SEMINAR SCHEDULE movie-expo.com * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 1 Pre-Production: Bringing Ideas to Life CASTING & AUDITIONING PANEL WRITING PANEL SEPT 20, 4:30 PM SEPT 20, 4:30 PM SHEILA JAFFE CLAIRE SERA Casting Director Writer & Actress (Entourage, The Italian Job, The Fighter) (Smallfoot, Blended, The Princess Diaries, Pie N’Burger) Panel Information Panel Information • “Audition Secrets: Impress the Casting Director”. • “Ideas to Script”. • Hollywood’s Top Casting Directors Reveal “How to • Putting your ideas into words. Book That Audition”. • Creating a fictional universe. • Submissions to get into the audition room. • Fiction vs Reality • Casting Secrets: Get that next role. • Character vs Story personal anecdotes PREVIZ STORY BOARD MUSIC PANEL SEPT 20, 6:00 PM SEPT 20, 6:00 PM KEVIN CONRAN ANDREAS CARLSSON Art Director and Designer (Sky Captain and the World 6X Grammy nominated songwriter, ASCAP Songwriter of Tomorrow, Monsters vs Aliens, Bee Movie) of The Year, 4x Emmy nominee) Seminar Information KLAUS BADELT • A look into the preparation and planning for an Composer and mutiple award winnner (Pirates of the animated film. Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl, The Time Machine, • Stepping into the world of cartoons. Constantine, Gladiator) Panel Information ACTOR COACHING • How the composers set the mood, invoke the SEPT 20, 7:30 PM emotions & create the magic through music. LEWIS BAUMANDER Founder LB Acting Studio, Actor Coach for names such VOICE ANIMATION PANEL as Keanu Reeves, Eric McCormack, Michael Rappaport, SEPT 20, 6:00 PM Malcolm McDowell and Stacey Keach. JAMIE THOMASON Seminar Information Voice Director • “Knowing Your Role”. (Disney Aminations, Daytime Emmy Nominee) • Preparation, Character breakdown. • Getting into character. • Working with your brand. * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 2 Production on Set: Storytelling Through the Lens FITNESS AND GETTING INTO ROLE PRODUCERS FILM FUNDING PANEL SEPT 21, 11:00 AM SEPT 21, 11:00 AM REHAN JALALI STEVE SHAPIRO Celebrity Fitness Trainer and Nutrition Specialist Head of Production for Das Films (The November Man, Winter’s Bone, Into the Forest) Rehan Jalali is an internationally recognized Fitness Expert, KABC show host, Filmmaker/Producer, Best Panel Information Selling Author, and Super Hero Maker based in Beverly Hills, Ca. His clients include Oscar® winning actors, • Join as these amazing producers discuss how Emmy® award winning TV stars, and Grammy® to get your project off the ground. Focusing on winning musicians. Rehan has appeared on numerous development and filom funding. Find out the secrets TV shows including “The Doctors”, “CBS Morning of what producers look for. Panellists from this section News”, “Breakfast TV” and “The Art of Building Bodies” will be apart of the pitch sessions in Canada. He has appeared in numerous movies including “Rocky 6”, “Bigger, Stronger, Faster, “REHAN: The Making of a Super Hero Body”, and the upcoming PRODUCERS FILM FUNDING PANEL “Supps: The Movie” and “The Skinny Truth”! SEPT 21, 11:00 AM MARCUS ENGLEFIELD PRODUCING - TELEVISION Executive Producer, Co-founder of Venture 3D SEPT 21, 12:30 PM (Danger Close, Animal Crackers, Beyond the Velvet Rope) STEWART A. LYONS GEORGE LEE Co-Producer, 2x Emmy Award Winner CEO & Co- Founder ofVenture 3D and Storyoscopic Films (Breaking Bad, Everybody Loves Raymond, Step by (Animal Crackers, Danger Close, Beyond the Velvet Rope) Step, Better Call Saul) BRENT BAUM Seminar Information Executive Producer, Writer (Wedding Planner, Charming, • Role of the Line Producer. Finding Noah, Thomas the Magic Railroad) • Experiences of working on the set. • Getting started in this role. Panel Information • Differences between feature film productions and • Join as these amazing producers discuss how to get your television. project off the ground. Focusing on development and filom funding. Find out the secrets of what producers look for. Panellists from this section will be apart of the pitch sessions. * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 2 (CONTINUED) Production on Set: Storytelling Through the Lens DISTRUBUTION & AQUISITIONS PRODUCING ANIMATION PANEL SEPT 21, 12:30 PM SEPT 21, 2:00 PM CHAD MILLER PENNEY FINKELMAN-COX Founder & President of Cinea Management President Patchwork Productions, Former Executive VP Sony (Cinema Machine Management, packaging expert for Pictures Animation, Former Co-Head of Dreamworks (Terms Netflix, Hulu, Amazon) of Endearment, Shrek, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Prince of Egypt) Seminar Information DANIELLE STERLING • Chad’s seminar will be on how to seek & negotiate distribution deals, as well as tips on what the major Producer players look for in terms of content acquisition. (Jump In, A Guy Thing, Gnome Alone) Distribution 101 (Amazon, Hulu, Netflix). JEREMY ROSS Executive Producer and founding partner in 3QU Media 2ND UNIT DIRECTION (Gnome Alone, Charming, Trouble, Fearless) SEPT 21, 2:00 PM Panel Information LARNELL STOVALL • Thoughts on productions in Canada. 