Media Brand Workshop Conversations & New Media Film Festival
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing great!
In this email you’ll find information about:
1) Upcoming Media Brand Workshop
Conversation Guests Weds. 9/1 with
Jay Maharjan & Sat. 9/4 with Alexis Niki
2) Live In-Person Screenwriting Career
Workshop on Weds. 9/8 at ShowBiz Store
& Cafe – No Cost!
3) MP3s from Recent Media Brand Workshop
Conversation Guests plus “Engaging Your
Audience From the Get-Go” Presentation by
Colleen Nystedt of Movieset.com
4) Information about New Media Film Festival
and the upcoming
New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area, Nov 5 – 7th.
5) Film & Content Submission Opportunities
for New Media Film Festival &
New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area
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1) Upcoming Media Brand Workshop
Conversation Guests Wednesday 9/1
with Jay Maharjan & Saturday 9/4
with Alexis Niki
We’ve gotten a terrific response
from our Media Brand Workshop
Conversations and an exciting line-up
of guests scheduled for this Fall.
We’ve got two calls this week on
Wednesday at 5:30PM PT and on
Saturday at 10AM PT.
Join us Wednesday, September 1st
5:30 PM PT / 7:30PM CT / 8:30PM ET
Our Q&A is with Jay Marahjan of
4Entrepreneur.net on social media
and success secrets for the creative
artist as entrepreneur.
Register & ask your questions
at: bit.ly/bf4ljQ
Join us Saturday, September 4th
10AM PT / 12PM CT / 1PM ET
Our Q&A is with Alexis Niki,
Writer/Producer of MY BITCHY WITCHY
PARIS VACATION on creating
and marketing web series.
Register & ask your questions
at: bit.ly/aB2XIo
2) Live In-Person Screenwriting Career
Workshop on Weds. 9/8 at ShowBiz Store
& Cafe – No Cost!
Wednesday, September 8
I will be presenting a live
in-person event in LA:
Screenwriting Career Workshop
at the ShowBiz Store & Cafe
at 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
We start at 7PM.
It will be a lot of fun!
RSVP: philippa@screenwritingcareer.com
3) MP3s of Media Brand Workshop Conversations
plus “Engaging Your Audience From the Get-Go”
Presentation by Colleen Nystedt of
Movieset.com
Here are some of the MP3s and supplemental
materials from recent calls:
Ralph Scott aka Ed It of
Credit the Edit
www.credittheedit.com
Download MP3: http://bit.ly/bwbuZg
Colleen Nystedt, CEO of Movieset.com
www.movieset.com
Presentation for “Engage Your Audience
from the Get-Go”: http://bit.ly/bwbuZg
Download MP3: http://bit.ly/bJYf9h
Request Professional Invite: http://bit.ly/d5O3OC
Steve Kaplan, Comedy Guru
and Facilitator of
Steve Kaplan Comedy Intensive
www.kaplancomedy.com
Download MP3: http://bit.ly/aPcWEY
Susan Johnston, Founder/Director
New Media Film Festival
www.newmediafilmfestival.com
Download MP3: http://bit.ly/9Q2cZx
4) Information about New Media Film Festival
New Media Film Festival features
The Best in New Media: What’s New. What’s Next.
The festival has its premiere event in June 2010
at the LA Downtown Independent Theater.
You can get more information at
www.newmediafilmfestival.com
Submissions are now being accepted for
November 2010 and May 2011 at
www.newmediasubmissions.com
Download 2010 Program Guide:
http://bit.ly/9chyLz
Link with New Media Film Festival
On Facebook and On Linked In at:
New Media Film Festival
On Twitter Follow at:
@newmediaff and @nmfilmfest_sf
The New Media Film Festival is an
annual event that takes place in Los Angeles.
But there is more…Throughout the year they
are producing additional events and partnering
with other organizations to keep the
conversation going and continue
“Honoring Stories Worth Telling…”
Sept. 26th – Manhattan Shorts
Join in this event in conjunction with
Showbiz Software and MingleMediaTV. Screening
to be held at KessPro Studios in Downtown LA.
Nov. 5 – 7 – New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area
This is the event that we’re producing!
