Thursday, June 19-----The AFI Digital Content Lab is a think tank and playground for filmmakers to explore opportunities in the new media. The Lab, which is housed on the campus of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, is presenting two seminar programs at SILVERDOCS.

AFI DIGITAL CONTENT LAB CALENDAR

SILVERDOCS
June 18-23, 2008, Silver Springs, MD
Digital Content Lab Presentation - Suzanne Stefanac, Lisa Osborne

Session One - Thursday, June 19: An Afternoon with the AFI Digital Content Lab: Innovation As Imperative
The tectonic shifts taking place across our media landscape require that filmmakers and other media producers think beyond the reel. This showcase provides a window onto the new worlds of creation, distribution, promotion, and audience engagement, all the while, keeping great storytelling at the heart of each venture.

Session Two - Friday, June 20: Group Therapy, New Media Advice from AFI Digital Content Lab
The director and supervising producer of the lab will hold an open consultation session for attendees to receive advice about new media opportunities tied to their film and TV projects. Many people are grappling with the same issues, befuddled by the numerous options and sometimes jargon-centric nature of the new media industry. This session provides a forum to learn from other productions and draw on the two decades of digital media production experience of the session hosts.

Sandy Mandelberger, SILVERDOCS Dailies Editor