2nd Unit Director • What are some major pros and cons when choosing to (Titans, Ride Along, Creed, Captain America) produce a film in Canada? • How Canadian filmmakers can create attraction and Seminar Information interests for foreign producers? • Action on Set: 2nd Unit Direction”. • Stunts, Choreography, Training, Safety. ANIMATION PANEL • Action and the Integrations of technology - Green Screens, Action Sequences. SEPT 21, 3:30 PM • ”Action scenes on location VS in studio. PETER LEPENIOTIS Animation Director (Surly Squirl,Nut Job, Dinosaur, Casper) SIMON J. SMITH Dreamworks Head of Layout, Director (Antz, Shrek, Shrek 4-D, Bee Movie) Panel Information • Into the world of imagination and art. • Character Development and Design. * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 2 (CONTINUED) Production on Set: Storytelling Through the Lens VFX CONCEPT DESIGN PRODUCTION LEGAL SEPT 21, 3:30 PM SEPT 21, 5:00 PM LUIS F. CARRASCO TARA SATTLER VFX Art Director & Concept Designer (The Revenant, Production Legal Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) (Cold Pursuit, Stuck in Love, Maniac) Seminar Information Seminar Information • “A Look Into the World of Fakery”. • Business Affairs. • Preparation and design style. • Obtaining talent. • What is the role in your job. • What to be aware of. • In-depth look at amazing films like Ready Player One, Star Wars, The Revanent, and how much preparation it takes. TECH & MOTION PICTURE LIGHTS, CAMERA, REAL TALK! MARKETING SEPT 21, 8:00 PM SEPT 21, 5:00 PM VINCENT WARD DENNIS RICE Actor (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Bringing Down the CEO & Founder of Visio Entertainment House, Walking Dead) (Former President of World Wide Marketing- United Artists, Former SVP- The Walt Disney Studios Former President- Marketing for Miramax Films) * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 3 Post-Production Magic: Bringing It All Together DISTRUBUTION & ACQUISITIONS DISTRIBUTION IN FOREIGN MARKETS SEPT 22, 11:00 AM SEPT 22, 12:30 PM DENNIS RICE BERYL HUANG CEO & Founder of Visio Entertainment (Former President President, CEO of Bruber Media, 4x Emmy Award Winner of World Wide Marketing- United Artists, Former SVP- (Belle, Death Wish, Wonders of the Sea) The Walt Disney Studios Former President- Marketing for Miramax Films) CURT MARVIS CEO & Co -Founder of QYOU, Former Lionsgate’s CURT MARVIS President of Digital Media (Traditional and Digital Media CEO & Co -Founder of QYOU, Former Lionsgate’s Distribution) President of Digital Media (Traditional and Digital Media Distribution) Panel Information • Chinese co-productions and how to get there. • What are the key challenges. SOUND DESIGN • What attracts Chinese producers and what are they SEPT 22, 12:30 PM looking for? • How we to attract more investors to produce films in BRIAN EIMER Canada. Senior Sound Designer/President of ImagesInSound Seminar Information ACTION FOR FILM • Amazing craft of sound design and sound effects. SEPT 22, 2:00 PM • Setting the atmosphere with the presence of Sound. • Follies and how it is captured and integrated into film. EMERSON WONG Founder of Pulse Academy, Stunt Coordinator/Performer (RoboCop, Pacific Rim, and Deadpool 2) FILM SALES Seminar Information SEPT 22, 2:00 PM • Action for Film Workshop. Learn what it takes and the MARK LINDSAY difference in Action on Camera. President of Distribution Goldcrest / Saboteur (Sin City, Finding Neverland, Kill Bill) * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments. DAY 3 (CONTINUED) Post-Production Magic: Bringing It All Together WOMEN IN FILM SEPT 22, 2:00 PM BERYL HUANG President, CEO of Bruber Media, 4x Emmy Award Winner (Belle, Death Wish, Wonders of the Sea) PENNEY FINKLEMAN-COX President Patchwork Productions, Former Executive VP Sony Pictures Animation, Former Co-Head of Dreamworks (Terms of Endearment, Shrek, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Prince of Egypt) Panel Information • Woman in the industry, how it all happened. • Challenges and Triumphs in the industry. • Words of Wisdom to young filmmakers. * All speakers are subject to cancellation or schedule change, due to professional commitments..