So I’m back from L.A. and the entire experience was awesome. DIY Days was a complete success. Here is the breakdown of the day:

OPENING KEYNOTE
Robert Greenwald (Outfoxed, Wallmart the High Cost of Low Price, Iraq for Sale)

10:45 AM - NOON
Panel #1: THE REALITIES OF DIY

Discussion Leader: Mark Stolaroff (producer and founder of the No Budget Film School)
- Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters)
- Ondi Timoner (DiG, Join Us, We Live in Public)
- M dot Strange (We Are the Strange)
- Hunter Weeks (10 MPH and 10 YARDS)

NOON to 1PM - LUNCH

1PM to 1:45PM:
Arin Crumley - FOUR EYED MONSTERS case study

1:45PM - 2:30PM:
Lance Weiler - EXTENDING THE STORYWORLD case study

2:30PM - 3:15PM
KEYNOTE
Marshall Herskovitz (Blood Diamond, Quarterlife)

3:15PM - 4:30PM
Panel #2: MOVING BEYOND THE SCREEN

Discussion Leader: Lance Weiler (Head Trauma, The Last Broadcast)
- Marshall Herskovitz (Blood Diamond, Quarterlife)
- Tommy Pallotta (A Scanner Darkly, Waking Life)
- Femke Wolting (filmmaker, cross-media producer and designer)
- Mark Pellington (Henry Poole is Here, Arlington Road and Mothman Prophecies)

4:30PM - 4:45PM
Break

4:45PM - 5:30PM
M Dot Strange - WE ARE THE STRANGE case study

5:30PM - 6:45PM
Panel #3: WHEN THE AUDIENCE TAKES CONTROL

Discussion Leader: Saskia Wilson-Brown (Current TV)
- Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters)
- M Dot Strange (We Are the Strange)
- Miki Krimmel (expert in social media and online community)
- Alex Johnson (digital media strategist / filmmaker)
- Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma)
- YOU

6:45PM
Closing Remarks

7PM - 8PM
Social Hour @ Mountain Bar

The amount of information was intense. Thankfully the whole thing was recorded and will be made avialable on the DIY Days and Workbook Project websites shortly.

I want to extend a huge thanks to Lance Weiler, Arin Crumley, M dot Strange and everyone else involved in making it happen. It’s great to see some of the pioneers of the current media revolution turning around and sharing their experience with other artists.

In other news: my first real experience of L.A. felt very inviting. I see a possible change of zip code in my future.

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