RMM General Meeting Minutes – December 4, 2014

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RMM General Meeting Minutes – December 4, 2014 (November 2014 Meeting)
Start Time: 6:38pm
Total in Attendance: 15
Location: RCTV
Agenda:
Introductions

  • Made individually around the room

New Business:

  • Membership of RMM/RCTV combo is available for $65/year or $25/yr for RMM.
  • RCTV has 3 new classes beginning in January:
  • Basics of Videography
  • Digital Editing
  • TV Studio Production

Completion of classes allows individual use of studio and equipment.
M2M 2015

  • Dates are January 22-25th
  • This year we care partnering with Fast Forward Film Festival (FFFF) to incorporate an Environmental element into the competition. Teams have their choice to spin and gets props, character, situation or can use “The Environment” for a character.
  • If teams choose this option, they will be entered into the FFFF with an additional chance to win up to $3000 in prize money.

Writers Group

  • Meets every other Weds. from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
  • Next meeting will be 12/17/14 at Crossroad’s Café (behind Cinema Theater).
  • Currently working on logline exercises and a new assignment of 10 first ten pages in preparation for March’s “Scriptapolooza.”
  • All skill levels welcome.
  • Sign up to receive updates on RMM Writers Group’s Facebook page.

Our next general meeting will be the Holiday/White Elephant Party on Jan 8, 2015.

  • There will be free food and drinks.
  • Come with your best “worst” present to participate in the White Elephant.
  • Our next Executive Board meeting will be held on Thursday, 12/11/14 at the Little Theater Cafe at 6pm.

Projects:
Justin Curtis has a 30 page dark comedy project that he is directing. He is looking to shoot beginning in January – mostly on Weekends.
He is seeking:

  • 1 Cinematographer (Canon 60D camera provided)
  • 1 Gaffer
  • 1 AD
  • 1 Sound person
  • Actors — 1 female, 20-25
  • 1 female, 40
  • 1 male, 15-20
  • 1 male, 20 – main character
  • 2 -3 extras
  • For further info Contact Justin at: majorelvisfan424 AT gmail DOT com or 585-953-3728

Curt Markham’s “Silverspear”

  • Curt is looking for Female VO talent for his animated film. Contact: silverspearfilm AT gmail DOT com

Pacho Lane – is in post on “Columbia One,” a documentary about the first Peace Corp group in 1961. It Involves the history, training footage, and follow up fifty years later, ending with reunion party in 2011.

  • He needs Assistant Editor.
  • Wants to have it done by the end of the year.
  • E-mail Pancho at ethnoscope AT yahoo DOT com for more information or visit his website
  • www.docfilm.com

Speaker: Mike Boas – Intro to Celtx.

  • Mike showed the features and uses of Celtx including: post-it notes/location database/scratch
  • pad/project library notes.
  • Also demonstrated the ease of use in beginning to type a script and the auto format that the
  • program allows.
  • In the end, Mike showed how to save in proper format and how to convert to PDF.

ADDITIONAL INFO:
All of us at Empire Film want to wish you a happy new year and good tidings during the holiday season. If your looking for things to do we will be hosting a screening of Once in a Good Many Million Times in Rochester, NY on January 2 and 3. It will take place at the Swiftwater Brewing Company located at 378 Mt. Hope Ave. The taps open at 4pm and the film will play at 8pm.
Admission is free but, there will be a suggested donation and Limited Edition DVD Pre-sales. So come on out to Rochester and enjoy good friends, good beer, and a great film with us. You will be able to stay updated by joining the event on Facebook at one of the following links.
January 2: https://www.facebook.com/events/556775837791056/
January 3: https://www.facebook.com/events/836233469767347/
We look forward to seeing you!
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