Category Archives: documentary

7 days to go – M33M entry deadline

Ok, now it’s FOR REAL!  Only 7 days remain to enter the Michigan Movie Makers Micro Movie Marathon Winter 2013. Our regional festival of 3 minute or less movies is screening on January 30 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Inside … Continue reading

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M33M Winter 2013

What M33M is a biannual festival of 3 minute 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 … Continue reading

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Editorial workshop at Northwestern Michigan College starting January 16, 2013

Northwestern Michigan College and UpNorth TV present Enhanced Editorial, (NMC catalog EEAC-749), a workshop for movie editors guided by Dan Kelly. Six weekly meetings jam-packed with hands-on practice and theoretical discourse to amplify your artistry. Whether an AB roll old-timer … Continue reading

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Aaron Dennis and Jacob Wheeler on the People and the Olive

After a screening of the People and the Olive at the Inside Out Gallery on November 28, 2012, the Michigan Movie Makers spent an hour with the filmmakers talking about the technical aspects of the project. Thanks very much to … Continue reading

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How regional movies are made, the P and O Wednesday

This Wednesday is a special opportunity to learn how great regional movies are made. Aaron Dennis and Jacob Wheeler will take us behind the camera on The People and the Olive, a feature length documentary about planting olive trees and ultra … Continue reading

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People and the Olive

On Wednesday November 28 the Michigan Movie Makers host a screening of The People and the Olive, followed by a technical Q and A with filmmakers Aaron Dennis live and Jacob Wheeler via Skype. Though The P and O explores … Continue reading

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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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Bioneers Micro Movie Marathon

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

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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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