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Cinema and Broadcast Arts Program
September 26, 2002

Fall Festival of Film and Media
Saturday, September 28, 2002

9 - 10:40 a.m.

Plenary Session 1: Christians in the Media
Wilden Lecture Hall
Welcome: David Bicker, chair, Communication Studies
Invocation: Jon Wallace, president, Azusa Pacific University
Introduction: Monica Ganas, associate professor, Communication Studies
Speaker: Barbara Nicolosi, director of Act One: Writing for Hollywood

10:45 a.m. -
12:15 p.m.

Morning Breakout Sessions

1. Screenwriting Workshop: How to Write a Good Script
Wilden 227
Speaker: Mark Axelrod, professor of English and Film, Chapman University
Moderator: Thomas Parham, assistant professor, Communication Studies

2. How to be Successful Making Spiritual Content Films
Wilden 228
Speaker: Howard Kazanjian, producer of blockbusters Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark
Moderator: Thomas Parham, assisstant professor, Communication Studies

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:15 - 2:55 p.m.

Plenary Session 2: Reel Spirituality: Finding God in the Gutter
Wilden Lecture Hall
Welcome: David Weeks, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and  Sciences
Panelists: Monica Ganas, associate professor, Communication Studies
Brad King, independent filmmaker, founder of Epiphany Films
Craig Detwiler, screenwriter and instructor, LAFSC
Moderator: Thomas Parham, assistant professor, Communication Studies

3 - 4:30 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

1. Hands-on Workshop: Equipment and Technology
Wilden 227
Panelists: Warren Koch, assistant professor, Communication Studies
Paul Creasman, assistant professor, Communication Studies

2. Pitch Workshop: How to Pitch Your Pet Projects
Wilden 228
Panelists: Phil Bloom, director of Biola Productions
Leo Partible, principle parter at Great Rift Entertainment

4:35 - 5:45 p.m.
Plenary Session 3: Women in Film and Broadcasting
Wilden Lecture Hall
Panelists: Kammy Norton, Jennifer Vaneerden, Naissa Wong
Moderator: Monica Ganas, associate professor, Communication Studies
5:45 - 7 p.m. Dinner Break
7 - 9:30 p.m. Special Screening: Hometown Legend, directed by James Anderson
Wilden Lecture Hall
With special guest appearance by James Anderson, director of Hometown Legend recent Biola graduate

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