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The Journey of A Hollywood Idea
Virtual Speaker Series
Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18
Five Stages of Film Production
Development, Pre-Production, Production
Post-Production, Distribution
This dynamic seminar is meant to appeal to anyone who has ever been curious about
how an idea travels through many hands to eventually arrive on the screen, big or
small. Aspiring television creators, filmmakers and Hollywood enthusiasts alike will
leave with knowledge and insights that only an interactive program that relies on
experts in their fields can produce. This seminar focuses on the Hollywood studio
system and uniquely shares current Hollywood trends and best practices, as well as
theories and funny anecdotes. Generally, everyone who wants to learn more about
the marketplace of moving images and the journey of an idea for cinematic
audiences will enjoy the weekend.
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“The Journey of a Hollywood Idea”
An Educational Weekend Workshop
Have you ever wondered how to sell your idea to Hollywood or how to get started
with a film or TV idea? Do you wonder how movies get made? Then this two-day
seminar is for you! Explore the five stages of Hollywood production in an exciting
new seminar created in partnership with The Oxford Community Center and The
Chesapeake Film Festival. The speaker series is presented online for audiences to
participate in the five zoom presentations that include Hollywood guest speakers
as well as five workshops produced by CFF.
Liza Moore Ledford, former Hollywood studio executive, will present the overview
of each of the five stages of production in the studio system prior to introducing a
Hollywood insider to speak briefly about each stage of the process.
Ledford’s career spans 30 years, with 12 years in the studio system of Los Angeles,
starting with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment at Universal Pictures and
then moving to Sony Studios before launching her consulting firm. When Ledford
moved east, she took her passion for story development and Hollywood relation-
ships to her entertainment consulting company. She currently serves as executive
director of the Oxford Community Center and president of the Oxford Business
Association in Oxford, Maryland.
The Chesapeake Film Festival adds the powerful resumes of its board members to
the program. Each stage of production is accompanied by a workshop to dive
deeper into the educational aspect of the discussion. The CFF moderators and
staff include Cid Collins Walker, director and festival director of Chesapeake Film
Festival, Kimberly Skyrme, director, producer, and casting director, Irene Magafan,
of World Wildlife Fund, editor, producer, with Monda Raquel Webb, writer, direc-
tor, producer, as technical director, and Q&A moderator.
The combination of Hollywood sprinkled across a solid foundation of knowledge
is the magical one-two punch this conference produces.
The Daily Structure
of the Zoom Meeting
Saturday, April 17th:
10:00AM to 10:30AM – Welcome and Overview
10:30AM to 11:00AM – Stage One - “Lights, Camera, Action Overview
11:00AM to 11:30AM – Hollywood Guest Andrea McCall
11:30AM to 12:00PM – 1st Group Workshop w/Kimberly Skyrme
12:00PM to 12:30PM – Stage Two - “LA Confidential” Overview
12:30PM to 1:00PM – Hollywood Guest Eric Paquette
1:00PM to 1:30PM – 2nd Group Workshop w/Greg White
1:30PM to 2:30PM— Break for Lunch
2:30PM to 3:00PM – Stage Three –“In the Can” Overview
3:00PM to 3:30PM – Hollywood Guest Marc Roskin
3:30PM to 4:00PM – 3rd Group Workshop w/Cid Collins Walker
4:00PM to 4:30PM – Networking
Sunday, April 18th:
10:00AM to 10:30AM – Welcome, Brief Recap and Next Stages
10:30AM to 11:00AM –Stage Four -“The Editing Floor” Overview
11:00AM to 11:30PM – Hollywood Guest Jennifer Trent
11:30AM to 12:00PM - 4th Group Workshop w/Irene Magafan
12:00PM to 1:00PM – Break for Lunch
1:00PM to 1:30PM –Stage Five - “The World According to…” Overview
1:30PM to 2:00PM – Hollywood Guest Chris Moore
2:00PM to 2:30PM – 5th Final Workshop w/Kimberly Skyrme
2:30PM to 3:00PM – Networking
3:00PM “It’s a Wrap!”
