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Stephen Harrigan,
Stephen Harrigan
Most produced scripts today are based on source material -- books, comics and other sources consider...
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Most produced scripts today are based on source material -- books, comics and other sources considered by studios as "presold." This includes anything based on or inspired by a news story, magazine article, real-life event or any hot public topic. This panel discusses the wide range of source material and how to write an adaptation that sells.
Screenwriting
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Lorna Greenwood,
U.S. Risk Underwriters, Inc.
Will discuss why insurance quotes can take time & how you can help. I'll reveal why Work Comp is of...
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Will discuss why insurance quotes can take time & how you can help. I'll reveal why Work Comp is often required, as well as discuss an alternative & explain why it's valuable to everyone - & how an alternative can help save your budget! We'll review a sample contract.
Work-Related Concerns
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Christopher Holland,
Film Festival Secrets
Distribution and sales opportunities are limited, but there's more out there for short films than j...
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Distribution and sales opportunities are limited, but there's more out there for short films than just YouTube. Learn to make the most of festivals, the red flags that might keep you out, how to get away with breaking the rules, and what to do with that opus afterwards.
Career, Distribution, Film Festivals
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Carlos Corral,
MindWarp Entertainment LLC
The RED camera and its workflow are the perfect marriage between the Film world and the Digital worl...
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The RED camera and its workflow are the perfect marriage between the Film world and the Digital world. These days though, you need to think at the speed of thought, and the RED camera and workflow are opening so many new possibilities that one has to wonder if this is the new path for indie filmmakers.
Blogging, Business, Digital Filmmaking, Editing, Production
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Christopher Stelly,
Louisiana Economic Development
One of the major components missing at SXSW has been recognizing the importance that economic incent...
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One of the major components missing at SXSW has been recognizing the importance that economic incentives have for all types of production. Film has lead the charge; however, states are making movements towards incentivizing all sectors of Entertainment. Louisiana for example has incetnives designed to attract not only motion picture production, but also video game development; sound recording and even live or theatrical performances. While the panel is primarily composed of Louisiana economic development officials, we certainly can have a spectrum of other states at the table.
Business, Case Study, Economy, Entertainment Law, Government
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Martin Shapiro,
Night Owl Productions
Graphic novels are red hot in Hollywood now. With its combination of words and visuals in one attrac...
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Graphic novels are red hot in Hollywood now. With its combination of words and visuals in one attractive package, a comic book can be a great sales tool when pitching your project to studios. In this class, industry professionals will teach you how to make a graphic novel that will attract the attention of movie producers.
Content, Entrepreneurial, New Technology / Next Generation, Production, Screenwriting
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Jon Reiss,
Think Outside the Box Office
Independent filmmakers need to rethink many of the ways that they approach their film's production a...
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Independent filmmakers need to rethink many of the ways that they approach their film's production and distribution to give them the best opportunity to succeed in the overloaded media landscape. Included: Creating a Strategy. The need to start distribution and marketing as early as possible The call for a new crew position: Producer of Marketing and Distribution. Reclaiming Theatrical - The birth of the Live Event/Theatrical Release. Redefining Merchandise - How filmmakers have to think in terms of physical consumer products they create - DVDs only being one of them. The Digital Rights Minefield - How to maximize and protect TV/Cable and digital as they merge. The importance of Curatorship - both external and internal.
Marketing - Introduction to web marketing - audience cultivation - the interplay of crowdsourcing and audience. Integration of creativity and marketing - reclaiming multi platform for independents.
Distribution, Marketing / PR / Publicity, Monetization, Production
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Kevin Shah,
sabi pictures
Technology and radical creative collaboration has empowered the interdependent filmmaker to make ori...
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Technology and radical creative collaboration has empowered the interdependent filmmaker to make original, high-quality independent art films on a minimal budget. This panel will discuss how to manage and empower a creative team and a successful production on a shoe-string: creatively, practically, and spiritually. Also covered will be the ideal web 3.0 marketing materials one should create for the film’s release.
