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PANEL SCHEDULE
Panelists: Peter MacDonald – Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Irma Kniivila – Paper Bag Records Rob Lanni – Coalition Entertainment Sebastien Grainger – Recording Artist I Write the Songs and I Pay the Bills: Songwriting Royalties and Revenue Streams, presented by SOCAN This panel discussion will review and explain the important revenue streams that songwriters earn from the use of their copyrights. Songwriting can pay the bills. But many artists don't know where the money is or how to get it. In today’s challenging and shifting marketplace, it’s more crucial than ever to know the ins and outs of rights management and other lucrative revenue streams that come along with writing songs and performing your music. Learn how you can potentially make money from touring, merchandising, synch placements, performance royalties, publishing deals etc. This panel of experts will discuss their experiences in both writing songs, making money from them, knowing where to find the money, and finding new ways to exploit their copyrights and make a few bucks. Friday, April 30th from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Rodney Murphy – SOCAN Cheryl Link – Peer Music Sebastien Grainger – Recording Artist Rob Lanni – Coalition Entertainment Gig Is Up: Everything You need to know about gigging and fan-based marketing As an artist, you probably have dreams about this aspect of the business. Maybe you even have nightmares about it. Where should you play? How often is too often? How do I get the word out? Once I get there, how do I keep the audience happy? Also, how can you be better utilizing your fanbase? Don’t let your fans languish at the back of the club and then disappear into the night – use them to your advantage! This panel will cover all the ins and outs of getting gigs, getting more gigs, making the gigs you do have that much better and how to best use your biggest free marketing tool – your fans! Saturday, May 1st from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Senate Room 2 Panelists: Peter MacDonald – Irma Kniivila – Paper Bag Records Tricia Foster – Francophone Recording Artist Sebastien Grainger – Recording Artist Pennies From Heaven: Music funding There’s money out there for artists like you, doing what you do, and doing it well. This panel will introduce you different funding organizations offering support and will take you through the steps to get your hands on it! Friday, April 30th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Mike Large – Music and Film in Motion, FACTOR Gouled Hassan – Ontario Arts Council Robert Paquette – Musique Action Pull a 180 and Sign Yourself to a 360: Do it yourself deal-making We're pretty sure every artist has heard of the 360 deal. Whether it's pro's or con's either way, we feel it's time to reverse your thinking about securing one of those deals from the major labels and Pull a 180 and Sign Yourself to a 360. Quit waiting for the big labels to find you and do it yourself instead! Saturday, May 1st from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Mike Large – Music and Film in Motion, Large Artist Management Robert Paquette – Francophone Recording Artist Marc Nadjiwan – Aboriginal Recording Artist Newcap Radio Sudbury Presents: The Spirit of Radio – A Behind the Scenes Look at Radio and Radio Programming With the advent of downloads, MP3 players, online streaming music and more, radio has had to analyse their business model just as musicians and other music businesses have. Artists must keep in mind that what is right for College and University Campus radio is not right for commercial mainstream stations and vice versa. This panel will enlighten you on what is new in terrestrial radio, what’s around the corner and how they may or may not be able to play your next single. Saturday, May 1st from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Senate Room 2
Panelists: Rodney Murphy – SOCAN Paul Lefevre – Le Loup Steve Jones – Newcap Radio Cheryl Link – Peer Music Canada Film You Distribute Me! You Really Distribute Me!: Securing a distribution deal for your film Just what exactly is involved in getting your film into the hands of not only the people who will watch it, but actually pay you money for it? Mass mail-outs? Struggling for individual meetings with distributors? This panel of experts will discuss the realities of distribution – just what is it they’re looking for, what kind of money is involved and how to get their attention in the first place. Saturday, May 1st from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Mark Palumbo – Moderator, Music and Film in Motion Anna Tsouligianis – Movieola The Short Film Channel Kara Haflidson – The Comedy Network Lindsey Hodgson – Union Pictures Paul Stephens – The Filmworks Festival Junkies: Everything you need to know about film festivals Everyone wants their film to get picked up by a festival and these days, the film festival is just as important as it ever was. This panel of programmers will tell you the ins and outs of festival life – what they’re looking for, how to get in, what to do once you get there, what not to do and how to make your film’s festival experience the best it can be! Friday, April 30th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in Senate Room 2 Panelists: Patrick O’Hearn – Cinefest International Film Festival Tina Robert – Reelword Short Film Festival Paul Stephens – The Filmworks Eileen Arandiga – Worldwide Short Film Festival Pitch Me With Your Best Shot: A chance to pitch your best idea If you’re gonna make it in the film industry, you absolutely have to master the art of the 5 minute pitch. Everything great and wonderful about your film in as little time as possible. Part one of this panel will have the experts dolling out their best advice on what to say about your film and what to leave out. Part two of this panel will draw random names from a hat and that filmmaker will have 5 minutes to take what he/she has learned and pitch the panel and be critiqued by the best. Saturday, May 1st from 10:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in Senate Room 2 Panelists: Mark Palumbo – Moderator, Music and Film in Motion Damon D’Oliviera – Conquering Lion Pictures Jennifer Jonas – New Real Films Kara Haflidson – The Comedy Network Paul Stephens – The Filmworks The Casting Couch: How to get audition ready You don’t want to show up at your audition unprepared and a bundle of nerves right? But just what does go on behind those audition doors? This panel of casting experts and producers will help you to know just what you need to come out of your audition with the part. What exactly are they looking for that will make you stand out from the crowd? This panel will also help filmmakers learn how to run their own auditions more smoothly and efficiently. After all, you only get one chance to make a first impression! Friday, April 30th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Mark Palumbo – Moderator, Music and Film in Motion Pandora Topp – Topp Casting Damon D’Oliviera – Conquering Lion Pictures Shirley Cheechoo – Spoken Song Productions Adam Garnet Jones – Filmmaker CTV Presents: Great Expectations: Realistic opinions about the film industry Sure the film world is full of rags to riches success stories but how often does that actually happen? What are the realities of living and working in this industry? What is the true meaning of success in this business? This panel will discuss the realities of the independent film market, how to manage your expectations and talk about what keeps them coming back for more. This panel will also cover the Do It Yourself side of the business – come out and hear from some regional producers how they make the industry work in their own backyard. Friday, April 30th from 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in Senate Room 2
Sacha Novack – Moderator, CTV Lee Chambers – Filmmaker, Professor - Confederation College Film Program Maxime Desmons – Filmmaker JP Borchardt – Filmmaker Paul M. Rickard – Filmmaker The Colour of Money: Film funding Every project needs money before the cameras start rolling. Come out and hear the various funding organizations talk about what exactly they offer and what you need to do to access it. Saturday, May 1st from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Senate Room 1 Panelists: Dennis Landry – Music and Film in Motion Claudette Jaiko – Perspectives Program Panels Perspectives On: Aboriginal Youth and Culture: Helping each other keep our stories strong Both the future and the history of all our cultures is in the hands of our young people. They bear the responsibility of both keeping our stories alive for future generations as well as learning from their elders, all the stories that make us who we are. This discussion will focus on the unique Aboriginal culture and how it is viewed by its youth. We often see and hear stories that illustrate the Aboriginal culture and its stories are prized and nurtured within the Aboriginal home – do the young people see that as true and if so, is that something they plan on continuing with their own children? Perhaps those young people who are, in fact, growing up in a culturally rich environment can share some stories with the audience? What cultural struggles do they see themselves facing every day? In their own opinions, what is the fate of their culture’s future? Do they see themselves playing an important role in keeping it alive? In their own words, let’s hear what they need to maintain cultural strength in the years to come. There will be one panel focusing on Aboriginal music and one panel focusing on Aboriginal film and television. The Film Panel will take place on Thursday, April 29th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The Music Panel will take place on Thursday, April 29th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Panelists – Aboriginal Film: Suzanne Shawbonquit Paul M. Rickard – Filmmaker Shirley Cheechoo – Producer/Filmmaker Cheri Maracle – Actor Adam Garnet Jones – Filmmaker Panelists – Aboriginal Music: Suzanne Shawbonquit Marc Nadjiwan – Recording Artist Cheri Maracle – Recording Artist Perspectives On: Francophone Youth and Culture Whether its music or film or television, we cannot deny the importance of these mediums – especially when it comes to how our young people are using all of those mediums to create, capture, gather and even archive their unique cultural personalities. We’d like to take this opportunity to hear from today’s youth, just how important it is to them to use these art forms to tell their stories. Do they get most of their cultural education from music and films? Or is their culture something that is mainly nurtured in the home and schools? How important is it to them that these stories are told and that they stay alive for future generations? In their opinions, what do they think the future holds for the Francophone culture? Do they foresee any future struggles in keeping their cultural histories alive and thriving? Ideally this forum will be a place for them to voice their own opinions and create a dialogue with the panel of industry leaders. There will be one panel focusing on Francophone music and one panel focusing on Francophone film. The Film Panel will take place on Thursday, April 29th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The Music Panel will take place on Thursday, April 29th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Panelists – Francophone Film: Jason Jallett – Nortario Films Robert Marinier – Writer/Actor Claudette Jaiko – Ontario Arts Council Panelists – Francophone Music: Jacques Grylls – Moderator Cindy Doire – Recording Artist Stef Paquette – Le Loup Robert Paquette – Recording Artist Pandora Topp – Recording Artist All panels and panelists are subject to change. The conference component of the 2010 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards Conference will take place from April 29th to May 1st at the Quality Inn in Downtown Sudbury. For more information regarding the conference, please contact MFM at 674-9954, toll free at 1-866-674-9954, email or visit www.thinknorth.ca. TOP |
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