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Women In Film and Television, Florida, conduct a Board Meeting
August 1 in Orlando addressing skills development, networking
events and industry resources particularly as it regards
Florida's global entertainment industry. The New York premiere
and party for Marcos Siega's 'Pretty Persuasion' is on August 2
at the Clearview Chelsea West in New York City. The 2005
University Film and Video Association (UFVA) Conference at
Columbia College in Chicago offers a selection of screenings,
readings, discussions, installations, demonstrations and the
Thursday night boat cruise picnic, among its special events,
from August 2 to 6. Billboard Magazine's R & B Hip Hop
Conference and Awards, now in its sixth year, positions itself
as the primary function for music professionals involved with
Hip Hop, and happens this year from August 3 to 5 in Atlanta.
The Sixth Annual Latin Alternative Music Conference will be in
New York City from August 3 to 6 and features industry panels
and artist showcases at venues throughout the city. "How to
Negotiate" is a workshop lead by author of "Negotiating For
Dummies," Michael Donaldson, taking place August 4 in Chicago.
At the Independent Producers Conference, running August 4 to 7
in Provo, join other independent producers, directors, and
writers for an intensive weekend dedicated to exploring issues
unique to producing independent films. The Anime Festival
Orlando celebrates Japanese animation and pop culture with over
250 hours of screening and over 40 panels, events and contests
during its run from August 5 to 7. Comedy Expert Steve Kaplan,
who created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program,
speaks at the free Alameda Writers Group Meeting on August 6 in
Glendale. Leslie Berger leads an August 7 session titled "Actors
and Comics Targeted Marketing and Networking Workshop" in Los
Angeles.
"Hollywood Inside and Out" is a dialogue with Robert J. Dowling,
editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter, and Los
Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein, to be held August 9 in Los
Angeles. For three non-consecutive evenings, August 9, 16, 23,
Women In Film and Television, Toronto, lead the class through an
in-depth study of the lifecycle of an animated writing project.
During an August 9 session at Ripley-Grier Studios in New York
City, the Associate Director of "One Life To Live" reviews
audition skills, monologue selection, effective cold reading
using many of the attending actors in the audience. For August 9
and 10 Music 2.0 assembles industry leaders to analyze trends
and developments affecting the business of digital music,
including music