The Five Stages of Hollywood Production are as follows:
Saturday, April 17th - Stage 1 – Development
10:00 am Welcome, Introductions and Overview OCC & CFF
10:30 am Overview of Stage 1 – Development, Q&A - Liza Ledford
Getting your foot in the door is often the hardest part. Liza will share what the buyers are
looking for, identify red flags to position your project to sell to the studios. The discussion
focuses on the studio story department, showing how the studio
development team advances the script. The goal of this stage is to “lock the script” and
attach a director to green light the production.
11:00 am Pop-In Guest: Andrea McCall, Sr. VP Development, Amblin Partners
11:30 am CFF Workshop #1 – Kimberly Skyrme digs deeper on the pitch deck and
look-book as important selling tools across all genres and marketplaces.
Stage 2 – Pre-production
12:00 pm Overview of Stage 2 – Pre-Production, Q&A - Liza Ledford
Once the script is greenlit, pre-production begins. In this stage, the director and
producers cast the film, finalize the budget, prepare the shooting schedule, and hire
department heads for production including line producers, 1st assistant director,
director of photography, camera crew, location manager, costume director, prop
manager, music supervisor, hair and makeup. Once the shooting or production
schedule is set, you move into production.
12:30 pm Pop-In Guest: Eric Paquette, Former Sr. VP Production, Sony Studios,
Producer and CEO of Meridian Pictures
1:00 pm CFF Workshop #2 – Greg White – A 1st assistant director explores the details
of pre-production. A look into on-set protocols, unions, casting details etc.
1:30 pm Break for Lunch
Stage 3 – Production
2:30 pm Overview of Stage 3 – Production, Q&A – Liza Ledford
First day of principle photography marks this stage. Time to shoot the movie (or TV show).
The Goal – Stay on-time and on-budget, as traditionally films production can last up to
three months. Digital platforms fill those months with episodes and shoots as many as
have been bought. Producers are problem solvers. Directors have the vision. And the
collaborative team work together until finally – “It’s a Wrap”.
3:00 pm Pop-In Guest: Marc Roskin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, currently
producing and directing episodic television
3:30 pm CFF Workshop #3: Filmmakers Cid Collins Walker and Claudia Myers
illuminate the importance of the set and the crew. Explores departments
working together.
4:00 pm Open Networking
Sunday, April 18th Stage 4 – Post-Production
10:00 am Welcome, Recap and Overview of the Day OCC & CFF
10:30 am Overview of Stage 4 – Post Production, Q&A – Liza Ledford
Editing begins, music and soundtrack are produced along with sound mixing and ADR
(automated dialogue replacement or the process of re-recording dialogue by the
original actor after the filming to improve audio quality.) We discuss color-correcting and
re-shoots, pre-screening test audiences through the final print. The final product now
travels to its distribution market.
11:00 am Pop-In Guest: Jennifer Trent, head of post-production, Blumhouse
11:30 am CFF Workshop #4: Irene Magafan, producer, editor and voice-over talent will
share specifics of post-production.
12:00 pm Break for Lunch
Stage 5 – Distribution
1:00 pm Overview of Stage 5 – Distribution, Q&A – Liza Ledford
The entire marketplace has opened, and we will review the multiple distribution
outlets currently in play, in addition to international partnerships and distribution
financing. We will discuss current trends between the digital marketplaces such as Disney
Plus, HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon versus traditional box office
distribution. Film and Television.
1:30 pm Pop-In Guest: Chris Moore, producer and consultant
2:00 pm CFF Workshop #5: Kimberly Skyrme, producer and director explains more
and provides best steps to position projects for the diverse marketplace.
2:30 pm Networking
3:00 pm It’s a Wrap!
