| Friday, October 19, 2012 | |||
 8:00 am - 8:50 am | Secrets of the 60 Second Pitch [More Info] Michael Hauge, Story Consultant/Author/Lecturer | ||
| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Pitch Slam | ||
| 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm | Lunch - On your own | ||
| 1:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Pitch Slam | ||
| 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Opening Keynote: Navigating Hollywood: Developing a Strategy to Sell your Script [More Info] Christopher Lockhart, William Morris Endeavor Story Editor, Filmmaker, Educator | ||
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Networking Reception | ||
| Saturday, October 20, 2012 | |||
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Pixar's Emotional Core: The Secret to Its Record-Breaking Success [More Info] Karl Iglesias, Instructor, UCLA Writer's Program | Writing the Spec Script That Launches Your Career [More Info] Corey Mandell, President, Three Dog Productions | Television Success Strategies [More Info] Carole Kirschner, Entertainment Career Coach, Park on the Lot, Entertainment Career Strategies |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | Before FADE IN: [More Info] Dwayne Alexander Smith, Screenwriter, Damn Good Ideas Productions Todd Klick, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, President of Writerwrench.com Syd Field, Script Consultant and Author Michael Hauge, Story Consultant/Author/Lecturer Wendy Kram, Producer and Script Consultant Lee Jessup, Career Coach | The Screenwriters' Guide to Entering (and Winning) Screenwriting Contests [More Info] Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, Editor and Online Community Manager, ScriptMag.com Ray Morton, Author and Script Consultant, SPW Productions Barri Evins, Producer; Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant, Be Movies; Big Ideas Joan Wai, Program Manager, Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting | Inside the Network and Studio Machine [More Info] Eric Edson, Author, Professor of Screenwriting and Director of the Graduate Program in Screenwriting at California State University, Cal State Northridge Carole Kirschner, Entertainment Career Coach, Park on the Lot, Entertainment Career Strategies Ellen Sandler, , Sandler Ink Chad Gervich, Paul S. Levine, Literary Agent/Lawyer, Paul S. Levine Literary Agency |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | The Art of Story [More Info] Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, Editor and Online Community Manager, ScriptMag.com Karl Iglesias, Instructor, UCLA Writer's Program William Martell, Screenwriter, First Strike Productions Pamela Jaye Smith, Consultant, Teacher, MYTHWORKS | Hooky Ideas - Capturing the Big Fish [More Info] Barri Evins, Producer; Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant, Be Movies; Big Ideas | The A-B-Cs of Television Script Structure [More Info] Aaron Ginsburg, TV writer/producer, NBC's Do No Harm Erik Bork, Writer/Producer and Writing Consultant, Flyingwrestler.com Ellen Sandler, , Sandler Ink Jen Grisanti, Story/Career Consultant and Writing Instructor, Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc. |
| 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm | Lunch - provided | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm | The Three-Act Structure and Beyond [More Info] Todd Klick, Author, Screenwriter, Producer, President of Writerwrench.com José Silerio, Screenwriter Eric Edson, Author, Professor of Screenwriting and Director of the Graduate Program in Screenwriting at California State University, Cal State Northridge Syd Field, Script Consultant and Author Barri Evins, Producer; Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant, Be Movies; Big Ideas | Getting Past the Reader [More Info] Melody Jackson, Founder and Chief Smart Girl, Smart Girls Productions, Inc Dwayne Alexander Smith, Screenwriter, Damn Good Ideas Productions Ray Morton, Author and Script Consultant, SPW Productions Mike Kuciak, Producer, Samurai MK William Massa, Screenwriter | Writing the TV Spec That Sells [More Info] Erik Bork, Writer/Producer and Writing Consultant, Flyingwrestler.com Paul Chitlik, Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University Chad Gervich, William Rabkin Brad Schreiber, Writer-Producer, Parallel Universe |
