Category Archives: M3 vision

*I am M3* production scheduled for 3/27

Schedule a time to be interviewed on 3/27 from 4 – 7 pm email: schedule AT michigan movie makers DOT com phone: Morgan Burke-Beyers 248 891-3460 We’re on for March 27 from 4-7 pm at UpNorth Media Center to record … Continue reading

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We SWOTed

Against the smear of a wintry Michigan highway, a woman in a sapphire 2007 Ford Focus peels back the pavement between Grand Rapids and Traverse City. Hurtling into the snow heavy northern horizon, she blurs the boney trees and crusted … Continue reading

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SWOT with Deb Havens TODAY

Michigan Movie Makers gather today to assess the Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Opportunities of/to our regional industry. This is the first step towards building a plan to thrive. Deb Havens of Film Friendly Michigan, (former board member and president of … Continue reading

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Two gentle nudges

(1) Have you saved the date for our SWOT next week – Wednesday the 27? Spread the word to the movie tribe, let’s get ALL the kids in the sandbox.  Vital, essential, imperative. (2) Registration for the Enhanced Editorial Workshop … Continue reading

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Cinematography and Citizenship, M3 goes to Lansing

My career in the Boy Scouts of America was, to paraphrase Hobbes, brutish and short. But ah… those merit badges! Here are two of the many merit badges that I did not earn when I was a Boy Scout – Cinematography … Continue reading

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How can regional movie making thrive?

Inside Out Gallery, 229 Garland St, Traverse City, MI 49684 Wednesday, February 27, 2013 6:30 – 8:30 PM Gather with the Michigan Movie Makers to evaluate our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) with Deb Havens, former Chair/President of The … Continue reading

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M3 meets with Representative Ray Franz

Well, M3 as in Dan Kelly. I drove down to Onekama yesterday to introduce myself to Representative Franz, and open up a dialogue about the film industry in Michigan. His office Czarina, Jennifer Smeltzer reminded me that her daughter went … Continue reading

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How to run a Micro Movie Marathon

These are notes to myself about running a solid M33M. These are tight tolerance events, forgetting a crucial step could result in disgrace, bone loss and the ascendancy of the anti-christ. So… here’s my first pass at a step by … Continue reading

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M3 and beyond

M3 just had our fifth M33M. This summer will mark our third anniversary. High time for a check up, perhaps as a precursor to a meeting of the M3 Core, Supreme Soviet, Founding Mothers, Star Chamber, aka those who bother … Continue reading

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Five! M33M 2013 Winter

It’s sort of amazing we just had our 5th Micro Movie Marathon. Five! M33M 2013 Winter has triggered the launch of new content at michiganmoviemakers.com: Major Awards verification and explanation page, Micro Movie Marathon premise and objectives, and Dan Kelly’s … Continue reading

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