the serious business of making comedies
10am-5pm, friday, september 30
WE'VE PLANNED A DAY OF WEB-SPIRATION TO SHARE HOW TO MAKE MOVIES FOR THE WEB & HOW TO MAKE MONEY DOING IT
Individual workshop - $15
All-Day 6-Workshop pass - $50
10-11 Why the Web?
The web can be the base for building a career in movies if approached strategically. This workshop will lay out the terrain and offer strategies for beginning filmmakers as well as experienced ones on how to use the web to simultaneously learn to craft their product for their audience and make money while they do it. Panelists: Web TV Workshop, Comediva, and the Producers Guild.
11-12 Production Values
Web production doesn't have to be expensive to look professional. This workshop offers a few quick tips for setting up your lighting, using your camera and working with actors so that your get footage that shines. Presenters: Stephanie Syd Yang, and the Actors Comedy Studio
12-1 The Invisible Edit
With desktop editing, many folks cut their own films. This workshop starts with a set of tips to take the amateur out of your cut followed by some pointers on cleaning the audio. Then a professional post house will talk about how to budget for professional post if you do have the money. Presenters: Michelle Clay, Heather Yonker, and Greenhouse Studios.
1-2 LUNCH BREAK
2-3 Upload or Die
Anna Wenger, head of physical production at Funny Or Die, will talk about making comedy for the web and is bringing some women to share their success stories. A must for anyone thinking that the web comedy is the way to go.
Panelists: Allison Hord, Betsy Kock, Christin Trogan, Juliet Seniff, and Lauren Palmigiano.
3-4 Distribution Options
Many people still look to traditional distribution models for their short films. This workshop takes a look at how these are faring in today's market along with the tools available on the web for turning a profit on content. Panelists: Shorts International, Filmmakers Stuff, Social Impact Consulting, New Media Film Festival
4-5 Ducks in a Row
This last panel presents an array of tools to help plan, manage and track your work so that you can go about the business of making the money off the web for your films. Panelists: Media Services, Quick Film Budget and My LLC.
Day pass: $50
Single session: $15
PRESENTERS CONFIRMED (in alphabetical order) |
Moni Boyce is Co-Owner and Managing Director of Studio Operations & Client Relations for Greenhouse Studios, oversees production services, product quality control, client service, and manages the post-production facility. |
Jason Brubaker is the founder of Filmmaking Stuff, a professional resource for independent filmmakers and is a contributing author of The Independent's Guide to Film Distributors. |
Michelle Clay is an editor with experience cutting for films, television, and music videos, most recently working for TV Guide Network. She also penned a script that won Best Screwball Comedy in the 2006 Broad Humor Film Festival. |
Leimomi Coloretti is Director of Outreach and Development for Media Services, Showbiz Software and Showbiz Store and Cafe. Media Services is one of the entertainment industry’s leading accounting, payroll, crew booking, and software companies. |
Erika Cervantes is the President/Founder of Comediva, a female comedy brand and content studio that creates original video and editorial content for women, published daily on Comediva.com. At Comediva, Erika has executive produced 5 original web series, as well as the viral hit "G-Male," which was featured in 50+ online publications globally, and garnered 535,000 views and counting. |
Ally Hord has spent the last 6 years in development, production, and post for various reality and scripted TV projects in NYC and LA. Currently pursuing comedy writing and directing, she is right at home producing for Funny or Die, where comedy dreams* come true. (*At least internet comedy dreams that can be done for a small budget.) |
Cindy Marie Jenkins writes and consults for social good as Director of Online Outreach with Social | Impact Consulting, a startup based in Los Angeles. She aims to inspire and empower you in how to use social media effectively for just 15 minutes a day. |
Betsy Koch began at the Endeavor agency where she worked in both the motion picture literary and talent departments. She transitioned into development and production working for writer/director Peter Berg at Film 44, then helped develop a full feature/TV slate as Robert Rodriguez's creative executive at Troublemaker Studios. In late 2010 Betsy was hired as a producer at Funny or Die, and continues to live out her comedy dreams producing sketches/videos. |
Greg Monterrosa is the Co-Founder of MyLLC.com. Greg Monterrosa will go over LLC's and why Filmmakers love them. How to structure your film to raise capital. |
Lauren Palmigiano has been a writer/director at Funny or Die since it's inception in 2007. Over the past four years she has created many internet hits and some internet misses. Her first short film "Cried Suicide" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010. Lauren's favorite internet videos are ones that feature inter-species affection. |
Damian Pellicionne is the head of Stella Entertainment and has starred, produced and cast over fifteen successful Internet productions. |
Todd Rohrbacher is the Founder of Actors Comedy Studio. He was recently voted LA's Favorite Scripted Comedy Coach in the Backstage 2011 Reader's Choice Poll and was also mentioned as one of the best Audition Technique teachers in the city. |
Juliet Seniff is a branded producer at FOD and oversees video content production for brands and entertainment properties. She previously worked in comedy casting, for a TV director and at the William Morris Agency in both LA and NYC. |
Chris Thomes is an Emmy award-winning executive producer and senior executive in digital entertainment. Chris now serves as Vice President, Digital Media Studios at Disney ABC Television Group. Chris also serves as Vice President, New Media, for the Producers Guild of America New Media Council. |
Christin Trogan began her career at NFL Films, where she was able to travel extensively as a cinematographer's assistant and eventually associate producer on various film and digital projects. After spending a year at ICM in Los Angeles, Christin transitioned to Funny or Die, where she has produced over 200 videos in less than three years. |
| Allison Vanore is the producer of S.O.L.O. The Series, Anyone But Me, upcoming: Cost of Capital, Replaced Series. She is a member of the IAWTV (International Academy of Web Television). |
| Anna Wenger has had a varied career in video, film and television. She is currently the head of physical production at funny or die. |
| Stephanie Syd Yang works as a gaffer and explores her art as an experimental filmmaker, collage artist and writer. A mixed-race, Taiwanese/European American artist + healer, she sees the world through light and shadows. More at: bunnystar23.com & bluejaguarlove.com |
| Heather Yonker teaches audio engineering, music, and digital media at Madison Media Institute. |