Exciting Panel and Seminar Lineup Planned

So you know you love to watch films, but are you ready to take the next step and inform yourself on the filmmaking process? You’re in luck! In addition to showcasing the works of noteworthy, original, and engaging film pieces, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival offers a number of highly informative and insightful panels and seminars with experienced and acclaimed filmmakers and fellow cinephiles. Panel topics range from the step-by-step development of a script, to the management of balancing a schedule between filmmaking and other duties and responsibilities. Want to know more about our panels and seminars? Here’s a quick look at some of our panels we are particularly excited about:

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF SCREENWRITING
10:00 AM, MAY 1, DGA 3
Often, writers get lost in their ambitious stories, forgetting that there is so much more to screenwriting than just being a good storyteller or possessing an enticing writing style. Join Weiko Lin and Kris Young, from the Writers Guild of America/West, in an exclusive 90-minute screenwriter’s Bootcamp. Familiarize yourself with not only the logistical formatting of a screenplay, but also with the meticulous development of an idea, to the execution of interesting narrative structures, and even the nerve-wracking process of pitching your scripts in the most effective way.

THE ART OF EDITING: CRAFTING THE WORLD OF AVATAR
12:30 PM, MAY 1, DGA ATRIUM
The most commercially successful film of all time would not have been without the mastery of an ultra-precise editing style to shape the narrative structure and determine the pace of its now universal story. Join Award-winning editor Maysie Hoy (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, THE FAMILY THAT PREYS), alongside Steve Rifkin and Jon Refoua (AVATAR) as they share their insight, advice, and details on their vital contributions in determining how they wanted to present their films to their audiences.

J.P. CHAN: DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
2:30 PM, MAY 1, DGA ATRIUM
At the nexus of the hyper-development of social media technology, the availability of professional film editing suites, and growth of affordable filming equipment, there exists the infinite possibilities of coaxing any filmmakers’ ambitions into its fullest expression and potential. Join self-taught filmmaker J.P. Chan as he shares his experience in making artistically serious and no/low budget short films that have played for audiences around the world. Learn how filmmakers learned the craft and business with “no experience, no money, and no connections”, without even attending film school!

Click here to see the full list of panels and seminars, and to buy tickets online!

posted on Friday, April 23rd, 2010