Directing Actors: Ten Essential Tools for Getting Great Performances
Directing actors can be a challenge. How do you get the best out of your actors? How do you fix a performance that’s off? Adrienne Weiss, Founder of DirectingActors.com developed a method that gives directors the skills they need to diagnose what’s wrong with performances and quickly make them great. Distilled from decades of practical experience, Weiss' technique - The Tools for directing actors - teaches the essentials of how to get great performances, in a method that’s fun and easy to learn. In this evening talk Weiss will share highlights of her acclaimed technique followed by a demonstration with actors and a q&a session.
READ MORECan I Deduct It on My Taxes? – 2019
The new tax laws will have a significant impact on all taxpayers, but particularly entertainment industry personnel. Join CPA Nancy Adams for a discussion on the changes in the law, and how it affects deductions available to you. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of the basic rules on deductions, including new limitations, and potential options available to you going forward.
READ MOREThe Business of Entertainment
Wouldn’t you love to turn your hobby into a career? Could your passion be something that defines you? We were all given talent to share with the world. Do you know how to turn yours into a career? If you’ve ever dreamed about quitting your survival job and pursuing a creative career full-time, but don’t...
READ MORENYWIFT at the 56th New York Film Festival Talks: Early Women Film Pioneers: Alice Guy-Blaché
In honor of Pamela B. Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, screening at the festival Sunday, October 7th, the New York Film Festival and New York Women in Film & Television present a conversation with Alice Guy-Blaché and film preservation experts about her contributions to cinema.
READ MOREMember Screening: October 2018 Shorts Program
Join us for this month’s NYWIFT Member Screening Series showcasing scripted shorts: That Very Evening, Slice, Prerequisite, The Bill, After Words: The Opposite of Foreplay, Mommy Blogger and Momstress. The filmmakers will be available for a Q&A immediately following the screening. The screening series provides members with the opportunity to show their work in a theatrical setting. Screenings take place at Anthology Film Archives, followed by networking at a nearby bar.
READ MORERetirement Planning for Freelancers
Freelancers usually don’t have access to 401K and pension plans that so many workers take for granted. As usual, freelancers need to do it all themselves. Attend an in-depth and informative financial planning seminar geared towards the retirement needs of freelancers. Whether you are just starting to get your first few projects or you have...
READ MOREAdaptations: The Business of Translating Source Material to the Screen – 2018
Agents, Hollywood producers and publishers are always searching for the next great story, but not all writers start from scratch. Oftentimes, ideas come from the things we see, read, write and hear. The challenge for many is how to transition these materials from their original form of a book, article, and story into a full-fledged viable screenplay and adaptation material for another medium. Savvy industry professionals love to leverage their time and efforts by capitalizing on a story that can be adapted into many forms. Learn from this experienced panel about ways to locate common sources for your story or script and the power and pitfalls of working with adaptations for your project.
READ MOREThe Pitfalls & Practicalities of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection
Join NYWIFT and the law firm Moses & Singer for a discussion on best practices for Intellectual Property (IP). Presented by a panel of Moses & Singer LLP attorneys, topics will cover How to protect your content and avoid infringing the content of others; the pros/cons of creating an entity to create, license and exploit content; the differences between copyrights and trademarks; and how to minimize the risk of litigation.
READ MOREMaking Motherhood Work in the Film & TV Industry
This panel will address obstacles faced by moms working in the film and television industry. It will be a candid conversation about the challenges our panelists have personally dealt with as well as strategies they use to overcome them including how they organize and manage their time as a working moms.
READ MORE
