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ScreenPlayLab Presents on May 28th to 30th at Rock'n Comic Con 2010

FOR ALL YOU ROCK-N-ROLL AND COMIC BOOK FANATICS, don't miss the ROCK'N COMIC CON coming up Memorial Day Weekend. It's comic books and rock bands. See Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, comic book alley with hundreds of comic book artists, studio animators, panels and celebrity after hours parties to 2am. Rock concert performances by A Flock of Seagulls, When In Rome, Dramarama, The Motels, and more.

That's Rock'n Comic Con, taking over the entire Pasadena Convention Center on May 28th, 29th and 30th with room for 30,000 fans. A day pass for $20 ($25 onsite) includes exhibits hall and panels. Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green, Pasadena [Google Map]. Self-parking $9. Valet parking higher.

VirtualSphere, It's like a cross between a Star Trek holodeck and a human-sized hamster wheel. Demo on the exhibits floor all three days. Check it out!

Program Grid: [PDF] [PNG]

Free Panels Included with Day Pass

Friday 2pm-7pm, Saturday 10-5pm, Sunday 10-4pm. Ballroom 1 has 1,000 seats. Ballrooms A, B, and C are each 250 seats. Format of the panels is 5-minute introductions, Q&A from the audience, ending with wrap-up with of parting thoughts from each panelist.

  • Heroes TV Series Producers: CANCELED. Sorry, senior execs decided that this panel can't go forward so soon after the series cancellation. We may be able to have this panel at an event later in the year.

Friday Afternoon

  1. Animation Picture Editing, May 28th, 3pm, John Bryant
  2. Post Production Primer, May 28th, 3pm-4pm, Dennis Ho
  3. Buffy Villains, May 28th, 3:30-4:30, Camden Toy
  4. Star Trek Monster, May 28th 3:30-4:30pm, Douglas Tait
  5. Ask Don Glut Anything, May 28th 4pm-5pm, Don Glut
  6. Monsters Interesting Lives, May 28th, 4:30-5:30pm, Batton Lash
  7. TV Animation Voice-Over, May 28th 4:30pm-5:30pm,
  8. Rock'n Indie Film Festival, May 28th, 5-6:30pm, Don Glut
  9. Go Indie or Go Studio?, May 28th, 5-6pm, Frank Lunn
  10. Music for Producers, May 28th, 5:30-6pm, Robin Rowe
  11. Machinima: Critical Flaw, May 28th, 6-7pm, Khail Anonymous

Saturday

  1. Pro Wrestling, May 29th, 11-11:30am, Rock Riddle
  2. Christian Comics, May 29th, 11am-noon, Leo Partible
  3. Creating Web Series Buzz, May 29th, 11-12:30pm, Kristina Hughes
  4. Stan Lee, May 29th 11am-12:30, J. David Spurlock
  5. Femme Fatales, May 29th, 10:30-11:30
  6. Features Picture Editing How-To, May 29th, 11:30-12:30pm, Ballroom F, Jeffrey Stansfield
  7. Smorgasboard Animation, May 29th, 11:30-12:30, Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy
  8. Producing Animation, May 29th noon-1:30pm (showing clips), Darren Jones
  9. Breaking Into Voice-Over, May 29th 12:30-2pm, Robin Rowe
  10. Indie Horror on a Budget, May 29th, 1pm-2pm, Don Glut
  11. Roddenberry Presents, May 29th, 1pm-2pm, Tory Mell
  12. Accelerated Success Acting, May 29th, 1-2pm, Rock Riddle
  13. Acting Alien, May 29th, 1-2pm
  14. Social Media for TV and Film, May 29th noon-1:30pm, Ballroom A, Todd Greene
  15. 3D Magic, May 29th, 1-2pm, Robin Rowe
  16. Dollhouse Swordplay, May 29th, 1:30-2pm, Tim WeskeMusic for Producers, May 28th, 5:30-6:30 Robin Rowe
  17. Swordplay Demo Fights, May 29th in Expo Hallways 2-4pm and booth noon-5pm, Gowrie Hayden
  18. Girl Power, May 29th, 2pm-3:30pm, Ballroom B, Alicia Hollinger
  19. George Noory & Marc Zicree, 2-3:30pm, Marc Zicree
  20. Dig Comics Screening, May 29th, 2pm-3pm, Ballroom A (20-minute screening), Corey Blake
  21. Creating Armour 1, May 29th, 2-2:30pm, Tony Swatton
  22. Syfy Mockbusters, May 29th, 2:30-3:30, Eric Fosberg
  23. Becoming #1 on IMDB, May 29th, 2:30-4pm, Ballroom A (showing slides) Kristina Hughes
  24. Comics to Film, May 29th, 3pm-4pm, Leo Partible
  25. Oddball Comics, May 29th 3pm-4:30pm, Ballroom B, Scott Shaw
  26. Celebrity Cosplay Girls, May 29th, 3:30pm-4pm, Paula Labaredas
  27. Indie Filmmaking, May 29th, 4pm-5pm, Ballroom A (showing clips) Leo Partible
  28. Star Trek Make-up, May 29th, 3:30-5pm, Barney Burman
  29. Famous Monsters of Filmland, May 29th, 3:30-4:30pm, Dominee Lee
  30. Character Design, May 29th, 4-5pm, Charles Zembilas
  31. Horror Comics, May 29th, 4-5pm, Don Glut

