The Code is a BBC documentary about Professor Marcus du Sautoy's search of a mysterious code that governs our world through numbers, shapes and patterns. It's also a next-generation transmedia treasure hunt aimed at all ...
Partnerships in filmmaking can be a blessing or a curse - which is it when your partner is family? Hear from four teams of filmmaking brothers with Films at SXSW this year as they discuss what it's like working together,...
Beginner
Presenters
Benny Safdie, Bill Ross, David Zellner, Kevin McManus, Mark Duplass, Matt McManus, Nathan Zellner, Turner Ross, Christy Lemire
It's been said that 80% of making a movie is casting; no where is that more true than in independent film. This panel, moderated by actress and producer Megan Boone, with casting director Paul Schnee (Winter's Bone, The ...
Beginner
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Brian Savelson, Carly Hugo, Paul Schnee, Megan Boone
This panel will discuss how presenting film in new and alternative ways, such as site-specific presentations, installations and in tandem with live events can build audiences and create unmatched cinematic experiences fo...
Intermediate
Presenters
Henri Mazza, Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Mary Magsamen, Mike Plante, Delicia Harvey
A script may be the core of the filmmaking process but how do screenwriters and producers work together to trigger the ideas, choices and final components that bring a film to life? What impact do producers have on scrip...
While many have described the new world of remix culture where “nothing is original,” few have provided practical advice for those of us who find ourselves living and making things in it. Join filmmaker Kirby Ferguso...
While the market for professionally crafted online films grows daily, the budgets to create them don't. In this new media landscape, how do production companies continue to produce great work and still run a profitable o...
Intermediate
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Ben Dietz, Blake Whitman, Mary Fagot, Mary Crosse, Adam Glickman
Do festivals represent the future of independent film distribution? Where are the opportunities? What are the risks? This panel will explore emergent models and speculate on ways independent producers (and distributors) ...
Intermediate
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Chris Horton, Jason Janego, Nancy Schafer, Sean Farnel
The Bui Brothers have traveled around the world shooting on DSLRs for the last three years, starting with the Nikon D90 (the first video-capable DSLR) then quickly moving on to shoot the first US nation-wide TV commercia...
How do a group of friends go from sitting down for a meal together to creating an EPIC MEAL TIME together?
The first ever Epic Meal Time video involved the creation (and subsequent demolition) of a "fast-food pizz...
Beginner
Presenters
Ameer Atari, David Heuff, Harley Morenstein, Josh Elkin, Jonny Goldmaker
Since its inception, digital distribution has promised independent filmmakers direct access to audiences, but has it delivered? In this panel, three pioneers of digital distribution – Snag Films, Pre Screen, EPIX and F...
Intermediate
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Jill Burkhart, Jonathan Marlow, Shawn Bercuson, Stephanie Sharis, Richard Lorber
Once upon a time at the movies, the noble everyman triumphed at the end while the shady operator got his comeuppance. It was the natural order of things. Then, in 1987, everything changed. Michael Douglas, in the guise...
Beginner
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Dan Kois, Eliza Skinner, PE Oppenheim, Robyn Sklaren
Join Director Timo Vuorensola and Producer Tero Kaukomaa as they discuss their film IRON SKY (SXSW 2012) and how they worked to bridge the gap between the film industry and new forms of media. This trend is gaining tract...
Beginner
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Brian Chirls, Jonathan Gardner, Tero Kaukomaa, Timo Vuorensola
With films such as Food, Inc. and Waiting For Superman, Participant Media uses film as a vehicle to create communities focused on change. But how do you keep the momentum of a movement after the film has run its course? ...
