{"id":1880,"date":"2013-12-16T19:07:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2014-01-20T22:26:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T22:26:24","slug":"micro-movie-marathon-2014-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/micro-movie-marathon-2014-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro Movie Marathon 2014 Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/m33m2014Wlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1888 aligncenter\" alt=\"m33m2014Wlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/m33m2014Wlogo.jpg\" width=\"401\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/m33m2014Wlogo.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/m33m2014Wlogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/m33m2014Wlogo-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a>What<\/h2>\n<p>M33M is a biannual festival of <strong>3 minute <\/strong>(or less)<strong> movies <\/strong> made by people in and around Northern Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The acronym M33M (aka Micro Movie Marathon) is derived as follows: Michigan Movie Makers (M3) + 3 Minutes (3M) = M33M.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All genres are welcome<\/strong> \u2013 trailers for longer projects, sneak previews, short form narrative, mini documentaries, spoofs, show reels, experimental, beyond category, commercials, promotional, pure art, animation \u2013 s\u2019all good!<\/p>\n<h2>Who<\/h2>\n<p><strong>All Michigan Movie Makers <\/strong><strong>are encouraged to enter<\/strong>, including entrepreneurs, artists, students and enthusiasts. It might seem counter intuitive to lump together a hodgepodge of expertise and motivations, but a vital community is diverse! We are are an\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holyboners.com\/2011\/12\/12\/ecosystem\/\"><strong>Ecosystem?!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We may have different reasons for making movies, but we all contribute to a vibrant production community. Experience and experimentation are complementary.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone can and should enter a 3 minute <\/strong>(0r less)<strong> movie.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Where<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insideoutgallerytc\">Inside Out Gallery<\/a>, <\/strong>211 Garland Street in Traverse City <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=inside+out+gallery+traverse+city+michigan&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;ei=xUjbTqKUJYibtweIrvy2BQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=mode_link&amp;ct=mode&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CBMQ_AUoAg\">(map)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entry Deadline<\/strong> for 3 minute movies<br \/>\n11:59 pm, January 27, 2014<\/li>\n<li><strong>M33M Micro Movie Marathon<\/strong><br \/>\n6:30 pm \u2013 8:30 pm on Wednesday January 29, 2014<strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why<\/h2>\n<p>The pragmatic and essential outcome will be\u00a0 to <strong>create an immediate and accessible inventory of the community<\/strong>, of our collective movie making talent and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Movie making is (usually) collaborative, so we need to know who is out there and what they are doing. The spectrum of Northern Michigan movie makers include entrepreneurs, artists, students, enthusiasts and innumerable hybrids. If <strong>everyone<\/strong> entered a 3 minute movie into the Micro Movie Marathon, we\u2019d be well on our way to a comprehensive and accessible inventory of our community.\u00a0 This would be a real asset for future projects \u2013 whether you\u2019re an Oscar Winner or YouTube hero.<\/p>\n<p>A less altruistic motivation for entering M33M are the coveted<strong> <\/strong><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/m33m-major-awards\/\">Major Awards<\/a>. <\/strong>Just imagine the M33M laurels proudly featured on your project&#8217;s web pages, or tastefully framed over the wood stove in your rumpus room<\/p>\n<p>NEW NEW NEW \u2013 A double special major award for best rejected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traversecityfilmfest.org\/bumper\/\">TCFF bumper<\/a>, the prestigious Golden Boot! Yes, the TCFF was last summer, but there&#8217;s still a chance to share what the TCFF dared not screen. To be Golden Boot eligible, you must include your rejection email from TCFF, no exceptions!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/golden-boot1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"golden boot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/golden-boot1.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are only 3 <strong>requirements <\/strong>to enter\u2026\n<ol>\n<li>Movies up to 3 minutes long including opening titles and closing credits, but no longer.<br \/>\nIf your movie is longer, playback stops at 3 minutes. An abrupt and inelegant method of showcasing your vision, but available for entrants who just can\u2019t or won\u2019t cut a longer movie down<strong><\/strong>. Feel the love.