Thanks to all of those who attended this year’s Making Media Now! Our wonderful speakers, cutting-edge tradeshow companies, and creative, friendly atmosphere made our 2008 conference our best ever. If you attended MMN ‘08 but didn’t have a chance to fill out our evaluation form, please take a moment and fill out our brief annonymous, survey below; your feedback will help Filmmakers Collaborative make future film community events even better.
We offered 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
Our trade show with vendor demonstrations was a great success and our free 15-minute one-on-one consultations with panelists and experts filled up before our morning sessions began. Topics included:
• Legal Issues
• Tax Incentives
• Story Structure
• Trailer advice
• Technology Consulting
• Film Financing
and more.
Author and Boston Globe columnist, Scott Kirsner gave a wonderful keynote presentation “Innovation & Cinema: The Role That Indies and Outsiders Play.”
Our closing pitch session featured a fantastic panel of industry experts and allowed three attendees to benefit from their knowledge:
• Abby Freedman - Don’t Let Go (documentary)
• Lee Drescher - “Treasure Time” (children’s television series)
• Rick Beyer - The Ghost Army (documentary)
Please browse the rest of our Making Media now section for a complete schedule, bios of our speakers, and descriptions on panels you may have missed. And check back for photos and complete handouts from Indiegogo.com, Snowfall films, and ITVS.
Thanks again for a wonderful conference. See you next year!
