FILM, TV & GAMES

Adam Howard has spent the past 42 years creating award winning visual magic for feature film, television and theme park attractions. Join Adam on his journey from The Simpsons to Star Wars and find out why Nothing is Impossible.

In celebration of individuality. One assignemnt, six photographers, six different interpretations.

A tragic Hollywood story that explains how one of my greatest disappointments, led me to one of my greatest joys and fulfillments. How paying it back and forward can result in Karmic Coins of Creativity.

How to create a healthy lifestyle while building and creating your dream career as an artist and/or entertainer. A personal share on this unique journey and how finding ways to sustain the basics of survival can be soul-satisfying and lead you with light to the end of the tunnel.

In this session we will share and invite personal stories and examples of ways we all unlock our personal creativity. We will explore ways to expand creativity in our everyday lives- even doing the most menial tasks. (Menial can still be mindful). And how exercising this muscle is essential to keeping your inner life and outer life on fire!

Creativity is associated with the joy of discovery and doing something one is passionate about - what happens when one is pushed into a dark corner? This session reveals how Kerry turned around the wish to hide into a massive push in creativity and desire to be seen and heard working on projects that healthily promote my community for the better.

Conforming and delivery in and out of color for film projects and documentaries is far from the most exciting place to be in the production cycle. Explore the many different routes taken to get the project out the door, often at beyond the 11th hour, even in the most difficult of situations.

As an editor, storytelling is Kerry's joy - unlike many in my craft I wouldn't call myself a creator. So how did I become a commercials and pop promo editor, even doing live direction and making creative content decisions on the UK's second largest music show? Join me on an irreverent gamble through the world of patterns and nonsensical anecdotes that lead to award winning creative content.

It seems like everyone has a drone these days, but how many truly great shots have you seen lately? This session will cover how to use drones effectively to enhance your production value, how to get the shot you need through effective techniques and realistic shot expectations.

Much has been written and spoken about when it comes to finding creativity. However, many artists still find problems finding their “muse”. It seems like creativity has a way of only showing up sometimes and not when we really need it the most. In this session veteran musician, editor, and educator Luisa Winters will go over how to take inspiration from nature, regular people (non artists), great artists and even ourselves.

This session will cover issues facing music students and teachers. We will discuss different methods of teaching music, including traditional, Suzuki, and Kodaly. We will also discuss learning in general - what stops us and what encourages us; how to deal with self-doubt; and why learning anything, just for the joy of learning and creating is a worthwhile endeavor. In this session, we will cover why we believe that in some cases, teaching music results in creative death and student attrition. Why do we believe this happens, and how can we avoid it? We will also show how this can apply to other aspects of everyday life.

All of us are creative, but most of us feel we don't have "artistic skills." These talks are all designed to help us find the creativity within us to communicate more effectively, do our jobs more creatively, and discover how everyday software tools can help us add more visuals to our lives. All without drawing a single picture. Today, no one reads - we skim. The world communicates using images - especially on social media. This same trend toward visuals has moved to the business world. To communicate effectively requires integrating effective visuals with a powerful presentation to create change. This session shows how to use visuals more effectively to communicate your ideas to others.

You are tasked with making an important public presentation. However, many of us HATE speaking in public. This session focuses on how to improve your public speaking and presentation skills. How to reduce your fears, improve your communication skills and use PowerPoint slides more effectively. Speaking in public is a creative skill - one that improves with training and practice. This session shows you how.

Join Tema Staig (Art Director - Kissing Jessica Stein, Producer, Women In Media founder) and Ben Coccio (Writer - The Place Beyond The Pines) as they talk about the creative and technical process of shepherding the written word through development, production, post production and distribution.

Director and educator Dr. Stuart McBratney talks about how he achieved great results on small budgets. Over the years he's directed a tv series shot on location in Russia and Ukraine, 500 tv commercials, and 3 features. His latest feature film, 'Don't Read This on a Plane', was filmed on location in Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Portugal, and The Netherlands, and has secured distribution in North America, Asia, and Europe.

Director and educator Dr. Stuart McBratney talks about how he achieved great results on small budgets. Over the years he's directed a tv series shot on location in Russia and Ukraine, 500 tv commercials, and 3 features. His latest feature film, 'Don't Read This on a Plane', was filmed on location in Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Portugal, and The Netherlands, and has secured distribution in North America, Asia, and Europe.

Director and educator Dr. Stuart McBratney talks about how he achieved great results on small budgets. Over the years he's directed a tv series shot on location in Russia and Ukraine, 500 tv commercials, and 3 features. His latest feature film, 'Don't Read This on a Plane', was filmed on location in Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Portugal, and The Netherlands, and has secured distribution in North America, Asia, and Europe.