Hello fellow Rochester filmmakers. I thought I would give some updates on the progress of RMM in my first few weeks as Chair. So far we've vetted out our potentially new direction with RMM. I don't want to reveal too many specific details as there are still legal and political hurdles to overcome, but things are moving in a very positive direction.
I'm meeting with the President of RCTV this evening to discuss our continued strategic partnership there and I'm very excited about new ventures we are discussing for 2016. Also, I'm meeting with an old friend, the President of Rochester Audio Visual Association (myrava.com) to discuss how we can work together as well.
I think the more the many great film enthusiasts and professionals of Rochester that can come together the stronger our force of momentum will be in really bolstering production locally.
On a side note, the organizers of Fast Forward Film Festival have reached out to start the planning process for the festival in spring of 2016. RMM was an avid supporter earlier this year and I have made the commitment to do so again next. More to come on that front as the planning stages unfold.
In regards to RMM and it's forward strategy the Board and I have unanimously agreed we need more focused educational materials to offer our members. To that end, we've decided to launch a quarterly topic series campaigns where we focus on a deep dive into a specific stage of or discipline related to creating films, starting with arguably the most important part: Pre-Production.
We're going to spend the next 3 months building and designing educational content regarding Pre-production and use our general meetings to present the materials and talk to their use. Along with this we have confirmed that Nick DiBella - Rochester based Producer and Filmmaker, will be our November speaker and is excited to discuss his wisdom on the topic as well. These materials will be immediately available as we complete them and put into a new specially categorized content area we are developing. Look for them soon (www.rochestermoviemakers.org)
This up coming meeting we will start with a 101 overview of what a standard pre-production process looks like and then dive deeper during the next two months meetings. The idea being that each 3 month period will be a book-ended series of content that should help new and amateur filmmakers get a better understanding of all the required steps in developing and planning a project prior to the first scheduled shoots. We will even touch on subjects of funding, planning for distribution and some other business related pieces of producing films.
I'm excited for this series as proper development and pre-production are so commonly overlooked for smaller projects and frankly mean the difference between a high quality end product and just another film to show your friends. after all, aren't we all trying to get better? Until next post - hope you see you at our next meetings!
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