We’ve got great partners and judges in the
mix and are currently bringing in more speakers
and sponsors. For more information email:
philippa@newmediafilmfestival.com
Volunteer Opportunities – As with any festival it
is only possible with the participation of many
people who lend their time and talents to make
it all possible. If you are interested in
volunteering in advance of any of our events
or at the event please email Susan Johnston
at director@newmediafilmfestival.com.
For more information about the SF Bay Area
event email philippa@newmediafilmfestival.com
5) Film & Content Submission Opportunities
Nov 5th – 7th – New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area
brings together industry professionals and
content creators from across film, tv, games,
publishing, web, mobile and technology for
screenings, panels, demos and networking mixers.
Judges include ILM, Pixar, Summit Entertainment,
Creative Convergence and UTA.
Learn more at: www.newmediafilmfestival.com.
New Media Film Festival accepts mobile, web,
webseries, shorts, animation, iapps and film
& documentaries shot on RED, 5d/7d or in 3D.
There is also a special theme category prize
for SRC (Socially Responsible Content) that is
about anything that has a social responsible
element to it in either in the story or its
production.
All media submissions are now being accepted
for the May 2011 Los Angeles event. Submissions
for SF Bay Area are being accepted through
September 30th but as this is a satellite event
submissions are limited to content with SF Bay Area
cast, crew, location, theme or reference.
Use coupon code NM254 for $5 discount on each
entry.
Some of our many supporters, speakers
and sponsors for the
New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area include:
Producers Guild of America
NATPE
IAWTV
San Francisco Writers Conference
SF Film Commission
SF Film Society
ILM
Pixar
Summit Entertainment
Creative Convergence
UTA
Babelgum
Motorola
IndieGoGo
CableReady
Movieset.com
Sell Your Concept Now
LATVFest
Credit the Edit
Media Brand Workshop
Screenwriting Career Intensive
Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive
MingleMediaTV
BlogTalkRadio/Sumatra
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Wishing you a very successful Fall 2010.
To your success,
Philippa
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Invite to 8/25 Call – Q&A with Ralph Scott of Credit the Edit
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.
I am writing to invite you to our next
Q&A Call this Wednesday 8/25 at
5:30PM PT / 7:30PM CT / 8:30PM ET
Our guest is Ralph Scott aka Ed It
of Credit the Edit
We’ll be discussing how to take your
manuscript or book proposal from
good (or possibly quite bland) to
whiz, bang, wow — great!
Register at: http://bit.ly/bf4ljQ
And if you missed our last call
with Colleen Nystedt of Movieset.com
we had a great chat about movie
promotion. We also talked about what
Movieset.com offers to filmmakers
as a free resource to build their
fan base during production.
Listen to the Mp3: bit.ly/bJYf9h
Request Professional Invite: bit.ly/d5O3OC
View Presentation: bit.ly/a1dTys
Our upcoming schedule of call includes:
Jay Maharjan of 4Entrepreneur.net
Alexis Niki, Writer/Producer of
“My Bitch Witchy Paris Vacation”
Mark Simon of Sell Your Concept Now
Marc Zicree of SuperMentors
…and more!!!
To your success,
Philippa
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Weds 8/18 Call – Filmmaker Marketing with Movieset.com
Hi Everyone,
I hope you are well.
We’ve got another great guest this Wednesday, 8/18
5:30PM PT / 7:30PM CT / 8:30PM ET
Join us as I interview:
Colleen Nystedt of MovieSet.com
Movieset.com is an amazing resource (at absolutely no cost)
for filmmakers that supports their marketing and
promotion while the film is still in production.
It’s a great tool and I am excited to spread the world.
Colleen Nystedt is also an accomplished producer and
seasoned industry pro working in both Vancouver and Los Angeles.
She’s got great stories to share and insight to provide about the business.
At 5:30PM PT
Dial In: 712-432-3900
Bridge: 884622#
If you have a question you’d like to ask then definitely sign up at:
www.creativecvg.com/Home/Conversations.aspx
Type in your question so that we can be sure to address it on the call.
See you on the line!
Plus we’ve got a whole line up of great upcoming guests through the Fall.