| 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm | Script Secrets [More Info] William Martell, Screenwriter, First Strike Productions | Pitch Perfect [More Info] Danny Manus, Script Consultant, No BullScript Consulting Michele Wallerstein, Screenplay, Novel, Career Consultant and author of MIND YOUR BUSINESS: A Hollywood Literary Agent's Guide To Your Writing Career Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, President; CEO; Founder, Noble House Entertainment, Inc.; The Script (&Novel) Broker®; The Open Space On Melrose Barri Evins, Producer; Screenwriting Teacher and Consultant, Be Movies; Big Ideas | How to Tell and Sell Your Spec Script [More Info] Jen Grisanti, Story/Career Consultant and Writing Instructor, Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc. |
| 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Cast of Characters [More Info] Dwayne Alexander Smith, Screenwriter, Damn Good Ideas Productions Steve Faber, Screenwriter Pamela Jaye Smith, Consultant, Teacher, MYTHWORKS Anthony Grieco, Michael Hauge, Story Consultant/Author/Lecturer Lee Jessup, Career Coach | Tools of the Trade: Query Letters, Treatments, Loglines, and More! [More Info] Corey Mandell, President, Three Dog Productions Melody Jackson, Founder and Chief Smart Girl, Smart Girls Productions, Inc Danny Manus, Script Consultant, No BullScript Consulting Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, President; CEO; Founder, Noble House Entertainment, Inc.; The Script (&Novel) Broker®; The Open Space On Melrose Julian Friedmann, Co-Owner, Blake Friedmann Literary Agency | Great in the Room - Getting in ... and Staying in.... the Writers Room [More Info] Carole Kirschner, Entertainment Career Coach, Park on the Lot, Entertainment Career Strategies Ellen Sandler, , Sandler Ink Aaron Ginsburg, TV writer/producer, NBC's Do No Harm Jim Campolongo, Co-Producer/Consulting Producer Bob DeRosa, Screenwriter |
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Writing Real-Life Dialogue [More Info] Karl Iglesias, Instructor, UCLA Writer's Program Steve Faber, Screenwriter William Martell, Screenwriter, First Strike Productions William Massa, Screenwriter Anthony Grieco, | What I Really Want is Representation - The Agent and Manager Panel [More Info] Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, Editor and Online Community Manager, ScriptMag.com Terri Zinner, Brian Spink, Manager/Producer, REALM Literary Jeff Graup, CEO, Graup Entertainment Julian Friedmann, Co-Owner, Blake Friedmann Literary Agency | Developing and Pitching the Television Series [More Info] Jen Grisanti, Story/Career Consultant and Writing Instructor, Jen Grisanti Consultancy Inc. Paul Chitlik, Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University Bob Gustafson, Sr. Story Producer, ABC's Glass House Chad Gervich, William Rabkin |
| 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm | |||
| Sunday, October 21, 2012 | |||
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | THE INDUSTRY-READY CHECKLIST: [More Info] Pilar Alessandra, Director, On the Page, Inc. | Breaking in From Outside L.A. [More Info] Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, Editor and Online Community Manager, ScriptMag.com | A Screenwriters Guide to Interactive Books [More Info] Jeffrey Alan Schechter, |
| 10:00 am - 10:50 am | The HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY [More Info] Steve Kaplan, Script Consultant, Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive | Getting An Agent The Old Fashioned Way - The Query Letter [More Info] Richard Walter, Screenwriter, Professor | ANOTHER PATH TO GLORY: How screenwriters can grow in the comic book market [More Info] Art Holcomb, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder, ANDROMEDA ENTERTAINMENT |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | The Rewrite [More Info] Corey Mandell, President, Three Dog Productions Paul Chitlik, Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University Jeffrey Alan Schechter, Pilar Alessandra, Director, On the Page, Inc. | Adapting Articles and Books for TV & Film [More Info] Brad Schreiber, Writer-Producer, Parallel Universe | New Media and Today's Screenwriter [More Info] Aaron Mendelsohn, TV, Screen, and New Media, AM Entertainment, Inc |
| 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm | Closing Keynote [More Info] Syd Field, Script Consultant and Author | ||
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