“Media and Entertainment Business Conclave”
Draft PROGRAMME
October 16 -17, 2012 As on October 8th, 2012
Time Theme Day – I : 16 October 2012
9am – 10am Registration 10 -11 am Inaugural
Lighting of Lamp
Welcome Address :
Dr. Kamal Haasan, Chairman, Media & Entertainment Business Conclave, FICCI
Release of FICCI –Deloitte Knowledge Report
Keynote Address : Barrie Osborne, Oscar-winning Director-Producer, Hollywood
Inaugural Address: Shri Uday K Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India
Vote of Thanks:
P. Murari, Advisor to President, FICCI
1 Session chaired by Kamal Haasan, Chairman, FICCI MEBC
11:15 – MEBC Broadcast Industry Knowledge Series: Opportunities in the digitized era. 12:30 pm Policy-makers and industry stakeholders share their vision and knowledge on the scope and opportunities for the sector during the progress of digitization.
N Parameshwaran, Principal Advisor, TRAI*
K Madhavan, MD, Asianet
Rahul Johri , Senior Vice President & General Manager- South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
Narayan Rao, Executive Vice Chairman, NDTV Group
Supriya Sahu, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting *
Ashok Mansukhani, President, MSO Alliance
Moderated by : Bhupendra Chaubey, National Bureau Chief, CNN IBN*
11:15 – Redefining Digital Production 12:30 pm The concept of what's 'eye candy' in feature films has evolved over time - films are about people, feelings, ideas, circumstances and relationships and the 'emotional quotient' is provided essentially by an able director through screenplay, actors, music, cinematography. However, one element has changed every aspect of this mix and that is "visual effects" which is now a source of inspiration from the "pre- production" stage itself. This session will look at making cutting-edge visual effects come alive with an energizing dialogue with experts from Hollywood and India.
Nicolas Aithardi, Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor, Moving Pictures Company (VFX Supervisor for Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire; X-men and others)
Psyop Vamsi Aiyagari, Futureworks MPC Tata Elxsi
Moderated by:
Biren Ghose, Country Head, Technicolor India
2 12: 30 – 1:30 Barrie Osborne - A masterclass on “A 360 degree approach to producing a pm global film”
1:30 – 2:30 pm Lunch
2:30 - 3: 45 p.m • Visual Effects Demonstration: Making of Enthiran
2:30 - 3: 45 p.m Regulatory landscape and the Media Industry
Suhaan Mukerji, Senior Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas
Sandeep Chilana, Senior Associate, Indirect Tax, Amarchand Mangaldas
Raja Nagarajan, General Partner, Basil Partners
Deloitte
3.45 -4.45 100 years of Sound in Indian Cinema p.m. Audio technology has evolved in leaps and bounds in the last century and Dolby has been at the centre of this change. In this session you will be taken through the “Story of Sound’ and the evolution of cinematic sound from different formats to
new ground-breaking technologies.
Partnered with Dolby
Resul Pookutty, Oscar winning sound engineer
Wilfried Van Baelen*, Founder, Galaxy Studios
Senthil Kumar, Director, Real Image
Kiran Reddy, MD, Sathyam Cinemas 3.45 -4.45 • Sports and Entertainment – Cashing in on the Second Screens p.m. This session would discuss the rapidly changing trends of sports viewership on alternate delivery platforms and the technologies available to the industry.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Former Cricketer
Karun Chandok, Sportsperson & National Racing Champion
R Sridhar, General Manager, Media Services Team, Tata Communications
Sambit Bal, Editor in chief, ESPNCricinfo.com
3 Praveen Sharma, Head, Media Sales, Google India
Moderated by: Nikhil Naaz, Cricket Editor, NDTV
4.45 – 6 pm 100 years of Indian Cinema– Awaiting the Next Century : Keynote Address by Shri Uday K Varma, Secretary, Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India
Followed by discussion on the future of the film industry and the scope, challenges and opportunities therein along with a special discussion on the recently announced Indian film commission.
Mamooty
Mohanlal
Jairam
Rajnikanth
Kamal Haasan
Barrie Osborne, Oscar-winning Director-Producer, Hollywood
Siddharth Roy Kapur, Managing Director – Studios, Disney UTV
Moderated by Sreenivasan Jain, Managing Editor, NDTV
6.30 - 8.00 Followed by p.m. MEBC Awards Function to felicitate the Great Maestros of Indian Cinema
Day - II, 17 October 2012
10:30 – Director’s Cut: Film-making and Managing in the Digital Era 11:30 am Priyadarshan, Film-maker
Santosh Sivan, Film-maker
B. Unnikrishnan, Film-maker
Gautam Anand, Director, Content Partnerships, Google, APAC
Moderated by: Dr Kamal Haasan, Film-maker &C hair, FICCI, MEBC
11:30 – 1 pm The Long -tail of Movies and the Role of TPMs
4 Movies make the majority of their financial returns during the initial months of their release. In the current context, theatrical releases are not the only ROI for films, specially, with the rise of Pay TV and other business models on platforms such as the Internet; IPTV, mobile, new media. Technology and its accompanying digital rights are central in enabling new business models that meet consumer needs. This session will explore the “long-tail” of movie distribution; the role of security that enables new delivery channels and Technological Protection Measures (TPM) that drive this phenomenon.