This include industry professionals from:
Credit the Edit
4Entrepreneur.net
My Bitchy Witchy Paris Vacation
The Simpsons
SuperMentors
Sell Your Concept Now
We’ll also have five intimate meet-n-greet calls with
5 agent/managers for those participating in my
upcoming Screenwriting Career Intensive. You can
learn more about this at www.screenwritingcareer.com.
There is special pricing through the end of the week and
after that it will be sold through The Showbiz Store — so it
will not be this deeply discounted ever again.
I look forward to having you join us.
To your success,
Philippa
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This Wednesday – Teleconference with Comedy Guru Steve Kaplan
Hello Everybody,
I hope all is well! I am very excited to let you know
that our call with Comedy Guru Steve Kaplan is
tomorrow Wednesday 8/11 at 5:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET.
If you are interested in learning more about how to
apply comedy in your writing, acting, or just in
everyday life – this is THE GUY! Don’t miss out!
Register for this call at: bit.ly/bf4ljQ
Dial In: 712-432-3900
Bridge: 884622#
Hope you can join us and feel free to spread
the word!
To your success,
Philippa
P.S. We’re also having a Screenwriting Career Q&A this
Saturday, 8/14 at 10am PT / 1pm ET — that you can
register for at: bit.ly/c1ZNxZ
Summer & Fall Roundup – Events & Opportunities
Hi Everyone,
It’s August! Hope you are having a terrific summer (or winter) as the case may be for those Down Under.
Creative Convergence just celebrated its 6th anniversary! We incorporated in July 2004 when the company evolved from its original incarnation as the management company Mason Burgess Lifschultz. I co-founded that company in the 1999, so I’ve got 10 years in as an entrepreneur.
What’s really struck me lately is that I have been working in entertainment & media for 20 years now. I got my first internship with The Paltrow Group, Gwenyth’s dad Bruce Paltrow, when I was 15 in NYC in the summer of 1990. I also worked as a PA on an ABC Afterschool Special that summer and I remember seeing my first credit on TV when it aired that Fall.
I went from NYC to USC to ICM and then into management. As the business and technology evolved, so did my interests. I am someone who loves to learn and share. I am always interested in solving marketing and creative challenges and bringing people together. Along the way I found a passion for events, technology, and business consulting, and this was important because I loved to help people and the tasks presented to me were much more complex and well outside the scope of traditional management services.
I also found a love for teaching as when it was management, we couldn’t take them on as clients without them having something that was market ready with a real understanding of industry, its history, the game and how to play it. In reality a lot of writers are really looking for support, direction and some new insights about how to best approach the business while still in the developmental stage and these courses offered that in spades. This also got me in and out while providing great value without the serious long term and ongoing commitment that is part of a management relationship.
I now see myself as an entertainment professional having personally jettisoned the identity of a literary manager that I’d held for five years after I’d left ICM before and Creative Convergence was founded. The whole name implied that we wanted to support that management was part of the company’s role, but that we had a larger vision of what we wanted to do in the entertainment space.
To be clear, we do represent clients and all representation inquiries, should be directed to Brad Kushner at query@creativecvg.com. Or as I recommend to all writers, get someone we know to make the call on your behalf. Professionals always listen when if comes from someone they know at an agency, production company or coverage service such as ScriptPipeline, ScriptShark or Coverage Ink.
As the technology has expanded to allow more people into the system, so have our need to have things filtered. The good news is that there are great, low cost and reputable services to do that while protecting the interest of the writer. We know that when writers and projects are really ready for market they always get “discovered”.
These types of services are just some of the hundreds of things we’ve seen change over the past ten years in business and technology as we’ve moved from in-person meetings and hard-wired phones to email, web, smartphones, social media, online marketing and digital technologies. We’ve watched, and are still watching the film, tv, publishing, media and tech industries transform with old business models and opportunities falling away and new ones emerging.
Any ideas about selling to Hollywood that is written in a book published five years ago is well outdated. It’s been my personal crusade to help bridge that knowledge gap — so that writers and content creators are operating with 21st century information and tools. I also believe that it is important for writers to think of themselves as content creators and make their own inroads into film, tv, publishing and media while seeing them as entirely separate businesses and cultures.
This past year we’ve been fortunate to have a lot of clients and projects that we’re very excited about, many that fit our passion for cross-platform and working with new technologies. We have more then a few things still under wraps that we’ll look forward to sharing as they progress.
