workshops and Panels

The Art of the Conceptual Moving Title
Thursday, Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m.
Trustees Theater
The session presents the rare opportunity to see and hear award-winning director-designer Kyle Cooper, owner of Prologue Films and venerated for revitalizing main-title sequences as an art form. Following his opener for “Se7en,” his popularity exploded and he went on to create title sequences ranging from “Spider-Man” to “Superman Returns” and the annual Academy Award presentations, among a vast array of other work that includes advertising and marketing campaigns, corporate and entertainment branding projects, visual effects sequences and openings for video games. Brett Ashy, president of The Ashy Agency, will interview Cooper following a historical montage of his work.

Comedy and Film: A Master Class with David Zucker
Thursday, Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m., Red Gallery
Join legendary, award-winning writer/director/producer David Zucker as he discusses filmmaking’s more successful yet less respected genre: comedy. Along with his brother Jerry and longtime friend Jim Abrahams, Zucker has written and/or produced some of the most successful comedy franchises in history, including “Airplane!,” “The Naked Gun” and the “Scary Movie” series. Zucker will show his favorite clips from his nearly three decade-long career as he discusses the challenges and rewards of making people laugh through the magic of film.

Distribution Revolution
Monday, Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m.
Red Gallery
With DVD sales competing against box office returns, television show downloadables for iPods, millions of viewers on YouTube.com, and streaming media available on mobile phones, what is the future of film exhibition? This panel discusses the current state of distribution and the future of getting films seen.

Emerging Roles in Performance: The Future of Acting in Cinema
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 11:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
Are films just cast with pretty faces intended for a big box office draw or can a truly accomplished actor have a presence that transcends today’s flash-in-the-pan celebrity culture? This panel discusses current trends in casting and the way audiences perceive reality through performance.
 
Entertainment Marketing Moves the Industry
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2:30 p.m.
Red Gallery
Promotion and marketing often are the keys to the success or failure of film or television project. Whether it is through traditional TV and newspaper campaigns or through studio Web sites, word of mouth or MySpace, consistent and repetitive marketing can make or break a project. This panel discusses the latest techniques, philosophies and examples of marketing in the 21st century.

Just "Stop By. Shoot Film."
Presented by Kodak
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Lucas Theatre
Designed for anyone interested in discovering how fun and easy it is to use motion picture film, "Stop By. Shoot Film." is a hands-on opportunity to experience film capture using a 16 mm motion picture film camera. Stop by and experience the ease of capturing beautiful images on Super 16 mm film. To register, e-mail us-ei-training@kodak.com and include your name, phone number, e-mail address, and preferred date and time, or stop by the Lucas Theatre. There is no fee for the event, but space is limited.

Machinima I
Monday, Oct. 30, 11:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
This panel examines Machinima, a new form of filmmaking that uses computer games technology to shoot films in the virtual reality of a game engine. Rather than picking up expensive camera equipment, or spending months painstakingly tweaking even more expensive 3-D packages, Machinima creators create their movies within a computer game world.

Machinima II
Making the Machinima Feature Film
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 11:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
The Machinima feature film “BloodSpell” took more than three years, hundreds of hours and endless nights to create. Find out what it takes to create an epic animated movie using the Machinima technique with dramatically less time and money.

Networking: The Reality of Life
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 9:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
How do recent graduates with great short films, some experience on the set and a résumé to boot, get plugged in to the filmmaking community? This panel takes a look at how to navigate the waters of the filmmaking community and shop marketable skills.

Private Equity Funding for Your Film
Monday, Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
Whether it’s from a rich uncle or a hedge fund, private equity investment in filmmaking has dramatically increased in recent years. Find out what is behind this recent influx of cash into the movie business, how it affects productions, and what the future holds for the hedge fund producer.

The Silver Screen Society – Staged Reading
Sunday, Oct. 29, 11:30 a.m., Lucas Theatre
The Silver Screen Society presents 2005 screenwriting contest winner Aaron Kablack and the first public reading of his screenplay “Hargrove House.”

After a mix-up with their reservations on orientation weekend, an incoming SCAD freshman and her family are forced to stay at a mysterious bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Savannah. As an approaching hurricane cuts off all possible escape routes, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive a night of murder and madness.

So, you have an idea for a television show?
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2:30 p.m., Red Gallery
Have you ever had an idea that you thought would make a great television show or wondered what it takes to make a great television show? Whether it is the next “Trading Spaces,” “Flip this House,” or just a local cable access show, there are opportunities available for content developers and creators to have their ideas become the next big hit. This panel, hosted by representatives of Comcast Cable, will discuss the nuts and bolts of what it takes to get ideas from the head to the screen.

So, You Want to Be a Producer?
Friday, Nov. 3, 11:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. Learn what it takes to be a producer, how to get started and what a producer actually does.

“Superman Returns”: Digital Workflows and Visual Effects
Friday, Nov. 3, 2:30 p.m.
Red Gallery
This two-part presentation highlights the process and amazing techniques used to create one of this year’s biggest visual effects blockbusters.


Winsor McCay
Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Canemaker on Winsor McCay
Thursday, Nov. 2, 11:30 a.m.
Red Gallery
To celebrate last year's 100th anniversary of Little Nemo, the boy dreamer in Winsor McCay’s groundbreaking 1905 comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland” and his 1911 film adaptation, the Savannah Film Festival presents an intimate look at McCay through acclaimed animation filmmaker and historian John Canemaker.

The lecture is illustrated with stunning images from Canemaker’s newly expanded biography of the pioneering animator, titled "Winsor McCay: His Life and Art" (Harry N. Abrams, 2005), interspersed with a screening of four of McCay’s greatest films: “Little Nemo” (1911), “How a Mosquito Operates” (1912), “Gertie the Dinosaur” (1914) and “The Sinking of the Lusitania” (1918).

Canemaker said “Little Nemo in Slumberland” was “unlike any comic strip seen before or since and for Winsor McCay it represented a major creative leap, one far grander in scope, imagination, color, design and motion experimentation than any previous McCay comic strip [or those of his peers].”

Young Directors’ Forum
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2:30 p.m.
Red Gallery
Presented by the Silver Screen Society and sponsored by Budweiser Select
“JOB WANTED – Film Director. Recent SCAD grad with drive and enthusiasm looking for professional opportunity.” Learn how to turn the dream of being a filmmaker into reality from those who have successfully the transition from student to filmmaker. Emmy Award-winning producer Barry Rosenbush moderates a panel featuring two young directors; Jeff Byrd (“King’s Ransom,” “Jasper, Texas”) and Chris Sivertson (“The Best of Robbers,” “The Lost”), and super agent Ken Greenblatt, of Paradigm Agency.