(edited 6/26 to fix date of meeting)
RMM Member Meeting Thursday, June 27th
The next RMM Member meeting is Thursday, June 27th at 6:30pm, RCTV Studios, 21 Gorham Street. Map to Meeting
This month there will be opportunities to work on several short and feature length films being shot in the Rochester area as part of Rochester Movie Makers Summer Shorts and other projects.
In addition, the RMM Speaker this month is Billy Powell with Wilhelmina Rochester, a modeling and talent agency. Billy will talk about how to acquire representation and what representation can do for you. He will also talk about Wilhelmina Evolve Fashion Arts Studios both their facilities and their acting training programs and how that benefits filmmakers.
Smoovies, September 9th at The Cinema Theater
Shmoovies 2013 is coming September 9th at 7pm to the Cinema Theater. The lineup of films from last year’s RMM Summer Shorts, so far, includes:
Hundo Leeng
Requiem for a Beauty Queen
Mirror Lake
Freedom Fighter
The Interview
Step 9
Submission deadline is August 19th. Films need to be delivered to Derrick Petrush by then and he is accepting prints now. Derek AT RochesterMovieMakers DOT org .
Entrance to Shmoovies is free for RMM Voting Members and only $10 cash at the door. You can charge tickets in advance at www.RochesterMovieMakers.org starting in August.
Write Your Own Film Score with Garage Band
If you have an interest in learning how to score your own film, Garage Band is an amazing Mac based program that can permit even those of us with limited musical skills to compose. RCTV is offering a series of Garage Band workshops. The first class is free and there is a charge for the following three hands-on, in-depth classes. ($33 for RCTVembers, $40 for non-members) Classes start Wed. July 10
Freedom Fighter Debuts Today (Saturday)
RMM Filmmaker Mary Willkens Film Debut TODAY, Freedom Fighter debuts at the Pittsford Cinema today (Saturday 6/22) at 11am.
Tom Malloy Update
Tom Malloy has a new web educational series on on how to raise money for films:http://www.filmfinanceguide.com