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To All IndieFlix Filmmakers & Subscribers,

This is already an amazing event.  Here are the reasons why:

1. Leading innovators and newsmakers all in one room for 2 days sharing openly and listening.
2. There is no product, festival or company agenda at play.
3. The price is less than 1/5 of what a conference would cost.
4. Up close and personal access for both speakers and guests to share ideas.

to register: http://www.theconversationspot.com/registration.html

"We only endorse people and gatherings we truly believe in…
The Conversation is just such an event!  I hope you will attend. We all
look forward to
meeting you.
Scilla Andreen, filmmaker, ceo & co-founder IndieFlix

The Future of Cinema, Games & Online Video: New Tools/ New Distribution / New Rules

This October, pioneers at the forefront of change in cinema, video,
games, media and technology are coming together to share ideas,
insights, and innovations. Our focus is on new tools, new distribution
channels, and new rules.

The
format of the gathering will be experimental: rather than a traditional
conference, short talks and demos, "fireside chats," and roundtables
will spark a dynamic series of overlapping conversations.

All this will happen at UC Berkeley’s renowned Pacific Film Archive theater
over two days this October. It’s a conversation that will bring
together media-makers and technologists to share experiences, discuss,
debate, and map out the future together.

Some of the topics we’ll touch on, and the people who’ll lead the conversation, are listed here. But we also want to invite you to suggest other topics … ones that you want to see added or address yourself.

Just added to the site: A list of some of the people who’ll be part of The Conversation.

We hope you’ll join us this fall …

The Goal
Our hunch is that we’re at an important moment in the history of
technology and visual storytelling — a broad term that encompasses
filmmaking, TV, online video, and narrative-driven games.

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.

Our goal is for The Conversation to delve into all those issues — and
more, with your ideas, help, and participation. The Conversation will
focus exclusively on the new business and creative opportunities that
are arising in 2008.

We expect every participant to bring his or her concerns, questions, or
examples of what they’ve been doing and how well it’s working, to share
during the sessions or during the designated schmooze-time. (There will
also be an opportunity to present during a Saturday workshop session.)

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.