Presented by Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) & Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
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 5th AnnualBusiness of Film Conference. 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!
SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:
Trish Avery (SAG, Assistant Executive Director - Texas) James Barham (Documentary Filmmaker, For the Sake of the Song) Adrienne Randall Bond (Attorney)
Barry Coffing (Musician/Music Supervisor - musicsupervisor.com) Adam Donaghey (Producer) Frank Eakin (Writer, Producer) Susan Fowler (Producer) Linda Olszewski (Shorts International) Kathy Ploch (Accountant) Erin Rodgers (Staff Attorney, Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts) Robert Schuller (Entertainment Accountant, www.businessofarts.com) Al Staehely (Entertainment Attorney, www.music-lawyer.com) Tom Vaughan (Writer, Producer)
5TH ANNUAL BUSINESS OF FILM SCHEDULE: (Subject to Change)
12 Noon - Opening Panel: New Trends In Media Law
1:00 pm - Break Out Session I
Starting an LLC or LLP for your Production Company
Taxes: What Every Independent Producer Needs to Know
Ask An Attorney
2:00 pm - Break Out Session II
Casting SAG: Beyond the Contract
Copyright & Licensing for Film, TV and New Media
Ask An Attorney
Ask an Accountant
3:00 pm - Break Out Session III
Music Rights (& Wrongs)
Distributing and Marketing Short Films
Make Your Movie! The Producers Panel
4:00 pm - Closing Panel: New Media and the Future of Independent Filmmaking
5: 00 pm - Networking Reception in Rice Gallery
ABOUT BREAK OUT SESSIONS:
Break Out Sessions are smaller group sessions, usually with an individual speaker or dual speakers discussing a specific topic.
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. 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 for paid registrants only. So register early to guarantee your space!
Ask-An-Accountant is a roundtable Q & A session with an individual accountant who specializes in a specific area of entertainment and/or business accounting. Each table will have up to 4 registrants participating in the Q & A.Reservations are first come, first served for paid registrants only.
REGISTRATION
Register by September 1st and you'll be entered into a drawing to win
Gorilla Professional Moviemaking from Jungle Software!
What is Gorilla...? Producing a movie doesn't have to be difficult. With Gorilla, all of your information can be stored in one place: Budgeting, Scheduling, Crew, Cast, Profit-sharing, Editing Notes, and even Film Festival Submissions.
When it's time to create reports, Gorilla can generate over 80 industry-standard reports, from stripboards to breakdown sheets, budget top sheets to variances, your entire production can be run from one program. View a complete list of Gorilla's reports.
Gorilla is the only software package built with the independent producer in mind. You have to do it all, so why not have software that can do it all too?
To register for BUSINESS OF FILM 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.
Media Sponsorship
For more information about SWAMP Workshops, call us at 713-522-8592 or contact us by
