who just can’t or won’t cut a longer movie down. Feel the love.
  2. Movies made by people who were in, from or dreaming about Northern Michigan during production – including residents and visitors. Our authoritative geographic definition of Northern Michigan includes any place north of Grand Rapids including the UP.
  3. Movies must be received by 11:59pm, January 27, 2014.

• Up to 60 3 minute movies will be selected for the Micro Movie Marathon. Michigan Movie Makers reserves the right to reject any movie we dang well feel like rejecting.

The preferred method of entry and screening is YouTube or Vimeo, but DVDs and even thumb drives are ok too.

••• YouTube •••

Online entries should be HD (if you’re original movie is HD) and posted as “unlisted” (YouTube). Once the movie is successfully uploaded, send an email to [info AT michiganmoviemakers DOT com], replacing the AT with “@”, the DOT with “.” and loosing the brackets and spaces. The email should include…

√ the title of the movie
√ a one line description
√ running time
√ the name(s) of the main movie maker(s)
AND
√ a .jpg picture of the she/he/them, as an attachment.

YouTube has support pages for setting up movies, please review before movie export and upload.

Basics http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=132460

For Apple geeks http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?&answer=165543

… but, I hate YouTube! Google is evil, blaa blaa. I want to make my entry as inconvenient as possible, etc.

••• DVD and thumb drives •••

Standard DVDs (not Blueray) must be instant play, no menus and playable by an Apple Macbook Pro. Label the DVD with title of the movie, running time, your name and contact info including phone and email.

We are screening DVDs delivered by 5:00 on the day of the Micro Movie Marathon (January 29 by 5:00 pm) IF we receive an email for the entry by the deadline (January 27, by 11:59pm). No exceptions. The email should include…

√ the title of the movie
√ a one line description
√ running time
√ the name(s) of the main movie maker(s)
AND
√ a .jpg picture of the she/he/them, as an attachment.

DVDs can also be hand delivered or shipped via USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc, by January 27, 2014 to…

Artist house, Inc.
4077 Crystal Drive
Beulah, MI 49617

Make sure signature is not required! Hand delivery? Just leave it by the front door.

Questions

Dan – Two Three One, 882-0460.

If an oak is an acorn’s way of making more acorns, could a mentor be a protégé’s way of making more protégés?