<\/li>\n<li>Movies made by people who were in, from or dreaming about Northern Michigan during production \u2013 including residents and visitors. Our authoritative geographic definition of Northern Michigan includes any place north of <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Grand+Rapids,+MI&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=42.940339,-85.693359&amp;spn=61.037186,99.580078&amp;sll=44.314844,-85.602364&amp;sspn=15.105788,24.89502&amp;gl=us&amp;t=h&amp;z=4&amp;iwloc=A\">Grand Rapids<\/a> including the UP.<\/li>\n<li>Movies must be received by 11:59pm, January 27, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to 60 3 minute movies will be selected for the Micro Movie Marathon. Michigan Movie Makers reserves the right to reject any movie we dang well feel like rejecting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The preferred method of entry and screening is YouTube or Vimeo, but DVDs and even thumb drives are ok too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u2022\u2022 YouTube<\/strong> \u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n<p>Online entries should be HD (if you\u2019re original movie is HD) and posted as \u201c<strong>unlisted<\/strong>\u201d (YouTube). Once the movie is successfully uploaded, send an email to [info AT michiganmoviemakers DOT com], replacing the AT with &#8220;@&#8221;, the DOT with &#8220;.&#8221; and loosing the brackets and spaces. The email should include\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u221a the title of the movie<br \/>\n\u221a a one line description<br \/>\n\u221a running time<br \/>\n\u221a the name(s) of the main movie maker(s)<strong><br \/>\nAND<\/strong><br \/>\n\u221a a .jpg picture of the she\/he\/them, as an attachment.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has support pages for setting up movies, please review before movie export and upload.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basics <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/youtube\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=132460\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/youtube\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=132460<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For Apple geeks<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/youtube\/bin\/answer.py?&amp;answer=165543\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/support\/youtube\/bin\/answer.py?&amp;answer=165543<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 but, I hate YouTube! Google is evil, blaa blaa. I want to make my entry as inconvenient as possible, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u2022\u2022 DVD and thumb drives \u2022\u2022\u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standard DVDs (not Blueray) must be instant play, no menus and playable by an Apple Macbook Pro. Label the DVD with title of the movie, running time, your name and contact info including phone and email.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>We are screening DVDs delivered by 5:00 on the day of the Micro Movie Marathon (January 29 by 5:00 pm) <strong>IF<\/strong> we receive an email for the entry by the deadline (January 27, by 11:59pm). No exceptions. The email should include\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u221a the title of the movie<br \/>\n\u221a a one line description<br \/>\n\u221a running time<br \/>\n\u221a the name(s) of the main movie maker(s)<strong><br \/>\nAND<\/strong><br \/>\n\u221a a .jpg picture of the she\/he\/them, as an attachment.<\/p>\n<p>DVDs can also be hand delivered or shipped via USPS, UPS, Fedex, etc, by January 27, 2014 to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Artist house, Inc.<br \/>\n4077 Crystal Drive<br \/>\nBeulah, MI 49617<\/p>\n<p>Make sure signature is not required! Hand delivery? Just leave it by the front door.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Dan \u2013 Two Three One, 882-0460.<\/p>\n<p>If an oak is an acorn\u2019s way of making more acorns, could a mentor be a prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019s way of making more prot\u00e9g\u00e9s?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What M33M is a biannual festival of 3 minute (or less) 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) = &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/micro-movie-marathon-2014-winter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53,91,76,328,7,8,54,51,90,92,3,100,417,75],"tags":[66,35,539],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-feature","category-film-festival","category-infrastructure","category-m3-vision","category-micro-movie-marathon","category-narrative","category-outreach","category-production","category-short","category-storytelling","category-test-screening","category-theater","category-volunteer","tag-3-minutes","tag-micro-movie-marathon-2","tag-yeah-baby"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1E9El-uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michiganmoviemakers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}