Acting, Digital Filmmaking, Marketing / PR / Publicity, New Technology / Next Generation, Production
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Steve Lambert,
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
Inside the Artists' Studio is a talkshow hosted by James Chimpton, a robotic monkey who gathers fact...
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Inside the Artists' Studio is a talkshow hosted by James Chimpton, a robotic monkey who gathers facts and formulates interview questions (a la Inside the Actors Studio) in real-time using the Internet. His attitude (which is usually adoring but confrontational) combined with the unpredictable gaffs caused by an Web-based brain result in a hilarious panel.
Comedy
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Virginia Kuhn,
Institute for Multimedia Literacy, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Brave New Educators combines research based visual arguments (student-created webtexts) piloted at U...
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Brave New Educators combines research based visual arguments (student-created webtexts) piloted at USC’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts, with activist filmmaking and progressive distribution model pioneered by Brave New Films (Rethinking Afghanistan) in order to educate and advance the conversation surrounding US presence in Afghanistan.
Digital Filmmaking, Documentary, Journalism, Online Video, Policy/Politics
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Erin Scherer,
The Film Panel Notetaker
Many filmmakers have a day job whether they want one or not. This panel will explore how to pursue ...
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Many filmmakers have a day job whether they want one or not. This panel will explore how to pursue your projects without having to quit your job or get fired. The panel will discuss funding your projects, working around your schedule, and negotiating time off when necessary.
Digital Filmmaking, Funding, Work-Related Concerns
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Phil Oppenheim,
Turner Broadcasting (TNT and tbs)
Major Hollywood studios mimic the aesthetics and marketing strategies of independents in trying to e...
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Major Hollywood studios mimic the aesthetics and marketing strategies of independents in trying to extend their reach among hipsters; Indies return the favor by adopting the narratives, casts, and glitz of the big guys. What happens when both extremes collide at the middle? Are both camps colluding to reduce “indie” to a mere style?
Business, Content, Distribution, Film Criticism, Film History
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Kathee Brewer,
YNOT Network LP
Porn stars seem to be "crossing over" into mainstream Hollywood in record numbers: Ron Jeremy stars ...
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Porn stars seem to be "crossing over" into mainstream Hollywood in record numbers: Ron Jeremy stars in a recently released indie horror flick; Sasha Grey appeared in "The Girlfriend;" a number of celebrated gay performers appeared in "Bruno." At the same time, both TV and the movies appear fascinated with the porn industry. Can porn and Hollywood be developmental vehicles for each other?
Acting, Career, Case Study, Content, Human Interest
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Jon Rubinstein,
Authentic Talent and Literary Management
This panel presents an alternative to the mercenary point of view shared by many young artists that ...
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This panel presents an alternative to the mercenary point of view shared by many young artists that leaves them feeling resigned and disappointed. We'll discuss how compassion, at the center of a career in directing, writing, or acting, gives any artist access to the most extraordinary career possible. What is compassion? How can it be present in an artist's work? What's the potential impact of work that's created from a place of compassion? What's wrong with just trying to make something that sells? What's the cost when an artist chooses to ignore compassion? Drawing on the works of great teachers, philosophers, poets, Buddhist writers, we'll be discussing this with at least one highly successful actor and director, and at least two other highly regarded industry professionals, and we'll show you how YOU can have a career beyond your wildest imagination.
Acting, Career, Human Interest, Work-Related Concerns
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Elena Paul,
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Panel presentation will cover the legal and business issues that affect individual artists working i...
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Panel presentation will cover the legal and business issues that affect individual artists working in film, music and interactive media. Topics covered will include: intellectual property; contract essentials and negotiation skills; for-profit corporations; band partnerships; considerations for documentary and fact based film projects; and internet, websites and blogs.
