Join SHOOT and our 2012 Event Sponsors

for an informative and entertaining day filled with speakers, panels, networking and fun-filled evening including the debut screening of SHOOT's 10th Annual New Directors Showcase reel, panel introducing the new directors, and after-party.

Get Plugged Into The Future

Where is the industry going? Where are you going? If you want some varied perspectives on these two essential questions with an informed take on the future, join us for the SHOOT Directors / Producers Forum & New Directors Showcase.  Spend the day and evening meeting new directors, mingling with industry friends and making new contacts–directors, cinematographers, production/post company executives, ad agency and movie creatives & producers, brand marketers and other members of the commercial, TV and film production communities.

Your paid registration is all-inclusive. Your priority ticket includes...

>The Directors/Producers Forum & Lunch

>PDF directory of attendees for future business networking

>Guaranteed seat at the evening New Directors Showcase Screening, panel & entrance to the After-Party (includes food & cocktails).

To register for all-inclusive ticket, please click on the Directors/Producers Logo on the above right column & fill out form.

Learning, networking & entertainment to take center stage at the Directors/Producers Forum & 10th Annual New Directors Showcase.

The daytime Forum panels & speakers offer insights into where our industry is headed creatively and from a business standpoint. Gain perspectives on and visions of what's in store so that you and your companies can stay ahead of the curve, continuing to be relevant in an evolving marketplace. During the evening New Directors Showcase agenda, you'll get a look-see at and meet some of the best up-and-coming directors who based on their initial work show promise to make positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and hybrid forms. Having your finger on the talent pulse of the business is a perennial must to stay plugged into the present and future of our industry. Following the Showcase Screening, we'll hear from several of them as to their backstories and strategies for gaining exposure in the marketplace—along with critiques/observations from industry pros. And, the after-party affords attendees the opportunity to meet many of the new directors.

We hope that you will join the conversation on May 17th and attend the full daytime & evening programs. Priced at just a fraction of other industry events around, SHOOT's goal is to provide timely relevant information and bring together commercial and entertainment production decision-makers with up-and-coming talent to share insights. Attendees will include emerging directors, leading directors, producers, post execs & artisans who are shaping our industry's landscape from the agency, production, post and entertainment sectors.

SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum 9:30am-4:15pm

A series of panel discussions and Q&A sessions featuring leading directors, agency producers & creatives, production industry executives and other leading artists and executives sharing their expertise, helping to define opportunities in an evolving marketplace spanning advertising and entertainment, and discussing the coming together of those two worlds. Come spend the day and evening with us to meet potential collaborators and clients and gain insights into how you can leverage your expertise in the continually evolving worlds of advertising and entertainment production.

9:30-9:50am—Attendees Arrive/check in:
Please arrive as early as possible as we will be starting the program promptly at 10:00am.

10:00am—Welcome & Introduction to first session

10:10-11:05am
In the Director's Chair Interview Session/Screening:
Bryan Buckley, known for his work in comedy and on the Super Bowl via production house Hungry Man, took a 180-degree turn from his perceived mainstream norm with "Asad," a short film which debuted at last month's Tribeca Film Festival and won the Tribeca award for Best Narrative Short. "Asad" centers on a 12-year-old lad in a war-torn fishing village in Somalia who must decide between falling into the pirate life or rising above it to choose the path of an honest fisherman. After the short is screened for Forum attendees, Buckley reflects on "Asad," the Tribeca experience and his filmmaking career. In bestowing an award upon "Asad," the Tribeca Film Festival issued a statement which described the film as "a lyrical, moving and beautifully realized portrayal of a world we rarely get to see in cinema. Every shot of the film is well thought out and specific to this unique world—a fishing village in Somalia. Yet Asad's most astounding achievement is boasting an array of brilliant performances by a cast of Somali refugees. Congratulations to writer/director Bryan Buckley and his amazing cast on making a short film that is rather large in spirit, ambition and accomplishment."
Featured Speaker:
Bryan Buckley, director

11:15am-12:15pm
Advertising & Entertainment Production: The Bar Is Raised
An agency-produced feature-length documentary, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare,"  debuts at this year's Sundance Film Festival. "Re:Generation: Music Project," a feature-length film pairing a leading production house with a music-focused entertainment studio--made in association with the Grammys and sponsored by an automobile maker--is selected for the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival. Another feature documentary, "Waiting For Lightning," deftly tied into DC Shoes, also premieres at SXSW. Agency-initiated and brand-supported content is starting to make its mark on the festival circuit, underscoring how advertising talent is finding varied places in mainstream entertainment and informational content. We talk to the movers and directors behind these three festival films in a panel exploring the maturation of the coming together of the advertising and entertainment communities. Plus a little perspective on the legal front as to the implications of this maturation as it applies to intellectual property.
Panelists:
Amir Bar-Lev, director, RSA Films
Matthew Heineman, director/producer, Our Time Projects
Rick Kurnit, partner, Frankfurt Kurnit klein & Selz
Jacob Rosenberg, director, Bandito Brothers
Doug Scott, president, OgilvyEntertainment 
 
