Join us to find out how to embed your narrative using traditional entertainment & media, social media, and transmedia. Our panel is the during the kickoff night for Social Media Week LA! We're teaming up with Social Media Week, Entertainment Research Institute, Digital LA, and the Producer's Guild of America. We'll discuss transmedia storytelling available in major motion pictures, television, and Alternative Reality Games.
Our scheduled speakers include:
- Juan Devis, PBS, Director of New Media
- Nina Bargiel, Disney Television Writer, Lizzie McGuire; MTV's Streamy-award winning Valemont experience and Savage County @slackmistress
- Jay Bushman, Loose-Fish project. alternative reality game creator @jaybushman
- Nathan Mayfield, Hoodlum, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Hoodlum created transmedia campaigns for Sony Pictures' SALT, ABC’s LOST and Flash Forward and won the Emmy for Primeval Evolved for ITV in the UK @hoodlumactive
- John David Heinsen, Producer's Guild of America, Co-Chair of Mobile New Media Council
(Full bios below.)
AGENDA
- 7p-8p Check in and networking featuring FREE hors d'oeuvres & drinks
- 8-9p Panel + Q/A
- 9-9:30pm Networking
Complimentary FREE Parking in garage, entrance on Blackburn (1 block south of Third Street)
NOTE: $30 REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE. No tickets available at the door. All past WGA events have sold out. Register here:
http://socialmediastorytelling.eventbrite.com/
NOTE: Register in advance. No ticket's available at the door. All past WGA events have sold out.
Our Social Media & Transmedia Storytelling panel is part of Social Media Week LA, a week of events celebrating social media Sep 20-24. LA is the only US city of five host cities.
http://socialmediaweek.org/losangeles @SMWLA
Note: You may choose to donate $5 with your tickets to benefit Inner-City Arts. Inner-City Arts (ICA); for over twenty years, an oasis of learning, achievement and creativity for under-served children in the heart of Skid Row. With grass-roots programs and an arts/learning agenda, ICA fuels the dreams of children and provides a safe place to express themselves. In addition to raising awareness and funds for an important cause and a great non-profit, this partnership creates a deeper purpose for the entire conference, will demonstrate the power of social media to make a difference and will create a prototype for other Social Media Week cities moving forward.
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SPEAKER BIOS
John David Heinsen
Producer's Guild of America Mobile New Media Council, Co-Chair
John's 18 year career in entertainment includes experience as Manager of Primetime Programming at the FOX Broadcasting Company, where he helped creatively oversee series such as "Family Guy", "Bernie Mac" and "That 70's Show". John also worked with brands such as Starbucks and Gap while in the New Media/Branded Entertainment and Television Packaging Divisions of International Creative Management (ICM).
Juan Devis
PBS, Director of New Media
Devis is currently the Director of New Media Production at KCET – PBS Los Angeles, in charge of all original online content and special projects, including; Webstories: Cultural Journalism in Southern California and the interactive documentary series, Departures. In the press, Juan Devis was presented as a major “influencer” in Los Angeles by the LA Weekly news publication, and his online series Departures was celebrated in the Sunday Arts section of the New York Times.
Nina Bargiel
Disney Television Writer, "Lizzie McGuire" & MTV's "Savage County"
Nina Bargiel is a television writer turned transmedia storyteller. Her professional writing career began back in 2000, writing 17 episodes of the Emmy-nominated Disney Channel series "Lizzie McGuire." She then moved to the animation universe, writing for Cartoon Network’s “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy,” including the DVD feature “Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure.” She was tapped by Electric Farm Entertainment to create the Streamy-Award-winning interactive experience for EFE’s VALEMONT, a multi-platform transmedia production that began at ValemontU.com and spanned nine character Twitter accounts, three blogs, a Facebook page and SMS messaging. Currently, Nina is working on MTV’s Savage County.
Jay Bushman
STAR WARS, Alternative Reality Game Creator
Jay Bushman is a story hacker, Twitter dramatist, and creator of Alternative reality games for STAR WARS among others. Jay Bushman is a pioneer in the creation of social media as a tool for storytelling.