Branding, Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Marketing / PR / Publicity
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Michael Chaney,
Savannah College of Art and Design
Since the inception of cinema, artists and filmmakers have explored explosively challenging means of...
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Since the inception of cinema, artists and filmmakers have explored explosively challenging means of cinematic storytelling. This panel seeks to discover how the democratization of new production and distribution technologies can transcend novelty and present rewarding and enriching methods of storytelling and community building through viewer participation and interaction.
Community, Content, Digital Filmmaking, Distribution, New Technology / Next Generation
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Randi Zuckerberg,
Facebook
When Michael Jackson died, where were you?...on the web, that is. Social media tools are playing a...
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When Michael Jackson died, where were you?...on the web, that is. Social media tools are playing an incredibly powerful role in uniting people around the world in awareness, conversation and action around breaking news and global current events. We used to ask, “When you heard the news...where were you?” But now we’ll be asking, “When you heard the news, which social media site were you on? And who of your friends did you hear it from first?”
Blogging, Journalism, New Technology / Next Generation, Policy/Politics, Social Networks
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EdwardWhyman.com MUSTart.org,
MUSTart.org
FREEake Out.
Give and Take books with strangers.
Get more than you gave.
Make art out of books a...
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FREEake Out.
Give and Take books with strangers.
Get more than you gave.
Make art out of books and give them away.
Check our website for video clips of these events and how anyone can make their own activity.
We supply and give away hundreds of books and encourage the public to
make art from the books and then give them away to strangers.
This process is an artwork in itself and responds to the people, place
and materials/books we use.
DESCRIPTION
Take one free book, read/write/draw on it, give the book away as a free
art piece to a stranger. Its a great ice breaker and you will make
someone else's day. This is a collaborative artwork that is about the
process rather then the product and empowers everyone to create art and
selflessly give it away in so doing changing their behaviour and the way
they live for the better. Its subversive art and has existed in an
undercover way for a while now.
We are always developing new activities and are looking for a permanent
spaces to facilitate longer term projects too.
Video clips and images at MUSTart.org
Ed Whyman
Producer
07941924923
MUSTart.org
Comedy, Community, Packaging, Screenwriting, Workshop
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Jason Scott,
Bovine Ignition Systems
How do documentarians capture nerdy subcultures that are often considered unsocial? It can take a de...
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How do documentarians capture nerdy subcultures that are often considered unsocial? It can take a delicate balance to make these films compelling to a general audience while still celebrating their subjects. A panel of filmmakers (and a special guest or two) discuss the challenges and rewards of bringing untold triumphs of geekdom to light.
Branding, Comedy, Directing, Documentary, Human Interest
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Steven Beer,
Greenberg Traurig, LPP
In the age where the traditional filmmaking and distribution avenues are breaking down on a nearly d...
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In the age where the traditional filmmaking and distribution avenues are breaking down on a nearly daily basis, the artist has, for the first time, become completely empowered. No longer is the artist limited by the typical distribution avenues. Now the filmmaker can choose their own path for distribution, empowering them like never before. Producing in this new world simply requires reassessing the filmmaker's priorities.
Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Digital Filmmaking, New Technology / Next Generation
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RANDALL DARK,
Randall Dark Productions
There are many electronic ways to capture images. 2D or 3D. Some are disposable while others are ev...
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There are many electronic ways to capture images. 2D or 3D. Some are disposable while others are evergreen. What to use and why to use it for digital filmmaking will be answered in this presentation.
Digital Filmmaking
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Gabe Wardell,
Gabriel Wardell, Atlanta Film Festival
Let's have it out...once a for all. Some fests warrant (indeed have earned!) THE right to demand pr...
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Let's have it out...once a for all. Some fests warrant (indeed have earned!) THE right to demand premiere status. Others claim it or demand it, putting filmmakers in the unfortunate position of pulling, or having to choose. It's really just a stupid, and messy pissing match, and when it is all said and done, it's virtually meaningless. Now that fewer films are getting acquired at majors, what's the big deal?
