Come and Capture: Content Creation with Soul

Ready to be inspired? Join Adobe and SoulPancake for a conversation about collaborating to create inspirational, thought provoking content while developing community. Learn how today's new creative is bypassing traditional network and cable TV and embracing YouTube and other distribution models, using tools to produce, direct and edit high-production work. SoulPancake is the company behind “Kid President” – the 9 year old who created YouTube videos that ultimately landed him in the Oval Office telling us how to make the world more awesome.
Moderator: Meagan Keane, Adobe
Panelists:
Shabnam Mogharabi – CEO/Executive Producer, SoulPancake
Bayan Joonam – Head of Production, SoulPancake
Ben Shelton - Director, writer, producer, The FlipSide on SoulPancake's YouTube channel

Presenters

Bayan Joonam

Head of Production at SoulPancake

SoulPancake

Two things happened on September 4th, 1987. There was an earthquake, and Bayan was born. The events may or may not be related.

Bayan is the Head of Production at SoulPancake, a production company that seeks to explore the human experience through creative, thought-provoking content that opens your heart. At SoulPancake, he oversees all production and post-production work, establishes workflow processes and systems, implements technology and equipment upgrades, and manages a staff of filmmakers, editors, and interns as well as directing, shooting, and editing content. Prior to working with SoulPancake, Bayan was a filmmaker with Jay-Z's new media enterprise, Life + Times, out of New York, as well as a media strategist for the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., where he helped restructure the organization's online content workflow. Bayan earned a BFA in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts with a minor in Art History at Ithaca College in New York, and prior to that attended Idyllwild Arts Academy, where he studied cinematography.

Ben Shelton

Dir, Writer & Producer

SoulPancake

Ben Shelton is a writer, director, and filmmaker who focuses on narrative storytelling with heartfelt emotion and a whimsical sense of humor. His repertoire as a director includes commercials for major brands, award-winning short films, and popular web series, and he is currently at work on his first feature film. Ben created 'The FlipSide', a short film series in the vein of The Twilight Zone that airs on actor Rainn Wilson's premium YouTube channel, SoulPancake. He also works on 'The Daly Show,' a Portlandia-esque series starring Tim Daly and his son, Sam. Ben's dramatic short film, 'My Name is Lisa,' was a viral sensation and was named Best Short Film at the YouTube Awards in 2008. Ben lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Meagan Keane

Prod Mktg Mgr

Adobe

Meagan Keane's beginnings were in documentary film production. Before joining Adobe in 2011, Keane was Artist Relations manager for Video at Avid. She also produced the feature documentary "Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America", featured at numerous film festivals in 2011. During the post-production phase of "Defining Beauty," Keane stepped from film production into film tech. In 2008, Keane held a contract position at Lucasfilm Ltd. as associate producer conducting R&D for a proposed documentary series. In 2007-08 she field produced and shot the feature-length documentary "High School 911" with director Timothy Warren. At Interloper Films, Keane served as Field Producer and Associate Producer on 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Award Winner for Documentary "We Live in Public," and 2007 Los Angeles International Film Festival Official Selection for Documentary "Join Us." Keane holds her Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts.

Shabnam Mogharabi

CEO & Exec Producer at SoulPancake

SoulPancake

I wear a lot of hats at SoulPancake. Sometimes I'm CEO. Sometimes I'm Executive Producer. Sometimes I'm dance party instigator. We produce daily video content for YouTube (Kid President!), create awesomeness for TV, and can sell any brand in a fun, uplifting way. Basically, our content will help you open your heart without feeling like an idiot. And I'm pretty damn proud of that. I was a journalist for a long time (translation: I like a good story). In fact, you can probably blame deforestation on my severe magazine subscription addiction (hey, that rhymed!).