We’ve also been active on the conference scene and with our teleseminar courses. I know many of you get our newsletters have connected with us this year through our regular course of business and at NATPE, San Francisco Writers Conference, FTX, The Cable Show, New Media Film Festival, Great American Pitchfest, PitchMart, Produced By Conference, UCLA Vision Awards, LATVFest, LA Shorts Fest, Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive and in my Screenwriting Career Intensive and my weekly Media Brand & Marketing Workshop.
One of our bigger projects for Fall 2010 is producing the New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area Nov 5 – 7. We’re really excited about bringing together industry professionals and content creators across film, tv, publishing, games, web, mobile and technology to honor stories worth telling and look at what’s new and what’s next. Follow on Twitter @nmfilmfest_sf and on Facebook and LinkedIn at New Media Film Festival.
One of the projects that recently came out of my Signature Story Media Brand & Marketing Workshop is writer/producer Alexis Niki’s web series “My Bitchy Witch Paris Vacation.” This series will be coming out this Fall and in addition to being a Consulting Producer on the project I am looking forward to being on the marketing team. Follow on Twitter @bwthefilm and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MBWPV
Here’s what Alexis Niki says about the Workshop:
“When I decided to produce my own web series, I brought the project into Philippa’s mentorship workshop. Thanks to Philippa, I’m in the wonderful position of having producers and distributors seeking me for possible collaborations –and the series has yet to launch! While so many talk about ‘thinking outside the box,’ Philippa actually does it. She sees connections and possibilities where others raise their hands in despair, and she’s not afraid to reach across branches of the industry to create fruitful and mutually-satisfying opportunities. I’m inspired by her generosity, her intelligence, her energy, and how she never shies away from a learning curve. If you have the opportunity to include Philippa on your team, grab it!”
Another thing to look out for is that we’re expanding our Media Brand & Marketing Workshop industry guest interview calls and we’ve got some great ones coming up I’ve also got a Screenwriting Career Q&A in the mix in advance of my upcoming Fall Workshop.
Wednesday Calls are at 5:30PM PT
Saturday Calls are at 10AM PT.
Wednesday, August 11 – Steve Kaplan – Comedy Teacher Extraordinaire
Saturday, August 14, Q&A on Screenwriting Career
Wednesday, August 18 – Colleen Nystedt – Movieset.com
Wednesday, August 25 – Ed It (aka Ralph Scott) – Credit the Edit
Wednesday, September 1 – Jay Maharjan – 4Entrepreneur.net
Saturday, September 4 – Alexis Niki – Writer/Producer “My Bitchy Witchy Paris Vacation”
Wednesday, September 15 – Rick Polizzi, Producer on The Simpsons
You can stay posted on this and more about the Workshop and our Industy Guest Interviews
Follow us on Twitter @yourmediabrand and on Facebook at Philippa Burgess’ Your Media Brand Mentor
We meet every Monday night at 5:30PM PT and on Thursdays at 4PM PT.
Learn more at www.yourmediabrandmentor.com So as you can see there’s got quite a bit going on this Fall & Winter. I want to share it will you now so that you can get it into your calender.