Guest Speakers:
Andrea McCall, Sr. VP Development, Amblin Partners -Development
Andrea McCall is the EVP, Creative Affairs and Head of Story at Amblin
Partners where she oversees creative affairs/business administration
for the Features group; responsible for analysis of material submitted
to the company for acquisition; and collaborates with other staff
developing Amblin projects. She also attends film festivals seeking
films to acquire and assessing new filmmaker talent. As part of the
initial infrastructure team, Andrea joined DreamWorks at its inception
in 1994, and previously worked at Amblin Entertainment from 1990-
1994. She began her career at The William Morris Agency, and worked
in several different areas of the industry before settling into script
development. She frequently lectures on story and the film
development process at film schools at USC, UCLA, Loyola Marymount
Eric Paquette, Former Sr. VP Production, Sony Studios, Producer and
CEO of Meridian Pictures - Pre-Production
Eric Paquette has over 25 years of experience as an executive in the
media/entertainment business and is currently the C.E.O. of Meridian
Pictures. At Meridian, Eric has over 20 feature films in development and 6
television projects including a series based on the book The New
Chardonnay by Heather Cabot. For the prior 15 years, Eric served as
Senior Vice President of Production at Sony Pictures Entertainment’s
Screen Gems where he supervised the development and production of
feature films with budgets ranging between $10,000,000 to $60,000,000.
Prior to joining Screen Gems in 2005, Eric served in senior executive positions at Metro Goldwyn Mayer
(M.G.M.) and Phoenix Pictures. Among the films he has supervised are James Bond’s Die Another Day, Friends
with Benefits, Barbershop 1 & 2, Walking Tall, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Wedding Ringer, The
Mortal Instruments, Stomp the Yard, Holes, Quarantine, The Roommate, Agent Cody Banks 1 & 2, Urban
Legend, Vacancy, Armored, No Good Deed, The 6th Day, Slenderman, Black and Blue, The Intruder and others.
While living in New York, Eric was an Associate Producer for CBS News where he worked closely with Dan
Rather and Connie Chung, focusing on breaking news stories and hour-long specials. He was also a Broadcast
Associate for CBS Sports, working on The XVI Olympic Winter Games, The Super Bowl Today, The NFL on CBS,
The World Series, The Major League Baseball All-Star Game. During his time at CBS, Eric worked on over 200
hours of live and taped programming.
Eric was a member of President Obama and President Biden’s National Finance Committee, served as Los
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Campaign Finance Chair during the 2013 elections and is President and
Commissioner of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. In addition, Eric sits on the board of
directors of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, The Courage Campaign, is a member of The
Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences and is on The Executive Committee for its Foreign Language
Film Award. Eric has run 26 marathons, including the Boston Marathon 3 times. He and his family are
beekeepers. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Jessica Postigo and their two daughters, Libby and Nina.
Marc Roskin, CEO of Electric Entertainment, currently producing and
directing episodic television - Production
As a founding partner of Electric Entertainment, Marc Roskin has been a
driving force behind its award-winning television and feature film production.
Since opening Electric’s doors with Dean Devlin in 2001, Marc has developed
and produced each of its features, including critically acclaimed Who Killed
the Electric Car? Flyboys, Cellular, Geostorm, Bad Samaritan, and The
Deal.
In Electric’s television division, Marc helped create and executive produce
2004’s highest-rated cable movie, “The Librarian,” and its two sequels and the
spin-off television series. He was at the helm of TNT’s People’s Choice
Award-winning series “Leverage,”. He executively produced and directed more than 20 episodes. Marc also
executively produced and directed pilot episodes of Electric’s series, “Almost Paradise.” Additionally, Marc
resumed his role as executive producer and director on The CW series, “The Outpost. Additionally, he
executively produced the Sci-Fi Channel’s six-hour miniseries, “The Triangle,” TNT’s micro-series “Blank Slate,”
and independently directed episodes of “S.W.A.T.,” “Krypton,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Covert Affairs,” “Burn Notice,”
“Common Law,” “Dallas,” “The Glades,” “Killer Women,” and “Graceland.”
Prior to founding Electric Entertainment, Marc was Senior Vice President at Roland Emmerich and Dean
Devlin’s production company, Centropolis Entertainment. There, Marc was instrumental in the
development and production of films such as Godzilla, The Patriot, Eight Legged Freaks, and The Thirteenth
Floor.