Film Festivals
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Celia Maysles,
Corra FIlms
In 2008 I was on a very engaging panel about Fair Use because my film, Wild Blue Yonder, relies heav...
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In 2008 I was on a very engaging panel about Fair Use because my film, Wild Blue Yonder, relies heavily on it. It is still a huge issue for filmmakers, so if you do a repeat panel I would love to do it with my attorney who is a fair use specialist (has done fair use for DA Pennebaker and many others). She is incredibly knowledgeable.
Documentary, Entertainment Law
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Eric Slatkin,
Disposable Film Festival
In the last few years, with the accessibility of cheap video capture devices (webcams, cell phones, ...
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In the last few years, with the accessibility of cheap video capture devices (webcams, cell phones, pocket cams), the masses have now become videographers.
But in the last few years, we have begun to take the next step, becoming video editors -- using our footage to create cohesive narratives. This panel will discuss how this is changing how we document and remember our experiences, and the implications for our shared visual language.
Content, Digital Filmmaking, Mobile, New Technology / Next Generation, Online Video
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Parke Gregg,
Stuck On On
The RED camera brings huge creative possibilities to small and medium budgets as well as huge techni...
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The RED camera brings huge creative possibilities to small and medium budgets as well as huge technical issues that normally are solved by spending lots of money. This presentation will focus on the Post-production side of the RED. From on-set data management to color correction and mastering.
Digital Filmmaking, Documentary, Editing, New Technology / Next Generation
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Brian Newman,
Springboard Media
Get real numbers ($) on the reality of theatrical, DVD, VOD, digital and other distribution methods....
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Get real numbers ($) on the reality of theatrical, DVD, VOD, digital and other distribution methods. All speakers will be required to openly state real dollar numbers from experience. Learn what people are really making in the marketplace.
Business, Case Study, Distribution, Home Entertainment / DVD / VOD, Online Video
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Sharon Waxman,
The Wrap
This panel will engage in a lively conversation concerning the pros and cons of the various Producti...
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This panel will engage in a lively conversation concerning the pros and cons of the various Production and Filmmaking Tax Incentives offered by the states of Texas, New York, Michigan, New Mexico, Louisiana and California. The voices of Production Companies and Financiers will also be present.
Business
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Endgame Entertainment James D. Stern,
Ginsberg Libby
This year has seen a slew of documentaries that have fared well at the box office - THE COVE, EVERY ...
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This year has seen a slew of documentaries that have fared well at the box office - THE COVE, EVERY LITTLE STEP, EARTH, TYSON, the upcoming BY THE PEOPLE and SEPTEMBER ISSUE.
Business, Content, Directing, Distribution, Documentary
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Tara Wood,
THE GRID
The GRID is an interactive social network for the Entertainment Industry that takes the innumerable ...
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The GRID is an interactive social network for the Entertainment Industry that takes the innumerable moving parts of the production process and intricately weaves them together to create a manageable, understandable, and successful project.
The GRID is a forum for producers, directors, distributors, buyers, actors, musicians and artists to collaborate and organize their ideas.
The GRID serves as a platform upon which a community of shared vision is built.
The GRID is the future of entertainment.
Are you on the GRID?
Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Content Management, Digital Distribution, Social Networking, Web Apps / Widgets
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Chuck Tryon,
Fayetteville State University
This presentation will examine the transformations in film reception in the age of social media as a...
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This presentation will examine the transformations in film reception in the age of social media as audiences become participants in public conversations about movies. These conversations are shaped by the social structures of the film blogosphere and have bewildering implications for film workers, particularly indie filmmakers who strongly benefit from strong word-of-mouth and professional film critics who see their roles in facilitating conversations about movies transformed by readers prepared to talk back in a variety of formats, including blogs, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 tools.
Blogging, Delivery, Film Criticism, Policy/Politics, Social Networks
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