9/23/10

168 Writer-Filmmaker Summit in NY & LA


168 Writer-Filmmaker Summit
Oct. 9th 10:00 AM-1:00 PM PT (1-4 PM ET)
Live from the Showbiz Store and Café (in L.A. & NYC)
LA: 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049, (877) 320-8011
NYC: 19 W 21st St, New York, NY 10010 (866) 605-7006

The 168 Writer-Filmmaker Summit is a bi-coastal info-edu-networking event designed to connect the left or right coast without using airplanes.



Janet Scott Batchler

168 welcomes special guest Janet Scott Batchler (writer, "Batman Forever" USC Writing Professor), who will discuss "Pitching to Hollywood." Wisdom from a veteran “in the room” is CRUCIAL to writers and filmmakers!

Our Partner Showbiz Store and Cafe will host simultaneous meetings at their stores in Los Angeles and New York. The LA meeting will be simulcast in NY. If you can’t come for in-person networking, feel free to interact with attendees via the online chat room. Tune in to the excitement and join a world-wide audience at Minglemediatv.com. Register for the event at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/890829495.

Writers, Filmmakers, Actors and other film personnel will discover opportunities for cast and crew in the 168 Film Project (Signup Deadlines: Int'l-Jan 31st, USA-Feb. 6th, 2011) and Write of Passage Screenwriting Competition (Signup Deadline Oct. 11). Door prizes at BOTH NY & LA locations: Showbiz Budgeting Software (value $400 each) and two Showbiz Labor Guides (value $60 each).

Agenda: (Note: this is Pacific Time. Eastern Time is 3 hours later!)

10-10:30 Mingle and nosh on snacks and coffee, Videos of 168 BTS & Clips
10:30-11:00 168/Write of Passage Overview
11:00-11:45 Janet Scott Batchler, special guest speaker
11:45-12:15 Questions, Pitch Critique of volunteer pitchers
12:15-1:00 Door Prize Drawing and closing remarks


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