Currently, Marc just completed executively producing and directing multiple episodes of Electric’s series,
“Leverage: Redemption,” a reboot of the original “Leverage” TV series.
Jennifer Trent, head of post-production, Blumhouse - Post-Production
After working as a Freelance Post Supervisor on a number of Blumhouse
Productions projects including Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning Get Out, Jennifer
Trent joined the company full-time as Head of Post Production in 2018. In this
capacity, Jennifer has overseen post for Blumhouse on The First Purge, Halloween
2018, Happy Death Day 2, The Lie, The Calling, The Invisible Man, The Forever
Purge, Halloween Kills and Freaky.
Powered by DNA that comes from being a fourth-generation woman in film (her
grandmother was legendary negative cutter Donah Bassett; her mother Pamela
Scudder was also a negative cutter; and great-grandmother Gladys Taft was a
makeup artist at Paramount Pictures), Jennifer graduated Brigham Young
University and started her career at Amblin Entertainment, where she worked as
a Production Assistant. She went on to serve as assistant to producer Colin Wilson on Small Soldiers and
The Haunting.
Prior to joining Blumhouse, Jennifer worked in Post Production at Paramount Studios on the features GI
Joe, Up In The Air, Jack Reacher, World War Z, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Footloose, Katy Perry: Part Of
Me, Morning Glory, No Strings Attached, Fun Size, Young Adult and The Devil Inside. More recently, she also
worked as a freelance Post Production supervisor on The Happytime Murders and Fighting With My Family.
Her Blumhouse Post Production Supervisor credits include Get Out, Jem and the Holograms, Insidious 3
and Insidious 4, Mercy, Curve, Sinister 2, Incarnate, Lowriders, The Darkness, The Keeping Hours and Happy
Death Day. Jennifer is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
Chris Moore, producer and consultant - Distribution
Chris Moore has worn a number of hats during his 27-year career in the
media industry. He started out as an agent at Intertalent and then at ICM,
where he represented writers and directors like Zak Penn, Rich Wilkes,
Paul and Chris Weitz and M. Night Shamalayn. He sold or packaged many
projects including Last Action Hero, Airheads, PCU, and Stoned Age.
In 1993 he formed Fusion Studios, a production company, through which
he has served as producer, or executive producer on such pictures as
Good Will Hunting (Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay
and Best Supporting Actor), Glory Daze, Best Laid Plans, Joy Ride,
American Pie, Waiting, and Reindeer Games. In 1999, Chris partnered
with friends and creative collaborators Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Sean Bailey to form LivePlanet, a
company dedicated to the creation of multi-platformed entertainment content.
Moore served as Chief Executive Officer of LivePlanet and was the driving force behind the groundbreaking,
Emmy-nominated Project Greenlight. In 2005, Moore left LivePlanet to concentrate on creating properties
once again. He has since produced Promised Land, American Reunion, The Adjustment Bureau, The People
Speak, Kill Theory, and Manchester By The Sea, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and
sold to AMAZON. Most recently, he appeared and Executive Produced the award-winning series, The Chair
on STARZ.
Chris is a graduate of Harvard College.Educational Workshop Facilitators:
Kimberly Skyrme – Director, Producer, Writer, Casting Director-CSA
Kimberly is a 30-year veteran in the film and television Industry. She defines
herself, first and foremost, as a “storyteller”. A multi-tasker extraordinaire, Kimberly
recently completed several projects while she was in preproduction for several
new films, and is in development on multiple series. Her insider knowledge and
experience at every phase of filmmaking is remarkable.
Kimberly’s casting collaborations include: NETFLIX series House of Cards, STARZ
series The Girlfriend Experience, and Unsolved Mysteries, Deep Impact, Beloved,
The Pelican Brief, and True Lies, as well as numerous independent features and
short films and commercials.
Kimberly is currently producing and casting several feature films; Metronome, What We Leave Behind, The
Hive and One Lucky Moon, a Musical Comedy by Director/Writer Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show,
What’s Up Doc, and Paper Moon) with the music of Willie Nelson.
