Wolfgang Glattes (VFF16, Fosse Recreated) has worked on some of the most iconic films in history, including Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Cabaret, All That Jazz, and Fletch to name a few, and will be reading from his recently released memoir, Memories of La La Land.
Copies will be available for purchase on-site. Read the Amazon review here.
Event info Location: The Alley Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 United States
Join VFF19 as we welcome back Allison Volk (VFF18, Deany Bean is Dead) to our stage for a live reading of her work in progress, NEVER, EVER, EVER TRUST AN ACTRESS, a comedy along the lines of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Small Time.
Event info Location: The Alley Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
VFF Alumnus, Paul Hough (VFF01 (The Backyard), VFF07 (The Angel), VFF12 (Human Race)) is the creator of one of the premiere horror YouTube channels, Don’t Turn Around, with over 290K subscribers and 60+ videos, each with more than 100K views. His flagship series, Creepy School Bus, has received an estimated 45+ million views online.
Paul now works on YouTube channels big and small, including as a consultant to the International Committee of The Red Cross, and writing content for BillsChannel (2+ million subscribers). Outside of YouTube, Paul has directed music videos aired on MTV and several feature films.
Paul will provide an overview of how YouTube works today, from the perspective of a creator, detail a few tricks, techniques, and secrets to optimizing your YouTube channel, and go over the mistakes a lot of content creators make. He’ll demystify the YouTube process in a very straight forward way so that you’ll get a solid understanding of how to make YouTube work better for you.
Event info Location: The Alley Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
LISA HARLOW STARK is an award winning songwriter who has performed extensively in New York and Los Angeles. She has written and performed for television and film including Robert Deniro's "Tribeca" series for Fox, Columbia Picture's "The Baby-Sitters Club" (where she can be heard on the soundtrack for Sony Records), Disney's "Freaky Friday" and "Toothless" for ABC, as well as "Devil's Arithmetic" and "On Common Ground" for Showtime. As part of an ensemble cast, Ms. Stark received high acclaim for her performance in the "Joni Mitchell Project" in Los Angeles ("Stark's vocal purity of Joni Mitchell's Down To You was the highlight of the show", Los Angeles Times). She also wrote music and lyrics for Ren Woods' "A Diva Like Me", a musical that was produced at the San Diego Repertory Theatre in San Diego. Lisa Harlow completed two CD's, "Then: A Compilation" and "Get Me Out". Her new work, "Time To Be" has just been released.
Event info Location: The Alley Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Boulevard North Hollywood, CA 91601
Ronee Martin is a wonderfully talented vocalist and songwriter. She is an extraordinary talent and has been a well kept secret in the music industry. She has been featured on Tom Scott’s “One Day/One Night” album and the project “Sensation” which is a compilation album with performances from Joe Sample, Hubert Laws, Tom Scott and others.
Martin can be found on many recordings as a backing vocalist for artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Patti Labelle, and others. Ronee, also is no stranger to creating music either. “This is Love” co-written by Ronee was recorded by her childhood idol, Gladys Knight. She has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, including Bur Bacharach, Barry Mann, and Patrick Williams, and David Foster.
The multi-talented Ronee Martin’s performances even includes voiceovers for audio books and television. Understand this, there is no end to the creativity, inspiration and passion that Ms. Martin brings to every project she graces.
Event info Location: The Alley Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
Raising money to make your movie is usually the hardest part of the entire process, and often ends in frustration. But a disruptive new method of financing called Equity Crowdfunding is connecting more filmmakers to interested investors. Several films have been funded this way successfully — raising from $15,000 to more than a $1 million. And they didn’t have to beg their friends and family for money like on Kickstarter!
Speaker David Willis will demystify Equity Crowdfunding so you can decide whether you should launch your own campaign to make your movie.
The String Revolution is comprised of four professional virtuoso guitar players who create distinctive sounds with their guitars: mimicking percussion, special effects, melodic grooves, bass lines, and more. They share a passion for many different musical styles and guitar techniques which has given The String Revolution a unique sound.
The band includes former Randy Rhoads student Janet Robin (recently named “Top 50 Acoustic Guitarist” by Guitar Player Magazine, 2017), who is also an acclaimed touring guitarist with the likes of Lindsey Buckingham, Meredith Brooks, Air Supply and many more, award winning Austrian nylon-string guitarist Markus Illko, Swiss multi-credited producer, songwriter, and guitarist Daniel Schwarz, and underground LA fav indie artist/guitarist Art Zavala Jr. They released their first EP “Stringborn” in 2016 to rave reviews and jam-packed shows, and their newest CD, “Red Drops” was released in 2019. Both records were mixed and mastered by Grammy nominated Matt Hyde, known for his work with guitarists, Rodrigo y Gabriela. The String Revolution’s cover version of “Billie Jean” reached the Top 10 Spotify LA Instrumental Charts and their songs on Spotify have reached over 1 Million plays in total. “Stringborn” and “Red Drops” were also included on the 2017 & 2018 Grammy Entry Ballot, and their newest cover version of Elton John’s classic, “Rocket Man” is on the 2019 Grammy Entry Ballot.
Panelists: Germaine Franco - Award-Winning Film Composer/Songwriter John Houlihan - SVP, Fox Film Music & Independent Music Supervisor Kevin Houlihan - Music Licensing Executive, Film/TV - Killer Tracks Michèle Vice-Maslin - Award-Winning Producer/Songwriter
Whether you’re a filmmaker searching for that specific song or cue, a songwriter or music producer wondering how to get your song into a film, or merely a music lover curious how the film music machine works, you won’t want to miss this panel. Come learn from some of today’s top film music creators and execs as they discuss the creative and legal process of obtaining film music in order to achieve that perfect emotion behind a visual work.
Event info Location: The ALL3Y Music Studios 5064 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
