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The Michigan Independent Video Association is established to promote the growth of independent producers and videographers through advanced education and training, social relationships and networking, along with an advocacy of the values and effectiveness of video for our clients..

MIVA presents “MIVA Holiday/Christmas Bash 2009 at the Greektown Casino”. In keeping with the new direction MIVA is moving in, what better than to celebrate the holidays than at the fantabulous Greektown Casino in Detroit! Start making your plans to attend as this promises to be the best holiday party MIVA has ever [...]

Special Guest: Steve Zugelter of Studio+Z Films in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Thanks to the Epic Motion crew for taking some images to share from the meeting.
Once again, we started our meeting showing a couple of our members’ videos and giving some feedback on their work. Special thanks to David from Lightshine Productions who shared his very [...]

Steve Zugelter of Studio+Z Films in Cincinnati, Ohio will be sharing his recipe for concept films on November 4th. Learn how Steve has used the concept film to create his own market within his market and set himself apart in his hometown. Especially in today’s economy, its important to make the brides notice [...]

October 7th, we will be welcoming Matt Davis – owner of Lifestage Videography from North Carolina. Here’s what he says we can expect from what he’ll share with us that evening at Bastone’s in Royal Oak:
We believe there is a huge need to show creative professionals how to bring in more money by speaking [...]

MIVA member and vice president Ryan Koral of Epic Motion will be our featured presenter at the September meeting. Catch a sneak peek of this session which he will be sharing in Orlando at the WEVA Expo in mid-September. By the way, if you haven’t registered for the WEVA Expo, you can do [...]

August 2009 MIVA Recap Video from Lee Higginbottom on Vimeo.
Many thanks go to Wes from Wes Cardone Productions and Hyun & Adam from Two Penny Productions for sharing some of their recent work. They took part in a new portion of our MIVA meetings where they show an example of their work and MIVA [...]

Thanks to Ryan Koral for taking some pics and making a quick highlight montage at Animoto.
We had a great meeting last night at Bastone’s! The editor’s showdown was a duel between Jamie from Jamie Honce Productions, Rochester, and Alex from Fifth and Main, Bloomfield. Jamie and Alex did a great job using some of [...]

Our presenter for August 5th at 7pm has changed. We will be featuring MIVA President Ralph Cabildo and board member Matt Trubac of TruVision Studios. They will be discussing the importance of audio in our productions. Here are some of the things they will cover:
- Hooking up your wireless system for projection [...]

Hey guys and gals… the next MIVA meeting is going to be a good one, so don’t miss it… Here’s what’s on tap…
First off, John Zale from WEVA will be here to talk about all things WEVA. With the annual WEVA Expo coming up soon (September), he’ll have lots of great info to [...]