Our friend Pilar Allesandra (check out her great podcasts at www.onthepage.tv) is having her book signing for The Coffee Break Screenwriter at the Writer Store’s new location in Burbank
Thursday – September 2nd Wednesday, September 8 – Live Event Screenwriting Career Q&A and Mixer in Los Angeles at The ShowBiz Store & Cafe at 7:30PM 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Brentwood near Getty Musuem
If you’re in LA come out and join us. Mixer starts around 8PM. Tuesday, September 21 – October 20 Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 5:30 – 8:30PM PT of Lecture plus Q&A Screenwriting Career Intensive 8 Teleseminar Sessions, PDFs, MP3s, and More Super Summer Special only $97 for this entire course before August 15th at www.screenwritingcareer.com
This class sums up what I’ve learned about screenwriting career success from over 10 year (actually 20!) in the business and is a course that Chris Soth recommends to all of his mentees! Follow @scriptcareer Facebook Philippa Burgess Screenwriting Career Intensive
Tuesday – Friday, October 5 – 8 CTIA Wireless in San Francisco We’ll be joining our friends from Producers Guild of America, New Media Counsel for Mobile
Friday, October 8 – 10 Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles www.screenwritingexpo.com Last year several I brought several of the participants from my Screenwriting Career Intensive attending Expo to an after party at Shane Black’s house! I also go to this event to support our friends from ScriptPipeline, ScriptShark, Script Magazine, Final Draft, Writers Store, Great American Pitchfest, Pilar Allesandra, ScriptCoach, Steve Kaplan, Julie Gray & Danny Manus among others… If you love comedy – don’t miss Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensives this Fall
Saturday & Sunday, October 15 – 16 Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive Just for Actors
He’s in Chicago with his regular Intensive Saturday – Sunday, November 6 – 7
He’s in Los Angeles with his regular Intensive Saturday – Sunday, December 4 – 5
I took this course last December and highly recommend it. He’s brilliant, funny and right on the mark about what makes us laugh! www.kaplancomedy.com
Follow @skcomedy Find on Facebook at Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive
Friday – Sunday, November 5 – 7 New Media Film Festival-SF Bay Area Sponsor & Partner Invite: bit.ly/bDyLe1 We’re still putting this together and looking forward to it being a great event. We welcome your input as we’re still in the planning stages.
Friday, November 12 – Digital Publishing Producing by San Francisco Writers University in association with San Francisco Writing for Change Conference I will be speaking at this event on eBooks, eReaders, iApps and IPads
Saturday – Sunday, November 13 – 14 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference www.sfwritingforchange.orgThis is a terrific event for non-fiction writers, authors, experts and content creators who want to make a difference.
We’ll also be at:
NATPE in Miami
Monday – Wednesday, January 24 – 26, 2011
www.natpe.org
This last year we were on the team that produced NATPE Navigator and it was a great success! Look forward to doing more with them in 2011.
San Francisco Writers Conference
Friday – Sunday, February 18 – 20, 2011
www.sfwriter.org
This is one of my favorite writers conferences and is very focused on both the art and business of writing. It’s a great way to connect with agents, publishers, authors and book marketing professionals. -
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And as always, love to hear from you!
To your success,
Philippa
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The Best of New Media MP3 & Festival Wrap
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for your interest in The Best of New Media.
On Wednesday, June 9th we had a great conversation with
Susan Johnston, Founder/Director of the New Media Film Festival.
If you missed the call you can access the MP3 here:
http://bit.ly/a1P8MD (updated complete file)
The New Media Film Festival was held this past weekend in
Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent.
It featured new media content, filmmakers and
professionals representing mobile, mobisodes, webisodes,
web series, shorts, documentaries and features
shot in RED and 3D.
I moderated a panel on Saturday of Experts and Filmmakers in
New Media focusing on the Who, What, When & Where. The
panel featured Greg Boren from Panasonic 3D, Ted Schilowitz
of RED Digital Cinema, Debra Kaufman of MobilizedTV.com
and Chuck Haifley of Big Vision Studios.
Susan Johnston and her team of Jurors and Advisors
reviewed hundreds of submissions to program an excellent
event that featured the best across these categories and
bring together players in the space to talk about what’s
new and what’s next.
I am including the names of all the films if you
are interested in learning more about them or
want to seek them out to watch in your own time:
Feature Films and Documentaries:
Rip! A Remix Manifesto, Herpes Boy, Orgasm, Inc.,
2012: Time for Change, Double Take and Memories of
Overdevelopment.
Online Shorts, Web & Mobile Content:
Flying Kebab, The Dick & Jane Show, Bigs & Shorty,
The Ballad of Mary & Ernie, You Can’t Do That on the Internet,
When Lynch Met Lucas, The Final Breaths of a Main Character,
Kenny Loggins Pitch Videos and Video Magnet Party,
Safety Geeks: Episode II, Awareness, The Rise and Superstitious.
Offline Shorts:
The Modernist, Kids Might Fly, Beautifully Esther,
Charlie and the Rabbit, Fear Itself, The Box,
All the Bulbous Accidents, The Beast, Notes on the Other,
Goodbye Shanghai, Evidence is Everywhere,
What’s That Sound? and New Media.
