Film Commission Trade Show Tuesday

By Carly Harrington, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.

Apr. 28–The East Tennessee Television and Film Commission will host a media trade show and a series of work shops from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The event, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 401 W. Summit Hill Drive, is drawing such national media vendors such as Avid, Sony, Yamaha and Panasonic.

“Producing for the Web and Beyond” is the topic of the lunch keynote speaker, Peter Clem, vice president broadband programming and production for Scripps Networks.

There will be four workshops: “Camera Lenses,” led by Larry Thorpe, marketing executive of Canon U.S.A. Inc.’s Broadcast and Communications division; “Digital Audio,” led by Chris Hinson, district manager for Yamaha Southeast; “In Search of Other Markets,” led by Cobblestone Entertainment President Tom Baker and Digital Media One President Mark Larsen; and “Funding Your Idea,” led by filmmakers Brooks Benjamin, Keith McDaniel, Russell Hooper and a “surprise” director from Los Angeles.

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