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M3 Meeting – Wednesday October 24

Michigan Movie Makers are meeting this Wednesday the 24, just 7 days before Halloween! We’ll be discussing the benefits of adopting a more structured organization, with membership and annual tiered membership fees – organization, professional, student, audience. This would move … Continue reading

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September meeting report

We had a successful skype visit from Steve Julin who gave us the skinny on Postapalooza 2012, coming up next week. You can request a super top secret Michigan Movie Makers discount code, contact Dan Kelly. We then had a … Continue reading

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Bioneers Micro Movie Marathon

Deadline is October 12. Let’s give Scott a huge wave of entries!  

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Study in Virality

Dan Kelly is researching virality, the tendency for a video to be passed around the web like crazy. The following time lapse is modestly entertaining and has a little humor at the end, is it a candidate for virality? Let’s … Continue reading

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Meeting tomorrow and…

Steve Julin from Cleverscope will be skyping in for September’s meeting, (that’s tomorrow) to answer your questions about Postapalooza – Michigan’s comprehensive production / post-production conference coming to Mount Pleasant, October 8 and 9. Dan Kelly went last year and … Continue reading

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September 2012 M3 meeting

Two days into a wet and windy Fall, resplendent with towering Maxfield Parrish cloudscapes shot through with bold ochres and scarlets of the rising sun. After a brief summer vacation, Michigan Movie Makers meetings resume, every fourth Wednesday of the … Continue reading

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M3 likes Postapalooza 2012

Coming up in October, Postapalooza 2012, a top notch training and networking event smack dab in the middle of the state – the Soaring Eagle Resort and Casino in Mount Pleasant. Production a plenty plus an editorial extravaganza with After … Continue reading

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No M3 meeting for August

Such a busy summer what with M33M and TCFF. August’s meeting ain’t – it’s void, empty, null, nada. Theoretically, we’ll resume in September. Have a lovely 4th Wednesday.

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On Swag

Jeff and I had a chat this morning exploring the wisdom and rationale of local promotion. Why is our production affinity group hosting a party for the visiting film makers, actors and other VIPs of the TCFF? Well, first it’s … Continue reading

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