Category Archives: feature

M3 meeting this Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Joy, Rapture! It’s time once again for another scintillating Michigan Movie Makers meeting at the Inside Out Gallery, 211 Garland Street in Traverse City (map)! This month, Jeffrey Morgan will curate our experience, and the rumor is that he’ll be … Continue reading

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Big Budgets via John Robert Williams

JRW recently posted on Facebook this thestar.com article about the failure of big budget movies to break even. Also TCFF is mentioned with Toronto and Sundance. http://www.thestar.com/iphone/business/article/1151049–john-carter-syndrome-why-big-budget-hollywood-movies-are-financial-busts

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Kickstarter – The Saga of Larry Tunner

Jeff Morgan’s launched a Kickstarter campaign for his latest project, The Saga of Larry Tunner. Worthy of support? Check it out! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1336218669/the-saga-of-larry-tunner

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M33M deadline has arrived

Down to the wire but there’s still time – go, go, go! Entries via YouTube must be received by 11:59 pm tonight. Entries via DVD are due Wednesday at 5:00 pm, but send an email with the project details by … Continue reading

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M3 meeting, the last Wednesday of 2011

We’ll take a look back on all what we’ve accomplished as a community in 2011. http://www.michiganmoviemakers.com/blog/2011/12/14/m3-meeting-2011-year-in-review/  

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M3 meeting – 2011 year in review

The next M3 meeting will be Wednesday December 28, 2011 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at the Inside Out Gallery, 211 Garland Street in Traverse City (map). That’s two weeks from this post. The plan is to do a year … Continue reading

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Test screening – Greedy Lying Bastards

Here’s an invitation from Jeff Gibbs. Getting effective feedback is far more difficult than most directors and producers perceive.  Here is a great chance to see how one team handles this – coming all the way from NYC and LA … Continue reading

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DOGMAN alert!

Update – BOTH SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT Rich Brauer (Brauer Productions) has two sneak preview screenings of DOGMAN at the State Theater tomorrow, Wednesday at 6:00 and 8:30. The film was shot in Benzie and Manistee Counties. It’s not rated … Continue reading

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Interlochen’s Future of Cinema Film Festival

Interlochen Center for the Arts Future of Cinema Film Festival is this weekend – Oct 13 -15th, at the DeRoy Center for Film Studies on the Interlochen campus. Our festival showcases film and screenwriting work sent from High School Students … Continue reading

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M3 meeting – The making of David Marek’s “Somewhere West”

So… you want to make a movie? Tomorrow, Traverse City’s native son David Marek presents the making of Somewhere West, a narrative feature. Dan Kelly (that’s me) and a bevy of lucky VIPs recently attended an invitation only screening at … Continue reading

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