Welcome to the West Michigan Film Video Alliance!

• WMFVA Board Officers Announced 2012

  

  New officers of the WMFVA Board of Directors were elected at the first official business meeting after election of new trustees: Deb Havens, founding chair, had announced her retirement from the leadership position earlier. She nominated former Vice-chair Glen Okonoski to the chair position, calling Okonoski "a great blend of leadership skill, passion, and vision." Havens will finish her term on the board this year serving in the transition as past president.

  Okonoski assumed chair responsibilities immediately, leading the board through the remaining election of officers: Michael Betz and Melissa Peraino were elected to return to their respective positions as Treasurer and Secretary. Liz Merriman and Gabriel Del Castillo were appointed to the Marketing Committee; Dawn Butler will manage Membership; Darius Mathis and Leland Wyrick continue to serve on the Events Committee.  Jeffrey Ott serves as the board's legal counsel. The WMFVA website continues to be managed by WMFVA co-founder Chuck Peterson. For board member photos and bios, please go to the "About WMFVA"  tab and select "contacts."

• WMFVA 2012 Calendar of Events

  

  The WMFVA Events Team announced the 2012 events calendar, all FREE to WMFVA members. If you have a suggestion for a speaker or an event please contact Darius Mathis, or Leland Wyrick. Find their contact info on this site under "About WMFVA" > "Contacts." Watch for details of time and location to be announced here and on the listserve.

  January 27  Annual Membership Party, 6:30pm - 11pm, Lincoln Lanes

  February 22  Producer Showcase - Award Winning Films of Anthony Griffin (see "events" for line up)

  March 28 Table Read - WM Scriptwriters and Actors

  April 18 Business of Doing Business - Round Table - Michigan's new film/digital tech incentives

  May 23 Lighting and Make up for Interviews

  June 27 4 Wall - Shorts

  July 25  Managing Location Shoots - On-site Power, Permissions, Shot Breakdowns, and the Big ETC.

  August 22 Production Community Picnic

  September 26  Producer Showcase - Shorts

  October 24  Fix it in POST!?! The Editor's Casebook

  November 28 Audio and Video Acquisitions

• Editing Your STARMAP Profile

  Whether you have signed on as a WMFVA Member or you have registered for a "Non-member" listing, you still need to take on the added step of editing your profile.  If you don't take this step, you will not be found in any STARMAP searches.  It's not difficult.  But for those who would like to see an overview of the process of editing your profile, we've created a video tour of all the features you can enable to make yourself stand out.  It's 8 and a half minutes long.  If you want to watch the video in a higher resolution, click on the VIMEO link and expand to full screen.

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Coming Up

Lighting and Make up for Interviews

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 6:30pm doors / 7 pm program
Wealthy Theatre Koning Micro-Cinema (map)

Join us for networking before the program. Free Concessions WMFVA Members

WMFVA Members FREE / public $5

Waterfront Film Festival

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The fabulous Waterfront Film Festival returns from June 14 - 17, 2012 in beautiful Saugatuck, MI. Check the link below for schedules, tickets, and other details.

www.waterfrontfilm.org

4 Wall Shorts

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 6:30 pm doors / 7pm program
Wealthy Theatre Koning Micro-Cinema (map)

A collection of shorts from area filmmakers. To participate, contact Darius Mathis for guidelines. Join us for networking before the program. Free Concessions WMFVA Members.

Email for more information.

See our complete calendar of events.