as Being in the World (2010), 2012 Time for Change (2010) and The Memento Mori Project. She recently completed filming a new travel series, Sea Nation, which she produced and appears on camera alongside Globe Trekker’s Megan McCormick, currently airing on Discovery Channel International and National Geographic. She attended the Graduate Film Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has a law degree from Vanderbilt University. Gerald Peary is a long-time film critic for the Boston Phoenix, a cinema studies professor at Suffolk University, Boston, and the programmer of the Boston University Cinematheque. He is the author of nine books on film, and the film editor for the University Press of Mississippi “Conversations with Filmmakers” series. His documentary, For the Love of Movies: the Story of American Film Criticism, played at the 2010 Oxford Film Festival.
Film History Tour Hosted by Jack Mayfield Saturday, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., leaving from Malco, 60 min. Free, no ticket required Take a tour through the city of Oxford on the iconic Double Decker bus with local historian Jack Mayfield. The tour will visit sites of former movies filmed in Oxford, settings from novels now turned into films (upcoming Joe and As I Lay Dying and more) along with some William Faulkner trivia as it relates to his more cinematic storytelling. Buses are courtesy of the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Music in Film Saturday, 2:00 p.m. (Lyric) Free, no ticket required Music plays such a pivotal role in film and television that many filmmakers find the search for the right music a daunting task. In this panel, experts from all sides of the music and film industry sound off on the process of finding the best music, whether its originally composed or licensed, and the real-world experience of scoring and licensing music. Panelists Scott Bomar, Ian Hieron, and Rush Hicks discuss the state of film music and modern-day trends, the role of music in film, placement of music in film and licensing issues, essential information for anyone interested in the business, process, and procedures of creating and finding music for film and television. Scott Bomar is a Memphis musician, Emmy Award-winning film composer and Grammy nominated music producer and recording engineer. Projects include the films Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan and Soul Men and producing and engineering Cyndi
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Lauper’s Grammy nominated album Memphis Blues at his Electraphonic Recording Studio. Bomar is also the leader of The Bo-Keys, a Memphis soul group whose most recent album, Got to Get Back! has been featured on NPR, the BBC, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Bomar is a Trustee of the Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy. Ian Hierons was the Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, of Milan Records, one of the premiere soundtrack record labels in the world. For more than ten years he successfully distributed soundtrack albums for numerous commercially and critically successful films including Pan’s Labyrinth, Mulholland Drive, The Queen and City of God. Score Revolution connects film music rights holders with licensing customers worldwide. Employing the most sophisticated web technology, music is presented in a dedicated, expertly curated catalog making it easier for filmmakers and music licensing customers to explore and license music while providing music owners the opportunity to monetize their music assets while retaining ownership rights. Rush Hicks has practiced law in Nashville on historic Music Row representing artists, songwriters, artist managers, business managers, record companies, record producers, booking agencies and publishing companies for more than twenty-five years. He is professor and Chairman of the Music Business Program at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University, teaching Music Licensing, Artist Management, Intellectual Property and Legal Issues in the Music Industry.
Screenwriting as Storytelling Saturday, 4:00 p.m. (Lyric) Free, no ticket required Moderator Coop Cooper talks with veteran screenwriter David Sheffield, critic turned screenwriter Kim Voynar, screenwriter and professor Chris Offutt and critic Gerald Peary on the importance of storytelling for the screen. Coop Cooper, the “Small Town Critic,” has the versatility of a Swiss Army knife when it comes to writing in the motion picture industry. After earning his BFA in Cinema at Southern Methodist University and an MFA in Screenwriting at the American Film Institute in Hollywood, he collaborated with Academy Award-winning director Seth Winston on a Civil War-themed screenwriting project. He then applied his newly acquired skills to writing script coverage, movie reviews, entertainment-related articles and various screenwriting projects. After five years spent teaching English, writing and screenwriting at North Hollywood High School, he returned to his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi where he writes
february 21-24, 2013