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Schedule
Friday - June 20, 2008
Session
Location
Registration
1 - 6 p.m.
Master Screenwriting Workshop
with
Syd Field
Academy One
Register
8:30 - 10 p.m.
Wine & Cheese Welcome Reception
Academy One
Storylink All-Star Sessions
Free classes -
sign up
Academy One
Academy Two
Academy Three
Academy Four
1 - 2:45 p.m.
The Business Side of Show: One-Sheets that Work!
with
Babz Bitela
&
Debe Scott
The Power of the Dark Side: Great Villains & Dangerous Situations
with
Pamela Jaye Smith
Your First Film Job
with
Karen Kaufman Wilson
3 - 5 p.m.
Pitch TV Like a Pro
with
Mark Simon
Agents - How to Find, Keep & Fire Yours
with
Michele Wallerstein
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Make the Most of your PitchFest
with
Signe Olynyk
,
Lorene Lacey
&
Bob Schultz
Saturday - June 21, 2008
Session
Location
Registration
9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Story Mastery Workshop
with
Michael Hauge
Academy One
Register
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Lunch - a limited number of boxed lunches will be available
Registration
area
2 - 6 p.m.
Power Screenwriting Workshop
with
Pilar Alessandra
Academy One
Register
Storylink All-Star Sessions
Free classes -
sign up
Academy Two
Academy Three
Academy Four
Academy Five
Academy Six
Vine A/B
9 - 10:30 a.m.
Ask Karl ANYTHING (about Writing!)
with
Karl Iglesias
Pitch in a Minute
with
Pilar Alessandra
Million Dollar Screenwriting
with
Chris Soth
Top Ten Things that Readers HATE
with
Julie Gray
What Happens to your Screenplay or Book when it’s Submitted to a Studio
with
Rona Edwards
&
Monika Skerbelis
Write it, Work it, Pitch it - Lessons from the Pros about Working in Television
with
Ellen Sandler
&
Kathie Fong Yoneda
10:30 - 11 a.m.
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Hit me with your Best Shot: Why Concept is Still King!
with
Blake Snyder
Creating Great Dialogue for Film & Television
with
Pilar Alessandra
Inside Story: Writing from the Inside Out
with
Dara Marks
From Script to Screen - Launching your Screenwriting Career
with
Bill True
Your Next Big Idea
with
Barri Evins
Legal Ease - A Legal Rights Workshop for Writers
with
Mark Litwak
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Studio vs Indie Smackdown!!!
with Screenwriters,
TJ Lynch
(A Plumm Summer) &
Paul Guay
(Liar, Liar)
Grabbing the Reader in the First Ten Pages
with
Michael Hauge
The Inner Movie Method - Finding your Story & your Pitch
with
Viki King
Deepening your Script through Theme
with
Linda Seger
and
Pamela Jaye Smith
Them’s Fighting Words - Legal Savvy for Screenwriters
with
Victoria Goldfarb
Reality Television
with
DMA (Donna Michelle Anderson)
3 - 3:30 p.m.
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
3:30 - 5 p.m.
A Reel Life Screenwriter
-
Mark Fergus
(Iron Man, Children of Men) interviewed by
Barri Evins
Sell your Story in 60 Seconds
with
Michael Hauge
How to get your Screenplay out of the House & into the Film World
with
Michele Wallerstein
Advanced Screenwriting
with
Linda Seger
Cheap Thrills - Writing & Directing Your First Film
with Writer / Director / Filmmaker
Jason Tomaric
How to Read the Trades
with
Heather Hale
5 - 5:30 p.m.
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Hollywood by Phone - LIVE
- with Special Guest,
JC Spink
(BenderSpink) interviewed by
Chris Soth
Chistopher Lockhart
(Story Editor at William Morris Agency) &
Randi Siegel
presented by the Scriptwriters Network
Writing Groups
with
Philip Eisner
presented by Cinestory
Creating Slam Dunk Scripts - How to Write it, Pitch it, Work it: High Concept Style
with
Richard Michael Stefanik
&
Steve Kaire
8 - 10:30 p.m.
The Great American PitchFest & Sage Presence Present a special screening of Filmmaker Bill True’s debut feature film, "Runaway".
Q&A session and reception to follow.
Sunday - June 22, 2008
Session
Registration
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Pitchfest
Available with
Everything
and
Almost everything
packages
or
on its own
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Executive Luncheon
Available with
Everything
and
Almost everything
packages
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Break
1:45 - 5 p.m.
Pitchfest
Available with
Everything
and
Almost everything
packages
or
on its own
5 - 6 p.m.
Sweet Taste of Success Cocktail Party
Available with
Everything
and
Almost everything
packages