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  The 2011 MIVA Film Festival is over, an we had a great night! MIVA provided pizza & pop, Epic Motion let us use their building as a meeting space, Mandel Video supplied the popcorn, and a few generous members brought some beverages of the adult variety. We saw 14 works by about 10 different studios and [...]

Four categories are open for submissions in our annual MIVA Film Festival this year. Only current, paid-to-date MIVA members will be allowed to submit entries. Each MIVA member has the privilege to submit up to, but no more than two entries. These two entries may be in the same category or in any two that [...]

Adam Forgione of Pennylane Productions will Skype with us from his studio in New York. The discussion will be on short-form wedding films. This growing trend is allowing wedding film companies to produce upscale films for their client, and the truth is the client is looking for short-form. Adam will answer questions and offer advice for anyone [...]

January 5th – Top 10 Ways Your Website is Killing Your Business {Alan Berg from The Knot} February 2nd – *CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD* – Adobe CS5 Presentation {Terry White from Adobe} March 2nd – Adobe CS5 Presentation {Terry White from Adobe} April 6th – {David Perry from David Perry Films} May 4th – {Jet [...]

On Thursday, May 6th, join Ann Arbor wedding and event photographer Aruna B and a model couple as she will be leading a hands-on workshop in downtown Royal Oak in the “art of posing”. We will be meeting at 4:30pm at Studio 628 – home of Epic Motion (628 E. Parent Ave., Royal Oak, MI) [...]

February 3 – Eliminate Your Backlog w/ Chris Jones from InFocus and Mason Jar Films March 3: The Art of Evolution w/ Ron Dawson of Dare Dreamer Media April 7: Why Wedding Coordinators ROCK w/ Lindsey Nartker and Laura Davis May 5: Photographer Spotlight & The Art of Posing w/ Aruna B. May 6: The [...]

CeCe and Trevor, 4 of 10 from Chris P. Jones on Vimeo. Chris Jones hails from Austin, Texas and is owner of Mason Jar Films and one of the co-founders of IN[FOCUS]. Time to get IN[TENSE] and eliminate your backlog – IN[FOCUS] and MIVA present IN[FOCUS] co-founder Chris P. Jones as he shares with you [...]

CeCe and Trevor, 4 of 10 from Chris P. Jones on Vimeo. Chris Jones hails from Austin, Texas and is owner of Mason Jar Films and one of the co-founders of IN[FOCUS]. Time to get IN[TENSE] and eliminate your backlog – IN[FOCUS] and MIVA present IN[FOCUS] co-founder Chris P. Jones as he shares with you [...]

The votes are in! We had a great time at the Main Art Theater on May 6th for the MIVA Spring Film Festival. 15 area studios submitted wedding related films for the contest. A number of different styles were presented such as: the classical and traditional; cutting edge and contemporary; and, even concept and parody [...]

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