Krishnan Rajagopalan, Head of Technology, Group Digital Life, Singtel
Ankan Biswas, Chairman, Digital Broadcast Council, Consumer Electronics Appliances Manufacturers Association
Paul Jackson, Chief Engineer, NDS
Uday Singh, Managing Director, MPAA (India)
Dr.Nagendra S, Head, Sales and Strategy, Ignis Technology Solutions
Rakesh Jariwala, E&Y
Moderator: Isa Seow, Managing Director, Centre for Content Promotion (CCP)
1 – 2 pm Lunch
10: 30 am to VFX demonstration on the Making of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows– by 1 pm Nicolas Aithadi, VFX Supervisor, Moving Picture Company 2 – 3 pm Credibility of our News Media – Is Journalism at Stake?
This intense discussion will debate on whether the underlying principles of real journalism have been put at stake in this era of increasing sensationalizing of news by the media.
Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, The Hindu Sreenivasan Jain, Managing Editor, NDTV* S Srinivasan, News Director, Puthiya Thalamurai TV Dr Nanditha Krishna, Author, Activist & Director, CP Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation R.Nataraj, IPS, Chairman, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Moderated by : Sanjay Pinto, Advocate, Madras High Court & Former Resident Editor, NDTV 2 4/7 2 -3 pm
3 -4 pm Current Successful Formats for Regional TV – Game Shows over Lifestyle?
Even though lifestyle television as a genre has emerged successfully in national viewership trends and is no longer considered “niche”, on regional TV, the affinity
5 towards game shows galore continue. Let us speak to program designers to map future trends on regional GEC.
Pradeep Milroy, Head, Programming, Star Vijay Pem Menon, Head, Zee Tamil J Shekhar, COO, Maa TV Radhikaa Sarathkumar, Founder, Radaan Mediaworks
Moderated by: Sandip Biswas, Director, Deloitte
2-4 pm • Digital Film-making with RED Digital Camera
Tim e: October 17 , 2012 – 2 pm -4 pm 4 -5: 00 pm The Evolution of Women in Film
After 100 years of cinema, where does the Indian woman finally stand in the dynamics of the cinema industry and how far has she travelled from inception to now?
Suhasini Maniratnam, Actress
Shobhanaa, Actress & Dancer
Shruti Haasan , Actress
Sameera Reddy
Radikaa Sarathkumar
Revathy* Sushmita Sen *
Trisha*
Tabu *
Moderated by Gauthami
5 pm – 6 pm Exclusive Roundtable on Film Finance
------ MEBC Workshops & Masterclasses
Outline for screenplay workshop to be conducted as part of the FICCI M&E Conclave, 16 th & 17 th Oct ‘12
Objective: To initiate young screenwriting and filmmaking
6 enthusiasts to take the appropriate directions in their aspirations to join India’s massive film fraternity. Meeting and discussing with academicians and practicing script writers and filmmakers they will also get some practical insights into complex process which takes place between the time that the idea is conceived and the final film gets projected on screen. Finally, interested candidates can meet with the panelists face to face independently and even seek personal mentorship to take their dreams forward.
This will be a separate event and participants here cannot move on to the main panels being held for the other presentations. About the mainstream delegates attending this it will be purely on space- available basis.
Time Table:
16 th October
9am to 10am – Registration
10 am to 11.30 am: Does cinema really need a script?: The Relationship between Word and Images: an introduction by K. Hariharan, Director LV Prasad Film & TV Academy
11.45 am to 1.30pm: Timing the screenplay: The film script as the ultimate blueprint: Through some powerful examples Sri K. Hariharan will demonstrate how it is possible to visualize the expected emotional quality but also the projected length
1.30 pm to 2.15 pm: Lunch
2.15 pm to 3.30 pm: The Appropriate Role of Improvisation in the relation between a writer, the actor and the filmmaker: By Sri Kamalhasan in conversation with Sri Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
3.30 pm to 3.45 pm – Tea
3.45 pm to 4.45pm – Some Ground Realities : By Sri Saurabh Shukla in conversation with K. Hariharan
4.45 pm to 6pm – Looking beyond the Screenplay; Getting the Screenwriter to partake in the Production: Some practical
7 illustrations by Sri K. Hariharan with software experts to see how scripts can go beyond the story and get connected with the Producer’s requirements of scheduling and budgeting
17 th October
10 am to 11.30 am: Writing for Gen X and the Digital World : Sri Rohan Sippy in conversation with Sri Sudish Kamath
11.45 am to 1.00 pm: Thinking on behalf of a global audience, Personal Impressions: Sri Anurag Kashyap
1.00 pm to 2.00- pm: Lunch
2.00 pm to 3.30pm: When Electronic Cinema Will Rule : Panel Discussion among Sri Kamalhasan, Sri Ramesh Arvind and Special Invitee moderated by K. Hariharan
3.45 pm to 4.45 pm: Open House will take questions and suggestions from participants on how to take the objectives of the workshop forward
4.45 pm : Closing program on 100 years of cinema and valedictory address
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