Category Archives: M3 vision

Dan Kelly’s TCFF

This was my first year viewing the Traverse City Film Festival from the inside out. I volunteered for the video team headed up by the gregarious Thaddeus Bedford of Liquid Image Inc. Because of the M3 event On Wednesday at … Continue reading

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Party and Press

Vanessa from the Traverse City Record Eagle called to talk about Michigan Movie Makers, she is doing a story about regional production. Check out Sunday’s paper (07-31-11), we’ll probably post a link. The M3 meet and mix at the Traverse … Continue reading

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The envelope please

M3’s first Micro Movie Marathon screened on July 20, 2011. We’re having some snafus with the playlists on our YouTube channel – YouTube.com/michiganmoviemakers – but they seem to work as embeds here. Go figure. The Major Awards… 1) Surreal So … Continue reading

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M33M is on!

We have 22+ movies for the Micro Movie Marathon. Whoo! Today – Wednesday July 20, 2011 at the Traverse Area District Library If you’d like to help set up and generally be useful, show up between 5- 5:30 pm. We’ll … Continue reading

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36 hours

Tick tock people, 36 hours left to enter 3 minutes movies! We’ve got 18 movies so far and expecting at least a dozen more by Monday’s eve. Currently, the Micro Movie Marathon has 45 minutes of regional movie maker panache … Continue reading

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Deadline nigh and Major Awards

The 3 minute movie entry deadline is rapidly approaching, less than 5 days left! Monday night (07/18 at 11:59 pm) is the cutoff for YouTube links. If you’re planning to hand deliver a DVD at the 11th hour, hidden infrared … Continue reading

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M3 ad hoc administration

As animal fat is the foundation of the food pyramid at Soul Hole on Union Street, vegetarians should just steer clear… and Cajuns def don’t do vegan. Yet, there I was last night hosting an M3 meeting with Joe and … Continue reading

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M3 on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook

M3 has established a presence on  Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Twitter http://twitter.com/michiganmovie YouTube http://youtube.com/michiganmoviemakers Facebook temporary url (yuk!) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-Movie-Makers/155095997895094 It’s vitally important to “Like” M3’s Facebook page so we can request a permanent URL ASAP, which makes it very easy … Continue reading

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Thoughts on organizing M3

Post June 22 meeting, I told Andrea and Lesley the story about my excellent friend Michael Vitti from Mopictive (the Moving Picture Collective in NYC, formerly the Final Cut Users group.) Michael was Mopictive’s fearless leader and it was a … Continue reading

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06-22-11 report

A pretty darn decent first meeting for M3! Thanks everyone for being there and getting riled up! Big hugs for the library staff – Keith, Aaron and Joan! The pre-meeting schmooze was adeptly handled by Andrea Maio, Joe Carter, Andy … Continue reading

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