BLFF19: Panels & Workshops

PANEL:

Thursday, August 22

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Settling the Score: A Conversation on Music and Film

Musicians discuss how to use music and sound to enhance your next film. They will cover everything from scoring to licensing.

MODERATOR:

Myra Walker, CEO, Powerhouse Media Group, Inc.

PANELISTS:

Dr. Phil Davis, Producer, Composer, Keyboardist, Engineer, Georgia State University

Matthew Head, Film Composer / Music Producer, Matthew Head Productions

Mike Sal, Producer, Composer, Audio Wizard, Land of ADM

Amir Windom, Grammy Award Winning Record Executive, TV & Film Music Supervisor, Film Producer

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Up Close and Through the BronzeLens: A Super Convo with SuperStars!
Moderator: Kathleen Bertrand, Founder and Executive Producer, BronzeLens

We welcome homicide detectives David Quinn and Vince Velazquez and their television alter egos, Charles Diaz and Angelo Diaz for an intriguing conversation about their real-life to television series, ATL Homicide, on the TV One network.

Moderator: Ray Cornelius, Entertainment News Correspondent
Panelists: David Quinn, Co-Host, TV One's 'ATL Homicide'
Vincent Velazquez, Co-Host, TV One's 'ATL Homicide'
Christopher Diaz, Actor, Producer
Angelo Diaz, Actor

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Celebrating Emmy Excellence

Moderator: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Actress
Panelists: Francesca Amiker, Entertainment Anchor/Reporter
Briana Jones, Emmy Award Winning Makeup Artist
Myeshia Mizuno, Executive Producer

A frank conversation on how to influence culture through production and set design without being labeled as a black designer for black productions. The few production designers in the business are usually called to provide advice or direction on projects that are for a black show. Typically, after sharing and providing insight, executives and the like realize any one of color or not can provide direction. This panel will explore how to navigate this and more.
The objective will be to shift the rhetoric to focus on the fact that there are many talented designers and some of them just happen to be black. Panelists will also share the highs and lows of production design and what it takes to excel in film and television.

BronzeLens Film Festival (UPDATED TO INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHY)

FILMING | PHOTOGRAPHY DISCLAIMER: BronzeLens Film Festival events and activities will be filmed and photographed. Please be aware that you may be recorded at any point before, during or after any or all activities. By registering, you agree to give BronzeLens permission to use your likeness and/or image for promotional or entertainment purposes for itself, and/or its clients, including but not limited to web, television, film, enhanced CD and DVD distribution.

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Intentional Producing: Why Integrity and Inclusion are more
Than Buzzwords!
Join us for an intimate and lively conversation with producers Paul Garnes and Tammy Garnes. Married for 20 years and in the entertainment industry for even longer, many say this couple knows the secret to succeeding together in Hollywood. Paul will share insights about his exceptional successes in the industry and discuss why inclusive hiring practices are more than a catchphrase on his film and television productions. Tammy will ask him the hard questions about tenacity, endurance, parenthood, and sacrifice in the industry.

Presenters: Paul Goodwin Garnes, Film & Television Producer
Tammy Garnes, Producer & Actress

WORKSHOP

Saturday, August 24
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Creating a Dope Web Series

PRESENTER: Dui Jarrod, Cloud Nine Productions

Have a web series idea? Dui Jarrod's web series workshop will walk you through the steps of conceptualizing, creating, and monetizing a dope content. The secret: It all begins with YOU.

PANEL

Saturday, August 24

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

“Run that Show Like A Pro!” The Makings of a Showrunner

A showrunner has overall creative authority and management responibility for a television program. Learn from seasoned showrunners the complexities of the job and the pleasure of a the finished product.

Latisha Fortune, Producer/Production Supervisor, Great Fortune Films Inc.

Kevin Arkadie, Executive Producer/Showrunner, Ambitions

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Shooting Your Script for $10K Courtland, ACC Level
Shaun Mathis leads a workshop geared toward filmmakers that aim to shoot quality, festival worthy films with budgets of $10K or less. Learn to write to the budget, collaborate, utilize your resources, and wisely hire cast and crew.

Presenter: Shaun Mathis