October 8, 2016

OSCAR CAREER IN FILM SUMMIT 2016

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Dakar Media Academy was in the house, Saturday, October 8th, for the 2nd Annual Oscar Film Summit.  This day long event for high school and college students brought together Academy members and other film industry guests to discuss their professions as well as the paths they took to achieve career success.

Although the Academy said they were full to capacity, I saw a theater with plenty of seats still left.  Nevertheless it was more of the velvet rope treatment, where you can look, but don’t touch.  None of the the panelist were available for conversation this year, as they were whisked away by handlers.

Film clips chosen by the panelists will highlight significant work.

The Academy will also present The Careers in Film Summit–London on Friday, November 11, at the Regent Street Cinema in London. Presented in partnership with the UK film education charity Into Film, the half-day event will feature three hour-long panels (panelists to be announced at a later date) and is part of the Into Film Festival , the world’s biggest youth-focused film festival.

9 A.M. WORKING ABOVE THE LINE
Tyrese Gibson, Actor – “Fast and Furious” series, “Transformers”
Catherine Hardwicke, Director – “Twilight,” “Thirteen”
James Lopez, Production Executive – “The Perfect Guy,” “Think Like a Man”
Theodore Melfi, Writer-Producer-Director – “Hidden Figures,” “St. Vincent”
Tyger Williams, Writer – “The Perfect Guy,” “Menace II Society”
Moderated by Mike Muse,

11 A.M. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!: PRE- PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION
Jerry Constantine, Special Effects Makeup Artist – “Watchmen,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Warren Drummond, Storyboard Artist – “Fences,” “X-Men: First Class”
Camille Friend, Hairstylist – “The Hateful Eight,” “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”
Daryn Okada, Cinematographer – “Let’s Be Cops,” “Mean Girls”
Phil Saunders, Concept Artist – “Marvel’s The Avengers” series, “Iron Man” series
Marlene Stewart, Costume Designer – “The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” “The Judge”
Moderated by Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter

12 P.M. GET IT IN THE CAN: POST-PRODUCTION
Rosa Costanza, Sound Technician – “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension,” “Sinister 2”
Greg Hedgepath, Sound Editor – “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Hunger Games”
Steven Morrow, Sound Mixer – “La La Land, “The Perfect Guy”
Greg Rudloff, Re-recording Mixer – “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “American Sniper”
Theresa Rygiel, Visual Effects – “Furious 7,” “The Lord of the Rings” series
Troy Takaki, Film Editor – “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, “Fool’s Gold”
Moderated by Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter

2 P.M. MUSIC IN FILM: EVOKING EMOTION
Kathryn Bostic, Songwriter-Composer – “Dear White People,” “I Will Follow”
Harry Gregson-Williams, Composer – “The Martian,” “Gone Baby Gone”
Abel Korzeniowski, Composer – “Nocturnal Animals,” “A Single Man”
Harvey Mason Jr., Songwriter-Music Producer – “The Help,” “Dreamgirls”
David Metzner, Music Editor – “Argo,” “The Hangover Part II”
Sunny Park, Music Executive – “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Shrek 2”
Gingger Shankar, Composer – “Five Nights in Maine,” “Water & Power”
Moderated by Mike Muse

3 P.M. THE REPS: THE DREAM TEAM
Tony Angellotti, Entertainment Public Relations Executive, The Angellotti Company
Gordon Bobb, Entertainment Attorney, Del Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano
Jelani Johnson, Agent, Creative Artists Agency
Jerome Martin, Manager, JME Management
Phillip Sun, Partner, WME Entertainment
Moderated by Pete Hammond, Deadline Hollywood

4 P.M. ALL THINGS ANIMATION
Eric Goldberg, 2D Animator – “The Princess and the Frog,” “Aladdin”
Travis Knight, Director-Animator – “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “The Boxtrolls”
Floyd Norman, Animator – “Monsters, Inc.,” “Toy Story 2”
Peter Ramsey, Director – “Rise of the Guardians”
Josie Trinidad, Co-head of Story-Story Artist – “Zootopia,” “Wreck-It Ralph”
Moderated by Randy Haberkamp, Managing Director, Preservation and Foundation Programs, AMPAS

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