Sunday

  1. Hunting Grounds Screening/Panel, May 30th, 12:30-2pm, Thad
  2. Acting Alien, May 30th, 11-noon, Bill Blair
  3. Supa Pirate Booty Hunt, May 30th, 11-noon, Steve Sievers
  4. Heroes and Villains, May 30th, noon-1pm, Chris Huntley
  5. Star Wars Costume Panel, May 30th, 12:30-1:30, Robert Estrada
  6. Build Art with LAAFA, May 30th, 1-2pm, Maryam Storm
  7. Femme Fatales, May 30th, 1-2pm, Laurene Landon
  8. Pitchable Stories, May 30th, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Chris Huntley
  9. Creating Armour 2, May 30th, 2-2:30pm, Tony Swatton
  10. Storyboarding, May 30th, 2-3pm, Pete Von Sholly
  11. Costume Contest All Ages, May 30th, 2-3:30pm, Robert Estrada
  12. Remembering Forrest J. Ackerman, May 30th, 2:30-4pm, Casey Wong
  13. Circle Earth Sketchbook, May 30th, 3-4pm, Ross Anthony
  14.  

VirtuSphere

Put on goggles and climb into the 8-foot rolling sphere to enter a virtual world. Presented by 360VirtualVentures.

Music for Producers

  • Spencer Blair
  • Jeff Trastek
  • Shelly Skandrani

3D Magic

  • J.C.
  • Michael Kammes
  • Barry Sandrew
  • Ray Zone

Comics to Film: Hollywood Takeover

Even though Superman: The Movie and the first Batman film were blockbusters, comic books and graphic novels during that era were still considered a fad. But since the release of X-Men, they've become the dominant source material for studio tentpole films. A discussion about the phenomenon of the comic book film, the influence of the comic book on filmmakers, the diversity of genres in the medium, and their importance in the global market and the new world of transmedia storytelling.

  • Adrian Askarieh
    Prime Universe Entertainment Producer.     Produced Hitman. Prepping Devil's Due Publishing's best-selling Hack/Slash comic book for Relativity Media with director Fredrik Bond. Shooting later this year is Kane & Lynch with Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx. Developing Johnny Quest and Leonardo Da Vinci & the Soldiers of Forever for Warner Bros. Developing Just Cause, based on the video game.
  • Geoff Boucher
    Los Angeles Times Hero Complex blogger.     Staff writer for the Los Angeles Times with more than 2,500 articles published since 1991. Since 1999 he's been covering pop culture for the Calendar section. His blog, HeroComplex.com, was named the best blog on a major website at the 2009 Online News Awards.
  • Peter Briggs
    Hellboy, Alien vs. Predator screenwriter
  • Leo Partible
    Graphic novel artist and writer.     Partible is a writer, artist, singer-songwriter, comic book creator, filmmaker, public speaker, and pop culture analyst. He has been interviewed by NPR, Atlantic Monthly, Publisher's Weekly, The Orlando Sentinel, Fanboy Radio, Apologetics.com on KKLA Los Angeles, and The Michael Levine Show. He's creating new pop culture experiences for an age of transmedia storytelling, writing and drawing graphic novels and developing his own intellectual properties and films.

