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DIY DAYS - San Francisco

August 9th, 2008 Posted in SF

This event is FREE thanks to

Current TV, From Here to Awesome and the Workbook Project

SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, August 17th
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
http://www.111minnagallery.com

Schedule for the day

10am
Doors Open / Registration

10:30am to 10:50am
INTRO: Open source filmmaking
An overview of the current landscape presented by Lance Weiler

11:00am to 11:30am
CASE STUDY: The Tribe
Tiffany Slain on the production and distribution of her short .

11:45am to noon
CONVERSATION: What are you working on?
Open discussion & networking

Noon to 1pm
LUNCH

1pm to 2pm
ONE ON ONE: War Stories
Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters) and Caveh Zahedi (I’m a Sex Addict) have a candid discussion about the process of getting their films made and distributed. What really goes on behind the scenes? Join us as Arin and Caveh compare battle scars.

2pm to 2:15pm
CONVERSATION: What are you looking for?
Open discussion & networking

2:15 to 3:15pm
PANEL: The art and science of crowdsourcing
There is power in the crowd. When they rise up they can fund, create, distribute and promote. But how do you turn an audience into an active community where members become collaborators? Panelists: Slava Rubin (indieGoGo), Skot Leach (Lost Zombie), Jason Harris (Mekanism), Bryan Kennedy (Mobmov.org), Blair Erickson (Millions of Us) Discussion Leader: Lance Weiler

3:15 to 3:30pm
BREAK

3:30 to 4:15pm
CASE STUDY: Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer on the production and distribution of their feature.

4:15 to 4:45pm
ONE ON ONE: Cinema and the singularity
Exponential growth of technology has brought on a paradigm shift in the nature of cinema that has yet to be fully understood. How can we anticipate changes in the coming years, and what can media artists do to take an active role in innovation that shapes the art and business of storytelling?
Brian Chirls and Jerry Paffendorf discuss.

4:45 to 5pm
CONVERSATION: How can you help?
Open discussion & networking

5:00 to 6pm
PANEL: Content is King but are the outlets and services listening?
As the landscape changes new outlets and services are emerging. With so many choices what is a filmmaker to do? But most importantly what are they going to do for you? The system is in flux and there are no rules. This is your chance to let your voice be heard: have a say in how outlets and services think about working with you and for you. Panelists: Scilla Andreen (indieFlix) Alex Afterman (Heretic Films), Sara Pollack (youTube), Tom Hicks (Caachi), Saskia Wilson-Brown (Current TV), Mark Rotblat (TubeMogul) - Discussion Leader: Arin Crumley

6:15pm
BAR OPENS

6:15 to 6:45pm
HOT SEAT: M Dot Strange
M dot Strange takes to the hot seat to go one on one with random people from the audience.

6:45 to 8pm
SPEECH BLITZ
Attendees stand up and talk for 3 minutes to offer their insight on how we take the industry “from here to awesome.” In other words, what’s broken and how do we all fix it?

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