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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

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BY: Melissa English

AFM WRAP UP COVERAGE BY ACTORS REPORTER

Actors Reporter is very excited to be covering AFM for its 33^rd year in Santa Monica. A joint production between Live Video Inc. and Pepper Jay Productions LLC, we cover all things entertainment to give you the inside view on the “Hollywood” inside. Kurt Kelly takes you inside to make sure that you are plugged in to everything.

Afm Day 5 – Production Conference

he American Film Market (Afm®) exhibited the Production Conference at the Fairmont Hotel, had an industry discussion on The Passion of the Film: Family Value Programming in a Commercial World with a keynote address by Mark Burnett, Producer of The Bible, and put on the second day of the Afm Producers Forum at the Le Merigot Hotel today, Sunday, November 10, 2013 in Santa Monica.

The Afm Production Conference held two sessions concentrating on High Concept and Low Budget plus Crowd Funding. The first session furnished actively present people access to the mysteries for upgrading processing values, using new (and old!) apparatuses and methods without blockbuster plans. The second session gave actively present people understanding from swarm subsidizing innovators like Adam Carolla on key plans, pitfalls, and lessons studied.

The Low Budget, High Concept session was directed by Paul Hertzberg, President & Ceo, Cinetel Films, Inc. Panelists incorporated: Paul Bales, Partner and Coo, The Asylum, Eric Brenner, Partner, Informant Media, Lisa M. Hansen, President, Cinetel Pictures, Inc., Lynette Howell, Founding Producer, Electric City Entertainment, and Braxton Pope, Producer, Sodium Fox.

Adam Corrolla, Writer, Producer, Actor, Carolla Digital, commenced the Crowdfunding session with his keynote discourse. Carolla as of late headed a fruitful swarm financing battle for his new motion picture, "Road Hard" by means of Fundanything.com, which he will compose, run and star in.

The Crowdfunding board was directed by David Straus, Managing Partner, Reason Ventures, Llc; Co-Founder and Former Ceo, Withoutabox. Panelists incorporated: Sean Keegan, Producer, "Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie" (Indiegogo), Stacey Sher, Producer, "Wish I Was Here" (Zach Braff's Kickstarter film), Marina Zenovich, Producer, "Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out" (Slated) and Marc Zicree, Writer, Producer, Director, Magic Time Company, "Space Command" (Kickstarter).

The industry discussion concentrated on The Passion of the Film: Family Value Programming in a Commercial World with a keynote address by Mark Burnett, Producer of The Bible.

The keynote was emulated by a board dialogue directed by Barbara Mudge, President, Worldwide Film Entertainment. Panelists incorporated: David Bixler, Svp, Acquisitions & Production, Mgm Worldwide Distribution, twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Chevonne O'shaughnessy, Co-Founder and President, Mission Pictures, Jim Schmidt, Producer, Dean River Productions, Inc., and Ygor Siqueira, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Graça Filmes.

Day two of the Afm Producers Forum emphasized four sessions on making the right film, bank financing, gripping showcasing and attention and planning.

Instructions to Identify the Right Film to Make emphasized maker Andrew Stevens. He told the crowd, "If you need to make movies as a profession, you got to make movies that individuals need to purchase. In the event that they would prefer not to purchase it, don't make it. A companion once let me know, 'I don't make cakes that I need to consume, I make cakes that other individuals need to consume.'" The second discussion of the day, Accessing Bank Finance for Your Production, offered Adrian Ward, Svp, Entertainment Industries Division, Pacific Mercantile. Adrian examined presales, crevice financing, assessment credits, value and some extra themes. He told the group of onlookers "The outside deals executor is the heart of the matter. There are so huge numbers of them around. Be perceiving. You need individuals who are eagerly captivated and who can talk you through who the top ten purchasers are in regions and have invested a great deal of time building those relationships."

Cycle two of the Producer's Forum commenced with a session titled Beginning because of the End: Why Embracing Marketing & Publicity Early on Could be a Game Changer for Your Movie's Release, emphasizing Richard Baker, Evp, Marketing and Distribution, Film Nation Entertainment and Pauline Piechota, Svp, Marketing and Distribution, Film Nation Entertainment. They strolled the crowd through the diverse steps and stages of attention and showcasing for movies in all distinctive stages. Richard told the crowd "You recently transformed a motion picture, the exact opposite thing you need to contemplate is promoting a motion picture in the meantime – however you are all control cracks so you'll like it."

The keep going session concentrated on Realizing Your Vision inside Your Budget, emphasizing Cleve Landsberg, Producer & Upm, He hit upon various points incorporating hazard, plan, inventive administration, picking the right chief, expense cutting and a few extra themes.

References:

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