Sponsors for the event included:
Showbiz Shoftware, Kress Studios, Big Vision Studios,
ScriptCopier.com and TubeFilter.
This call was the first of many of our Media Brand Workshop
Conversations…with Content Creators, Industry Professionals
and Thought Leaders across Film, TV, Publishing and Media.
We’ve got an exciting summer line up of guests that I’ll be
announcing later this month along with details about the
opportunity to join us for the next session of our
Media Brand Workshop with lectures, office hours, private c
consults and more.
To your success,
Philippa
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What’s New, What’s Next – New Media Film Festival
Hi Everyone,
I hope you’ve had a terrific weekend.
I wanted to share a couple of things…
- New Media Film Festival, June 8th – Meet the Filmmakers Free Event
- Free Conference Call and Q&A on Wednesday, June 9th at 5:30PM PT
with New Media Film Festival Founder/Director Susan Johnston
- New Media Film Festival, June 11th & 13th in Los Angeles – Comp
Tickets Available
I’d like to invite you to join me for a free conference call
this Wednesday, June 9th with Susan Johnston, Founder/Director
of the New Media Film Festival. Susan is a long-time casting
director and a dynamic person who is passionate about great
stories, filmmakers and the use of technology to share stories
Register for this free conference call at:
http://bit.ly/bqSvrb
We’ll be talking about what’s new, what’s next.
Learn what Susan Johnston and her team of judges from the
New Media Film Festival have identified as the
“Best of the Best” in mobile, mobisodes, webisodes,
web series, shorts, documentaries, and feature films
shot in 3D and RED.
If you are in Los Angeles, you are invited to the
Meet the Filmmakers free pre-event on Tuesday,
June 8th from 6:30 – 9pm at the ShowBiz Store &
Café in Brentwood at 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Please RSVP to info@newmediafilmfestival.com
mailto:info@newmediafilmfestival.com
as space is limited.
Then, join us this upcoming Friday, Saturday & Sunday at
the New Media Film Festival.
The New Media Film Festival, June 11 – 13th in Los Angeles,
offers the best in New Media with screenings, panels and
networking parties. The event brings together filmmakers,
content creators and a who’s who of professionals in the
new media industry with the latest in technology and creative
storytelling. The festival is being held at the Downtown
Independent 251 S. Main Street, LA, CA 90012.
Screening Include:
3 World Premieres * 8 Los Angeles Premieres
* 1 North America Premiere * 2 Sundance Selections
* 2 Cannes Selections
Red carpet opening feature film RIP! A Remix Manifeso and closing
feature film Herpes Boy. Plus Best of Mobile, Webisodes, Web Series,
Shorts, Documentaries and Feature Films shot in 3D & RED.
New Media Film Festival honors stories in all media that are innovative,
imaginative and inspirational. Stories that can make you laugh, cry,
think & go beyond the ordinary: Stories worth telling. The New Media
Film Festival offers a platform to showcase innovative ideas and
technology through visual medium.
The 3-Day Festival includes:
RoofTop Networking Events – all weekend!
New Media Marketing Table
International Art Exhibit
3D Pajama Screening Party
New media is affecting both the art and business of film, television,
publishing and traditional media and offers insightful panels
featuring top industry leaders such as:
Doug Leighton – Panasonic 3D
Ted Schilowitz – RED Digital Cinema
Debra Kaufman – MobilizedTV.com
David Canning – DIT for Michael Mann
Philippa Burgess – Partner, Creative Convergence
Chuck Haifley – CEO of Big Vision Studios
Greg Reitman – Producer, FUEL, Sundance Audience winner
John Raatz – Founder Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment
Wendy Cohen – Participant Media, Manager, Community and Alliances/digital
Peter Goldwyn – President, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Kyle Kaczmarek – Echobridge, Head of Distribution
Jeff Dowd – Palisades Pictures, Executive Producer/Producers Rep
You can come down to enjoy the free events or buy single event passes,
a day pass or a full weekend pass. You can see the entire schedule
at www.newmediafilmfestival.com.
