M33M is a biannual festival of 3 minute (or less) movies made by people in and around Northern Michigan, mostly the Northwest Lower Peninsula.

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!

Movies must be no longer than 3 minutes to be considered.

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 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

• State Theatre, 233 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI (map)
• Free and Open to the Public

When

• Entry Deadline for 3 minute or shorter movies
  11:59 pm, Monday February 16, 2015

• 2015 Winter Micro Movie Marathon
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm on Wednesday February 18, 2015

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 it’s good 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.

A double special major award for best rejected TCFF bumper, the prestigious Golden ReBoot! Yes, the TCFF was last summer, but there’s still a chance to share your triumph. To be Golden Reboot eligible, bumpers must be from the most recent TCFF.

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 Monday, February 16, 2015.

• Michigan Movie Makers reserves the right to reject any movie we dang well feel like rejecting.

The preferred method of entry is YouTube or Vimeo, but DVDs and 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.

You should receive a confirmation email. IF YOU DON’T GET A CONFIRMATION EMAIL, THEN RESEND! Or call – see the phone number at the bottom of this page.

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.

Then use Vimeo!

••• DVD and thumb drives •••

DVDs and thumb drives can be hand delivered or shipped via USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc, by February 16, 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.

Standard DVDs (not Blueray) must be instant play, no menus. Thumb drives files must be Quicktime H264 and rendered at the originating resolution, preferably HD.

Include the following information.

√ 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.

Questions

Dan – Two Three One, 882-0460.