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SHOOT Magazine, the leading publication for commercial and entertainment motion picture production, today announced the panels and speakers for the SHOOT 2015 Directors/Producers Forum.  The Forum will take place at the DGA Theatre on Thursday, May 21 from 2:00-5:45PM.  The SHOOT 2015 13th Annual New Directors Showcase will immediately follow the Forum from 6:00-10:00PM.

 

 

The demystification of filmmaking with the advent of affordable technology has prompted the masses to be directors, editors, musicians, actors, etc.  It’s the old adage a little bit of knowledge is dangerous and everyone these days has a POV.  While it is healthy to provide these tools to our society, how has it impacted the trained professionals?  How do you create content that stands out from all the rest and what specific platforms give voice to our young studied, trained directors?  Bonnie also addresses the importance of being in a Guild (DGA) and preserving unions in 2015 - the wild west of filmmaking has created amazing opportunities for everyone interested in the business but at the same time the clients/studios desire to pay for content has dropped to record lows.  The new paradigm seems to be headed towards a larger percentage of work being produced non-union. How do we preserve our businesses and our guilds and unions so in the future we can support our families?  Content has become so disposable, work is old in a day and most clients seem to value quantity over quality.  This shift in culture divides our industry and it’ll be interesting to see how the next generation of filmmaker can preserve their rights to the work they create without these institutions. Additional topics include agency in-house production and implementing sustainable "more green" practices within the production industry.

Panelists
♦ Bob Giraldi, director & owner, Giraldi Media

♦ Mike Long, Content Creation Director, Droga5

Additional panelist to be announced

 

►  3:20-3:55PM  4K And Beyond with Daryn Okada, ASC

The Forum is thrilled to have Daryn Okada, ASC, join us to discuss 4K and what's coming next.  He was 21 when he earned his first narrative film credit as a cinematographer for “Nomad Riders.” His work over the years includes “Mean Girls,” “American Reunion,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Baby Mama” and “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.” The latter two films opened first and second at the box office on the same weekend in 2008. Okada has also been active in TV with credits including multiple episodes of such series as “Franklin & Bash,” and “Castle.”  He additionally served three yearlong terms as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and  was a  contributor to the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Specification from 2003-2006.

 

Chandor's feature filmography consists of “Margin Call” (for which he earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar^® nomination in 2012), the Robert Redford-starring “All Is Lost” (for which Chandor was an Independent Spirit Award Best Director nominee), and "A Most Violent Year" (cited by the National Board of Review as the Best Film of 2014). Chandor reflects on his filmmaking career as well as his commercial and branded content aspirations, which sparked his recent signing with RESET, the production house founded by managing director Dave Morrison and director David Fincher.

 

Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, the witty and wise Managing Partner of leading Entertainment & Advertising law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein + Selz provides insights, information and anecdotes....

 

The 2015 New Directors Showcase  The next generation of filmmaking talent has arrived--and we know who they are. SHOOT’s 13th annual New Directors Showcase offers a total of 36 up-and-coming helmers filling 33 slots (30 individual directors, and three duos). Of this mix, 16 directors (12 individuals and two duos) are as of yet unaffiliated with a production company. On the other end of the spectrum, several are with established production houses including Biscuit Filmworks, Epoch Films, Rattling Stick, Skunk and Spy Films. Two solo Showcase directors are accomplished editors who cut for mainstay editorial houses. The recognized Showcase work spans varied disciplines from TV commercials to shorts, music videos, spec spots, excerpts from feature films, cinema ads, branded entertainment and webisode fare. It’s a body of work that like in past Showcase years figures to make an impact on the advertising and entertainment marketplaces.

The SHOOT NDS Class of 2015
The SHOOT 2015 13th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel features the following directors:

Kamell Allaway Marcus Armitage Jonathan Augustavo Jonathan Barenboim Rob Bianco (RAB) Stash Capar Alexander Engel Freise Brothers Assal Ghawami Bianca Giaever Christian Sorensen Hansen Zachary Heinzerling Anne Hollowday Mai Iskander Claire Jantzen Bennett Johnston David Johnston

Erin Li Michael Marantz Ed McCulloch Patrick Muhlberger Zeke O'Donnell Perez Brothers Joseph Pernice Elen Santana Jefferson Stein Paul Thomas Hughes William Thompson Stephen Vitale Jack Whitely The Wolf Brothers Duncan Wolfe Ally Zonsius