SHOOT Magazine, the leading publication for commercial and entertainment production, today announced a new low registration fee and agenda updates for the May 11th SHOOT Directors Symposium and 8th Annual New Directors Showcase. Day & evening agendas will provide an ideal environment for directors, producers, ad agency creatives & producers, studio creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other artists & executives to capitalize on new business opportunities, share expertise, meet new project partners, initiate creative collaboration, source new possibilities for work and help define opportunities in an evolving marketplace now clearly spanning advertising and entertainment, and the merging of those two worlds.
2010 marks the sixth time that the SHOOT New Directors Showcase will be held at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre on West 57th Street in New York City.
Here’s A Preview Of The Daytime and Evening Agendas Where Learning, the Latest Trends, Great New Work & Networking Will Take Center Stage
The DIRECTORS Symposium Agenda: 9:30am-3:30pm
Series of panel discussions and Q&A sessions featuring leading directors, agency creatives, production company entrepreneurs, and other leading artists and executives who will share their expertise.
9:20-9:50am Attendees check in at the DGA Theatre
9:50am Welcome Remarks
10:00-10:35am The Next Generation: In The Classroom Chair/In The Directors Chair
We kick off the day with two experienced film & commercial directors who are also educators. They will share their career backgrounds, perspectives & insights into being a director today and how they are helping to prepare up-and-coming directors for the real world tomorrow. Training, mentoring and survival tactics for directing advertising & entertainment content in today’s constantly evolving landscape is on the agenda.
Panelists:
—Laura Belsey, Shadow Pictures and C Entertainment & teacher, “Commercial Directing”, Graduate Film School of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
— Bob Giraldi, Giraldi Media & teacher, “The Project Class” & “Evolutionary Dynamics in Advertising”, School of Visual Arts, NY
10:35-11:45am Advertising & Entertainment:Key Creative & Business Issues Of Today & Tomorrow
Valuable information and food for thought for directors, producers, ad agencies, commercial & entertainment production/post companies will be provided by
leading experts from different walks of the industry who will provide perspectives on the some of the most dynamic issues of the day. Topics to be addressed include:
>What does the mesh of traditional media and new forms of content, and social media, mean for commercial & entertainment content creators, ad agencies & marketers?
>What does the incursion of traditional talent agencies and entertainment companies into the marketing sector mean for traditional commercial-making suppliers?
>What are the changing business models and big legal issues, such as contracts & copyrights?
> What are clients looking for relative to branded entertainment and return on investment? How do the budget parameters differ from those in the traditional commercialmaking world?
Panelists:
—Wayne Best, executive creative director of JWT New York
—Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, Managing Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
—Stacey Mokotoff, President, Bird Bonette Stauderman Inc.
—Allison (Ally) Polly, Head of Strategy and Brand Partnerships, Filmaka Entertainment Studios
—Kristi VandenBosch, CEO, Publicis & Hal Riney
—11:45-12:15pm Showcase Perspective
In preparation of tonight’s screening, we take a look back at some select Showcase directors, and how their careers have progressed, providing inspiration for our latest crop of talent.
Panelists:
—Kevin Kerwin, Authentic Films, 2009 Showcase Director
additional past showcase director to be announced
—12:15-1:10pm Lunch
Casual lunch and conversation downstairs at the DGA Theatre
1:15am-2:30pm Creative Tools—And How They’ve Opened Up Opportunities For Directors
From the high end to the most affordable resources, our panel of experts will discuss some of the various cameras being used today in advertising & entertainment, and their experiences with them spanning long-form, shorts, commercials, webisodes and other forms of content. We’ll delve into digital workflow and the creative flexibility it can afford a filmmaker. And we will eye the potential of 3D encompassing cinema, TV and advertising. Our lineup of panelists addressing a brave new film and digital world will include directors/cinematographers, postproduction and tech experts, and savvy ad agency production executive.