Christian Comics

  • Chris Carpenter
  • Buzz Dixon
    Animation and comic book writer.     Transformers, GI Joe, Batman Animated.
  • Eric Jansen
  • Leo Partible
    Graphic novel artist and writer.     Partible is a writer, artist, singer-songwriter, comic book creator, filmmaker, public speaker, and pop culture analyst. He has been interviewed by NPR, Atlantic Monthly, Publisher's Weekly, The Orlando Sentinel, Fanboy Radio, Apologetics.com on KKLA Los Angeles, and The Michael Levine Show. He's creating new pop culture experiences for an age of transmedia storytelling, writing and drawing graphic novels and developing his own intellectual properties and films.

Indie Filmmaking, Present Chaos, Future Promise

A frank discussion about the trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking, the importance of community in making a film, and the great opportunity for filmmakers in a world of ever-changing technology.

  • John Campea
    The Anniversary writer/director. The Anniversary features Erin Cummings of Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
  • Leo Partible
    Graphic novel artist and writer.     Partible is a writer, artist, singer-songwriter, comic book creator, filmmaker, public speaker, and pop culture analyst. He has been interviewed by NPR, Atlantic Monthly, Publisher's Weekly, The Orlando Sentinel, Fanboy Radio, Apologetics.com on KKLA Los Angeles, and The Michael Levine Show. He's creating new pop culture experiences for an age of transmedia storytelling, writing and drawing graphic novels and developing his own intellectual properties and films.
  • Christopher Thornton
    Sympathy for Delicious star-writer.     Sympathy for Delicious is the directing debut of Mark Rufallo, also starring Orlando Bloom.

Creating Web Series Buzz

Producers and cast members of the hit web series The Resolve discuss how to get your web series off the ground. The Resolve centers around Mike Patterson (Russ Cootey), a beleaguered man, gripped by O.C.D. issues with humanity, unleashed by fiery clashes on others. He explains to his therapist Sean Miller (Alex Ballar - War Wolves) how he has found a way to deal with his compulsion, which is to kill those who he believes are responsible for the misalignment in humanity. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1539466/

  • Kristina Hughes
    The Resolve star and producer
  • Russ Cootey
    The Resolve executive producer, creator and star

Becoming #1 on IMDB

Think outside of the performing box and discover innovative ways to drastically improve your chances of getting a callback and discover effective ways to self promote to get your IMDB rating closer to #1.

  • Kristina Hughes
    The Resolve star and producer
  • Brian Vermeire
    Producer

Producing Animation

  • Darren Jones
    Mostly Heads producer     A veteran of E! Entertainment and Fox, Darren Jones is moving his comic strip Mostly Heads to full-blown animation using Blender. In Junior High he doodled one character over and over. Over time he added a few other characters and created a new world around them. It became the bi-weekly comic strip Mostly Heads.that premiered on the mobile Comic Strip Network.
  • Joseph Limbaugh
    Cartoon Overlord producer

Girl Power

  • Alison Haislip
    G4 Attack of the Show star
    Alicia Hollinger
    L.A. Girls in Space producer
  • Steven Sears
    Sheena co-creator and EP, Xena supervising producer and writer

Cartoons Get Real, Augmented Reality

  • Todd Greene
    Digital Media Guru
    As a social media innovator, Greene has worked for MovieSet.com, mPRm, Buzztone, Addictive Media, Road Tours International, WPP and Omnicom. He's created and executed digital programs for Coca-Cola, Philips, Nestle, Universal, Paramount, Gillette, Disney, Apple and Mattel.

