* * * POSTPONED * * * Due to Hurricane Ike, the Business of Film Conference has been postponed until further notice.
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BUSINESS OF FILM
CONFERENCE
2008
Rice University Media Center (Houston, TX) Saturday, September 20, 2008
What Past Participants Say About SWAMP & TALA's Business of Film Conference:
We want to thank you for putting on such a well run and valuable event last weekend. Heidi and I found the speakers to be knowledgeable and relevant. Thanks for gathering a great group to inform us. We also thought you did a great job of organizing it all. SWAMP's such a useful organization.~Bill & Heidi Hughes
ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF FILM CONFERENCE
Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) and Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA) present the Business of Film Conference 2008, a day-long event focusing on the business of making movies. This information-packed conference features panels and discussions with professionals from the film, legal and financial worlds that address a wide range of topics, including budgeting for film, funding resources, music rights, distribution and much more!
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:
James Barham (Documentary Filmmaker, For the Sake of the Song) Greg Carter (Producer/Director, Ressurection: The J.R. Richard Story) Alfred Cervantes (Deputy Director, Houston Film Commission) Barry Coffing (Musician/Music Supervisor - musicsupervisor.com) Don Gillespie (Production Accountant, Tree of Life) Roanna Gillespie (Musician/Music Supervisor - WOW Sounds) Deena Kalai (Entertainment Attorney) Mary Lampe (Executive Director, Southwest Alternate Media Project)
Linda Olszewski (Co-Head of Global Acquisitions, Development, Podcasts for Shorts International) Clark Richards (Attorney, Texas Motion Picture Alliance Board Member) Danae Ringelman (Founder and CFO, IndieGoGo.com) Al Staehely (Entertainment Attorney) Jake Starkey (Producer/Director, www.mediariotpro.com) Scott Szabo (Songwriter/Composer for Film & TV, Szabo
Sound & Music) Nguyen "Wyn" Tran (Sales Agent & Executive Director, The Institution) Tom Vaughan (Producer/Writer, Unstoppable)
2008 BUSINESS OF FILM SCHEDULE: (Subject to Change)
9:00 am
Politics & Film: The Importance of Media Advocacy
(Keynote Speaker: Clark Richards,TXMPA Board Member)
9:30 am - Show Me the Money! Funding Your Film
10:30 am - Copyright & Licensing for Film
11:30 am - Music Rights and Wrongs!
12:30 pm - Let's Do Lunch!
1:30 pm - Break Out Session I:
Grant Writing for Film ~NEW~
Pitching Like A Pro: Selling Your Story to Hollywood
Ask An Attorney
2:30 pm - Break Out Session II:
IndieGoGo.com Demonstration
Creating Buzz: Marketing the Indie Film
Ask An Attorney
3:30 pm - Budgeting: Common Mistakes That Will Cost Your Production
4:30 pm - Distribution In the New Media Era
5: 30 pm - Networking Reception
ABOUT BREAK OUT SESSIONS:
Break Out Sessions are smaller group sessions, usually with an individual speaker or dual speakers discussing a specific topic. Due to space limitations, we ask that you reserve your space for each Break Out Sessions in advance.
Ask-An-Attorney is a roundtable Q & A session with an individual attorney who specializes in a specific area of entertainment and/or business law. Each table will have up to 4 registrants participating in the Q & A. Please Note: Registrants can only reserve space for one Ask-An-Attorney session, not both. If you select an Ask-An-Attorney session, you will be placed with an attorney who can answer your specific questions. Space is limited for the Ask-An-Attorney sessions. Reservations are first come, first served. You must be a paid registrant to reserve a space in any of the Break Out Sessions. No exceptions. So register early to guarantee your space!
REGISTRATION
To register for BUSINESS OF FILM 2008 online, please use one of the payment buttons below. Once you have paid, we will follow up with an email confirming your registration.
Register by phone at 713-522-8592 x 2 or email us at swamp@swamp.org.
Traveling to the BUSINESS OF FILM CONFERENCE 2008 from out of town?
Homestead Suites - Galleria is offering a special rate of $69/night to conference registrants (not including tax). Call the hotel at 713-960-9660 or email them and ask for the "SWAMP Rate." (Must book by 6PM on September 18, 2008 to receive discounted rate.)
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