West Michigan Film Office - 02/24/2012 via @rickhert

In the News General Motors Company : GM Vehicles Help Make Movie Magic The Great Lakes State passes five-year incentive program - Photomart University Filmmakers Hopeful Despite Movie Cap - Fox Detroit     GR Firm goes global Shellenberg and Evers - GR Accounting firm consults with Alaska Film Incentives The Grand Rapids, Michigan CPA firm of Schellenberg & Evers is completing a consulting engagement to formulate, design and implement a set of agreed upon procedures to administer the Alaska film credit program. These comprehensive mandatory procedures will clarify and streamline the processing of film credits for Alaska. It included putting on a training seminar for Alaska CPAs in January. Part of the process consists of standardized coding that will track expenses from entry to verification by the CPA directly to the final Alaska reporting forms. The firm hopes to share this process with other incentive states and countries. Schellenberg & Evers has worked on over 40 film credits to date.   Michigan Film Office Advisory Council Meeting The Michigan Film Office Advisory Council will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2012 at the Uptown Palladium 12, 3rd Floor Theater 8, 250 N. Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham MI 48009.  The meeting witll be in conjuction with the UptownFilm Festival.   Check out the Michigan Film Award being presented at the Uptown Film Festival for best films made in Michigan.  Uptown Film Festival List your location At the West Michigan Film Office and the State film office we hear from businesses and individuals who have great locations they think would be great as the backdrop for a movie.  We encourgage you to post photos on line with the state, as we use the state photo database when searching for suitable locations.  The state uses a system called Reel Scout that is easy to post photos and information.   Follow this link and help expand our photo library.    Enter your photos here. PS. We heard from a student film this week who was trying to get the look of a spaceship for their upcoming senior project.  We used that discription in the photo database and came up with the entry tubes at Cobo Hall in Detroit.   WMFO Newsletter 02/24/2012 Newsletter by WMFVA - The Only peer-reviewed production database in West Michigan. Newsletter by About Us Let's get to work. Here in West Michigan, we have a reputation (well-earned) for quality and fine craftsmanship. That reputation is joined to a Midwestern, no-nonsense work ethic. For more than a hundred years, we earned our living with our hands; furniture, paper, clocks and cars and make them beautiful     Advertise Here! This newsletter reaches out to over 2100 people weekly.  Our readership is a mix of industry professionals, crew members, media and film vendors.  Call Rick Hert at 616-260-2322 or email rick@wmfilm.org to find out how to get your message or web-link into this e-newsletter.    Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 West Michigan Film Office, All rights reserved. You are receiving this message because you have expressed an interest in receiving information from the West Michigan Film Office. Our mailing address is: West Michigan Film Office 741 Kenmoor Ave. Suite E Grand Rapids, MI 49546