Get your tickets now at www.newmediatickets.com
http://www.newmediatickets.com
Coupon Code T200 for $2.00 Off Single Event
Coupon Code T500 for $5.00 Off Day or Weekend Pass
Feel free share the love and spread the word. You
can “Like” New Media Film Festival on Facebook and follow at
@newmediaff
To your success,
Philippa
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Let’s Talk About Summer Events…
Hi Everyone,
…And there are a lot of them.
Here are a few of the places that we’ll be going in the coming weeks.
We hope to see you there!
I also recommend that if you can’t make the live event you still take the opportunity to
read the online conference guide. It’ll give you great insights into the hot topics and players
across film, television, publishing and media.
Plus I’ll be having a conference call on Wednesday, June 9th at 5:30PM PT– with Susan Johnston, founder/director
of the New Media Film Festival to answer your questions about what’s new and next in new media. Sign up at:
http://www.creativecvg.com/Home/Conversations.aspx
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Produced By – PGA Conference
June 4, 5 & 6 in Los Angeles
Here’s some info on a TRULY INCREDIBLE opportunity to
spend three days with over 130 of the industry’s top producers
and creators, from blockbuster films to top indie films, television shows,
reality series, documentaries, and more!
www.producedbyconference.com
Mention our friend Jeff Gund’s INFOLIST.com when you register, and get over 40% OFF!! That’s just $595 (normally $999!) for access to over 100 of the most influential people working in the industry today! You MUST type INFOLIST in the box marked “How did you hear about our Conference?” and then select INFOLIST from the pull-down menu under “Industry Professional Registration.”
PLUS
GET AN ADDITIONAL $300 OFF if you know an attending PGA member, and come as their guest! That’s just $295 for the entire weekend! To get this very special rate, you MUST enter the first and last name of your PGA member friend, and type 9999 in the Promo Code field.
TO REGISTER:
Please go to:
www.producedbyconference.com/produceby-form-v3-validate.html
and be sure to mention INFOLIST.com and follow the directions above to get your discount!
www.producedbyconference.com/speakers.html
For more information about the conference, including panels and Mentoring roundtables:
www.ProducedByConference.com
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Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive
This weekend, June 5 & 6 at the Universal Sheraton
Get a discounted ticket when you register at:
www.kaplancomedy.com/usindustry.html
(That’s only $250).
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New Media Film Festival
June 11, 12 & 13th
Learn what’s new and what’s next and see the best in New Media
Mobile, Online, TV, DVD and Theatrical
From mobisodes, webisodes, web series, and documentary and feature film projects shot on RED and it 3D
www.newmediafilmfestival.com
Screenings, Panels and Networking Parties
Enter T200 for $2 Discount on Individual Tickets
Enter T500 for $5 Discount on Day Pass
And I’ll be interviewing founder/director Susan Johnston
on Wednesday, June 9th at 5:30PM PT.
Sign up for this free call at:
http://www.creativecvg.com/Home/Conversations.aspx
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Great American PitchFest
June 26 & 27th
Saturday is a full day of classes and private consultations
and Sunday they bring in over 100 production companies,
agents and managers.
www.pitchfest.com
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LATV Fest
The Los Angeles TV Festival is a great event for content creators and producers interesting in working in network, cable, scripted or unscripted. Great workshops, panels, screenings, mentoring and networking!
July 1 2, 13, 14, & 15
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles
www.latvfest.net
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Nxt Stage Conference
July 27 & 28th in Los Angeles
NXT STAGE conferences are entertainment industry events targeting the
Hollywood creative community, executives from the film/TV production
sector around the topic of new media.
www.nxtstage.net
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As always participants in my Media Brand Workshop get the first opportunity to participate, attend or volunteer. I do my best to comp at least one person into an event when I can, and usually get great discounts or the opportunity to extend an invitation to volunteers to those on my list. Find us on Facebook at Philippa Burgess’ Your Media Brand Mentor and follow us on Twitter @yourmediabrand. For more information about my Media Brand Mentor Workshop visit www.yourmediabrandmentor.com. You can also sign up for our company mailing list at
http://www.webmarketingmagic.com/app/join.asp?merchantid=106574.
To Your Success,
Philippa
Recommend Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive
Hi All,
I have known Steve Kaplan for years and just got the opportunity to take his 2-Day Intensive in December.
I love it!!! I highly recommend this course to all writers, filmmakers, actors and creative executives.