12:30-1:15pm LUNCH & Casual Conversation downstairs at the DGA

1:30-2:30pm:
Screen Play: Content Creation in a Multi-screen World
New platforms and combinations thereof—as well as different forms of advertising & entertainment content for them—continue to emerge and evolve. How are traditional media and new platforms meshing? What approaches are working to help connect brands with the right audiences? What lessons are we learning about the coming together of art and commerce, advertising and entertainment? As Transmedia, Social Media and diverse forms of Digital Media continue to evolve, this panel offers multifaceted perspectives on that evolution and how the advertising and entertainment content creators are striving to engage consumers.
Panelists:
Conor Brady, chief creative officer, Organic
Layne Braunstein, executive creative director/co-founder, Fake Love
Teddy Lynn, executive VP, director of content, BBDO New York
Gary Nelson, creative director, SapientNitro
Robert Valdes, head of production, TBWA\Chiat\Day, New York

2:30-3:15pm:
Production Workflow: Get "Flow-ent" In The Language Of Camera—To—PostWorkflow
Cinematographers and production/post artisans discuss how they dovetail with respect to workflow stemming from the growing prominence of digital cinematography. We'll hear about some of today's hottest cameras and workflows.  Plus, we'll share exciting footage shot with the ARRI Alexa and new Alexa M cameras.
Panelists:
Tiffany Armour-Tejada, Local 600 D.I.T
Craig Leffel, Head of Production, ONE at Optimus
Matthew Woolf, Director of photography
Darren Lew, Director of photography

3:20-4:20pm:
In The Director's Chair Interview Session
Lee Hirsch, director of "Bully," will be on stage for a one-on-one interview with SHOOT editor Robert Goldrich. A cinematic, character-driven documentary that's proving to be an agent for positive social change, "Bully" has earned critical acclaim as well as honors at the True/False Film Fest, the Zurich Film Festival, the Silverdocs Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Bergen International Film Festival. Hirsch will discuss the "Bully" backstory, the feature documentary's role in society, his filmmaking career spanning varied disciplines, and what's next on his career horizon. Plus, you'll get the chance to "interview" Hirsch as he will field questions from the audience.
Featured Speaker:
Lee Hirsch, director

4:20pm:
Forum Closing Remarks
The Forum will end at 4:30pm allowing Attendees time to check in at their offices or explore the city before reporting back to the DGA Theatre between 5:30-5:50pm to check in for the evening Showcase Screening, New Directors Panel & After party.

If you missed last year's event, CLICK HERE TO READ about it (Article name: "Exploring 3D, Biz Models, Social Change, New Talent ")

The SHOOT New Directors Showcase Screening & After Party

5:30-5:50pm - Check in & Take Seats
6:00pm Welcome Remarks SHOOT and DGA

6:10-7:10pm: The Showcase Reel Screening
See the debut of the 2012 10th Annual New Directors Showcase reel - work from the directors/directing teams who made the final cut in this year's New Directors Search conducted from January-March.

7:15-8:15pm: Panel: Meet The New Directors
Panel discussion with six of the new directors to learn more about them. Two Industry pros provide perspective.
Panelists:
Bonnie Goldfarb, co-founder & executive producer, harvest
Marion Lange, VP, executive producer, DDB New York

8:15-10:00pm The After Party
After the panel, join us for cocktails and food. Mingle with new directors, ad agency creatives & producers and members of the production community.

Become a Sponsor of the 2012 SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum & New Directors Showcase Event!

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Great Advertising Opportunities:

Reserve space by May 8th to advertise in SHOOT's May 18th Issue that will publish profiles of all of the directors in this year's showcase. (Bonus distribution: May 17th SHOOT Directors/Producers Forum & 10th Annual New Directors Showcase, Cine Gear Expo and NATPE PitchCon)

Reserve space by June 7th to advertise in SHOOT's June 17th Issue that will publish coverage of SHOOT's May 10th Directors/Producers Forum & New Directors Showcase (Bonus distribution: Cannes Lions Intl. Festival of Creativity)

For Sponsorship & Advertising Information, please contact Roberta Griefer 203/227-1699, x13

About The New Directors Showcase Reel...
Each year SHOOT conducts a worldwide search to discover the best up-and-coming directors who, based on their initial work, show promise to soon make major positive contributions to advertising and/or entertainment in its traditional and emerging forms. The search is conducted by SHOOT's editorial staff with input from advertising agency creative directors & heads of production, as well as production company heads and established directors. This year's search is being conducted from January 1-March 31, 2012.

To see the SHOOT New Directors Showcase 2011 Web Reel
please Click Here

The work on the 2012 Showcase reel will be culled from submissions in three categories. Criteria for entry is directing any type of advertising or entertainment content professionally less than 3 years.

Categories of entry:
1. Traditional Broadcast: TV Spots, spec work, cinema ads, branded content, music videos, trailers, broadcast promos

2. Alternative media content: webisodes, spots created for online, mobile phone content, in-game advertising, advergaming, virals, alternative reality gaming, ads created for PDAs

3. Film/TV Entertainment: Feature films, independent films, short films, TV programs.