Jordan Passman (scoreAscore.com) interviews Sue Devine, Senior Director, Creative Services, Film/TV for ASCAP in NYC.
Passman: What is ASCAP? What do they do and how can they be a resource to filmmakers?
Devine: ASCAP is America’s leading performing rights organization. We’re a membership association owned and run by our more than 420,000 …
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As production budgets contract and sales struggle to rebound, is it possible to make a career of independent filmmaking? Join the debate on the sustainability of the industry.
Scott Macaulay
Ted Hope
Mynette Louie, Producer, CHILDREN OF INVENTION, CALIFORNIA SOLO
Mynette produced Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION, Marshall Lewy’s forthcoming CALIFORNIA SOLO, …
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Hear from Andrea Meditch, who shepherded such doc success stories as Buck, Man on Wire and Grizzly Man in an intimate, one-on-one discussion on the climate for documentary production and funding.
Andrea Meditch, President, Back Allie Films
Meditch recently exec’d Buck, preceded by Oscar-winner Man on Wire and -nominated Encounters …
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Hear from the team behind the release of Kevin Smith’s RED STATE. Debuting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to much notoriety, Smith ended studio bidding by buying his own film for $20 and declaring he would be self-distributing the film theatrically. Smith has since toured the film …
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Independent post-production is continuously evolving, quickly becoming as portable as the camera itself. This panel will look at creative solutions providing maximum flexibility while considering schedule, location and budget – with workflows incorporating on-set postproduction running concurrently with shooting, turning unconventional locations into postproduction suites benefiting independent production. …
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With DIY approaches to production and distribution on the rise, at what point does a producer need to collaborate?
Mike Ryan, President/Producer, Greyshack Films
Jon Reiss, President, Hybrid Cinema
Jon Reiss is a filmmaker, author and consultant whose most recent book is “Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul”. He works …
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Join top sales agent Josh Braun, responsible for the deals behind such documentary breakouts as Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Page One: Inside the New York Times, and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, for a discussion on today’s market for non-fiction.
Sponsored by Kodak
Josh Braun, Co-President, Submarine Entertainment
Josh Braun …
1. Hire a professional, and choose carefully! If you have the budget, call a top agency and hire John Williams…I mean, he really is the best! He did the theme for Star Wars! Unfortunately, for 99.9% of filmmakers today, (and those who aren’t Steven Spielberg) this is not …