FILMMAKER FRIDAY SCHEDULE – FRIDAY, MAY 14

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL & HILL CITY HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS AREA

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL

Show your Festival pass for free admittance to Crazy Horse Memorial.

 

Session 1     8:30 to 9:30 – Downstairs Main Visitor Center

Breakfast with Producer Sean Covel: “Make Your Own Dynamite” – Black Hills filmmaker Sean Covel on the business side of film and his success with “Napolean Dynamite.”

 

Session 2     9:30 to 10:30 am  - Theatre B

“The Making of THE COVE” – 2009 Academy Award® Winning Documentary Presented by Viki Psihoyos

 

Break 10:30 to 10:45 am

 

Session 3A   10:45 to 11:45 am

“Finding a Niche in the Movie Marketplace” - Presented by Graham & Anna Marie Thatcher

“Distribution for Independent Films” – A Panel Discussion with Linn Productions and Chris Eyre

 

Session 3B  10:45 to 11:45 am (Part 1 of Acting Session)

“Acting for Film” – Presented by Gary Graham, Hollywood Actor and Author of Acting & Other Flying Lessons. 

 

Session 3C 10:45 to 11:45 am

“Musical Scoring for Independent Films” – Roundtable Discussion with S.M. Clark 

 

LUNCH BREAK 11:45 to 1:00 pm

 

Session 4A   1:00 to 3:00 pm (Part 2 of Acting Session)

“Acting for Film” – Presented by Gary Graham, Hollywood Actor and author of Acting & Other Flying Lessons. 

 

Session 4B 1:00 to 3:00 pm

“CG or not CG. That is the Question.” – Presented by Mark Siegel and Carol Bauman from Industrial Light and Magic and Kerner Optical.   

 

Drive to Hill City  3:00 to 3:15 pm

 

HILL CITY HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS AREA

 

Session 5     3:15 to 6:00 pm

Meet Local Production Resources and Learn about Movie Equipment.

  • Introductions to Local Resources
  • Equipment Demonstration and Building an Interview Set by Crow Ridge Productions and Spectrum Films (Grip, Lights, Dollies, Jibs, etc.)
  • CamMate Crane Demonstration by Gar Kellogg
  • The RED Camera demonstration by Labyrinth Films

 

Session  6    4:30 to 5:00 pm      

Press Interviews with Festival Special Guests on Set.