Dig Comics Screening

Twenty-minute screening followed by panel discussion with director Miguel Cima and animator Scott Shaw

This 20-minute short won Best Doc at the San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival last year. The actor Edward James Olmos and his production company are helping make it into a feature-length version. Positive reviews and the LA Times. Both a love letter to the American art form of comics and a call to arms to increase the dwindling audience, Dig Comics is an entertaining, funny and inspirational film that aims to re-introduce the great original American art form. The documentary is hosted by writer/director Miguel Cima, who talks with comic book pros, as well as conducting unique man-on-the-street experiments to find out what happening with America's affection for comics.

TV Voice-Over

Working in television voice-over.

  • Leah Cevoli
    Robot Chicken voice
  • Rob Paulsen
    Voice of Pinky from Pinky and the Brain
  • Elizabeth Jane Schneider
    Robot Chicken voice

Breaking Into Voice-Over

Whether you're an experienced actor or someone new, how do you break into voice-over for animation? How do you become the voice in television cartoons and video games?

  • Bob Bergen
    Voice of Porky Pig
    Feature cartoon voices for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Tinker Bell, Up, Ponyo, WALL-E, Horton Hears a Who, Surf's Up, Cars, Ice Age 2, Shrek 2 Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., Toy Story 2, The Iron Giant, Tarzan, and A Bug's Life. Television cartoon voices for Robot Chicken, The Emperor's New School, Curious George, Duck Dodgers, Totally Spies!, The Powerpuff Girls, and Spider-Man.
  • Debi DerryBerry
    Voice of Jimmy Neutron and singer-songwriter
    Voices include Tenchi Muyo's Ryo Ohki, Wednesday from The Addams' Family, Jackie from Bobby's World, Weenie from Oswald the Octopus and Zatch from Zatch Bell. Her latest character is Baby Banana in her first children's book Baby Banana and the Licorice Tree.
  • Elizabeth Jane Schneider
    Robot Chicken voice
  • Wally Wingert
    Family Guy voice

Social Media for Film and TV

How is social media is used to launch or build community for TV series and feature films? How do agents, networks and studios discover new TV shows or films using this medium?

  • Todd Greene
    Digital Media Guru
    As a social media innovator, Greene has worked for MovieSet.com, mPRm, Buzztone, Addictive Media, Road Tours International, WPP and Omnicom. He's created and executed digital programs for Coca-Cola, Philips, Nestle, Universal, Paramount, Gillette, Disney, Apple and Mattel.
  • Macala Wright Lee
    Jeff Ragovin
    Buddy Media Chief Revenue Officer
    Buddy Media helped Summit Entertainment use Facebook to promote many of their film releases, including Twilight New Moon, Remember Me and Letters to Juliet. The Buddy Media Platform is a set of tools to enable advertising, PR agencies and brands to easily control social media campaigns. Ragovin previously worked in business development and sales at the search marketing agency Acronym Media.
  • Robin Rowe
    MovieEditor.com president
    Rowe writes for Popular Photography, Motion Picture Editors Guild Magazine, HD Magazine, Gosh!TV, and Hollywood Today. He's co-president of the 4,000-member industry association ScreenPlayLab. He's worked for DreamWorks Animation, the BBC, and NBC. He's a producer, writer, technologist and picture editor.

ScreenPlayLab Sessions

  1. Animation Picture Editing, May 28th, 3pm, John Bryant
  2. TV Animation Voice-Over, May 28th 4:30pm-5:30pm,
  3. Breaking Into Voice-Over, May 29th 12:30-2pm, Dave Fennoy
  4. Christian Comics, May 29th, 11am-noon, Leo Partible
  5. Creating Web Series Buzz, May 29th, 11-12:30pm, Kristina Hughes
  6. Social Media for TV and Film, May 29th noon-1:30pm, Ballroom A, Robin Rowe
  7. Dig Comics Screening, May 29th, 2pm-3pm, Ballroom A (20-minute screening), Corey Blake
  8. Girl Power, May 29th, 2pm-3:30pm, Ballroom B, Alicia Hollinger
  9. Becoming #1 on IMDB, 2:30-4pm, Ballroom A (showing slides) Kristina Hughes
  10. Comics to Film, May 29th, 3pm-4pm, Leo Partible
  11. Indie Filmmaking, May 29th, 4pm-5pm, Ballroom A (showing clips) Leo Partible
  12. Producing Animation, May 29th noon-1:30pm (showing clips), Darren Jones
  13. 3D Magic, May 29th, 1-2pm, Robin Rowe
  14. Music for Producers, May 28th, 5:30-6:30 Robin Rowe

