Going to be in Austin? Come to my panels...

I'll be speaking on 2 panels at South By South West:

PANEL NAME:
Video Production for the Web & Mobile Devices - Saturday, March 8th - 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM

MODERATOR:
Hank Blumenthal

DESCRIPTION:
These days people are watching more and more films on the internet and their mobile devices. How can you keep up with the trends and what can you do to produce the best content for these growing new mediums? Come find out what new technology is out there and how filmmakers are using it to their advantage.

PANEL NAME:
Communal Narrative: Exquisite Corpse Filmmaking Room
12AB - Tuesday, March 11th - 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MODERATOR:
Meghan Scibona

DESCRIPTION:
In 2008, a team of filmmakers will create an exquisite corpse (google 'surrealists') feature film to explore how narrative changes when it is collectively owned. Each team will create a 5 minute segment on film or video. When they are finished, they will pass the last minute of their film to the next team, along with headshots of the actors involved, and an object featured in their segment. No other information will change hands. The next team must incorporate one of these elements into their piece and will have 2 weeks to write, cast, shoot, and edit their segment. The final product will be a feature-length film, in which all of the elements that make up the narrative will be revealed for the first time. The panel, comprised of the major creative filmmaking roles (director, writer, DP, editor, actor) will discuss the changing rules of content creation, new ways to look at content mashups and their implications. The panel will explore issues of ownership in the world of YouTube, creative control, traditional story structure, and what happens to all of these when they are shattered by an arbitrary set of rules that mandate surrender of control.