As I was provided with a badge this year, I really wanted to attend some of the conference panels to experience more of what AFF has to offer. I decided to attend this 3rd part of a series of panels on Saturday which provided much insight and information by experienced indie filmmakers to those wishing to follow in similar footsteps. The panel was headed by moderator Tom Copeland who teaches film at Texas State University and featured Kat Chandler, a writer, filmmaker, and lecturer at U.T. and Texas State, Weric Weissman, an entertainment lawyer, Bryan Poyser, another indie filmmaker (LOVERS OF HATE), Martin Guigui, a writer, director, record producer, and founder of Sunset Studios, and finally Scott Meyers, an assistant director who has worked on various film projects.
I found this panel to be quite informative with the panelists sharing real stories of their careers regarding legal issues, producing, budgets, acquiring investors, among other strategies and tricks of the trade. I am sure that the young and aspiring filmmakers learned much from this panel. Panels like this one are a valuable tool to people attempting a career in the art and business of film. This also serves as another reason why this conference and film festival deserves much more attention than it often gets.
Mark Saldana
The Movie Doc
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