Other Sessions

  1. Stan Lee, May 29th 11am-12:30, J. David Spurlock
  2. Roddenberry Presents, May 29th, 1pm-2pm, Tory Mell
  3. Indie Horror on a Budget, May 29th, 1pm-2pm, Don Glut
  4. Ask Don Glut Anything, May 28th 4pm-5pm, Don Glut
  5. Oddball Comics, May 29th 3pm-4:30pm, Ballroom B, Scott Shaw
  6. Star Trek Monster, May 28th 3:30-4:30pm, Douglas Tait
  7. Star Trek Make-up, May 29th, 3:30-5pm, Barney Burman
  8. Swordplay Demo Fights, May 29th in Expo Hallways 2-4pm and booth noon-5pm, Gowrie Hayden
  9. Post Production Primer, May 28th, 3pm-4pm, Dennis Ho
  10. Features Picture Editing How-To, May 29th, 11:30-12:30pm, Ballroom F, Jeffrey Stansfield
  11. Celebrity Cosplay Girls, May 29th, 3:30pm-4pm, Paula Labaredas
  12. Pro Wrestling, May 29th, 11-11:30am, Rock Riddle
  13. Accelerated Success Acting, May 29th, 1-2:30am, Rock Riddle
  14. Character Design, May 29th, 4-5pm, Charles Zembilas
  15. Heroes and Villains, May 30th, noon-1pm, Chris Huntley
  16. Pitchable Stories, May 30th, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Chris Huntley
  17. Star Wars Costume Panel, May 30th, 12:30-1:30, Robert Estrada
  18. Famous Monsters of Filmland, May 29th, 3:30-4:30pm, Dominee Lee
  19. Supra Pirate Booty Hunt, May 30th, 11-noon, Steve Sievers
  20. Creating Cheap Animation, May 29th, 11:30-12:30, Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy
  21. Femme Fatales, May 30th, 1-2pm, Laurene Landon
  22. Machinima: Critical Flaw, May 28th, 6-7pm, Khail Anonymous
  23. Creating Armour 1, May 29th, 2-2:30pm, Tony Swatton
  24. Creating Armour 2, May 30th, 2-2:30pm, Tony Swatton
  25. Monsters Interesting Lives, May 28th, 4:30-5:30pm, Batton Lash
  26. Syfy Mockbusters, May 29th, 2:30-3:30, Eric Fosberg
  27. Remembering Forrest J. Ackerman, May 30th, 2:30-4pm, Casey Wong
  28. Circle Earth Sketchbook, May 30th, 3-4pm, Ross Anthony
  29. Storyboarding, May 30th, 2-3pm, Pete Von Sholly
  30. Buffy Villains, May 28th, 3:30-4:30, Camden Toy
  31. Horror Comics, May 29th, 4-5pm, Don Glut
  32. Acting Alien, May 30th, 11-noon, Bill Blair
  33. Rock'n Indie Film Festival, May 28th, 5-6:30pm, Don Glut
  34. Go Indie or Go Studio?, May 28th, 5-6pm, Frank Lunn
  35. Costume Contest All Ages, May 30th, 2-3:30pm, Robert Estrada
  36. Hunting Grounds Screening/Panel, May 30th, 12:30-2pm, Thad
  37. Build Art with LAAFA, May 30th, 1-2pm, Maryam Storm
  38. Dollhouse Swordplay, May 29th, 1:30-2pm, Tim Weske

TBD

  1. Production to Post to the Money, Jeffrey Stansfield
  2. OOYOE! Talent Search Engine, Andrew Balcam
  3. Monster Cartoons and Comics, Batton Lash
  4. Comic Book Coloring Techniques, MR Snakebite
  5. Probing Photoshop, MR Snakebite
  6. Tommy Schooler Autographs, Tommy Schooler
  7. Rhythm Core Alpha, Tim Trzepacz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Created May 20, 2010, updated May 28, 2010.