SEATTLE FILM + MUSIC + INTERACTIVE HAPPY HOUR

PAST SPEAKERS

Trey Gunn, May 30, 2012

Beth Barrett, April 25, 2012

Russell Sparkman, March 28, 2012

Lisa Weeks, January 25, 2012

Tony Fulgham, November 30, 2011 

Kraig Baker, October 26, 2011

Margaret O’Mara, September 28, 2011

Trey Gunn, May 30, 2012

The best musicians are the ones who have found their   ORIGINAL VOICE. These musicians find either 1) a lifetime     of happiness, 2) market success or 3) both.  For this month’s Happy Hour we are proud to bring you Trey Gunn, a globally accomplished musician who has lived the life of legends playing in King Crimson and touring/recording with TOOL, Brian Eno, Pusicfer, Vernon Reid, John Paul Jones, Azam Ali, Michael Brook, The Farlanders, Matt Chamberlain, David Hykesand has spent nearly twenty years in diverse musical partnerships with Robert Fripp. Trey will speak from personal and professional experience to the value of ORIGINAL VOICE, how to find it and how to use it to your advantage.  As a special treat for the audience, Trey will perform on a new and unique instrument that he helped develop called the Warr Guitar, a 10-string touch guitar with the range of a piano. Don’t miss it, musicians!

Beth Barrett, April 25, 2012

Beth has been with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) since 2003, and is currently responsible for managing all aspects of film programming, the staff of film programmers, and securing films and guests for the 25 day Festival. She is also instrumental in the programming and management of SIFF Cinema at the Film Center and the Uptown, as well as SIFF’s other year-round programs. An aficionado of short films, she secured SIFF’s status as an Academy Award® qualifying festival in 2008. Beth has been in Seattle for 18 years and holds an MA in Northern Renaissance Art History.

Does Your Film Have What It Takes?

Does your film have what it takes to get accepted to film festivals?  At the April 25 Film + Music + Interactive Happy Hour, Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Director of Programming Beth Barrett will reveal what’s behind the curtain at film festivals, and share what you should be doing to get your work noticed here and abroad.  Beth will also talk about facts for films that do make it into national film festivals, and provide examples of films that don’t. And if that isn’t enough, at the strike of 7pm Beth will announce the local film line up for the 2012 SIFF Northwest Connections program

Russell Sparkman, March 28, 2012

Marketing is often critical to the success of a company, but it’s more difficult than ever to get noticed above the clatter of wired world.  Russell Sparkman, founder of FusionSpark Media, will discuss how filmmakers can successfully create original content for corporations that both tells meaningful stories and gets companies noticed.  He will provide examples of his own experience, where he thinks this line of business is heading, and how you can find another avenue for making a living as a filmmaker in Seattle.

 Lisa Weeks, January 25, 2012

The Economy of Weird

In a world where content is so readily accessible, the key to success is being different. Filter’s Marketing Director Lisa Weeks has made a career out of being just that. Rather than neglect her inner geek, she embraces it, often integrating her hobby of cosplay into her professional line of work, creating an image that’s different and very recognizable. Lisa will speak with Filter Creative Director Drory Ben-Menachem on how to use, and embrace, your own unique and quirky side, and how it can be turned into a profitable asset in a professional atmosphere. 

  Tony Fulgham, November 30, 2011

 Tony Fulgham is a modern day renaissance man and co-founder of World Famous, a creativity company that transcends the traditional role of the editorial studio and delivers pure awesomeness, from concept to final delivery, on demand.   Directing, editing, animation, live action shoots, design, concept-ing, and music composition all just scratch the surface of the work at World Famous. Tony is also a performing musician, self made carpenter, part time surfer and full time father and husband.  He is able to wear all of these hats and still have time to be Creative Director of World Famous. With all these assets in mind, his best and most talked about quality is his fabulous head of hair, which he wears with amazing aplomb.

How to Build a Successful (And Creative) World Famous Company

World Famous has been a force full of imagination and innovation in the Seattle film scene for the past six years.  Tony Fulgham, one of a team of creative masterminds behind its formation, will speak about how they built World Famous, and where it has gone since its inception.  Tony will impart his soulful wisdom as he discusses the company and their newly discovered secret recipe for happiness (PS – It’s good for business).  Come and get special access to World Famous.

Kraig Baker, October 26, 2011 

Get Out There: Digital Distribution and the Benefits of Multi-Platform Storytelling

As a creative storyteller, you want to be able to own and control your work. But don’t let your work limit the opportunities and channels available to get your creation out into the world. Kraig Baker’s expertise in digital media law has found him representing companies and clients across all spectrums of the film, music and interactive industries. He will break down distribution deals from the side

of the distributor and explain various models for delivering your work to a public audience.  Learn from the success stories that he has facilitated and gain insight into effectively reaching your target audience.

Kraig Baker focuses on advising clients and providing assistance with licensing transactions across the full range of issues in media, entertainment, technology, advertising, privacy and Internet matters, with a particular emphasis on digital media and entertainment. He is also an adjunct professor to the Masters in Digital Media Program in the School of Communications at the University of Washington, where he has taught classes on “Digital Media Law and Policy” since 2002 and teaches the law module in the Advanced Interactive Marketing certificate program at the University of Washington.

To learn more, see his bio.    

Margaret O’Mara, September 28, 2011 

 Margaret O’Mara is a historian of the modern United States whose work looks at the growth of the knowledge economy and the reasons creativity and innovation thrive in particular places.   She is the author of Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next  Silicon Valley (Princeton, 2005), which explored how Silicon Valley came to be, why other U.S. regions did not become Silicon Valley, and what the Cold War had to do with it.  Her current research includes a study of high-tech globalization and urban change in China, India, and the United States.  An Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, she previously taught at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her PhD.  From 1993 to 1997 she was a staff member to President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, handling policy issues including urban economic development, health care, and welfare reform.  

To learn more, see her bio.