Rochester Movie Makers Meeting Notes From August 2008
Here is what we talked about at Thursdays Rochester Movie Makers Meeting 8/28/08:
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Elected Mike Boas Secretary of Rochester Movie Makers.
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Rochester Movie Makers Summer Video Challenge Viewing has been moved to October or November to allow all the Team Captains time to finish their work. Post can take a long time to be done right.
Status of Teams:
Dave Conley and Derrick Petrush showed a trailer of their short film, It All Comes Out in the Wash. They have completed shooting and are working on post.
Mike Russo (wishfishproductions@gmail.com) and Derrick Petrush are working on 1 Kill. Some shooting is still to be done.
Kevin Graham has finished shooting For Whom the Phone Rings and is working on post. They plan on finishing this month.
Johannes Bockwoldt A Tender Kiss is postponing shooting this weekend and looking for a better location.
Stan Main and Devon Gilbert are rehearsing with cast and crew this weekend for a shoot 9/5-7.
Reuben Tapp is casting for Getting to Know My Monster.
For more information on how you can contact a RMM Team Captain and become involved see the RMM forum (your log in and password reset option is at the end of this email). The post is entitled: Rochester Movie Makers Summer Video Challenge Update 8-22-08
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Matt Ehlers talked about his feature Smoking Laws. There are a series of showings of Smoking Laws next week, Sept 7-10 at the Abilene Bar and Lounge (outside on the patio)153 Liberty Pole Way. The movie has gotten great reviews. Its $5 in advance and only $7 at the door. For more information go to www.smokinglawsmovie.com
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Copies of the two Rochester Movie Makers audition DVDs with 23 actors in the Rochester area are available for sale. They come with a contact list and can be purchased by writing to stan@rochestermoviemakers.org. The charge is $20 for both DVDs for non members and $5 for paid voting members of RMM. Make checks payable to Rochester Movie Makers.
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The voting members present at the August RMM meeting voted unanimously to donate $150 to the Brighton Library which has housed us without charge for over a year.
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In addition to the trailer for It All Comes Out in the Wash we saw videos from Sean Downey (a trailer from his soon to be feature) and a wonderful documentary on the Japanese conflict with China during WWII from Adrian Esposito.
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The next RMM Executive Committee meeting is 9/11 at 6pm Spot Coffee Downtown, second floor. The Executive Committee has an elected opening for Treasurer and at least 2 at large positions open for interested persons who would like to make Rochester Movie Makers a strong organization by volunteering to attend another short meeting each month (usually an hour) and an hour or so a week (4 hours a month) working on projects. For more information, write to stan@rochestermoviemakers.org.
A reminder you can always log on from any computer to www.rochestermoviemakers.org and read all archived emails under "archive."
The next RMM Membership meetings at Brighton Library are scheduled 9/25/08 and 10/23/08. Membership meetings start at 6:30pm. 2300 Elmwood Ave.
Stan Main
Chairperson
Rochester Movie Makers
585-218-0645
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