Making Media Now 2008 takes place on Friday, May 30th from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Registration is now open. This year’s venue is the wonderful conference center at Bentley with plenty of free parking for all attendees just outside the conference center.
We’ll be offering a wide range of panels, seminars, and break-out sessions on a wide range of topics including:
• Financing Documentaries: What Does the Future Hold?
• Finding Work in the Massachusetts Film Industry
• Story Structure: From Great to Excellent! with The Doc Doctor,
Fernanda Rossi
• Marketing Your Film for Engagement and Impact
• Equity Financing Panel—Cutting Edge Ways of Gaining Equity Funding
(for Docs and Narratives)
• Music for Film 2.0
• Incorporating Animation into your Doc or Feature Film
• The Future of Documentary in the Age of Internet Video
• Perfecting Your Pitch: 10 Steps to Success
Plus, we’ll have a trade show with vendor demonstrations and free 15-minute one-on-one consultations with experts (sign-up that day-first come, first serve) on topics like
• Legal Issues
• Tax Incentives
• Story Structure
• Trailer advice
• Technology Consulting
• Film Financing
and more.
Luncheon with keynote speaker, Author and Boston Globe columnist, Scott Kirsner, who’ll give a presentation based on his soon-to-be published book, “Inventing the Movies: Hollywood’s Epic Battle Between Innovation & the Status Quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs.”
Pitch Session: three projects will have the chance to practice their pitch to a panel of industry experts, sign up now for this unique opportunity.
National industry guests so far include:
• Ellen Stanley, VP Communications, National Geographic
• Scott Kirsner, Author & Boston Globe Writer
• Cynthia López, Vice President of P.O.V.
• Slava Rubin, Indiegogo.com Founder
• Suzanne Lyons, Snowfall Films
• Dan Cogan, Impact Partners
• Kathryn Washington, ITVS
• Fernanda Rossi, The Doc Doctor
• Ryan Harrington, Gucci-Tribeca Fund
• Bonnie Abaunza, Participant Media
…and more!
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Registration Fees |
Early Bird |
Standard |
Late |
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Regular |
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$150 |
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FC, AIMM, MPC Members |
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$135 |
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Students (with ID) |
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$55 |
