The Film Panel Notetaker

“Making Magic Happen: The Art of Producing”
March 12, 12:30pm, Austin Convention Center
Moderator:
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Panelists:
Barry Mendel, producer, Barry Mendel Productions
Christine Vachon, Killer Films
Monnie Willis, The Jacobson Company
Jason Blum, Roadhouse Productions

“Making Magic Happen: The Art of Producing” focused on the ever-changing landscape of producing, and how the options for a producer are evolving.
The panel began with [...]

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Sound Decisions: A Reality Check On Using Music in Film
March 13, 2011, 11am, Austin Convention Center

Moderator:
Doreen Ringer-Ross, VP Film/TV Relations, BMI
Panelists:
Dayna Goldfine, Director, Something Ventured
Laura Karpman, Score Composer, Something Ventured
Seth Kaplan, Evolution Music Partners
Carter Armstrong, Vice President of Music, Warner Bros. Pictures
DIY Production Contracts: 7 Agreements Every Filmmaker Needs
March 14, 2011, Austin [...]

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DIY Days New York
March 5, 2011
Notes by Brian Geldin
DIY Days returned to New York where I attended another full day of discussions and workshops at the New School organized by WorkBook Project founder and Do-it-Yourself filmmaker and guru Lance Weiler. Below are my raw notes I typed on my laptop that I hope can be [...]

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Hilarity in a Handbag:
Actors Dialogue with Edie Falco
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 10am
Notes by Brian Geldin
Moderator:
Martha Frankel – Celebrity interviewer, author (Hats & Eyeglasses, Brazilian Sexy), Woodstock Writers Festival Founder, funny lady, Facebook friend, mensch.
Panelist:
Edie Falco – Emmy-winner as Carmela on The Sopranos and Jackie on Nurse Jackie.
My Take:
Martha Frankel’s Actors Dialogue [...]

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Environmentally Speaking – Improving Our Planet with the Power of Film
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Sunday, October 3, 2010 – 2pm
Notes by Brian Geldin

Conceived and Co-Programmed by:
Brian Geldin – The Film Panel Notetaker
Panel Synopsis:
Can film make an impact on how we take care of our planet? Do we need to be more environmentally responsible in how we [...]

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Film Marketing & Publicity
Woodstock Film Festival
Utopia Studios
Friday, October 1, 2010 – 4pm

Panel Synopsis:
For the past couple of years, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have successfully threatened traditional film publicity marketing campaigns. Now with the runaway success of the iPad and newer generation smart phones, has the day finally arrived when the promise of instant access puts [...]

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The Singularity Is Near
Woodstock Film Festival
Thursday, September 30, 2010
1pm Screening (Bearsville Theater)
4pm Panel (Utopia Studios)
Notes by Brian Geldin

L to R: Martine Rothblatt, Paul Hoffman, Ray Kurzweil & Meira Blaustein.

Film Directed By:
Anthony Waller and Ray Kurzweil
Film Synopsis:
The future: human history and mythology have been consumed with foretelling it, traveling to it and depicting it in [...]

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Telling Their Own Stories: The Individual as Documentarian and The Impact of User-Generated Media
(Preceded by Screening of Jennifer Arnold’s A Small Act)
Envision: Addressing Global Issues Through Documentaries
A Joint Program of IFP and the United Nations’ Department of Public Information
TheTimesCenter
New York, NY
July 10, 2010
After a lunch break following the “Education Obstacles and Solutions in Africa – [...]

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Education Obstacles and Solutions in Africa
Envision: Addressing Global Issues Through Documentaries
A Joint Program of IFP and the United Nations’ Department of Public Information
TheTimesCenter
New York, NY
July 10, 2010
By Erin Essenmacher
This panel directly followed the screening of Jennifer Arnold’s documentary  A Small Act.  The film follows the parallel stories of Chris Mburu, a UN worker from Kenya and Hilde [...]

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The Austin Connection
Saturday, May 8 2010 @ 2:15pm, Curtis Theatre, George Eastman House

(L to R: Jim Healy, David Lowery, Bryan Poyser, Alex Karpovsky)
Moderator: Jim Healy, Assistant Curator, George Eastman House
With: David Lowery, Director, St. Nick
Bryan Poyser, Director, Lovers of Hate
Alex Karpovsky, Director, Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
The Austin Connection followed a [...]

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