And if you are not repeating — there is a special discount for those on my list at:
www.kaplancomedy.com/usindustry.html
To your success,
Philippa
STEVE KAPLAN’S
COMEDY INTENSIVE
June 5-6, 2010
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June 5 & 6, 2010
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9:30am to 6:00pm each day
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“Great job! Everybody really loved your seminar! You’ve completely made a whole new group of friends here at Dreamworks.” – John Tarnoff, VP at Dreamworks
“Steve Kaplan was a very important influence on me as a young performer and writer. Many of his techniques for analyzing a comedy scene I still use to this day. Although, I make sure I never give him credit.”- Steve Skrovan, Writer/Producer for Everybody Loves Raymond
“Kaplan – the Stanislavski of Comedy!” – Backstage Magazine
“The best comedy intensive workshop in the city. If you can [take the class], and are serious about comedy, I highly recommend this class.” – P.B., Talent Manager
“Kaplan lays out the mechanics of funny, in a way that can be applied to every situation. His class was invaluable to me as a writer and a director. I wish I had taken it years ago.” –Don Handfield, Writer/Director
Kaplan has worked with the writers of: Sex and the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Big Love, King of Queens, Analyze This, The Comeback, Friends, Fun with Dick and Jane, ‘Til Death, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and hundreds of others.
More Endorsements on the Kaplan Website
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From “To Be Continued…Unnoticed” by Man Ray, 1948
(Punctuation is Man Ray’s)
Of all the questions asked, “how do you do it?” is the one that should provoke the least response on the part of the artist. Now, if you ask me simply, “what are you doing,” I’m all smiles and accommodating. I proceed at once to unload all my treasures and secret desires even to the point of satiety, little caring whether in the end I shall exhaust you as well as my own patience. Rather have the questioner go away surfeited and wobbly, then to have him stare between two works and ask again, “is that all, no more?” Once is not sure whether he has had enough of whether he is merely being polite. So I take no chances.
Pleasure and the pursuit of freedom are the guiding motives in all human activity. The pursuit of freedom is work; the pursuit of pleasure is play, all learned opinions to the contrary. All criticism is destructive, most of all self criticism. All work and all play are the signatures of their authors. Would you have me change my signature, or my sex? But the world is full, is reeking with elements to suit your tastes and your desires. There is room for all.
That most subversive human activity, competition, exists the least in creative work. The artist is the only true sage. He comes to us with open mind and open hands. When his work confronts others he is not up for trail, it is the spectator, if anyone, who is putting himself on record. Time has proven this again and again.
They tell us what distinguishes the human race from other species, what makes us superior, is its capacity of laughter. But I have seen donkeys and monkeys laughing themselves into a hysteria. Watching the human race. No, what distinguishes our race, and only through a few representatives of it, is a capacity for creating great emblems. As if it were gods freed from the necessity of survival. Science might be included in this activity.
But art is not science. Art is not an experiment. There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it. There may be a certain progress in the individual, but his signature remains unchanged.
When the spirit moves me, I use a stick with some hairs on it. I become a painter. My barber and the violinist above me also use sticks with hairs on them. We have much in common. We are also different. They try to do their work as well as possible. I simply try to be as free as possible. In my manner of working; in the choice of my subject. No one can dictate to me or guide me. They may criticize me afterwards, but it is too late. The work is done. I have tasted freedom. It was also hard work, but it was worth it.
Never have I submitted my work knowingly or willingly to a jury, not even to one whose members I judge qualified to pass upon it. Take it or leave it, I say. Say anything you like behind my back. If you say it to my face, I may spit in yours.
How would I handle the hordes who wish to exhibit themselves? Very simply: by lottery, or for a fee. The first is fairer. I don’t think it has been tried. Ah yes, but there are prizes to award. That, too, is simple – by lottery. But you say, if the person who perpetuates the worst work wins the first prize, where are we? Gentlemen, have you no charity, no generosity? The culprit deserves compensation for his miserable effort, he deserves consolation. And, if by chance the one you might have awarded the prize to, anyway, wins it, what a triumph for your judgement! See how many have been condemned by your approval as it is. However, we have other consolations, for instance: all opinion is transient, all work is permanent.
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