Digital technology is radically changing filmmaking and by extension all media. The future of movies, music, games, social communication is being created as we speak. This Friday and Saturday October 17th and 18th, you are invited to participate in helping to shape what this future might look like.

The team behind the event includes: Ken Goldberg, artist and director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, Boston Globe and Variety columnist Scott Kirsner whose new book”Inventing the Movies” is a must read for anyone interesting in the history and future of the medium, Tiffany Shlain, Filmmaker and Director of “The Tribe”, multi-festival award winner and the #1 downloaded short film at iTunes and Filmmaker and “Cultural Hacker” Lance Weiler, who Wired magazine named “One of twenty-five people helping to re-invent entertainment and change the face of Hollywood.”

The Conversation promises to be an eye opening and fascinating event. Get an idea of what the future has in store for you by registering to attend The Conversation today.

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“The overall goal is for The Conversation to be a real exchange of ideas — a gathering of people working on the edge and thinking about the future.”

Scott Kirsner over at Cinematech and several other leading web thinkers want you to be a part of “The Conversation”. Future Forward Events is organizing the 2-day gathering at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive Theater October 17th and 18th. The focus of the confab is new creative and business opportunities arising out of the democratization of digital media tools and technologies. Participation from attendees is welcome and encouraged, and there will be an opportunity to present your own work during the Saturday workshop session.

More from “The Conversation” website:

New software is making incredible things possible in visual effects and animation, and also democratizing those fields. Web sites offer to help finance film projects, or share ad revenue with video-makers. Marketing and release strategies are shifting by the minute. High-end high-def cameras are plummeting in price. The connection with the audience is changing. Established ways of doing things just don’t seem to be working anymore, while new opportunities are emerging.

I think this will be an exciting and mind opening event for all attending. We will update you as speakers and workshops are added in the coming months.  Stop by The Conversation Web site for more details on speakers and places to stay in and around the event area.

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Enter and Celebrate the Art of Post Production. The Third Annual Hollywood Post Alliance Awards will be held November 6, 2008 at Los Angeles’s Skirball Cultural Center. The Hollywood Post Alliance HPA Awards recognize the talented men and women working hand-in-hand with the creative community to make features, documentaries, television, and commercials. This is where you have an opportunity to show your best work and be recognized by your peers. Color Grading • Editing • Audio Post Production • Compositing • Engineering Excellence • Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the field of Post Production • Lifetime Acheivement Award. Call For Entries! Submission Period May 1 - August 1, 2008. To Enter Visit www.hpaawards.net or www.hpaonline.com For Information info@hpaawards.net

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