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Ben Lopez published UnscriptedLA Partner Special Rate - NALIP in Unscripted LA Producers Workshop 2014-11-06 04:02:11 -0800
UnscriptedLA Partner Special Rate - NALIP
Register for Unscripted LA Producers Workshop under the Special Partner Rate
LIMITED TIME ONLY! Must be a member of these organizations to qualify: Creative Mind Group, NHMC, NGLC, HCandF, Nosotros and WGA.
Special Partner Rate Registration (Must be registered by Nov. 13, 2014) - $100
Special Partner Member Rate Registration + Six Month NALIP membership - $135
At the door Unscripted LA Registration (after Nov. 13, 2014) - $175
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We look forward to seeing you at Unscripted LA Producers Workshop. Stay tuned for more announcements!
Purchase/refund policy: NO REFUNDS. Registration may be transferred to another media maker.
Weekend Workshop Schedule
Day One - Friday, November 14, 2014
Bamboo Restaurant & Bar
10835 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034
7 pm - 9 pm Informal Mixer
Day Two - Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 8:30 am - 6 pm
Hollywood Casting and Film - Prestige Studios
6900 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
8:30 am - 9am Orientation
9:10 am - 10 am Developing & Vetting Your Idea
10:15 am - 11:30 am Budget & Scheduling
11:30 - 12:30 pm Digital Content Development Presented by Jesus Chavez & Marcos Cline, MiTú Network
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Open Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Logline & Treatment
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Pitch-Perfect
5:30 pm - 6 pm Wrap. Practice your pitch!
Day Three - Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 8:30 am - 6 pm
Hollywood Casting and Film - Prestige Studios
6900 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
8:30 am - 9am Cafe con Leche Wake-up Mixer.
9am - 10:30 am Sizzle Reel Mystery
10:45 am - 12:45pm Finding the Perfect Cast
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Open Lunch Break
1:45 pm - 3:45 pm Lock & Load
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pitch to VIP panel.
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Panel Q & A
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm Closing thoughts & remarks
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Ben Lopez answered 2014-10-08 15:11:09 -0700Q: Would you recommend DYD to a fellow content creator?
A: Yes
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Monika Navarro
Monika Navarro is an independent documentary filmmaker and Producer for WORLD Channel (WGBH). Her debut documentary Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas) aired on the 2009/10 season of the award-winning PBS series Independent Lens and was awarded Best Director at the 2009 Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza. Recently she Associate Produced America ReFramed and the Peabody award-winning six-hour PBS series The Latino Americans, which had a national primetime broadcast in September 2013. She’s produced short web videos for Univision and the PBS American Graduate initiative, and she is currently developing a new media project, Marked for Life, which will explore the impact of gang injunctions on individuals and public spaces. Monika has received support from ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting, the LEF Moving Image Fund, Cal Humanities, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the City of Ventura Cultural Council for the Humanities, and the Color of Film Collaborative. A member of the National Association of Latino Producers (NALIP), Monika was a fellow at the 2013 CPB/PBS Producers Academy, the 2011 and 2013 NALIP Producer’s Academy, and a Filmmaker-in-Residence at WGBH. Monika has volunteered with the Guatemala Radio Project, blogged about contemporary art for Art:21, and was the festival coordinator for the 2005 Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Video and Film Festival. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University.
Monika will present Public Media Distribution at DYD New York.
About WORLD Channel
WORLD℠ is a 24/7, full service multicast channel featuring public television’s signature nonfiction documentary, science and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers.
Launched in August 2007, WORLD is produced and distributed by WGBH/Boston, American Public Television(APT) and WNET/New York in association with Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). WORLD is distributed by APT and is now carried by 68 licensees/158 stations representing more than 58% of U.S. TV households.WORLD’s television channel features such public television favorites as NOVA, Frontline, PBS Newshour, Nightly Business Report, Tavis Smiley, Global Voices, Pacific Heartbeat, Nature, Independent Lens, History Detectives, P.O.V. , Moyers & Company, NHK Newsline, Voces, Scully/The World Show, AfroPop, and Consuelo Mack: Wealthtrack. These programs are scheduled within seven days of their original broadcasts and include several exclusive broadcast premieres from independent and diverse program producers.
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Ben Lopez answered 2014-09-14 15:08:56 -0700Q: Would you recommend DYD to a fellow content creator?
A: Yes
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Ben Lopez published Richard Ray Perez in Doing Your Doc San Francisco 2014 2014-09-07 23:55:17 -0700
Richard Ray Perez will present his feature film Cesar’s Last Fast and co-present Documentary Film Funding 101 at DYD San Francisco
Richard Ray Perez, Producer, Creative Partnership, Sundance Institute, Documentary Film Program
Richard Ray Perez oversees a portfolio of Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP) partnerships and collaborations including “Stories of Change,” a multi-year DFP initiative with the Skoll Foundation, and the Sundance Institute TED Prize Filmmaker Award. Mr. Perez also reviews submissions to the Sundance Documentary Fund, and represents the DFP at international film festivals, documentary film conferences and pitch sessions where he meets with filmmakers to assess and discuss their projects. In addition to his work at Sundance Institute Mr. Perez executive produced and directed the feature documentary film Cesar’s Last Fast that premiered in US Feature Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast simultaneously on the Spanish-language network Univision and Pivot, the cable television network owned by Participant Media.Richard will present a free screening of Cesar’s Last Fast and co-present Documentary Film Funding 101 at Doing Your Doc San Francisco.
About Sundance Documentary Fund
Sundance Documentary Fund, part of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, provides creative and financial support to cinematic, feature documentaries from independent filmmakers globally. We provide $1M-$2M in non-recoupable financing annually across all stages of development, production, post-production, and strategic audience engagement. Films supported have included Why We Fight; Trouble the Water; Reportero; The Queen of Versailles; The Interrupters; Free Angela; Powerless; When I Walk; God Loves Uganda; Invisible War; and The Square. In addition to financing we offer a year-round suite of creative support opportunities including Creative Labs, Fellowships, and Work-In-Progress screenings. In supporting a broad spectrum of innovative and creative non-fiction storytelling, Sundance Institute embraces documentary film as a vital contributor to the language of the 21st century.
Attend Doing Your Doc San Francisco (September 12-14, 2014) with Richard Ray Perez! Register HERE