Creative Master Series: New Techniques for All Screens
The Creative Master Series brings together key players in the motion picture, TV, advertising and online communities to shine a light on the craftsmanship of content. Join award-winning directors, producers and showrunners; key creative crew and artists; and studio and network production and post-production executives for a deep dive into the content creation process. From story, to sound and picture, from preproduction, through post, learn about the latest trends and challenges and gain insight into how leading filmmakers use new tools and techniques to produce today’s most innovative entertainment.
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KEYNOTE: Mason Unplugged
New York Festivals’ Lifetime Achievement recipient ESPN’s Geoffrey Mason sits down for an extensive free-wheeling conversation. As one of sports television’s most accomplished executives with more than 40 years of domestic and international production experience, Mason is the consummate freelancer.
Produced in partnership with New York Festivals
MARQUEE SESSION: “The Walking Dead”: Creating a Thinking Person’s Zombie Drama
Frightening, fun and upsetting, “The Walking Dead” is a melding of horror, pop and high drama. How do the filmmakers satisfy fans seeking a weekly jolt of intensity, yet sustain a thrill ride throughout the season? How do they transform the comic books into narratives with cinematic character arcs? How do they use cinematography, practical and visual effects, music and editing to build tension and produce maximum payoff?
Speakers: Dave Alpert, Executive Producer; Gale Anne Hurd, Executive Producer; Robert Kirkman, Executive Producer and Writer; and Glen Mazzara, Showrunner, Writer, “The Walking Dead”
Creating Cross-Platform Content: An Inside Look at Integrated Advertising Production
While content produced for broadcast commercials is increasingly living on marketers’ Web sites, the linear environment of TV remains vastly different from the interactive world of computers, mobile devices and tablets.
Produced in partnership with SourceEcreative
Speakers: Dustin Callif, Tool of North America; Matthew Cullen, Mirada; Nick Felder, The Coca-Cola Company; Anthony Vagnoni, SourceEcreative
100% Indie: Who Needs a Green Light?
Why wait years for a studio green light when it is possible to create and distribute your own movie on a shoestring budget?Join three accomplished indie filmmakers who responded to that question by taking the entire filmmaking process—the business, artistry and technology—into their own hands for 100% independence.
Produced in partnership with Film Independent
Speakers: Evan Glodell, “Bellflower”; Nick Lewis, “Rise and Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story”; Mark Polish, “For Lovers Only,” “Twin Falls Idaho”
Editing Collaboratively in the New World of Postproduction
Join several top editors as they examine the impact of team editing on everything from the first cut, to character and story development, from technology selection—both PC and cloud-based—to workflows.
Produced in partnership with A.C.E.
Speakers: Hunter Via, A.C.E., Editor, “Sons of Anarchy,” “The Shield”; Torbin Bullock, A.C.E., Editor “Cars,” “Mater’s Tall Tales” Cartoons
Creative Collaboration: How Cinematographers Work with Feature Directors and TV Showrunners
No creative pairing is more important than that of the cinematographer with the director or showrunner. Together they design the look and feel of the imagery that tells the story, but how they collaborate varies with the medium.
Produced in partnership with ICG
On-set Workflows for Features and Television
Dailies and color correction are moving onto or nearer the set and critical decisions that impact the final look and feel of the footage are being made earlier in the process.
Speakers: Pankaj Bajpai, “Justified”, “Revenge”; Curtis Clark, ASC, “Valley of Fire”, “The Arrival”; Micheal Cioni, Light Iron Digital, “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Criminal Minds”; Debra Kaufman, Creative COW
Producing Live Event TV with ABC
Learn how the executive producers and creative executives at ABC develop appointment television by working with department heads to design a distinctive look and sound and by shaping the vision with the presenters and talent.
Sound For Picture, Feature Film Case Study
From concept to final mix, learn how a team of leading sound artisans worked with the director to shape the film’s aural vision and immerse the audience in the characters’ cognitive experiences.
Produced in partnership with MPSE
Storytelling Inside the Box
With the contraction of funding for independent feature production and evolution of TV into adventurous subject matter, indie directors are turning their sights toward TV content.
Produced in partnership with Film Independent
Visual Effects & Animation: 21st Century Women Pursuing their Passion
It is said we live in a man’s world… and many believe there’s a “digital ceiling” for women in today’s entertainment industry. Come hear from some of the most talented and successful women who are true A-listers in visual effects and animation.
Produced in partnership with VES
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