Kimberly's professional memberships include the Casting Society of America (CSA), New York Women in Film
& Television (NYWIFT), Women in Film & Video (WIFV-DC), as well as Past Chair of Women in Film & Television
International (WIFTI).
Greg White - Producer, Unit Production Manager, 1st Assistant
Director
Starting as a production assistant more than 30 years ago, Greg
worked his way up to become an award-winning producer and
assistant director. His credits include the Emmy-winning TV series
Law and Order and Cobblestone Corridor on PBS.
In addition to the Law and Order episodes, his credits include:
People I Know, Don’t Say a Word, How to Make It in America, New
York Minute, Burn Notice and Sneaky Pete.
Greg joined the Director’s Guild of America in 1996.Cid Collins-Walker – Writer, Director, Producer, Artist
Cid Collins Walker, festival director of the Chesapeake Film Festival, released her
first feature-length film, ARC OF LIGHT: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss, a
documentary about the life and work of the legendary American artist Anna
Campbell Bliss in 2012. The film was screened at numerous festivals and
museum, aired on PBS and now is international distribution with Films Media
Group.
Cid’s versatility in the arts is unmatched. In addition to her documentary work,
her film credits include storyboards for the major motion picture In the Line of
Fire, directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Cid also has extensive experience in
television (including CBS and NBC in Washington and Black Entertainment Television), creative direction,
animation, print design and brand management. Her awards include four Telly Awards for her work in
production design.
Cid has served on the Board of Directors of Women in Film & Video, Washington DC and as vice president
of membership, and vice president of development. She earned a B.A. degree in painting from Scripps
College in Claremont, California and received a fellowship with the Whitney Museum of American Art in
New York. Her painting and printmaking have been widely exhibited and collected.
Claudia Myers - Writer, Director, Producer
Claudia Myers was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch" by Independent
Magazine in 2015. Most recently Claudia wrote and directed Above the Shadows,
a fantasy action drama starring Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson, Jim Gaffigan and
Megan Fox. The film opened the 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival where it won the
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. It subsequently was acquired by Hulu.
Claudia also wrote, directed, and produced the drama Fort Bliss starring Michelle
Monaghan, Ron Livingston and Pablo Schreiber. The film won several festival
awards, and top critics for The Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer both
cited Fort Bliss among the best films of 2014.
As a screenwriter, Claudia has won numerous awards, was twice a finalist for the
Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and is an alumna of the Hamptons Screenwriters
Lab. Claudia is currently in development on her next feature, the true crime
drama Out of Darkness.Monda Raquel Webb - Writer, Director, Producer, Performance Artist
With a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Rhode Island in
1990, Monda began her production career as a traffic coordinator for City Cable
16 in Washington, DC and quickly climbed the ranks in all aspects of production.
As a producer, she won awards from the National Association of
Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) for Production in several
different categories.
Currently Monda combines her diverse talents for the written word, spoken
word, social media and film under the umbrella of her consulting company,
Monda Media, LLC. The publishing arm of Monda Media has published four
books and manages author brand, public relations, and marketing/sales of
product and ancillary items.
Little Known Stories Production Company, LLC is the production arm of Monda Media. In 2015, she wrote,
directed and produced her first short film, Zoo (Volkerschau), which has won over a dozen U.S. and
International Film Festival Awards, including awards from Spain and Indonesia, for Best Short (film), Best
Script, Excellence Award, and Best International Short.
Monda's second film, Pooch Sitter, a short film about a quirky pet-sitter who seeks love and affection from
other people’s dogs in an untraditional way, is currently on the film festival circuit. This modern-day
Goldilocks-ish tale is giving “paws” to audiences worldwide. Team Pooch has given $1,600 to non-profit
organizations focused on homelessness and women and children.
Irene Magafan - Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor
Irene Magafan is a video specialist and editor at World Wildlife Fund. She is also
a freelance voiceover artist, actor and an award-winning independent
documentary filmmaker.
