Rochester Movie Makers General Meeting 6/26
Attendance- 17
*Introductions
New Business
- Wayne announced that the Writer’s Group will no longer be meeting at Crossroads Cafe due to their short hours in the summer. They will have to find yet another place to have the next meeting which is July 9th from 6pm-9pm
- Stan announced that Johannes B. is holding a class called “Reading Phillip Seymour Hoffman”
- *Stan also mentioned that he received info from Matt Ehlers that he will be shooting his film “Vows and Rites” in September. They have been casting and gathering funding. He says that hopefully we will be able to get either Matt or Producer Mitch Goldman to one of our meetings soon to get more infer and see what opportunities it holds for RMM members.
- Because of the success of the 72 mind to movie competition, we (RMM exec board) are considering a new event to be held in the summer tentatively titled the “384 hr fest” which would be approximately 3 weekends. Opened the floor for questions/comments: Curt said he didn’t like the idea of all the teams having the same judging criteria (props, line). However, Stan said it levels the playing field and Wayne said that the the criteria will be very general so that it will help the filmmakers to be more creative in their interpretation. Stan mentions that the winning film may be judged on having the audience vote for their favorite. Rachel likes the audience award as it will encourage people to bring friends and have people stay for the duration of the program. Stan then showed the mock-up of the two potential trophies, in which the winner’s names will be inscribed.
Projects
- Wayne says he is shooting an anthology series titled “On the Verge,” which consists of 3 stories all with a common theme. He has no shooting date set, but is looking for a sound person (doesn’t have to have equipment, but some sound experience), props and a costumer.
- Curt mentions that he and Liz Lehmann are working on a film titled “Elevator Pitch.” They will be shooting in August. All crew positions are open and they just need to cast one more part.
- Cara D’emanuele is the casting person on an ongoing sitcom called “The Church.” They are on the lookout for writers and crew people for all upcoming episodes.
Featured Speaker
Brie Merkel – Works at the Little Theater. She and several others including cinematographer JR Kraus and Eric Maira are working on a short film titled “Adam Imitating Art.” The story is about a delivery boy who is mistaken for a film director at a film festival. They wanted to explore the world of film festivals and the interesting characters that it can produce. They will be shooting from August 27-31 and still have crew positions available (they still needs PA’s, camera assistant, and extras). They are in the middle of a kickstarter campaign to raise $19,000 which will cover the cost of the film as well as pay for cast and crew. Kickstarter link is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/861280802/adam-imitating-art
Trailer
Curt Markham showed a short trailer for his restored film that he has been working on – “The Search for Silverspear.” He would like to find people to do additional voice over work for some of the characters as well sound effects. However, some people thought that it was cool that he did all the voices himself and it works towards the kitchy-ness of the piece. He hopes to have it done by the end of the year.
RMM General Meeting Minutes – June 2014 DOCX