ShowBiz Expo - LA

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Parent Category: Expos and Conventions
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Published on Wednesday, 21 April 2010 19:16
Written by Lynne Shannon

This year’s Los Angeles edition of the ShowBiz Expo, the largest networking event for the entertainment industry, is taking place April 24-25, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Events include a wide range of networking opportunities besides the exhibit hall: workshops and seminars, designers' showcase, focus groups, roundtable discussions, film festival, headshot displays for casting, live auditions for performers, movie reel showcase, original music showcase and much more.

Free keynotes include:

"Can You Talk Your Way to an Oscar™? Meet the Stars Behind the Voices,"
presented by Voicebank.net, which explores the exploding voiceover field.  

"Low Budget Film Production"
Moderator: Al Satterwhite (director/cameraman/photographer) with
Kimberley Browning (festival director, Hollywood Shorts/filmmaker/producer),
Greg Crowder (founder, 6 Reel Pictures/writer) and
Robert Mann (director)

Some of the Panels are:

“Get Carded” (SAG, AFTRA, Equity, etc) with
Ivan Rivas (outside business representative, Actors' Equity Association)
William F. Thomas (AFTRA Los Angeles executive director)
Nayla Wren (director of organizing, Screen Actors Guild)

“Show Me the Money” -- Moderated by: Alan Brody (Founder, iBreakfast) The Red HD Camera
(who also moderates "Fast Pitch - Pitch your Idea to Investors") with
Adam Chapnick (IndieGoGo)
Anne Marie Gillen (Gillen Group LLC)
Larry Langs (iBusinessPartners)
Gene Massey (CinemaShares.com)

“View from Behind the Camera” -- moderated by Stephanie Argy (filmmaker & contributing writer, American Cinematographer Magazine) with
Fred Goodich, ASC (Dangerous Ideas)
Francis Kenny, ASC (Justified)
Geary McLeod, ASC (The Mentalist)
George Mooradian, ASC (According to Jim)

“The Biggest Thing to Hit Acting in the Last 50 Years Comes to LA”
with Helen Kogan (The Science of Acting)

“Seeing Red”
Everything you wanted to know about using the RED Camera and the Equipment that goes with it.  Presented by Hollywood Shorts.

Throughout each day, the ShowBiz Expo Los Angeles Film Festival hosts free screenings of short films from emerging filmmakers.

For more information, visit www.theshowbizexpo.com and select “ShowBiz Expo Los Angeles”.  

ShowBiz Expo - LA
April 24-25, 2010
LA Convention Center
1201 S. Figueroa Street, West Hall B
Los Angeles, CA