Her documentary, The Bonobo Connection, narrated by Hollywood actor and
activist Ashley Judd, has received awards at numerous film festivals, along with
several Television, Internet and Video Association Peer Awards, and is currently
being reviewed for potential broadcast and distribution. The Bonobo Connec-
tion is currently on the independent streaming platform, Laurel Channel. The
film continues to be used as a vehicle for bonobo conservation and will be
translated into French and Lingala for the local communities of the DRC
(Democratic Republic of Congo).
Irene is a regional Emmy Award recipient for a show she helped shoot and produce which aired on
Maryland Public Television called EcoViews: The Chesapeake Bay. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Women in
Film and Video and on the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Film Festival and on the Alumni Board at
American University, where she serves as Chair for the Career Committee. She received her Master of Fine
Arts degree and Bachelor of Arts degree from American University.Collaboration:
This Wonderful Weekend is a Collaboration between the Oxford Community
Center and the Chesapeake Film Festival.
The two organizations both focus on programs that educate and inspire and
connect us on human levels. Thank you for joining today to support both
CFF and The OCC!
Housekeeping:
This is a Zoom – Not a Webinar
What does that mean for you?
We do not control your screen
You are in the driver's seat of your own experience
Look at the top right of your screen and click on the word “view”
For times when we are chatting together, please click gallery view
When presentations begin, please click speaker view
Please have your Screen ON but Mic on MuteQ & A:
- Q&A open in each segment - A Safe Space
- You are invited to ask your own questions but please
respect time
- You can use the chat box at any time and our other hosts
will ask your question to the group
- Please do not pitch your idea to the guest speakers
- There are no dumb questions
Recording:
We WILL be recording the weekend to capture the
excellent knowledge shared, but we are not recording
the Hollywood Guest Speakers
Andrea McCall, Amblin Partners
Producer Eric Paquette
Marc Roskin, Electric Entertainment
Jennifer Trent, Blumhouse
Producer Chris Moore
Aren’t you glad you got tickets?Expectations for the Weekend:
Five Stages of Produc�on
Development
Pre-produc�on
Produc�on
Post-produc�on
Distribu�on
Each Stage Session has the same pa�ern
30 minutes Overview w/ Q&A – Liza
30 minutes Hollywood Guest w/ Q&A
30 minutes Workshop with CFF instructor w/ Q&A
A fun poll for you to send us feedback a�er each of the 90 minutes
sessions along with a brief break between Stages
At the end of each day there will be networking in breakout rooms
before we “Wrap”Contacts:
Cid Collins Walker
Black Opal Productions
Producer | Director | Production Design
& Storyboarding
cidcollinswalker@gmail.com
Kimberly Skyrme
Director | Producer | Casting Director-CSA
Kimberly Skyrme Creative - Butterfly Films
Mobile: 917.405.0417
Asst Mobile: 646.242.0929
DM on Instagram@KimberlySkyrme
www.KimberlySkyrmeCreative.com
Irene A. Magafan
Video Production Specialist, Editor,Producer/Writer
Creative Solutions
World Wildlife Fund-US
www.showbizvo.com
irene@thebonoboconnection.com
imags@showbizvo.com
Monda Raquel Webb
Writer l Director l Producer
Owner, Little Known Stories Production Company
Twitter and IG: littleknownspc
(240) 498-0877
Music for the film METRONOME, Jon Christopher Webb
https://www.metronomemovie.com
Harry Hayman, Executive ProducerSpecial Thanks:
Andrea McCall
Eric Paquette
Marc Roskin
Jennifer Trent
Chris Moore
Cid Collins Walker
Kimberly Skyrme
Irene Magafan
Monda Raquel Webb
Claudia Myers
Greg White
Liza Moore Ledford, Executive Director, Oxford Community Center
Nancy Tabor, Executive Director, The Chesapeake Film Festival
Jack Gerbes, Maryland Film Office
Christie Friend & Kyle Spear
The Board of Trustees of the Oxford Community Center
The Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Film Festival
Student Sponsors
Cornelia Ravenal
Ted Adams III
Arna Meyer Mickelson
Sandra Cannon-Brown
Suzanne HoodResources:
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