Panelists:
—Bill Bennett, cinematographer, ASC
—Nick Ianelli, VP, Deluxe Postproduction, Toronto
—Craig Leffel, partner/senior colorist, Optimus
—David B. Perry, executive VP/head of TV production, Saatchi & Saatchi, NY & Chairman, 4A’s Broadcast Production Committee
2:30-3:20PM: In The Director/Cinematographer Chair: Caleb Deschanel, ASC
In February, Caleb Deschanel received the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award. ASC president Michael Goi said of Deschanel at the time, “For him to receive this honor while still at the top of his field shows the profound influence and respect he has among his peers.” That influence and respect spans Best Cinematography Academy Award nominations for The Right Stuff, The Natural, Fly Away Home, The Patriot, and The Passion of the Christ. He has also shot such notable films as The Black Stallion, Being There, The Spiderwick Chronicles and My Sister’s Keeper. Deschanel’s directorial career encompasses theatrical features, TV programs and commercials. He co-founded commercial production house Dark Light Pictures in 1993 with executive producer Vincent Arcaro. So in an era of crossing over, Deschanel stands out, bringing movie, TV and cinematographer sensibilities to the commercial director’s chair, as well as an entrepreneurial spirit as reflected in his launching of Dark Light. In this one-on-one interview session, Deschanel shares insights into filmmaking and reflects on a career which is still going strong.
3:20pm Directors Symposium Closing Remarks
New Directors Showcase Screening, Panel & After-party: 6:00pm-10:00pm
From laughter to tears, drama to horror, spots to movie excerpts, dialogue driven to visual effects fantasy–that’s just a sampling of the range of emotions, genres, mediums and styles exhibited annually by a new generation of directors at SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase Event every May. We will screen the work that made the final cut for this year’s Showcase. Here’s the agenda:
6:00pm-6:30pm Attendees check in
6:30-6:40pm SHOOT & DGA Welcome
6:40-7:30pm Debut Screening of the 2010 New Directors Showcase reel
7:30-8:30pm: Meet The New Directors Panel
SHOOT Editor, Bob Goldrich, in a panel discussion with several of the new directors to learn more about them. Two Industry pros join the conversation
Panelists:
—Bonnie Goldfarb, co-founder & executive producer, harvest
—Lora Schulson, co-executive director of content production, Y&R New York
8:30-10:00pm The After Party
Immediately following the last panel, join us downstairs at the DGA for food, drink, mingling with industry friends & making new contacts.
SHOOT Directors Symposium and The SHOOT New Directors Showcase Event Sponsors
SHOOT is pleased to announce that The DGA along with production companies harvest and ONE at Optimus, and Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, are the 2010 “Lead Sponsors”. Kodak, media & entertainment law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, and Arri are “Silver Sponsors” SHOOT greatly appreciates the support of the sponsors.
SHOOT Directors Symposium plus New Directors Showcase Event Information & Event Registration
Event Registration for the Directors Symposium Daytime Event includes the all-day Symposium, lunch & guaranteed seating to the evening New Directors Showcase Event & guaranteed entry to the After Party. Click here to register. Individual tickets are $35. Groups of 3 or more automatically receive 10% off each ticket. For further event details and Registration information is available at www.shootonline.com/go/register
About The New Directors Search / The New Directors Showcase Reel
Each year SHOOT conducts a worldwide search to discover the best up-and-coming directors who, based on their initial work, show promise to soon make major positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and emerging forms. The search is conducted by SHOOT’s editorial staff with input from advertising agency creative directors & heads of production, as well as production company heads and established directors. This year’s search was conducted from January 1-April 5th, 2010. Over the years, there have been assorted cases of New Directors Showcase helmers going on to gain industry prominence. Consider David Gray who was in the 2005 Showcase and a year later went on to be nominated for the DGA Award as best commercial director of the year. (Gray was at Hungry Man when included in the ’05 Showcase and has since moved over to Station Film). And last month Ross Katz won the DGA Award for outstanding achievement in movies for TV/miniseries on the strength of his HBO film Taking Chance, the same film which garnered him inclusion in SHOOT’s ’08 New Directors Showcase. (Katz is available for select spot assignments via TWC.)
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