PANEL #1:

Back to the Future: How Historical Events have Determined What we Watch
Moderator= Damian Long, film studies teacher at Weston High School
Andrew Karpen, President of Focus Feature Films
Susan Granger, film critic
Tracy Garrison-Feinberg, Senior Program Associate for Facing History and Ourselves

Topics will include, but not be limited to…

-evolution of violence and sexual content in film based on history
-the effects of film on history
-the rating system, and how its been influenced by history

PANEL #2

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Influence of Music in the Movies
Moderator= David Keen, score composer
Ray Tintori, Sundance Award winning filmmaker for the short The Death of the Tinman
Robert Hein, sound engineer

Topics will include, but not be limited to…

-how choice made of new/preexisting music
-composing process goes through
-how songs are compiled for soundtrack