RMM General Meeting Notes – August 30, 2012

Start Time: 6:32PM
Total in Attendance: 28
Location: RCTV
Agenda
Introductions:
Individual around the room

Election Reminder – Treasurer and Chairperson are up
September is the official voting meeting
Reminder about membership
$25 a year, free events or reduced price on fees
Qualify for reduced rate on RCTV membership
Upcoming Events:
Mind2Movie 2013 – 72 Hour Film Competition
Thursday, January 17 – Sunday, January 20
www.rochestermoviemakers.org has last year’s films for viewing
RMM Screenwriter’s Workshops
Moved from Sundays to Wednesdays (every two weeks)
Next meeting – September 19, 2012 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Send Wayne Coughlin (wayne AT rochestermoviemakers DOT org) ideas for additional workshops (actor, etc.)
2013 Shmoovies – next July
Start creating/submitting movies now
CHANGE: $25 fee to submit movie, but comes with a free RMM membership
Rochester Film Lab
Next meeting for directors is Wednesday, September 12 – 7:00pm at Animatus Studio
Contact Mike Boas (mike AT rochestermoviemakers DOT com) or visit www.rochesterfilmlab.org  for more information or to be added to mailing list
RMM Executive Board Meetings
Second Thursday of each month, 6:00pm at Little Theater Cafe
Upcoming Projects:
Call of Duty: Undead
Buffalo project – non-for-profit film with profits to benefit wounded veterans’ fund
Need: producer, soundtrack artists, extras, make-up artists, cameramen
Wants to utilize Rochester and Buffalo communities
Started shooting August 4th, 2012; shooting until January 2013
Shooting mostly in Buffalo, but also in Rochester
Completely separate story from video games, but trying to get Activision’s attention
Trying to get big stars/Chuck Norris to cameo or fundraise
Visit www.callofdutyundead.com or e-mail Alexander Ivicic at hotironproduction AT live DOT com
Premiere of short film, “The Last Drop of Oil”
Little Theater on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Screening before The Last Oasis
Curt Markham project – Saberfrog – feature DVD to go up on Amazon.com soon
Wants to re-enact the film’s journey and film it for marketing purposes
Wants to use social media to spread work/market as well
Needs publicity people for marketing campaign
First showing of film: September 30, 2012; then, a different showing each day in different cities on premiere route
Contact Curt Markham (curt AT pixelmander DOT com or www.saberfrog.com) for more info
Dead Red (feature film) – “Walking Dead meets Alien”
Cast and crew needed
Shooting in 2013
e-mail genozziereproductions AT gmail DOT com for more information
Julio Montavo project – Broken
Faith-based film – serial killer who kills Christians
Started shooting in August 2012
Needs extras
Liz Lehman projects – two shoots at end of September/early October
Cast and crew needed
E-mail liz AT trilliumfilms DOT com for more information
Stan Main project (Speed Hump Pictures) – Music video
Shooting in October
Watched first half of Shmoovies 2012: 7:23pm
End of Meeting